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WHOI postdoc Virginie Sanial sampling groundwater in Japan.

WHOI postdoc Virginie Sanial sampling groundwater in Japan.
WHOI postdoc Virginie Sanial sampling groundwater in Japan.
WHOI postdoc Virginie Sanial sampling groundwater in Japan.
WHOI postdoc Virginie Sanial sampling groundwater in Japan.
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Charette, Matthew
WHOI postdoc Virginie Sanial sampling groundwater in Japan.
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10/19/2015
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Former WHOI post-doctoral scientist Virginie Sanial sampled groundwater beneath beaches in Japan to look for radioactive cesium-137 from the 2011 Fukushima nuclear plant accident. To her surprise, she and colleagues found that radioactive cesium has accumulated in sands and brackish groundwater beneath beaches up to 60 miles from the plant. What's more, waves and tides can subsequently carry it back into the ocean. The scientists say this previously unknown, ongoing, and persistent source of radioactive contamination to oceans should be taken into account when monitoring nuclear power plants and future accidents.
Caption from Oceanus magazine, Vol. 53, No. 1, pg. 8:
WHOI scientist Virginie Sanial sampled groundwater beneath beaches in Japan to analyze its content of radioactive cesium-137 from the Fukushima nuclear plant accident in 2011.
Photo by Matt Charette
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