December 19th,2022

Monitoring of seafoods related to the

discharge of ALPS treated water

Fisheries Agency
Research and Technological Guidance Division
Yosuke Nakayama
 Overview of Tritium Analysis ①

Purpose :
Implemented for fisher/consumer’s confidence

Hokkaido

Target :
Seafoods caught and produced on the Pacific
side of the eastern Japan Chiba

（from the coast/offshore of Hokkaido to Chiba Prefecture）

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 Overview of Tritium Analysis ②

Target species : about 200 samples/year

Fish, Seaweeds, Shellfishes, Cephalopods
（based on the opinions of fishery-related organizations, etc）

① Common species : Olive flounder

(The most common fish species in coastal waters)

② Other species : a representative in local area

（a large volume of distribution/catch, etc）

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 Methods of Tritium Analysis ①

Analytical Methodology : Commonly used techniques

Measurement based on the procedure manual
formulated by the Ministry of Education,
Culture, Sports, Science and Technology

Flow Diagram :
Sampling Extraction of moisture Refined samples

Measurement

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 Methods of Tritium Analysis ②

Sampling & Extraction of moisture :

Measured using moisture extracted from
seafoods
Sampling Minced samples moisture

① ① ②
②

Landing at Vacuum freeze Efficient extraction

a fishing port drying equipment by freezing
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 Methods of Tritium Analysis ③

Refined samples & Measurement :

Removal of organic matter from recovered
moisture

using reagent Set of sample bottles

Thawed moisture Removal of Reagent removal

organic matter
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 Results of Tritium Analysis ①
Comparison of results before and after discharge
into the ocean.
(To date, we have published results for 102 samples.)
Tissue Free Water Tritium Reference: Tritium in seawater (FY2021)
（Bq/kg)

0.32Bq/L

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 Results of Tritium Analysis ②
Publication :
Published the results of radionuclides testing
on Fisheries Agency’s website
Tritium Analysis Results
(unit：Bq/kg)
No. Item Name of sampling area on food labeling Landing port or area Analysis site (Detection limit value)

1 Olive flounder Offshore Fukushima Offshore Ena Muscle Not detectable ＜0.229

1 Japanese littleneck clam Offshore Fukushima Matsukawaura Mollusks Not detectable ＜0.264

2 Japanese spiny lobster Offshore Fukushima Offshore Ena Muscle Not detectable ＜0.280

3 Ezo abalone Offshore Fukushima Shore of Hisanohama Mollusks Not detectable ＜0.282

4 Red seabream Offshore Fukushima Offshore Soma Muscle Not detectable ＜0.234

5 Tiger puffer Offshore Fukushima Offshore Soma Muscle Not detectable ＜0.257

6 Southern mackerel Pacific Ocean, Offshore Hokkaido and Aomori Offshore Sarugamori, Higashidori Village Muscle Not detectable ＜0.262

7 Japanese flying squid Pacific Ocean, Offshore Hokkaido and Aomori Offshore Misawa Muscle Not detectable ＜0.289

8 Scallop(Farmed) Offshore Iwate Waters of Sanriku Town Mollusks Not detectable ＜0.311

9 Sea tangle(wild) Offshore Iwate Shore of Otobe, Miyako City whole Not detectable ＜0.250

10 Coho salmon(Farmed) Offshore Miyagi Shizugawa Bay Muscle Not detectable ＜0.210

11 Albacore Northern Pacific off Japan Northern Pacific off Japan Muscle Not detectable ＜0.265

12 Skipjack tuna Offshore Hitachi and Kashima Offshore Kamisu City Muscle Not detectable ＜0.229

Excerpts from some of the results

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