Posted on 04/11/2011 2:31:44 PM PDT by dragnet2
Feel free to post the link!
lol...
We know this because a very specific nuclear particle called Iodine-131 has made its way to Idaho Falls and Spokane.
Air quality managers on radiation in Idaho say: Don't worry about it
Idaho is where the Ballon Bombs from Japan landed in WW2.
If some giant drank a 100 liters of water with the described radiation levels they would get less radiation than flying from LA to NY. Of course finding a seat for them on a plane would be a problem.
‘Rainfall in Boise on March 22 contained 242 picocuries per liter of iodine-131, a radioactive isotope of iodine resulting from nuclear fission. The concentration was 80 times the EPA’s maximum allowable limit of 3 picocuries per liter, but health officials say the quickly decaying isotope will be rendered harmless in about 80 days due to its relatively short half-life. ‘————
So in June the Iodine contamination should be o.k. What about the rest of the contamination, they don’t mention it of course....
‘Rainfall in Boise on March 22 contained 242 picocuries per liter of iodine-131, a radioactive isotope of iodine resulting from nuclear fission. The concentration was 80 times the EPA’s maximum allowable limit of 3 picocuries per liter, but health officials say the quickly decaying isotope will be rendered harmless in about 80 days due to its relatively short half-life. ‘————
So in June the Iodine contamination should be o.k. What about the rest of the contamination, they don’t mention it of course....
I toured this place in 1978. Located between Boise and the Garden of the Gods National Park volcano area:
World’s First Nuclear Power Plant - Tour
Arco, Idaho
Looking out over the flat expanse south of Arco, its understandable why it has been used for nuclear reactor experimentation and development. Any slip ups would render uninhabitable a plain already devoid of trees or towns. It’s pretty empty here still, with most of the 900-square mile Idaho National Engineering Laboratory still closed to the public.
A historical marker at a scenic pull-off brags that “Since 1949, more nuclear reactors — over 50 of them — have been built on this plain than anywhere else in the world.”
The world’s first peacetime use of nuclear power occurred when the US Government switched on Experimental Breeder Reactor #1 (EBR1) near Arco, Idaho on December 20, 1951. The town of Arco became the first city in the world to be lit by atomic power from a reactor built near EBR-I, the BORAX III reactor, on July 17, 1955. It was only temporary, but the way was paved for commercial use of nuclear power later in the decade. The Arco reactor suffered a partial meltdown — another World’s First, in 1955. There’s no highway sign bragging about that.
At EBR1, tours are self-guided. See “the hot cell” protected from you by 34 layers of oil-separated glass! They made plutonium-239 in this blocky building. Photography is allowed, and you can act out your own China Syndrome in the main control room.
Outside, picnic tables are thoughtfully provided under a pair of house-sized atomic jet engines, another experiment. Nowadays the site likes to promote its peacetime mission and environmental charter.
Hey thanks for the link. Even the government officials in the article said, “Don’t worry about it”.
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Rainfall in Boise on March 22 contained 242 picocuries per liter of iodine-131, a radioactive isotope of iodine resulting from nuclear fission. The concentration was 80 times the EPA's maximum allowable limit of 3 picocuries per liter, but health officials say the quickly decaying isotope will be rendered harmless in about 80 days due to its relatively short half-life.
Ohhhhh Kay. What am I missing here?
Is the maximum allowable limit less than 1/80th of "harmful" levels, or are they urinating on the public and claiming that is rain, too?
Or will everyone be just fine so long as they don't consume any water for three months? (Oh, yeah! that'll take care of the problem!)
“”These results are far below any levels of public health concern,” said Hanady Kader, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.”
So...no story here.
“While short-term events such as these do not raise public health concerns, EPA has taken steps to increase the level of monitoring of precipitation, drinking water and other potential exposure routes,” Kader said.”
But, the EPA is doing their best to make themselves indespensible!
lol...
“...are they urinating on the public and claiming that is rain...”
That would be it. ;o)
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