Deployment: KOK1108

Deployment: 
KOK1108
Chief Scientist: 
Kenneth O. Buesseler (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, WHOI)
Synonyms: 
Fukushima KOK
Platform Type:
 vessel
Start Date: 
2011-06-04
End Date: 
2011-06-19
Description

The purpose of the 16 day KOK1108 cruise aboard the University of Hawaii research vessel Ka'imikai-o-Kanaloa was to study the fate of radiation released into the ocean from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant that was badly damaged by a tsunami on March 11, 2011.