Record high level of radiation found in fish off Fukushima
World press reports marked increase in contamination of Fish off Japan Paul Langley’s Nuclear History Blog,
1.The Asahi Shimbun, March 16 2012
http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201303160048
Quote:
A new all-time high radiation level has been detected in a fish near the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant.
A fat greenling, Hexagrammos otakii, a high-end delicacy in Japanese cuisine, was found to contain radioactive cesium 7,400 times the government’s food safety standard.
The fish was caught at the port adjacent to the nuclear site, the plant’s operating company said March 15. Tokyo Electric Power Co. said the reading of 740,000 becquerels per kilogram is the highest ever recorded in its sampling surveys of marine life since the March 2011 disaster. end quote.
The murasoi fish, which is comparable to a rockfish, was found in the area surrounding the now-closed power plant.
It was found to contain 254,000 becquerels per kilogram of cesium more than 2540 times the limit of 100 becquerels/kg set for seafood by the government.
A Becquerel is the basic unit of radioactivity used in the international measure of radiation units, the maximum level of radiation allowed in food for human consumption is 100 becquerels/kilogram.
According to the magazine, Science, levels of cesium in seafood in the area around Fukushima have not really decreased since 2011. ….http://nuclearhistory.wordpress.com/2013/03/16/world-press-reports-marked-increase-in-contamination-of-fish-off-japan/
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