LARGEST radiation release to date!!! And Fukushima radiation 168 times of Hiroshima atomic bomb!, page 1


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Topic started on 28-8-2011 @ 01:43 PM by loam




Fukushima radiation 168 times that of Hiroshima atomic bomb

The amount of radioactive caesium that has leaked from the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant is roughly 168 times that released by the atomic bomb the US dropped on Hiroshima in 1945, according to Japan's nuclear agency.

The Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency said the privately owned and operated plant has released 15,000 tera-becquerels of caesium-137, which lingers for decades and could cause cancer.

That compares with 89 tera-becquerels released by the US "Little Boy" uranium bomb.



And:





"...yesterday, TEPCO said it detected the highest radiation levels to date!!! ...recording 10,000 millisieverts an hour-- the maximum level the devices can even measure..."



What?!?

Hardly a peep in the media...

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reply posted on 28-8-2011 @ 03:02 PM by loam
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Originally posted by ignant
wasnt there a new ATS thread called Fukushima SOS?

i cant find it.


This one? www.abovetopsecret.com...
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reply posted on 28-8-2011 @ 09:12 PM by loam
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I guess I see your point. What else can be said, huh?

Awful mess we are in...
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reply posted on 28-8-2011 @ 09:40 PM by TupacShakur
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What's the big deal? Haven't you heard, radiation is good for you! Just ask Ann Coulter.

Yeah we're beyond screwed, if the biggest nuclear catastrophe in human history isn't being covered extensively by every MSM outlet, and every country on earth isn't working together to put an end to it as fast as humanly possible, then that really says a lot about humanity.

I have a challenge to the members of ATS: Tomorrow, ask 10 random people if the meltdown in Japan has been solved, and see just how aware people are about quite possibly the most damaging manmade event to ever occur.

I wonder how this compares to Chernobyl as of right now?
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reply posted on 28-8-2011 @ 10:06 PM by loam


US Government makes Strategic Decision to DOWNPLAY Fukushima (Arnie Gundersen) 8/14/11


reply posted on 28-8-2011 @ 11:00 PM by Gorman91
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Well first of all Hiroshima was hardly radioactive to begin with after the initial blast. Second of all, is there anything beyond what this link says, third of all,

xkcd.com...

Apply logic, though probably not accurate 100%


reply posted on 28-8-2011 @ 11:08 PM by Odessy
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wait... if its 168X more than one atomic bomb... is that like 168 bombs?
Because if it is, wouldn't that be the equivalent to a nuclear war?
I was under the impression a nuclear war would result in a nuclear winter.
Am I wrong in my math?
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reply posted on 28-8-2011 @ 11:09 PM by Gorman91
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Nuclear bombs are nothing compared to nuclear reactors. Nuclear bombs are practically cell phone radiation compared to reactors. This is because one is a direct release of energy, the other is slow.
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reply posted on 28-8-2011 @ 11:10 PM by loam
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Originally posted by Gorman91
Well first of all Hiroshima was hardly radioactive to begin with after the initial blast.


M'kay. So something 168 times worse is better?

Originally posted by Gorman91
Second of all, is there anything beyond what this link says,



The amount of radioactive cesium ejected by the Fukushima reactor meltdowns is about 168 times higher than that emitted in the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, the government's nuclear watchdog said Friday.

The Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency provided the estimate at the request of a Diet panel but noted that making a simple comparison between an instantaneous bomb blast and a long-term accidental leak is problematic and could lead to "irrelevant" results.

The report said the crippled Fukushima No. 1 plant has released 15,000 terabecquerels of cesium-137, which lingers for decades and can cause cancer, compared with the 89 terabecquerels released by the U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima.

The report estimated each of the 16 isotopes released by the "Little Boy" bomb and 31 of those detected at the Fukushima plant.

Link.

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