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Radiation Measurement at Northeast Japan Ports

This document summarizes radiation dose measurements and seawater radioactivity tests conducted at various ports along the Pacific coast of northeastern Japan following the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster. It provides radiation measurement data in microsieverts per hour and detections of radioactive iodine-131, cesium-134 and cesium-137 in seawater samples collected from Tokyo Bay and ports out to 200km from Fukushima, with all results being below detection limits.

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Radiation Measurement at Northeast Japan Ports

This document summarizes radiation dose measurements and seawater radioactivity tests conducted at various ports along the Pacific coast of northeastern Japan following the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster. It provides radiation measurement data in microsieverts per hour and detections of radioactive iodine-131, cesium-134 and cesium-137 in seawater samples collected from Tokyo Bay and ports out to 200km from Fukushima, with all results being below detection limits.

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Measurement of Radiation Dose for Air in the Ports

(the Pacific side of Northeast Japan)


[Link]

Measurement points
Port of Tokyo Port of Yokohama

7/9
0.06 0.02 0.03 0.08 0.08 0.03 0.05 0.02
Sv/h

7/11 0.05 0.07 0.03 0.03 0.08 0.03


Sv/h

7/12 0.05 0.02 0.03 0.08 0.03 0.05 0.02


Sv/h = mSv/h

Annual exposure calculation

Oi Wharf Honmoku Wharf (BC gate)


Kawasaki Environment Synthesis Laboratory <4km from the port> Chiba Prefectural Environmental Research Center <9km from the port>

0.44 mSv 0.44 mSv 0.18 mSv 0.26 mSv 0.70 mSv 0.70 mSv - mSv 0.26 mSv

DistancefromFukushima DaiichiNuclearPowerStation

Sv/h Sv/h
(AM8:00)

Sv/h Sv/h
(AM8:00)

Sv/h Sv/h
(AM8:00)

0.00005

mSv/h

Port of Kawasaki
Port of Chiba

0.00002

mSv/h

Sv/h
(AM8:00)

Sv/h
(AM8:00)

Sv/h
(AM8:00)

0.00003

mSv/h

Port of Kashima Port of Onahama Port of Souma


Port of Sendaishiogama

Bureau of Port of Kashima

Sv/h
(AM8:00)

Sv/h
(AM8:00)

Sv/h
(AM8:00)

mSv/h

Fujiwara Wharf No.2 Wharf Takasago Container Terminal Nakajima Wharf


Research Institute for Environmental Sciences and Public Health

Sv/h
(AM)

Sv/h
(AM)

Sv/h
(AM)

0.00008

mSv/h


FukushimaDaiichi NuclearPower Station

Sv/h
(AM)

Sv/h
(AM)

Sv/h
(AM)

mSv/h

Sv/h

Sv/h

Sv/h

0.00003

mSv/h

Port of Ishinomaki Port of Kuji

100km
Sv/h Sv/h
(AM)

Sv/h Sv/h
(AM)

Sv/h Sv/h
(AM)

0.00005

mSv/h

0.44 mSv
150km

0.00002

mSv/h

0.18 mSv

200km

Source: Bureau of Port and Harbor Tokyo Metropolitan Government <[Link] Source: Yokohama Port Public Corporation <[Link] Source: Kawasaki City <[Link] Source: Chiba Prefecture <[Link]

Source: Miyagi Prefecture < [Link] kouwan/kousei/[Link] > Source: Iwate Prefecture <[Link] Source: Aomori Prefecture <[Link]

Source: Ibaraki Prefecture <[Link] Source: Fukushima Prefecture <[Link] D9FD999752E003A0EC47?DISPLAY_ID=DIRECT&NEXT_DISPLAY_ID=U000004&CONTENTS_ID=10877>

1) 1 Gray/hour (Gy/hr) 1 Sievert /hour (Sv/hr). 2) 1 mili-Sievert (mSv) = 1000 micro-Sievert (Sv) 1 micro-Sievert (Sv) =1000 nano-Sievert (nSv) 3) Annual exposure calculation is the estimation under the condition that the hourly radiation dose measurement at the measurement point is accumulated 24 hours throughout the year. 4) The figure in parenthesis below the measured value indicates the measurement time

According to the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, examples of exposure level of radiation in daily life is as below. - Chest X-ray (once) 0.05 mSv - 1 roundtrip between Tokyo and New York by air 0.2 mSv - Stomach X-ray (once) 0.6 mSv According to the WHO, a person is exposed to approximately 3.0mSv/year on average.

