Record levels of radioactive caesium were detected in fish caught within 20 kilometres of Japan’s damaged Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, news reports said on Wednesday.
The operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. said on Tuesday that it had found 25,800 becquerels per kilogram of radioactive caesium in greenling, 258 times higher than the government safety standard.
Fishing in waters off the plant has been voluntarily restricted since the nuclear disaster at the plant, which went into meltdown after the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.
Less than a month after the start of the disaster, Tokyo Electric dumped more than 11,000 tons of wastewater containing radioactive substances into the Pacific.
The previous record of radioactive contamination in fish was 18,700 becquerels per kilogram detected in cherry salmon caught in March, according to the Fisheries Agency.
Wakao Hanaoka, a Greenpeace Japan official, said the government now needs to carry out a full investigation of radioactive contamination in a wide range of sea areas off Fukushima, which has not been done yet.
The organization’s surveys show higher levels of radioactive contamination found in fish and seaweed sampled in areas further from the Fukushima plant.
Factors that affect the spread of contamination include ocean currents and seabed configuration, Mr. Hanaoka added.
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The waters off Fukushima and the US West Coast are probably already here. The
increase in contamination from 18.700 becquerels to 25,800 becquerels, a 7000
becquerels increase in contamination just proves that nuclear radiation contamination
will not go away with time but will only increase as it takes radio-active cesium 30
years to lose it's potency to half the amount only. The findings don't include the levels
of other iums that are just as dangerous but have no device capable of measuring
them. It's no wonder mysterious deaths are occurring worldwide with even top leaders
of countries kicking the bucket. But that's the bliss of ignorance as people stupidly
vote in people with financial clout or allegiance with big business, most more ignorant
of scientific matters than a kid in pre-school....in the end the masses with their
numbers will depose the business elite, However, as they too, with no knowledge of
ruling society and with too many dissenting voices, will destroy humanity.
Human's civilization is under threat with these kinds of Nuclear
accidents. Only way to stop these kinds incidents is applying strict
safety standards across all Nuclear Plants or else may be look of other
safety practices of generating electricity other than Nuclear.
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