First quantitative measure of radiation leaked from Fukushima reactor

First quantitative measure of radiation leaked from Fukushima reactor
San Diego CA (SPX) Aug 18, 2011 - Atmospheric chemists at the University of California, San Diego, report the first quantitative measurement of the amount of radiation leaked from the damaged nuclear reactor in Fukushima, Japan, following the devastating earthquake and tsunami earlier this year. Their estimate, reported this week in the early, online edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, is based ... more