IAEA takes seawater samples off Fukushima with China, others

IWAKI, Japan, Feb. 20 Kyodo - An official from a Chinese research institute visits a fishing port in Iwaki in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, to collect marine products to help monitor the seawater off the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant under the framework of the International Atomic Energy Agency. China is participating for the first time in the sample collection in Japan under the IAEA framework, which also includes institutes from South Korea, Switzerland and France. (Kyodo)

IAEA takes seawater samples off Fukushima with China, others

IAEA takes seawater samples off Fukushima with China, others

An official from a Chinese research institute (2nd from L) visits a fishing port in Iwaki in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, to collect marine products to help monitor the seawater off the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant under the framework of the International Atomic Energy Agency. China is participating for the first time in the sample collection in Japan under the IAEA framework, which also includes institutes from South Korea, Switzerland and France.

IAEA takes seawater samples off Fukushima with China, others

IAEA takes seawater samples off Fukushima with China, others

An official from a Chinese research institute (2nd from R) visits a fishing port in Iwaki in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, to collect marine products to help monitor the seawater off the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant under the framework of the International Atomic Energy Agency. China is participating for the first time in the sample collection in Japan under the IAEA framework, which also includes institutes from South Korea, Switzerland and France.

Nasa Reveals First Look At Asteroid Sample

Nasa Reveals First Look At Asteroid Sample

Handout photo dated September 26, 2023 shows OSIRIS REx Asteroid Sample Return lid opening at Building 31 Astromaterials Curation Facility. Nasa officials in Houston displayed images of salt-and-pepper chunks of rock and particles of dark space dust that were brought back to Earth from the asteroid, Bennu, and described initial scientific observations about the material. The mission, Osiris-Rex, concluded in September when a capsule containing the collection of asteroid samples re-entered through the Earth’s atmosphere and was recovered in the Utah desert. As technicians pried into the external container, they found that some of the material leaked out. Scientists were able to perform a quick analysis that revealed some early findings. The asteroid bits included waterlogged clay minerals. Their presence could help solve how Earth became a water planet. Asteroids similar to Bennu may have crashed into Earth, filling our oceans. Photo by Robert Markowitz/Nasa via ABACAPRESS.COM

Nasa Reveals First Look At Asteroid Sample

Nasa Reveals First Look At Asteroid Sample

Handout photo dated October 12, 2023 shows Asteroid particles coat the base of the OSIRIS-REx science canister. Nasa officials in Houston displayed images of salt-and-pepper chunks of rock and particles of dark space dust that were brought back to Earth from the asteroid, Bennu, and described initial scientific observations about the material. The mission, Osiris-Rex, concluded in September when a capsule containing the collection of asteroid samples re-entered through the Earth’s atmosphere and was recovered in the Utah desert. As technicians pried into the external container, they found that some of the material leaked out. Scientists were able to perform a quick analysis that revealed some early findings. The asteroid bits included waterlogged clay minerals. Their presence could help solve how Earth became a water planet. Asteroids similar to Bennu may have crashed into Earth, filling our oceans. Photo by Dante Lauretta/Nasa via ABACAPRESS.COM

Nasa Reveals First Look At Asteroid Sample

Nasa Reveals First Look At Asteroid Sample

Handout photo dated October 12, 2023 shows stromaterials processor Mari Montoya and OSIRIS-REx curation team members set the TAGSAM (Touch and Go Sample Acquisition Mechanism) down in the canister glovebox after removing it from the canister base and flipping it over. Nasa officials in Houston displayed images of salt-and-pepper chunks of rock and particles of dark space dust that were brought back to Earth from the asteroid, Bennu, and described initial scientific observations about the material. The mission, Osiris-Rex, concluded in September when a capsule containing the collection of asteroid samples re-entered through the Earth’s atmosphere and was recovered in the Utah desert. As technicians pried into the external container, they found that some of the material leaked out. Scientists were able to perform a quick analysis that revealed some early findings. The asteroid bits included waterlogged clay minerals. Their presence could help solve how Earth became a water planet. Asteroids similar to Bennu may

Nasa Reveals First Look At Asteroid Sample

Nasa Reveals First Look At Asteroid Sample

Handout photo dated October 12, 2023 shows astromaterials processors Mari Montoya, left, and Curtis Calva, right, use tools to collect asteroid particles from the base of the OSIRIS-REx science canister. Nasa officials in Houston displayed images of salt-and-pepper chunks of rock and particles of dark space dust that were brought back to Earth from the asteroid, Bennu, and described initial scientific observations about the material. The mission, Osiris-Rex, concluded in September when a capsule containing the collection of asteroid samples re-entered through the Earth’s atmosphere and was recovered in the Utah desert. As technicians pried into the external container, they found that some of the material leaked out. Scientists were able to perform a quick analysis that revealed some early findings. The asteroid bits included waterlogged clay minerals. Their presence could help solve how Earth became a water planet. Asteroids similar to Bennu may have crashed into Earth, filling our oceans. Photo by Nasa via A

