#Fukushima I Nuke Plant: 254,000 Bq/kg of Radioactive Cesium from Fish Caught Inside the Harbor

A fish caught inside the harbor at Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant was found with 254,000 Bq/kg of radioactive cesium, highest so far.

From independent journalist Ryuichi Kino's tweets, as he watches the live TEPCO press conference:

１Ｆ内の魚、１０月から漁業関係者に相談して、閉止の対応をした。汚染された魚が外に出ることについて、１０月以前には対応はとっていなかったと尾野さん。港湾内の魚、最大で正シウム１３４と１３７の合計で２５万４０００ベクレル。過去最高値。

As to the fish inside the [harbor] at Fukushima I Nuke Plant, TEPCO consulted the fishermen in October [last year] and took measures to stop the fish from escaping the harbor. TEPCO's spokesman Mr. Ono says they didn't do anything about the fish escaping the bay until October. The highest level detected so far in the fish is 254,000 becquerels/kg of radioactive cesium (Cs-134 and Cs-137).

The fish with 250,000 Bq/kg of cesium was a spotbelly rockfish. Kino continues:

最高値のムラソイ、２００ｇ食べた場合には０．８ミリシーベルトの被曝。１ｋｇ食べると４ミリシーベルト。もちろん食べないけども、そういう魚がこの近くにはいるということ。港湾から外にでる魚がいないとはいえず

It was spotbelly rockfish that was found with the highest level [of radioactive cesium]. If one eats 200 gram of fish, one gets 0.8 millisievert radiation exposure. If one eats 1 kilogram, 4 millisievert. Of course no one eats [this fish, that much], but we should remember that there are fish like that near Fukushima I Nuke Plant. We cannot say for sure that no fish escapes from the harbor.

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