by chardonnay burke https://padlet.com/chardonnayburke/1sjl84bl4f5d en-us 2015-04-17 05:52:49 UTC 2023-04-18 23:44:01 UTC hello@padlet.com How far has radioactive material traveled from Japan throughout the Pacific Ocean? chardonnayburke https://padlet.com/chardonnayburke/1sjl84bl4f5d/wish/57210008 *A radiation plume from the March, 2011 nuclear accident in Fukushima, Japan took about 2.1 years to travel via ocean currents and ultimately cross the waters of the Pacific Ocean to reach the shores of North America.

* The nuclear power plant released cesium 134 and cesium 137 into the ocean. Researchers knew that a small percentage of this radioactive material would be carried by currents across the Pacific, eventually reaching the west coast of North America.

*Measurements were took from the same sites every June from 2011 to 2013, collecting 60 liters of water and then analyzing it for traces of cesium 134 and cesium 137.

]]> 2015-04-17 05:59:08 UTC https://padlet.com/chardonnayburke/1sjl84bl4f5d/wish/57210008 Chardonnay Burke chardonnayburke https://padlet.com/chardonnayburke/1sjl84bl4f5d/wish/57210117 2015-04-17 06:02:04 UTC https://padlet.com/chardonnayburke/1sjl84bl4f5d/wish/57210117 chardonnayburke https://padlet.com/chardonnayburke/1sjl84bl4f5d/wish/57210199 2015-04-17 06:04:25 UTC https://padlet.com/chardonnayburke/1sjl84bl4f5d/wish/57210199