Compare
these two articles.
The
levels of cesium in fish has gone up from 510,000 to 740,000
bequerels per kilogram within the space of two weeks
Record
cesium level detected in fish caught near Fukushima nuclear plant
(Kyodo)
– Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Friday it detected a record
740,000 becquerels per kilogram of radioactive cesium in a fish
caught in waters near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power
Station, equivalent to 7,400 times the state-set limit deemed safe
for human consumption.
The
greenling measuring 38 cm in length and weighing 564 grams was caught
near a water intake of the four reactor units in the power station’s
port on Feb. 21 during the utility’s operation to remove fish from
the port.
Tepco
has installed a net on the sea floor of the port exit in Fukushima
Prefecture to make it hard for fish living near the sediments of
contaminated soil to go elsewhere.
According
to Tepco, the previous record of cesium concentration in fish was
510,000 Bq/kg detected in another greenling captured in the same
area. Currently, fishermen are voluntarily suspending operations off
the coast of the prefecture except for experimental catches.
Two
weeks earlier.....
Record
cesium level found in Fukushima fish
March 2013 (The Asahi
Shimbun) – A record concentration of radioactive cesium--5,100
times the government's food safety standard--was detected in a fish
caught near the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant, the plant’s
operator said Feb. 28.
Tokyo
Electric Power Co. said the reading of 510,000 becquerels per
kilogram in the greenling is the highest ever recorded in the
utility’s seafood sampling surveys following the March 2011
disaster at the nuclear plant.
The
finding was announced Feb. 28 at a meeting of leaders of the
Fukushima Prefectural Federation of Fisheries Cooperative
Associations.
The
greenling was found caught Feb. 17 in a gill net at the mouth of the
plant's port. The net was installed to prevent fish from drifting
outside.
A
rockfish found caught Feb. 15 in a cage net along a wharf in the port
produced a reading of 277,000 becquerels per kilogram, according to
TEPCO.
TEPCO
told the fisheries federation that it will step up measures to
contain radioactive fish.
http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201303010040
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