Newspaper: Strontium-90 from Fukushima found along west coast of N. America — “Plutonium… might be in the plume” — Scientist: There needs to be more monitoring… No sign radioactive releases from plant are going to stop Published: August 28th, 2014 at 7:56 am ET A scientist at the University of Victoria is trying to find… residents who’d like to submit samples to be tested for radiation Professor Jay Cullen said a plume of radioactive material from Japan was tracked across the Pacific and arrived off the west coast of North America last June “As of 2013, (it was) detected inshore along Vancouver Island,” Dr. Cullen said Several radioactive materials have been found, with Cesium 137 the most potentially problematic He said off Vancouver Island, a measurement of [Cesium 137 found] .009 Becquerels per litre [9 Bq/m³] The plume also contains other radioactive material, including 90 at a far, far lower level than was released into the atmosphere during the nuclear bomb testing Low levels of plutonium and tritium might be in the plume There is no sign the release is going to stop, Dr. Cullen said He said he thinks there needs to be more monitoring, especially since the radioactive discharge will continue enenews/newspaper-strontium-90-from-fukushima-detected-along-west-coast-of-n-america-months-ago-plutonium-might-be-in-the-plume-scientist-no-sign-releases-from-plant-are-going-to-stop-there
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