Jun 27 2012 Government tests Finds Radioactive Plutonium in Fish Caught off Japan Coast , Fukusima Update June 27 2012

Government tests find plutonium in fish caught off Japan coast

UPDATE: 'Breaking News': South Korea bans 35 Japanese seafood products due to Fukushima radiation fears

Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
Source: http://www.mhlw.go.jp/stf/houdou/2r98520000023p4a-att/2r98520000023pas.pdf

• Plutonium-239, and -240 detected (Highest was in anchovy at 0.019 mBq/kg)
• Fish from offshore Onahama port, at depth of between 120 and 300 meters
• 60km from Fukushima Daiichi
• Samples taken on June 21, 2011 and frozen
• Analysis done by the National Institute of Radiological Sciences

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