Many parts of the Japanese prefecture near the nuclear disaster are already quite free from contamination
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“There’s not a lot of difference,” Johnson says, adding that the radiation was so low in many areas that it was hard to even find mice with high levels. This finding matched other research that looked at the exposure of wild boars in the area. “There just wasn’t a lot of places to find wild boar with really high radiation levels,” Johnson says.
from not having humans around is great for healthy populations of many species. Johnson saw a lot of monkeys and other wildlife in the Fukushima Prefecture.This doesn’t mean there aren’t dangerous radiation levels in some areas near the Fukushima plant, however. When the meltdown was occurring, the wind was blowing toward the northwest , contaminating a valley through the mountainous region. These areas still have relatively high radioactivity.
In Fukushima, the radioactive material appears to be disappearing much more quickly. The power plant was relatively near the ocean, where tides and currents would have quickly spread and carried much of the radiation away.The On land, the Fukushima Prefecture is mountainous, meaning some areas are more affected more than others. Fukushima also has a lot of rainfall, which could be contributing to washing the radiocesiisum out of the soil.
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