Measurement of Radioactivity for Seawater in the Ports


(the Pacific side of Northeast Japan)
[Link]

Measurement Points
Tokyo bay Port of Tokyo Port of Yokohama Uraga Channel (ND = Less Than 5Bq/kg)
Mid point between Oi Terminal and Aomi Terminal (ND = Less Than 2-3Bq/kg) Yokohama Passage/ Tsurumi Passage (ND = Less Than 10Bq/kg)

Date 7/9 7/11 7/8 7/4 7/8 6/11 7/8 7/8 7/4 7/4 7/4 1) 2)

Iodine I-131 ND
(less than 5Bq/kg)

Cesium Cs-134 ND
(less than 5Bq/kg)

Cesium Cs-137 ND
(less than 5Bq/kg)

DistancefromFukushima DaiichiNuclearPowerStation

ND
ND
(less than 20Bq/kg)

ND
ND
(less than 20Bq/kg)

ND
ND
(less than 20Bq/kg)

Port of Kawasaki
Port of Chiba

Port of Kashima Port of Onahama Port of Souma


Port of Sendaishiogama Port of Ishinomaki Port of Hachinohe

Kawasaki Passage (ND = Less Than 1Bq/kg) Chiba Passage (ND = Less Than 2Bq/kg) 3km off the coast of Hirai (ND = Less Than 1-2Bq/kg)
1) No.4 Wharf (ND = Less Than 1Bq/kg) 2) Otsurugi Wharf (ND = Less Than 1Bq/kg)

ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND
ND
(less than 1.6Bq/L)

ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND
ND
(less than 1.1Bq/kg)

ND ND ND ND ND ND ND
100km


FukushimaDaiichi NuclearPower Station

No.2 No 2 Wharf (ND = Less Than 1Bq/kg)

Takasago Container Terminal (ND = Less Than 1Bq/kg)


Nakajima Wharf (ND = Less Than 1Bq/kg)

ND
ND
(less than 1.0Bq/L)

Hattaro Area (in the port) (ND = Less Than 1-2Bq/kg)

150km 200km

Source: Kanto Regional Development Bureau, MLIT <[Link] Source: Bureau of Port and Harbor, Tokyo Metropolitan Government <[Link] Source: Yokohama Port Public Corporation <[Link] Source: Kawasaki City <[Link] Source: Chiba Prefecture <[Link] Source: Tokyo Electric Power Company <[Link] Source: Fukushima Prefecture <[Link] 0EC47?DISPLAY_ID=DIRECT&NEXT_DISPLAY_ID=U000004&CONTENTS_ID=10877>

ND=NotDetectedLTD=Less ThanDetectable
Source: Miyagi Prefecture < [Link] kouwan/kousei/[Link] > Source: Aomori Prefecture <[Link] soshiki/kendo/kowan/[Link]>

1) 2) 3)

Sample is collected from surface of the sea Detected, Less than Detectable mean the value below detection limit. Not Detected limit The figure in parenthesis below ND(Not Detected) indicates detection limit level.

Reference Standard value under the Food Sanitation Act of Japan (enforced on April 1st, 2012) is shown as follows; - Drinking water; under 10Bq (becquerel) /1kg water Bq (becquerel) is defined as the activity of a quantity of radioactive material. The sum total of target radioactive materials (Cesium 134, Cesium 137, Strontium 90, Plutonium, Ruthenium 106).

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