What is it about?
It was recently reported that radioactive fallout due to the Fukushima Nuclear Accident was detected in environmental samples collected in the USA and Greece, which are very far away from Japan. In April-May 2011, fallout radionuclides (Cs-134, Cs-137, I-131) released in the Fukushima Nuclear Accident were detected in environmental samples at the city of Krasnoyarsk (Russia), situated in the center of Asia.
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The obtained results show that fission products released in the Fukushima Nuclear Accident were detected in the center of Asia in April-May 2011. The radioisotope ratios varied within the same range for the samples collected in Greece and Russia, suggesting a high-velocity movement of radioactive contamination. Thus, the detections of radiocesium and radioiodine in environmental samples in USA, Europe, and Russia prove the global effects of the accident at Fukushima.
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This page is a summary of: Evidence of the radioactive fallout in the center of Asia (Russia) following the Fukushima Nuclear Accident, Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, November 2011, Elsevier,
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2011.06.007.
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