Fukushima Radiation In California

We all remember the earthquake and ensuing tsunami that hit Japan (see figure 1) and caused major troubles in the Fukushima nuclear power plant, which was severely damaged. Problems with containing radiation followed, leading to the pumping of huge amounts of seawater into the reactor, in an attempt to cool it down.   Figure 1: Height of tsunami following earthquake.(Source: Wikimedia Commons, derived from the Japan Meteorological Agency)   The question on many people’s mind was: how many radiation would be released?read more

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