Plume from Fukushima, Japan took 2.1 years to travel across the Pacific Ocean

An interesting update from EarthSky regarding a topic of interest to those on the Pacific coast. From the article… A radiation plume from the March, 2011 nuclear accident in Fukushima, Japan took about 2.1 years to travel via ocean currents and ultimately cross the waters of the Pacific Ocean to reach the shores of North America. That’s according to to a study published at the end of 2014 (December 29) by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences,

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See also:

• Arrival of the Fukushima radioactivity plume in North American continental waters
• Tracking the Fukushima radioactivity plume across the Pacific