Fukushima Radiation Nears California Coast, Judged Harmless

Posted by timothy on Tuesday November 11, 2014 @05:44AM from the dispersion-is-awesome dept.

sciencehabit writes After a two-and-a-half year ocean journey, radioactive contamination from the Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan has drifted to within 160 kilometers of the California coast, according to a new study. But the radiation levels are minuscule and do not pose a threat, researchers say. The team found a high of just 8 becquerels of radiation per cubic meter in ocean samples off the coast. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency guidelines for drinking water allow up to 7400 becquerels per cubic meter.

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Re:8 disintegrations/sec per cubic meter. Nothing. by Mr+D+from+63 · 2014-11-11 05:55 · Score: 4, Interesting

What is more interesting is our technological capability to detect such minute concentrations of just about anything.
...and the fish? by Anonymous Coward · 2014-11-11 06:01 · Score: 2, Interesting

what about the fish that are living in it the whole time? How contaminated are they? And we still eat fish out of that water.