[국제]Five times the limit of radioactive substances allowed in fish off Fukushima

In 2011, a radioactive material cesium was detected in rockfish off the coast of Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, where a nuclear power plant accident occurred, five times the standard value set by the Japanese government.

The public broadcaster NHK reported on the 22nd local time that 500 becquerels (㏃) of cesium were detected per kilogram of rockfish raised by fishermen off the coast of Fukushima.

Cesium was detected, which is five times the food limit set by the Japanese government and ten times the Fukushima Prefecture Fishery Cooperative Federation’s own standard.

NHK reported that it was only two years after February 2019 that radioactive substances that exceeded Japanese government standards were detected in seafood caught off the coast of Fukushima Prefecture.

The rockfish in question was caught in a 24m deep fishing ground about 8.8km off the coast of Shinchimachi, Fukushima Prefecture.

The Fukushima Prefectural Fisheries Cooperative Association has decided to stop shipping rockfish until safety is confirmed.

Fukushima fishermen select and inspect some of the fish caught and ship them if the amount of radioactive substances detected is 50㏃ or less per kilogram.

From February of last year, restrictions on shipment of all fish caught off the coast of Fukushima were lifted.

[저작권자(c) YTN & YTN plus 무단전재 및 재배포 금지]

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