-11 th of March 2011 Fukushima nuclear power plant cracked open because of earthquake/tsunami Fukushima The effect of the Fukushima nuclear disaster of 2011 on the Oceans -300 tons of contaminated water spilling Pacific Ocean -spilled 93 billion Becquerel's of radioactive cesium into atmosphere/oceans Japanese government trying to cover it up -Ecological impacts = Kuroshio Current and Kuroshio Extension spread nuclear particles throughout world affects more animals/people because even a very small amount can cause cancer -around 1,600 killed by Fukushima nuclear power plant -16,000 people were killed across Japan -300,000 people evacuated their homes -Trophic levels = animals that are higher up the food chain (large fish, whales, humans…) will digest an accumulation of radioactive waste affects the entire ecosystem and food chain - Fishing industry = very affected because prohibited fishing in 61 kilometers around area and over 150 meters deep Waters in north-east of the Fukushima plant = amongst the busiest fishing zones in the world Half of Japan's sea-food -legal limit of radiation in fish = 100 Becquerel’s/kg whilst levels were between 134 and 136 Becquerel’s/kg in local fish treated as radioactive waste -Fishermen make their money by cleaning up radioactive debris and catching a few fish to bring to labs has cost the regions fishing industry 3.5 billion $ -Has cost the government 250 billion $ -1,100 of the frail animals have become stranded and had to enter marine mammal rehabilitation centers up the west coast of America only 100 prior to Fukushima disaster -Animals (dolphins, seals, fish…) suffer “beta burns” = external sores caused by radiation even polar bears in the North pole were found to have these Dead whales near Fukushima Beta burns on seal flipper -radiation levels of water around reactor = 10,000 times higher than normal Where Earthquake and Tsunami occurred Radiation in the Pacific Ocean RADIOACTIVITY IN THE OCEANS FUKUSHIMA AND MARINE/COASTAL LIFE -Thousands of animals were found with dead deformed and burnt Even children next to the coast were found to be deformed (Japan + America) FUKUSHIMAS EFFECT ON FISHING FUKUSHIMA SATISTICS

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FUKUSHIMA SATISTICS. Fukushima. -11 th of March 2011  Fukushima nuclear power plant cracked open because of earthquake/tsunami. -around 1,600 killed by F ukushima nuclear power plant -16,000 people were killed across Japan -300,000 people evacuated their homes. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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-11th of March 2011 Fukushima nuclear power plant cracked open because of earthquake/tsunami

Fukushima

The effect of the Fukushima nuclear disaster of 2011 on the Oceans

-300 tons of contaminated water spilling Pacific Ocean

-spilled 93 billion Becquerel's of radioactive cesium into atmosphere/oceans Japanese government trying to cover

it up

-Ecological impacts = Kuroshio Current and Kuroshio Extension spread nuclear particles throughout world affects more animals/people because even a very small

amount can cause cancer

-around 1,600 killed by Fukushima nuclear power plant -16,000 people were killed across Japan-300,000 people evacuated their homes

-Trophic levels = animals that are higher up the food chain (large fish, whales, humans…) will digest an accumulation of radioactive waste affects the entire

ecosystem and food chain

- Fishing industry = very affected because prohibited fishing in 61 kilometers around area and over 150 meters deep Waters in north-east of the Fukushima plant = amongst the busiest fishing zones in the world Half of Japan's sea-food

-legal limit of radiation in fish = 100 Becquerel’s/kg whilst levels were between 134 and 136 Becquerel’s/kg in local fish treated as radioactive waste

-Fishermen make their money by cleaning up radioactive debris and catching a few fish to bring to labs has cost the regions fishing industry 3.5 billion $

-Has cost the government 250 billion $

-1,100 of the frail animals have become stranded and had to enter marine mammal rehabilitation centers up the west coast of America only 100 prior to Fukushima

disaster-Animals (dolphins, seals, fish…) suffer “beta burns” =

external sores caused by radiation even polar bears in the North pole were found to have these

Dead whales near Fukushima

Beta burns on seal flipper

-radiation levels of water around reactor = 10,000 times higher than normal

Where Earthquake and Tsunami occurred

Radiation in the Pacific Ocean

RADIOACTIVITY IN THE OCEANS

FUKUSHIMA AND MARINE/COASTAL LIFE

-Thousands of animals were found with dead deformed and burnt

Even children next to the coast were found to be deformed (Japan + America)

FUKUSHIMAS EFFECT ON FISHING