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Originally posted by gotya
I question the source only because I read an article on RT over the weekend that said there is little to no danger to anybody outside of a couple kilometers of the area.
I'll see if I can find the article...
No offense to the op it just seems to be two very conflicting stories. I don't know who to believe but I know it's a mess.
EDIT - Here's the article....rt.com...
So the people in California can relax. In fact, the contamination of California and indeed the rest of the planet from the global weapons test fallout of 1959-1962 was far worse, and resulted in the cancer epidemic which began in 1980. The atmospheric megaton explosions drove the radioactivity into the stratosphere and the rain brought it back to earth to get into the milk, the food, the air, and our children’s bones. Kennedy and Kruschev called a halt in 1963, saving millions.
It goes on to say that the ocean is so huge the contaminated water will be diluted to the point of being virtually harmless.
Nevertheless, the sea-to-land effect is real. And anyone living within 1km of the coast to at least 200km north or south of Fukushima should get out. They should evacuate inland. It is not eating the fish and shellfish that gets you - it’s breathing.
The author of this article is Professor Christopher Busby from the European Committee on Radiation Risks for RTedit on 12-8-2013 by gotya because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by Happy1
reply to post by baddmove
And still you will hear no outcry from the obamonots - If this were a republican - you can bet there would be republican leaning citizens crying out -
Maybe this is why obamo was "re-elected" ? So no americans could have a foothold into finding out what really is going on with fukushima - and with the rest of the hare-brained things going on in this ass-backward administration/gov't - both dems and repubs.
Originally posted by usernameconspiracy
Originally posted by Happy1
reply to post by baddmove
And still you will hear no outcry from the obamonots - If this were a republican - you can bet there would be republican leaning citizens crying out -
Maybe this is why obamo was "re-elected" ? So no americans could have a foothold into finding out what really is going on with fukushima - and with the rest of the hare-brained things going on in this ass-backward administration/gov't - both dems and repubs.
Let's say we are all getting irradiated right now. And? What exactly can is there to outcry about at this point? Nuclear generated power was and is a bad idea. # happens, basically. The funny thing is, everyone wants the EPA to go away, so industry can pollute however much it wants to, free from regulations, but that Japanese radiation is a big concern...
Originally posted by rickymouse
I suppose I should get out the survey meter and check for any radiation again, I do it about once a year or more if I feel a need. I didn't notice any elevated levels last fall, but that was almost a year ago. I guess tomorrow would be a good day to do this.
I'd like to take it into the grocery store to see if there is anything there.
Originally posted by AthiestJesus
Why Americans ?
Ever noticed that , how it seems it`s always at YOUR door ?
We`re all in danger , but out of everyone I`d dare say the Japanese have the biggest problem with Fukushima`s radiation. Just think , nuclear spill on one side of the globe , oil spill on the other , chemicals added to the food supply and the water supply on top of the oil and radiation - combined with the spraying of chemicals in our skies... those tinfoil hats don`t look too bad now , huh ?
reply to post by usernameconspiracy
everyone wants the EPA to go away
Originally posted by The only 1 who knows the
reply to post by crankyoldman
Maby this is why ObamaCare was setup to do away with all the folks who get radiation sickness to get rid of them.
Originally posted by jhn7537
I heard they were going to try to freeze the ground to try to contain it. I still am amazed that with all the brilliant minds on this planet we can't come up with one viable solution to correcting this problem... Over 2 years and still nothing...
Mycoremediation, a phrase coined by Paul Stamets, is a form of bioremediation, the process of using fungi to degrade or sequester contaminants in the environment. Stimulating microbial and enzyme activity, mycelium reduces toxins in-situ. Some fungi are hyperaccumulators, capable of absorbing and concentrating heavy metals in the mushroom fruit bodies.
One of the primary roles of fungi in the ecosystem is decomposition, which is performed by the mycelium. The mycelium secretes extracellular enzymes and acids that break down lignin and cellulose, the two main building blocks of plant fiber. These are organic compounds composed of long chains of carbon and hydrogen, structurally similar to many organic pollutants. The key to mycoremediation is determining the right fungal species to target a specific pollutant. Certain strains have been reported to successfully degrade the nerve gases VX and sarin[citation needed].
Originally posted by this_is_who_we_are
reply to post by baddmove
... but not much.
Originally posted by MariaLida
Insight: After disaster, the deadliest part of Japan's nuclear clean-up
(Reuters) - The operator of Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant is preparing to remove 400 tons of highly irradiated spent fuel from a damaged reactor building, a dangerous operation that has never been attempted before on this scale.
By Aaron Sheldrick and Antoni Slodkowski
TOKYO | Wed Aug 14, 2013 3:16am BST
Containing radiation equivalent to 14,000 times the amount released in the atomic bomb attack on Hiroshima 68 years ago, more than 1,300 used fuel rod assemblies packed tightly together need to be removed from a building that is vulnerable to collapse, should another large earthquake hit the area.
Tokyo Electric Power Co (Tepco) is already in a losing battle to stop radioactive water overflowing from another part of the facility, and experts question whether it will be able to pull off the removal of all the assemblies successfully.
"They are going to have difficulty in removing a significant number of the rods," said Arnie Gundersen, a veteran U.S. nuclear engineer and director of Fairewinds Energy Education, who used to build fuel assemblies.
The operation, beginning this November at the plant's Reactor No. 4, is fraught with danger, including the possibility of a large release of radiation if a fuel assembly breaks, gets stuck or gets too close to an adjacent bundle, said Gundersen and other nuclear experts.
“There is a risk of an inadvertent criticality if the bundles are distorted and get too close to each other,” Gundersen said. He was referring to an atomic chain reaction [...]
“The problem with a fuel pool criticality is that you can’t stop it. There are no control rods to control it,” Gundersen said. [...]
“Previously it was a computer-controlled process [...] It has to be done manually so there is a high risk that they will drop and break one of the fuel rods,” [Toshio Kimura, a former Tepco technician, who worked at Fukushima Daiichi for 11 years] said. [...]
The process will begin in November and Tepco expects to take about a year removing the assemblies, spokesman Yoshikazu Nagai told Reuters by e-mail. It's just one installment in the decommissioning process for the plant forecast to take about 40 years and cost $11 billion.
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