Radiation from Fukushima hit the USA

Liquidation of the consequences of the disaster at the Fukushima nuclear power plant-1. Photo: TEPCO

Radiation pollution from Fukushima is found in the United States. He writes about it New York Post. According to the publication, we are talking about the consequences of the 2011 disaster of the year. Scientists found traces of the radioactive isotope Cesium-134 in water samples taken in Tillamook Bay and Gold Beach in Oregon on the US West Coast.

Samples were collected by staff at the Woodshall Institute of Oregon. Samples have 0,3 Becquerel radiation per cubic meter of cesium-137 (immediately after the Fukushima disaster, the level of study was 50 million Becquerels)

Scientists emphasize that the level of radioactive background in the samples was extremely low and does not pose a threat at the present time.

Liquidation of the consequences of the disaster at the Fukushima nuclear power plant-1. Photo: TEPCO

Scientists believe that the radiation particles took about 4 years to overcome the Pacific Ocean and get from Japan to the West Bank. The first traces of radiation pollution from Fukushima in the United States were found in 2015.

Let us remember that in 2011 a catastrophic tsunami hit the coast of Japan. The most serious consequence of the disaster was the destruction of the Fukushima-1 nuclear power plant. As a result, isotopes of cesium-137 and iodine-131 entered the atmosphere and the Pacific Ocean.

Scientists note that the half-life of cesium-137 is relatively short - its activity is halved every two years. “Its activity is decreasing very quickly,” explains Dr. Katherine Higley, head of the School of Nuclear Science and Engineering at the University of Oregon.

Cesium-137 has a half-life of 30 years, traces of an isotope from the reactors of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant are still found in various parts of the world.

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