MEXTʼs sampling was done at 10 km

intervals along a line 30 km off the

coast.

TEPCOʼs sampling points are

T1-2: around the discharge canal of Fuku-
shima Daiichi NPS
T3: around the discharge canal of Fuku-
shima Daini NPS
T4: around Iwasaka shore at Fukushima
Daini NPS
T5-10: along a line 15 km off the coast
as of April 7 (Thu)

The Latest Results of I-131 Monitoring in Seawater by the Ministry of

Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT)

Sampling Point Date Surface Depth

(Bq/L) (Bq/L)
M-A April 5 Not Detected Not Detected
M-B
M1 April 5 Not Detected Not Detected
M2 April 3 5.96 1.59
M3 April 5 10.9 9.63
M4 April 3 11.6 2.96
M5 April 5 66.1 15.0
M6 April 3 18.3 Not Detected
M7 April 5 Not Detected 11.8
M8 April 3 5.55 1.98
M9 April 5 Not Detected Not Detected
M10 April 3 37.5 Not Detected

The Latest Results of I-131 Monitoring

in Seawater by Tokyo Electric Power
Co. (TEPCO)

Sampling Date (Bq/cm3)

Point
T1 April 6 3.7
T2 April 6 41
T3 April 6 2.2
T4 April 6 2.6
T5 April 6 0.23
T6 April 6 0.092
T7 April 6 0.024
T8 April 6 0.031 Radioactive iodine and cesium
beyond standards (intake limits)
T9 April 6 0.066 were detected in sand lances
T10 April 6 0.42 (sand eels) off the coast of
Kitaibaraki City (about 60 km
south of Fukushima Daiichi NPS.
Concentration of Iodine 131 in Nearby Sea of Fukushima Daiichi (F1) NPS(up to April 5)

Standard Value
Intake Limits in Foods
2000Bq/kg Latest Value (max. value in case of multiple points)
Max. Value
Sand Lances off the coast of Kitaibaraki City
(60km south of F1 NPS)

40km south of F1 NPS

(M9, M10)

30km off the coast

(M1 through M8)

15km off the coast

(T5 through T10)

Iwasawa Shore
（T4, 16km south of F1 NPS）

Fukushima Daini NPS

（T3, 10km south of F1 NPS)

around Discharge Canal of F1 NPS （T1、T2）

Seawater at the point where

High-level Radioactive water was flown out

High-level Radioactive Water

in F1 NPS site
Standard Concentration 0.04Bq/cc
Limit in Water

1.00E-02 1.00E-01 1.00E+00 1.00E+01 1.00E+02 1.00E+03 1.00E+04 1.00E+05 1.00E+06 1.00E+07 1.00E+08

I-131 Concentration (Water: Bq/cc Food: Bq/g)