DV-11-10 Ensuring the safety of Maine’s edible seaweeds

C.T. Hess Department of Physics & Astronomy Bennett Hall University of Maine Orono, ME 04469 207.581.1018 hess@maine.edu The nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant following the 8.9-magnitude earthquake in Japan in March 2011 released radioactive particles into the global atmosphere. In April 2011, radioactive iodine was detected in air samples from above Bennett … Continue reading DV-11-10 Ensuring the safety of Maine’s edible seaweeds