Nasa Reveals First Look At Asteroid Sample

Nasa Reveals First Look At Asteroid Sample

Handout photo dated September 27, 2023 shows a view inside a glass and stainless steel glovebox containing the OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample return canister. Nasa officials in Houston displayed images of salt-and-pepper chunks of rock and particles of dark space dust that were brought back to Earth from the asteroid, Bennu, and described initial scientific observations about the material. The mission, Osiris-Rex, concluded in September when a capsule containing the collection of asteroid samples re-entered through the Earth’s atmosphere and was recovered in the Utah desert. As technicians pried into the external container, they found that some of the material leaked out. Scientists were able to perform a quick analysis that revealed some early findings. The asteroid bits included waterlogged clay minerals. Their presence could help solve how Earth became a water planet. Asteroids similar to Bennu may have crashed into Earth, filling our oceans. Photo by Dante Lauretta/Nasa via ABACAPRESS.COM

(EyesonSci)CHINA-XUELONG-ARCTIC OCEAN EXPEDITION-FIRST PHASE-COMPLETION (CN)

(EyesonSci)CHINA-XUELONG-ARCTIC OCEAN EXPEDITION-FIRST PHASE-COMPLETION (CN)

(230812) -- ABOARD XUELONG 2, Aug. 12, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Members of China's 13th Arctic Ocean scientific expedition team collect samples retrieved after a trawl operation aboard China's polar icebreaker Xuelong 2, Aug. 4, 2023. With the completion of a seawater sample collection operation, the main tasks of the first phase of China's 13th Arctic Ocean scientific expedition have all been completed. The expedition, organized by the Ministry of Natural Resources, is intended to conduct investigations into the geology and geophysics of the mid-ocean ridge, as well as atmospheric, sea ice, marine and subsurface environmental surveys, and surveys of biomes and pollutants. (Xinhua/Wei Hongyi)

(EyesonSci)CHINA-XUELONG-ARCTIC OCEAN EXPEDITION-FIRST PHASE-COMPLETION (CN)

(EyesonSci)CHINA-XUELONG-ARCTIC OCEAN EXPEDITION-FIRST PHASE-COMPLETION (CN)

(230812) -- ABOARD XUELONG 2, Aug. 12, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Members of China's 13th Arctic Ocean scientific expedition team conduct a sampling operation aboard China's polar icebreaker Xuelong 2, Aug. 6, 2023. With the completion of a seawater sample collection operation, the main tasks of the first phase of China's 13th Arctic Ocean scientific expedition have all been completed. The expedition, organized by the Ministry of Natural Resources, is intended to conduct investigations into the geology and geophysics of the mid-ocean ridge, as well as atmospheric, sea ice, marine and subsurface environmental surveys, and surveys of biomes and pollutants. (Xinhua/Wei Hongyi)

(EyesonSci)CHINA-XUELONG-ARCTIC OCEAN EXPEDITION-FIRST PHASE-COMPLETION (CN)

(EyesonSci)CHINA-XUELONG-ARCTIC OCEAN EXPEDITION-FIRST PHASE-COMPLETION (CN)

(230812) -- ABOARD XUELONG 2, Aug. 12, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A member of China's 13th Arctic Ocean scientific expedition team conducts research aboard China's polar icebreaker Xuelong 2, Aug. 3, 2023. With the completion of a seawater sample collection operation, the main tasks of the first phase of China's 13th Arctic Ocean scientific expedition have all been completed. The expedition, organized by the Ministry of Natural Resources, is intended to conduct investigations into the geology and geophysics of the mid-ocean ridge, as well as atmospheric, sea ice, marine and subsurface environmental surveys, and surveys of biomes and pollutants. (Xinhua/Wei Hongyi)

(EyesonSci)CHINA-XUELONG-ARCTIC OCEAN EXPEDITION-FIRST PHASE-COMPLETION (CN)

(EyesonSci)CHINA-XUELONG-ARCTIC OCEAN EXPEDITION-FIRST PHASE-COMPLETION (CN)

(230812) -- ABOARD XUELONG 2, Aug. 12, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A member of China's 13th Arctic Ocean scientific expedition team shows a starfish retrieved after a trawl operation aboard China's polar icebreaker Xuelong 2, Aug. 4, 2023. With the completion of a seawater sample collection operation, the main tasks of the first phase of China's 13th Arctic Ocean scientific expedition have all been completed. The expedition, organized by the Ministry of Natural Resources, is intended to conduct investigations into the geology and geophysics of the mid-ocean ridge, as well as atmospheric, sea ice, marine and subsurface environmental surveys, and surveys of biomes and pollutants. (Xinhua/Wei Hongyi)

Sample collection by drive-through system implemented by Osaka Prefecture

Sample collection by drive-through system implemented by Osaka Prefecture

The prefectural government will increase the number of specimens collected and testing capacity, and increase the number of specimens that can be processed per day from 420 to 890. The number of specimen collection sites in the prefecture is expected to increase from the current 15 to more than 20. A prefectural government official said, "If we can increase the number of collection sites, we can reduce the number of days we have to wait for tests. In Japan, Nara Prefecture, Tokyo and other prefectures have introduced this method of collecting specimens. Photo: April 23, 2020, Osaka Prefecture, Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images