Fukushima - The fate of contaminated waters
Fast mixing due to oceanic eddies
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http://environmentalresearchweb.org/cws/article/news/50176
Reference:
Behrens, E., F.U. Schwarzkopf, J.F. Lübbecke and C.W. Böning, 2012: Model csimulations on the long-term dispersal of 137Cs released into the Pacific Ocean off Fukushima. Environmental Research Letters, 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/7/3/034004
Contact:
Jan Steffen (GEOMAR, Communication and Media), Tel.:+49 431 600-2811, jsteffen@geomar.de

Simulated spreading of the contaminated Fukushima waters in summer 2012, 16 months after the nuclear disaster.