Fukushima and the Ocean

WHOI researcher Steve Pike packed some of the 3 metric tons of seawater collected during a 2011 cruise to study the spread, fate, and impacts of radionuclides released from the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant in Japan. Fukushima and its impact on the ocean and human health will be the subject of tonight’s Morss Colloquium in Redfield Auditorium. Panelists from the U.S. and Japan will disucss a wide range of issues and take questions from the audience and from viewers of the live webcast. Viewers can Tweet questions to #WHOIFukushima or email to cmer@whoi.edu.(Photo by Ken Kostel, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)