Forty years of anthropogenic radionuclides in surface seawater. Italian and Japanese data

The concentrations of man made radionuclides in surface seawater since early ′60s are here reported as measured in Italy and Japan. Most of the data refers to⁹⁰Sr and¹³⁷Cs, but occasionally the concentrations of⁸⁹Sr and¹³⁴Cs in some Italian samples are also given. The main sources of man made radionuclides were the global fallout produced by the nuclear weapon tests and the Chernobyl accident. The respective contributions to the contamination of surface seawater around both countries are discussed.