Alaska & Washington Salmon Tested For Radiation
A Seattle fish company had some of their fish privately tested in late 2013. With all the US government agencies
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Two New Pacific Radiation Monitoring Programs Launch
Woods Hole has officially launched their program to continue testing the Pacific for cesium concentrations due to the Fukushima nuclear
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Fukushima Groundwater Well Hits 2.4 Million bq/liter
Well 1-16 at the seafront has again hit a new high. 2.4 million bq/liter was found in the water of
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TEPCO Releases More Details About Frozen Wall
TEPCO released a short video (in Japanese) giving more information about the test run of the frozen wall technology. The
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NRA Japan Saves The US West Coast And The Rest Of The World
NRA demanded that TEPCO drop test waste canisters to be used to hold highly radioactive sludge from the ALPS processing
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60 bq/liter Strontium 90 Found In Deep Well Near Reactors At Fukushima Daiichi
60 bq/liter of strontium 90 was found in the 3/4 deep permeable layer well near the unit 4 turbine building.
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Radioactive Water Found Deep Beneath Unit 4
TEPCO announced today that contaminated water was found in deep groundwater 25 meters (82 feet) below the unit 4 reactor
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Fukushima Highly Contaminated Well Shows More Problems
TEPCO released a report with three months worth of readings from the sea front wells. Well 1-16 has had significantly
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Fukushima Water Leak Issues May Still Be Out Of Control In 2020
Officials from METI admit that problems with leaking contaminated water at Fukushima Daiichi may still not be under control in
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Radioactive Strontium 90 And Radioactive Silver Found In Fukushima Fish
TEPCO tested fish within 20km (fish hauled 1-3 km offshore) of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant for cesium, strontium 90
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Japan Govt. Declared Evacuation Too Expensive, IAEA Promotes More Sea Dumping
A government trip to research how the response to the Chernobyl disaster was conducted but the report was never made
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Panel Urges New Water Responses At Fukushima Daiichi
One of the various panels making suggestions for the response to the mess at Fukushima Daiichi has called for 5
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US Pacific Coast Seaweed Shows With Fukushima Cesium Contamination
New testing done by Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering found Fukushima cesium in US Pacific sea weed. The
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Fukushima Fish Testing Shows Narrow Fantasy View Of Situation
Japanese media declared how fishing that resumed south of Fukushima Daiichi has been largely a “success”. Fishing done near Iwaki
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Fukushima Daiichi Finds Increased Contamination In Drainage Ditch To The Sea
Contamination in a drainage ditch that still runs to the sea saw a considerable spike. The levels went from 19
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44.9 Tbq Contamination Released to Sea & Air In Last 2 Years At Fukushima Daiichi
The ongoing releases at Fukushima Daiichi are beginning to add up. Between September 2011 and September 2013 roughly 44.9 terabecquerels
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Fukushima Daiichi Leaked 43.8 Terabecquerels To The Sea In Last 2 Years
Based on the calculations of Michio Aoyama (Meteorological Research Institute, Japan) 60 GBq of cesium 137 and strontium 90 have leaked out
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Fukushima Tank Leaks Thought To Be Caused By Previous Damage
TEPCO now thinks the highly radioactive water tanks that leaked this week was due to damage done previously to the
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Fukushima Contaminated Water May Have Leaked To The Sea
TEPCO now admits that highly contaminated water from a holding tank may have leaked to the sea. Recent handouts show
Read moreHighly Radioactive Fish Caught In Ibaraki
Sea Bass caught near Hitachi Ibaraki was found to be considerably contaminated, the highest seen since April 2011. The fish
Read moreMore Rising Contamination, NRA Says Fukushima Leaking To The Sea
Cesium levels rose again today in the 1-2 groundwater well near the sea. Groundwater observation hole No.1-2 were detected at:
Read moreTEPCO Begins Dumping Contaminated Water Into The Sea
TEPCO has begun dumping groundwater pumped out of a set of wells inland from the reactors into the Pacific. TEPCO
Read moreSisyphus With A Paper Cup; TEPCO’s Enormous Water Problem
The contaminated water problems at Fukushima Daiichi have been plaguing the plant since day one. In recent months the problems
Read moreFish Sampling Shows Widespread Problems From Nuclear Disaster
A group of researchers from the Oregon Sea Grant released some of their findings on Pacific albacore tuna. The research
Read moreSorry Charlie, There’s Cesium-137 In Your Tuna
The announcement yesterday that radioactive contamination from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster has been found in bluefin tuna spread widely
Read moreWHOI Pacific Contamination Paper, It Is In The Details
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute recently released their paper on Fukushima Daiichi related contamination in the Pacific. The full paper can
Read moreCesium Found In Plankton 600km From Japan Hints At Larger Problems In The Pacific
The University of Tokyo’s Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute has found Cesium 137 & 134 in plankton specimens from 30km
Read moreAlaska To Test Sick Seals For Radiation
Public health officials have been trying to determine the cause of a deadly outbreak in ringed seals that now includes
Read moreCriticism Of Fukushima Disaster Response Grows Worldwide
Greenpeace expert Ike Teuling did an on the ground investigation at Fukushima City, 60km from the nuclear plant. His investigation
Read moreRadioactive Dirt? Dump It In The Sea!
A group of scientists have suggested taking the radioactive soil that is being collected in Japan and dump it in
Read moreRadiation In Sea From Fukushima Hits Russia In 1st Month Of Disaster
Reports released at a Symposium last month admitted that cesium being leaked into the sea from Fukushima Daiichi had traveled
Read moreConcerns Over Pacific Seafood Expand After Fukushima
The recent IRSN report reminded of the widespread problem of radiation contamination to the Pacific ocean by Fukushima Daiichi. The
Read moreFukushima Ocean Releases Study, Now In English
A rough translation to English of the IRSN French study on Fukushima ocean discharges. The original document in French can
Read moreRadioactivity in Pacific Will Circulate To Other Parts Of The World
Government experts in Japan have released findings that radioactive cesium will circulate to parts of the Atlantic and Indian oceans.
Read moreTEPCO Fukushima Radiation Leaks Into The Sea May Violate International Law
The Marquette University Law Blog explains how the leaks at Fukushima Daiichi may put Japan in violation of international law.
Read moreRadiation: Expedition samples Pacific Ocean
A new 15-day scientific expedition aboard the University of Hawaii’s research vessel Kaimikai-O-Kanoloa will measure radioactive substances in the Pacific
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