"Fukushima Forecast: Massive radiation cloud nearing California on April 11 (VIDEO)."...
#21
Posted 08 April 2011 - 11:45 AM
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#22
Posted 08 April 2011 - 12:08 PM
Bob-COld Massett Posts Rainwater Advisory, CFNR, April 7, 2011:
The Acting Band Manager for Old Massett has advised area residents not to drink rainwater because of concern about radiation from Japan.
Read the report here.
John Disney says the village has been conducting its own tests for radiation in water sources since late March.
While the March 24th sample showed only background radiation levels, later tests showed increased levels of iodine 131 prompting the advisory. …
He says he has experienced pressure from government authorities to stop the testing, but he says he can't do that when the health of the community is at stake.
Disney adds that many elders in the community like to make their tea with rainwater and others have rainwater systems that supply their homes. …
#23
Posted 08 April 2011 - 03:12 PM
Powerful Aftershock Complicates Japan's Nuclear Efforts, New York Times, April 7, 2011:
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Read the report here.
… At No. 2, extremely radioactive material continues to ooze out of the reactor pressure vessel, and the leak is likely to widen with time, a western nuclear executive asserted.
"It's a little like pulling a thread out of your tie," said the executive, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to protect business connections in Japan. "Any breach gets bigger."
Flashes of extremely intense radioactivity have become a serious problem, he said. Tokyo Electric's difficulties in providing accurate information on radiation are not a result of software problems, as some Japanese officials have suggested, but stem from damage to measurement instruments caused by radiation, the executive said. …
Bob-C
Edited by Bob-C, 08 April 2011 - 03:17 PM.
#24
Posted 08 April 2011 - 03:20 PM
Water radiation levels rise north of nuke plant, NHK, April 8, 2011:
The operator of the troubled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant says seawater radiation levels continue to rise in areas north of the plant.
Read the report and watch video here.
Tokyo Electric Power Company says it detected on Thursday 110 becquerels of radioactive iodine-131 per cubic centimeter in seawater samples collected 30 meters from outlets in the northern part of the complex.
The figure is 2,800 times higher than the maximum allowed under government standards. Measurements at the same spot were 600 times the standard on Tuesday and 1,000 times on Wedneday [sic]. …
Bob-C
#25
Posted 08 April 2011 - 04:55 PM
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#26
Posted 08 April 2011 - 07:24 PM
Don’t be fooled by the spin: radiation is bad, Sydney Morning Herald, April 8, 2011:
Dr Peter Karamoskos is a nuclear radiologist and a public representative on the radiation health committee of the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency
… There seems to be a never-ending cabal of paid industry scientific ”consultants” who are more than willing to state the fringe view that low doses of ionising radiation do not cause cancer and, indeed, that low doses are actually good for you and lessen the incidence of cancer. …
Read the report here.
Ionising radiation is a known carcinogen. This is based on almost 100 years of cumulative research including 60 years of follow-up of the Japanese atom bomb survivors. The International Agency for Research in Cancer (IARC, linked to the World Health Organisation) classifies it as a Class 1 carcinogen, the highest classification indicative of certainty of its carcinogenic effects.
In 2006, the US National Academy of Sciences released its Biological Effects of Ionising Radiation (VII) report, which focused on the health effects of radiation doses at below 100 millisieverts. This was a consensus review that assessed the world’s scientific literature on the subject at that time. It concluded: “. . . there is a linear dose-response relationship between exposure to ionising radiation and the development of solid cancers in humans. It is unlikely that there is a threshold below which cancers are not induced.”
The most comprehensive study of nuclear workers by the IARC, involving 600,000 workers exposed to an average cumulative dose of 19mSv, showed a cancer risk consistent with that of the A-bomb survivors. …
Bob-C
#27
Posted 09 April 2011 - 10:28 AM
TEPCO steps up effort to remove contaminated water, NHK, April 9, 2011:
[Emphasis Added]
… The plant operator says a strong aftershock on Thursday night did not damage any facilities of the compound, but the surface temperature of the Number 1 reactor rose sharply immediately after the tremor that hit northeastern Japan minutes before midnight.
Read the report and watch the video here.
