According to a study published on December 29, 2014 by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, a radiation plume from the March, 2011 accident in Fukushima, Japan took about 2.1 years to cross the waters of the Pacific… Read More ›
Radioactive Plume
Radioactivity in Pacific Ocean from Fukushima?
A recent report in The Guardian, “US sailors prepare for fresh legal challenge over Fukushima radiation,” appears to confirm radioactive releases that were not originally reported by the nuclear power plant’s owners. Similar stories give fair rise to concerns about subsequent radioactive pollution in the ocean.
“No Fukushima radionuclides detected yet”
From Woods Hole Oceanographic Insitution media@whoi.edu January 28, 2014 With concern among the public over the plume of radioactive ocean water from Fukushima arriving on the West Coast of North America and no U.S. government or international plan to monitor… Read More ›