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Seawater Testing - Fukushima Disaster

The Department of Health routinely tests Puget Sound water in the area surrounding U.S. Navy facilities at Bremerton and Bangor. Water is measured for radioactivity, including cesium-134 (Cs-134), cesium-137 (Cs-137), and iodine-131 (I-131). Below are test results from 2013, 2014, and beginning of 2015. All test results show there is no health risk.

*Not Detected

 
Sample Type
Location   Collect Date Cs-134 Cs-137 I-131
 Puget Sound  Bangor  1/14/2015  ND* ND*
ND*
 Puget Sound  Bremerton  1/8/2015 ND* ND* ND*
 Puget Sound  Bremerton  7/14/2014 ND* ND*
ND*
 Puget Sound  Bangor  7/10/2014 ND* ND* ND*
 Puget Sound  Bangor  4/15/2014 ND* ND* ND*
 Puget Sound  Bremerton 4/2/2014 ND*
ND* ND*
 Puget Sound  Bangor 1/22/2014 ND* ND* ND*
 Puget Sound  Bremerton 1/14/2014 ND* ND* ND*
 Puget Sound  Bangor 7/18/2013 ND* ND* ND*
 Puget Sound  Bremerton 7/10/2013 ND* ND* ND*
 Puget Sound  Bremerton 1/15/2013 ND* ND* ND*
 Puget Sound  Bangor 1/8/2013 ND* ND* ND*