US lab: Fukushima Radioactivity Detected In Canada

US researchers say small and harmless amounts of radioactivity from the
2011 Fukushima nuclear accident have been detected on the west coast of
Canada.
The scientists at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
announced on Monday that samples of seawater collected from the
shoreline of Ucluelet, British Columbia, in February contained trace
amounts of cesium-134.
They say Fukushima would have to be the source
of the radioactive cesium, as it is the only place recently where the
material was produced and the substance has a 2-year half-life.
Cesium-134
has been detected in waters off the United States and Canada, but this
is the first time it has been detected along a shore.
The scientists
say the sample in Ucluelet contained 1.4 Becquerels per cubic meter,
well below the internationally set level at which human and marine life
can be affected.
They say the levels were extremely low but they will
continue to carefully monitor the situation, as more sites in the
region are expected to show detectable levels of cesium-134 in coming
months.

Fukushima radioactivity detected for the first time along B.C. coastline; levels harmless
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