UAF researcher concerned about Fukushima debris headed toward Alaska
Published: November 6, 2013
By TEGAN HANLON —
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A scientist with the University of Alaska Fairbanks says he is concerned about the radiation in the debris floating across the Pacific Ocean from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in Japan toward Alaska and the U.S. and Canadian west coast.
Why is he worried? While there are many computer models for predicting the radiation movements, no one agency is funded to regularly sample the actual levels of radioactive elements in the plumes of debris, according to UAF researcher Doug Dasher.
"There's a lot of unknowns, there's a lot of uncertainties," Dasher said in a teleconference call with Alaska reporters Wednesday arranged by UAF...
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