title: Radioactivity inspection of Taiwan for food products imported from Japan after the Fukushima nuclear accident.
abstract: The 3-11 Earthquake occurred in Japan last year had greatly damaged the lives and properties and also caused the core meltdown accident in the Fukushima nuclear power plant followed by the leakage of radioactive materials into biosphere. In order to protect against the detriment of radiation from foods which were imported from Japan, the Institute of Nuclear Energy Research (INER) in Taiwan started to conduct radioactivity inspection of food products from Japan after the accident. A total of about 20,000 samples had been tested from March 24 2011 to March 31 2012.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Nuclear Energy Research, No.1000, Wenhua Road, Jiaan Village, Longtan Township, Taoyuan County 32546, Taiwan, ROC. chiuhs@iner.gov.tw
authors.forename: Huang-Sheng
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Chiu
authors.forename: Ping-Ji
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Jyi-Lan
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Wuu
authors.forename: Jeng-Jong
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D005504:Food Analysis / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005507:Food Contamination, Radioactive / Q000032:analysis* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005513:Food Inspection / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D062406:Fukushima Nuclear Accident; D007564:Japan; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D011868:Radioisotopes / Q000032:analysis*; D011874:Radiometry / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D013624:Taiwan; D014186:Transportation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*
chemical_list: D011868:Radioisotopes
keywords: Earthquakes; Fukushima nuclear disaster; Radioactive detection; Tsunamis