The reading stood at 223 degrees Celsius at 7 PM, but it rose nearly 40 degrees just after the quake. The temperature had fallen back to 240 degrees at 6 AM on Saturday.
TEPCO says it will continue close monitoring as what caused the sudden rise in temperature is not known. …
The report further explains:
In addition to a sharp rise in temperature after Thursday's quake, the radiation dose appears to shoot off the chart at the No. 1 reactor dry well between April 7 and 8.
The radiation dosage either reached the chart's 100 sieverts per hour limit exactly or it exceeded the chart's maximum range by an unknown amount.
Until April 7, the chart shows the radiation dose remained relatively stable throughout the crisis.
Chart published by Japan's Ministry of Education at http://atmc.jp/plant/rad/
See also:
Nuclear Expert: Periodic nuclear fissions happening in part of No. 1′s reactor core — "Inadvertent criticality" (VIDEO)
Professor at Kyoto University's nuclear institute changes mind: I've started to think fission has happened again at No. 1… re-criticality
Report on neutron beams — Has reactor No. 1 at Fukushima gone "critical"?
Cheers,
Bob-C
#28
Posted 09 April 2011 - 08:07 PM
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#29
Posted 10 April 2011 - 02:13 AM
Very long range. Full military base just down the road from Haida Village Old Masset. Gazillions spent,
you would think a few radiation sensors would fit in the budget.
In the 70s the plywood trimaraners could sail to Charlottes (now Haida Gwaii) from Hawaii very quickly.
What's blowing in those winds these days. Seems one of the obvious places to sniff North America's onshore flow.
So of course the only Canadian radiation sensor on the north coast was removed March 25 2011
Hi everyone, according to a report from enenews.com, "Canada: Local official advising residents not to drink rainwater after tests find increasing radioactivity — Under pressure from Gov't to stop testing April 8th, 2011 at 12:41 PM." The report explains:
Bob-COld Massett Posts Rainwater Advisory, CFNR, April 7, 2011:
The Acting Band Manager for Old Massett has advised area residents not to drink rainwater because of concern about radiation from Japan.
Read the report here.
John Disney says the village has been conducting its own tests for radiation in water sources since late March.
While the March 24th sample showed only background radiation levels, later tests showed increased levels of iodine 131 prompting the advisory. …
He says he has experienced pressure from government authorities to stop the testing, but he says he can't do that when the health of the community is at stake.
Disney adds that many elders in the community like to make their tea with rainwater and others have rainwater systems that supply their homes. …
Edited by jack, 10 April 2011 - 02:15 AM.
#30
Posted 10 April 2011 - 04:42 AM
Masset was North America's listening post for Russsian subs for decades. High tech low frequency pulse.
Very long range. Full military base just down the road from Haida Village Old Masset. Gazillions spent,
you would think a few radiation sensors would fit in the budget.
In the 70s the plywood trimaraners could sail to Charlottes (now Haida Gwaii) from Hawaii very quickly.
What's blowing in those winds these days. Seems one of the obvious places to sniff North America's onshore flow.
So of course the only Canadian radiation sensor on the north coast was removed March 25 2011
Hi everyone, according to a report from enenews.com, "Canada: Local official advising residents not to drink rainwater after tests find increasing radioactivity — Under pressure from Gov't to stop testing April 8th, 2011 at 12:41 PM." The report explains:
Bob-COld Massett Posts Rainwater Advisory, CFNR, April 7, 2011:
The Acting Band Manager for Old Massett has advised area residents not to drink rainwater because of concern about radiation from Japan.
Read the report here.
John Disney says the village has been conducting its own tests for radiation in water sources since late March.
While the March 24th sample showed only background radiation levels, later tests showed increased levels of iodine 131 prompting the advisory. …
He says he has experienced pressure from government authorities to stop the testing, but he says he can't do that when the health of the community is at stake.
Disney adds that many elders in the community like to make their tea with rainwater and others have rainwater systems that supply their homes. …
Hi Jack, good to hear from you. Thanks a lot for the information and your comments and analysis.
Best,
Bob
Edited by Bob-C, 10 April 2011 - 04:42 AM.