Posted on 07/22/2013 9:19:23 PM PDT by TexGrill
Fukushima nuclear plant operator Tepco on Monday admitted for the first time that radioactive groundwater is flowing into the sea, fueling fears that marine life is being poisoned.
The admission came a day after voters handed the largely pro-nuclear Liberal Democratic Party of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe — and ally New Komeito — a handsome majority in the Upper House.
Earlier this month, Tokyo Electric Power Co. said groundwater samples taken at the battered plant showed that levels of cesium-134 had shot up more than 110 times in a few days.
Although unable to explain the increased readings, Tepco had nevertheless maintained the toxic groundwater was likely being contained, largely by concrete foundations and steel sheets.
“But now we believe that contaminated water has flowed out to the sea,” a Tepco spokesman said Monday.
However, the spokesman insisted the impact of the radioactive water on the ocean would be limited. “Seawater data have shown no abnormal rise in the levels of radioactivity.”
Tetsu Nozaki, chairman of Fukushima Prefectural Federation of Fisheries Co-operative Associations, voiced deep concern.
“It was quite shocking,” he told NHK. “(Tepco’s) explanation is totally different from the one in the past.”
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What is the risk to humans? How far can a toxic level spread?
Do radioactive fish glow in the dark?
Is this the origin of Pacific caught fish in American grocery stores or is the Pacific caught fish from China seas?
Looked like my fish had been cooked twice lately...
Yup. Blue Oyster Cult once told of his coming.... But today, too many are watching American Idle to heed their sage warning.
Hey can you head over to the memorial and clear out the Super mutants? I’ll head up to the commonwealth and fetch the good doctor. I think we’re gonna need her.
/Fallout ping
I’d forget about eating anything that comes from Japan. Or from the Pacific Ocean for that matter. Hail and farewell, Alaskan salmon. Alas, I knew you well.
No duh.
What is the risk to humans?
It doesn’t matter. No matter how toxic releases of radioactive wastes are, the nuclear industry and it’s insurer (the government) always specify “no immediate risk to human health.” Even if people are still suffering and dying in the Chernobyl area and regions removed from there....the official story is “no harm to human health” whenever someone asks.
How far can a toxic level spread?
Around the world eventually. Tuna caught off the coast of Fukushima can end up in your dinner table because fish swim and we import goods from around the world.
Do radioactive fish glow in the dark?
No - they look like non radioactive fish unless they had time to develop lesions in their flesh from exposure. International research vessels in the waters of Japan captured fish which looked normal but had high levels of radiation in the flesh. The food chain doesn’t help - small contaminated fish eaten by larger fish eaten by ...well....tuna and other commercial catch. Fukushima is a massive experiment on a global scale - we have never seen this amount of radiation dumped directly into the ocean - the threat of harm to wildlife and humans comes from research but never on this scale.
I’d forget about eating anything that comes from Japan.
Fish from their west coast would probably be okay.
Will the mainland sewer glow in the dark and light up North Korea? That could confuse the NSA.
Radio active fish do not glow in the dark. To test for radio activity in fish you have to use a blue or yellow LED light (available at Radio Shack). To check the fish it is best to place it on a white platter or all white surface. The neutral white color is necessary to the test. Any other color surface and the test is not reliable. To test you turn out the lights in the house and then move the blue or yellow LED across the fish. If any radio activity is present it will appear as light green specks in the fish. Obviously this test is performed on the meat of the fish, not on the scales of the fish. Most fish that is contaminated will have minimal radiation presents so any green specks may be hard to see but if present will be visible over the entire area of the fish meat and never concentrated in one area of the fish. I’ve only tested one fish that showed very visible green specks which I ultimately made me wonder how it passed government inspections using a much more sophisticated version of this simple home test technology.
None! Buy a banana, same radiation.
One if the few things Rush said that made me question him. Seriously .
I’d bet that all the food Rush eats is organic.
Silly Luddite.
It isn’t going to harm any west coast fisheries. If that be the case, we’d have no Salmon due to all the nuke testing before, during and long after WWII in the Pacifc Ocean.
I was being facetious about fish glowing in the dark.
Yes, it is logical to know that people around Chernobyl, as well as Fukushima might be affected from radiation.
I do not, however, think that dangerous Fukushima radiation is going to migrate around the world via sea water.
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