Radiation level of shirt increased after washed by a laundromat

According to a citizen’s radiation monitoring station in Fukushima, long sleeved shirts worn for two days increased the radiation level after being washed by a laundromat.

 

Sample : Long sleeved shirts
Status : worn 10/14 ~ 10/15
Before washing : Cs-134 7.66 Bq/Kg, Cs-137 8.60 Bq/Kg
After washing : Cs-134 9.74  Bq/Kg, Cs-137 12.30 Bq/Kg

↓ Before washing

Radiation level of shirt increased after washed by a laundromat

↓ After washing

Radiation level of shirt increased after washed by a laundromat 2

 

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La radioactivité de chemises augmente après lavage dans une laverie automatique

Selon une station de surveillance citoyenne de la radioactivité de Fukushima, des chemises à manches longues portées pendant deux jours ont vu leur niveau de radioactivité augmenté après avoir été lavées dans une laverie automatique.

Échantillon : chemises à manches longues
État : portées les 14 et 15 octobre
Avant lavage : Cs-134 : 7,66 Bq/kg, Cs-137 : 8,60 Bq/kg
Après lavage : Cs-134 : 9,74 Bq/kg, Cs-137 : 12,30 Bq/kg

↓ Avant lavage

La radioactivité de chemises augmente après lavage dans une laverie automatique

 

↓ Après lavage

La radioactivité de chemises augmente après lavage dans une laverie automatique 2

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This website updates the latest news about the Fukushima nuclear plant and also archives the past news from 2011. Because it's always updated and added live, articles, categories and the tags are not necessarily fitted in the latest format.
I am the writer of this website. About page remains in 2014. This is because my memory about 311 was clearer than now, 2023, and I think it can have a historical value. Now I'm living in Romania with 3 cats as an independent data scientist.
Actually, nothing has progressed in the plant since 2011. We still don't even know what is going on inside. They must keep cooling the crippled reactors by water, but additionally groundwater keeps flowing into the reactor buildings from the broken parts. This is why highly contaminated water is always produced more than it can circulate. Tepco is planning to officially discharge this water to the Pacific but Tritium is still remaining in it. They dilute this with seawater so that it is legally safe, but scientifically the same amount of radioactive tritium is contained. They say it is safe to discharge, but none of them have drunk it.

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