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These (131)I levels represent a significant input into the kelp forest ecosystem. Canopy-forming kelps are a natural coastal dosimeter that can measure the exposure of the coastal environment to (131)I and perhaps other radioisotopes released from nuclear accidents. An organizational mechanism should be in place to ensure that they are sampled immediately and continuously after such releases.
Phage
reply to post by flammadraco
That study is from 2012. It is about about radioactive iodine carried by the atmosphere. Not cesium carried by the ocean.
But it does show that kelp can be used as an effective means for detecting radiation levels. That's what Kelp Watch is actually about.
These (131)I levels represent a significant input into the kelp forest ecosystem. Canopy-forming kelps are a natural coastal dosimeter that can measure the exposure of the coastal environment to (131)I and perhaps other radioisotopes released from nuclear accidents. An organizational mechanism should be in place to ensure that they are sampled immediately and continuously after such releases.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov...
Although we did not attempt to detect 137Cs in our kelp samples, it may have been present because it was also released in large quantities from the Fukushima plant, and traveled in the atmospheric plume.
Phage
reply to post by flammadraco
Yes. Well that's an odd thing for the article to say.
Here's what the study says.
Although we did not attempt to detect 137Cs in our kelp samples, it may have been present because it was also released in large quantities from the Fukushima plant, and traveled in the atmospheric plume.
www.usc.edu...
edit on 2/8/2014 by Phage because: (no reason given)
Phage
I can't find anything about Kelp Watch finding evidence of cesium in kelp yet.
Bazart
reply to post by flammadraco
I wish there could be one Fukashima thread on this ... ' IDIOT PSYCHOPATHIC NUKE-HEADS DO IT AGAIN ! '
News at 11 ( or whenever there is any ). On Fantasy Island , a midget screams , ' THE PLUME , THE PLUME ! ' ... but , the damn thing never seems to get there .
Your understanding is lacking. Only iodine was tested for. If only iodine is tested for, only iodine is found.
My understanding of that quoted statement is they never set out to look for Cesium but it was present and they state it "MAY" have been present from the airborne Plume.
Although we did not attempt to detect 137Cs in our kelp samples, it may have been present because it was also released in large quantities from the Fukushima plant, and traveled in the atmospheric plume.1,2
Would you agree that the source from the ABC article 2012 does show evidence that Cesium is in fact in US kelp?
Phage
reply to post by flammadraco
Your understanding is lacking. Only cesium was tested for. If only cesium is tested for, only cesium is found.
My understanding of that quoted statement is they never set out to look for Cesium but it was present and they state it "MAY" have been present from the airborne Plume.
Although we did not attempt to detect 137Cs in our kelp samples, it may have been present because it was also released in large quantities from the Fukushima plant, and traveled in the atmospheric plume.1,2
The statement says that cesium may have been present in the samples but it was not detected because it was not being looked for. The statement says that cesium was in the atmospheric plume.edit on 2/8/2014 by Phage because: (no reason given)
Read it one more time. It says cesium may have been present in the samples. They don't know if it was or not. They weren't looking for it.
The statement then goes onto to say "it may have been present because it was released in large quantities".
Iodine gamma emissions. Not cesium. Not xenon. BTW, do you think cesium traveled across the Pacific, through the ocean in a month?
We began sampling canopy blades from southern California and counting 131I gamma emissions in the dried tissue a month (April 15, 2011) after the first atmospheric release (March 14,2011).1
it was also released in large quantities from the Fukushima plant, and traveled in the atmospheric plume.
I miswrote. I corrected my post. They were only looking for iodine, as I said originally. They did not find cesium or xenon. They only found iodine.
You corrected me regarding Cesium, perhaps you know more about this than the average Joe, but explain to me why the researchers found, Iodine, Cesium and Xenon.
flammadraco
reply to post by Phage
What I have come to realise when discussing the Fukushima disaster is the complete media blackout on the subject.
The silence on the matter speaks volumes to me. The amount of strange mass deaths in the last twelve months is staggering. Anyone who is not connecting the dots by now is never going to.