Sea radiation from Fukushima seen triple Tepco estimate

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Sea radiation from Fukushima seen triple Tepco estimate


Reuters) - Radioactive material released into the sea in the Fukushima nuclear power plant crisis is more than triple the amount estimated by plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co, Japanese researchers say.

Takuya Kobayashi, a researcher at the agency, said on Friday the difference in figures was probably because his team measured airborne radioactive material that fell into the ocean in addition to material from contaminated water that leaked from the plant.

He believed Tepco excluded radiation that originally came from airborne material. The report does not include cesium-134 as the research group initially lacked resources to measure it, meaning the amount of estimated radioactive material will increase with further calculations.

Huge amounts of contaminated water accumulated during efforts to cool the reactors, with much of it reaching the sea, and radiation has been found in fish, seaweed and other seafood.




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Tepco estimates that in the period March 21-April 30, approximately 4,720 trillion becquerels of cesium-137 and iodine-131 entered the Pacific vs Japan Atomic Energy Agency's estimate of
15,000 trillion becquerels.

[cui bono]

1. A guest on Thom Hartmann said the China Syndrome was happening there.

I wonder how far it will spread. I stocked up on frozen salmon right after the earthquake/tsunami.

[defendandprotect]

4. Radiation has reached the West Coast, I think -- maybe parts of Canada, if I recall correctly?

Think people have to begin to wake up on government and realize that our

elected officials and corporations can't be trusted, especially with issues

like this one where health issues and destruction of nature/wildlife butt up

against profits/PR.

Re fish -- we also have the situation in the Gulf -- and think something like

1/3rd of the fish used to come from that area? Don't know if that was fish

distributed to E and W coasts ?

And then there are the people in these areas who made their living from fishing --

Sad --

[peacebird]

2. have you seen any studies on the amount of radiation in seafood?

[defendandprotect]

6. No -- are they reporting on the condition of fish from the Gulf?

Recall hearing that 1/3rd of the fish sold came from the Gulf --

And think there are probably still fishermen fishing those waters?

As for Japan, possibilities of contamination are very high -- and their tea

and seaweed and some other products were definitely contaminated.

Don't recall any specific measurement for radiation in fish?

HOWEVER, CITIZENS FROM FUKUSHIMA AND SOME SURROUNDING AREAS HAD THEIR URINE

TESTED AND THAT WASN'T GOOD, AS I RECALL.

[jimlup]

3. Don't trust a single thing that TEPCO says

They've lied at every instance. Organizations/Corporations have a vested interest in not telling negative truths as we've seen from both BP and Tepco

[nadinbrzezinski]

5. And don't forget governments.