The video is about a forest near Chernobyl, and a fairly recent Geiger counter reading of the forest floor, after 'decontamination' efforts, which consisted of bulldozing the highly contaminated trees into a ditch and covering them with dirt. Many years later, the soil is still highly radioactive at, 3000 + CPM.
Radioactive cesium levels in forest soil rise over time since 2011 in Japan
SENDAI (Kyodo) — Levels of radioactive cesium in soil and on the ground of two forests in northeastern Japan have risen over time since the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster, according to results of a recent survey.
In forests about 60 kilometers and 120 km north of the severely damaged Fukushima Daiichi power plant, cesium is believed to be accumulating in the soil as cesium-contaminated leaves fall to the ground and decompose.
In a forest in the town of Marumori closer to Fukushima, the average cesium level of 10 samples of fallen quills was 26,684 becquerels per kilogram in June 2012, but rose to 42,759 becquerels a year later. And the level in soil up to 10 centimeters deep increased from 721 becquerels to 3,225 becquerels, according to the survey.
http://mainichi.jp/english/english/newsselect/news/20131216p2g00m0dm026000c.html
Why is this happening in Japan, and is this also what is happening around Chernobyl and other nuclear accident sites? Is this just a local event, or is it something universal to all forests exposed to high radiation from nuclear disasters?
Until more scientific studies are done at greater distances away from Fukushima and other nuclear disaster sites, we will not have a definite answer to these questions. but we can say that at least in Japan, the forests and their products are becoming more radioactive, not less, up to a distance of 120 km from Fukushima.
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Fukushima Cesium Levels in Japanese Forest Soil Almost Double From 2011 To 2014; via @AGreenRoad
http://agreenroad.blogspot.com/2014/01/fukushima-cesium-levels-in-japanese.html
For more articles like this;
Animals, Insects, Birds And Plants; Low Level Radiation Effects
http://agreenroad.blogspot.com/p/animals-and-low-level-radiation-effects.html
Why is this happening in Japan, and is this also what is happening around Chernobyl and other nuclear accident sites? Is this just a local event, or is it something universal to all forests exposed to high radiation from nuclear disasters?
Until more scientific studies are done at greater distances away from Fukushima and other nuclear disaster sites, we will not have a definite answer to these questions. but we can say that at least in Japan, the forests and their products are becoming more radioactive, not less, up to a distance of 120 km from Fukushima.
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Fukushima Cesium Levels in Japanese Forest Soil Almost Double From 2011 To 2014; via @AGreenRoad
http://agreenroad.blogspot.com/2014/01/fukushima-cesium-levels-in-japanese.html
For more articles like this;
Animals, Insects, Birds And Plants; Low Level Radiation Effects
http://agreenroad.blogspot.com/p/animals-and-low-level-radiation-effects.html
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