Fukushima May Have Dumped Twice As Much Radiation as Previously Thought

That ’s right , doubly what Nipponese authorities originally forecast . That ’s a lot of cesium-137 to miss , so where did it all disappear to ?

Out to sea , apparently . A study of late completed by Andreas Stohl of the Norwegian Institute for Air Research peg down the full amount of cesium-137 released at 36,000 terabecquerels through April 20 compared to the 15,000 terabecquerels the Japanese government activity reported . Stohl ’s reputation assert that the government only gathered datum from terrestrial sensors and failed to answer for for the radiation syndrome blown off - shore .

The report also submit that a simple 20 percent of the emitted actinotherapy really landed on the Land of the Rising Sun , the vast legal age settling in the Pacific with as much as two percent hit extraneous landfall . However , while 36,000 terabecquerels is a monolithic dose of radiation , it ’s still less than half of what Chernobyl released during its meltdown . It should also be noted that while the Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics journal posted the report for input , the cogitation has n’t yet completed the peer - reassessment process . [ Washington Post ]

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