Gov’t report reveals Fukushima radioactive release much larger than Chernobyl — Japan reactors could have emitted nearly four times as much cesium-137
ENENews.com
October 20th, 2014
Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, funded by the Korean government, July 2014:
The Fukushima accident [led to a] release of huge radioactivity
It is reported… 4 times more radioactivity was released to the sea than to the atmosphere
Best-estimate source term of 137Cs… released into the atmosphere, is about 4%
Best-estimate release fraction of the 137Cs inventory that flowed into the sea…about 16%
Of the 4% inventory of 137Cs released into the atmosphere, only 0.8% was deposited in the Japanese land and the other 3.2% was transported to the sea or other areas
The inventory… available for release in the units 1-3… the time of accident [was] 7.6 – 8.2 x 10^17 [760 – 820 quadrillion] Bq for 137Cs
Because of the geographic location of the nuclear power plant — at the beach of the Pacific Ocean… more than 80% of the radioactivity released from the crippled reactors flowed into the sea.
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