» Cesium reliased to air and the sea 1.5 times more than the estimate by TEPCO: around 20,500 terabecquerels

2014/05/10

The total amount of radioactive cesium released into the atmosphere and seawater from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan is estimated at between 17,500 and 20,500 terabecquerels, a study by a Japanese team of researchers showed Friday.

The team’s finding on the cumulative amount of cesium-137 is nearly 1.5 times more than the estimate by TEPCO of less than 13,600 terabecquerels.

The team announced its findings on cesium-137 during an academic session of the European Geosciences Union in Vienna on geoscience processes related to the Fukushima nuclear accident.
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Radioactive cesium-137 released from Fukushima 1.5 times Tepco estimate: study (Japan Times)

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