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Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution to Lead Expedition to Measure Radioactive Contaminants in the Pacific Ocean

By Guest PostJune 3, 2011Environmentacoustic doppler current profiler, adcp, assessment, atlantic, cesium 137, contamination pathways and dispersion, drinking water standard, fukushima nuclear power plant, fukushima plant, gordon and betty moore foundation, gulf stream, iodine and cesium isotopes, Japan, kaimikai o kanoloa, ken buesseler, kuroshio current, levels and dispersion of radioactive substances in the pacific ocean, marine organisms, moore funding, nick fisher, ocean current, phytoplankton, radiation, radioactive contaminants, radioactivity in ocean, radioisotope geochemistry, radionuclides, reactors, research vessel, spain, susan avery, tepco, tokyo electric power company, tokyo institute of technology, university of bremen, university of hawaii, us environmental protection agency, vicki chandler, whoi, woods hole oceanographic institution

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) will lead the first international, multidisciplinary assessment of the levels and dispersion of radioactive substances in the Pacific Ocean off the Fukushima nuclear power plant—a research effort funded by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation.

“This project will address fundamental questions about the impact of this release of radiation to the ocean, and in the process enhance international collaboration and sharing of scientific data,” said Vicki Chandler, Chief Program Officer, Science at the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation. “It is our hope that through this adverse event, we can increase our current knowledge about various natural and man-made sources of radioactivity in the ocean, and how they might ultimately impact ocean life and health around the world.” (more…)

After Japan Nuclear Power Plant Disaster: How Much Radioactivity in the Oceans?

By Guest PostMay 21, 2011Environmentatlantic, atmosphere, baltic, bioaccumulation of radionuclides, black seas, cesium, cesium isotopes, Chernobyl, chernobyl incident, earthquake, Environment, fukushima, fukushima daiichi nuclear power plant, fukushima plant, henrieta dulaiova, human sources of radiation in atmosphere, iodine, Japan, ken buesseler, national science foundation, nuclear power plant, pacific oceans, radiation level in oceans, radioisotopes, radionuclides, satellite image, seawater, tracer, tsunami, woods hole oceanographic institution

*National Science Foundation awards rapid-response grants to establish ocean radionuclide levels from Fukushima*

Among the casualties of the March 11, 2011, earthquake and resulting tsunami in Japan was the country’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

A result of the loss of electricity, overheating at the power plant led to significant releases of iodine, cesium and other radioisotopes to the environment. (more…)

Japan Worst-case Scenario Unlikely to Cause Catastrophic Radiation Release

By Guest PostMarch 17, 2011Environmentboiling water reactor, Chernobyl, chest x-rays, explosion, fuel rods, fukushima plant, Japan, john lee, meltdown, nuclear reactor, nuclear reactors, power blackouts, radioactivity, release of harmful radiation, thomas downer, three mile island accident, united states, worst case scenario

ANN ARBOR, Mich.— While exposed spent fuel rods at the failing nuclear reactors in Japan pose new threats, the worst-case scenario would still be unlikely to expose the public to catastrophic amounts of radiation, says a University of Michigan nuclear engineering professor who is an expert on this particular kind of reactor.

“For the public, I don’t believe it would be much higher than two additional chest x-rays,” said John Lee, a professor in the Department of Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences, citing the results of the Three Mile Island accident. (more…)

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Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution to Lead Expedition to Measure Radioactive Contaminants in the Pacific Ocean

After Japan Nuclear Power Plant Disaster: How Much Radioactivity in the Oceans?

Japan Worst-case Scenario Unlikely to Cause Catastrophic Radiation Release