Radiation and the Oceans

10:57 AM Sat 9 Apr 2011 GMT

'The background level of radiation in oceans and seas varies around the globe' Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) &copy

On March 11, 2011 a magnitude 9.0 earthquake-one of the largest ever recorded, occurred 80 miles off the coast of Japan. The earthquake created a series of tsunamis, the largest estimated to be over 30-feet, that swept ashore along the northeast coast of the main island, Honshu. In addition to killing more than 9,000 people, the earthquake and tsunamis badly damaged the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, eventually causing four of the six reactors there to release radiation into the atmosphere and ocean. What is being released from the Fukushima reactors and how dangerous is it? So far, we know ...

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by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

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