Radioactive Isotopes Measured at Olympic & Paralympic Venues in Fukushima & Tokyo

Radioactive Isotopes Measured at Olympic & Paralympic Venues in Fukushima & Tokyo

Study consisted of a total of 146 independent soil & dust samples collected from sites in Fukushima Prefecture, Greater Tokyo, and the heavily traveled corridors between these northern Japan locations to assess radiological contamination related to the Fukushima meltdowns and “detected modest radioactive contamination at Olympic venues in Japan, and found significant alpha-, beta-, and gamma-emitter contamination at Japan’s National Training Center.”

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Radioactively-hot Particles Detected in Dusts and Soils from Northern Japan

Radioactively-hot Particles Detected in Dusts and Soils from Northern Japan

Co-authored by Dr. Marco Kaltofen, Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), and Arnie Gundersen, Fairewinds Energy Education, the article details the analysis of radioactively hot particles collected in Japan following the Fukushima Dai-ichi meltdowns. Based on 415 samples of radioactive dust from Japan, the USA, and Canada, the study identified a statistically meaningful number of samples that were considerably more radioactive than current radiation models anticipated…

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