China News Service, February 23. According to Singapore’s Lianhe Zaobao report, on the 22nd, a fish caught off the coast of Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, was detected to be radioactive.
This is the first time after about two years that radioactive substances in fish caught off the coast of Fukushima were found to be excessive.
According to the Japan Broadcasting Association, the radioactive material detected this time is a black fish named "Hsu's flat raccoon". It was on a fishing ground about 8.8 kilometers from the coast of Shinjicho, Fukushima Prefecture and 24 meters in depth on the 22nd. Captured.
After testing, the radioactive cesium content in his body reached 500 becquerels per kilogram, and Japan's standard for radioactive substances in food is not more than 100 becquerels per kilogram.
The Fukushima Prefecture Fisheries Cooperative Association has suspended the sale of this fish.
Fukushima Prefecture has completely lifted the restrictions on the marketing of caught fish from February 25, 2020.
It is not clear whether the radioactive material in the offshore fish was affected by the recent earthquake in the sea near Fukushima.
On the evening of the 13th local time, a magnitude 7.3 earthquake occurred in the sea near Fukushima Prefecture.
It is reported that the pressure of the containment vessel of the Unit 1 nuclear reactor of the Tokyo Electric Power Company’s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant has dropped after the earthquake.