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Radiation at Japan's Fukushima Reactor Is Now at 'Unimaginable' Levels
Fox News Insider ^ | 02/08/17

Posted on 02/08/2017 5:03:45 PM PST by Enlightened1

The radiation levels at Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant are now at "unimaginable" levels. Adam Housley, who reported from the area in 2011 following the catastrophic triple-meltdown, said this morning that new fuel leaks have been discovered. He said the radiation levels - as high as 530 sieverts per hour - are now the highest they've been since 2011 when a tsunami hit the coastal reactor. "To put this in very simple terms. Four sieverts can kill a handful of people," he explained. He said that critics, including the U.S. military in 2011, have long questioned whether Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) and officials have been providing accurate information on the severity of the radiation. TEPCO maintains that the radiation is confined to the site and not a risk to the public. It's expected to take at least $300 billion and four decades to fix it. Housley said small levels of radiation are still being detected off the coasts of California and Oregon and scientists fear it could get worse. "The worry is with 300 tons of radioactive water going into the Pacific every day, what is that doing to the Pacific Ocean?" said Housley. He added that critics are now questioning whether the radiation has been this severe all along.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Japan; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: a1ufo1kidnapped1me; fukushima; junkscience; levels; preppers; radiation; reactor; tinfoil; unimaginable
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To: bigbob

+1000


21 posted on 02/08/2017 5:21:47 PM PST by entropy12 (Enough winning Mr President already! I am getting tired of all these wins! (not).)
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To: PastorBooks

How long do you think a fish is gonna live with radiation burns? I heard that a single coho salmon has been found with an elevated level of radiation.


22 posted on 02/08/2017 5:24:46 PM PST by gundog (Hail to the Chief, bitches.)
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To: Enlightened1

[ Radiation at Japan’s Fukushima Reactor Is Now at ‘Unimaginable’ Levels ]

Gee, that was hard to predict. /s


23 posted on 02/08/2017 5:28:31 PM PST by SaveFerris (Hebrews 13:2 Do not forget to entertain strangers, for ... some have unwittingly entertained angels)
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To: PastorBooks

I guess eat the wild caught salmon while you still can. Sad.


24 posted on 02/08/2017 5:30:02 PM PST by stevio (God,Guns,Guts.)
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To: usual suspect

I had no idea how bad it was. Due to your post, I looked it up. Just horrible how miserable those sailors were. They were denied entry anywhere for 2 1/2 months. So many sick and dying.


25 posted on 02/08/2017 5:30:20 PM PST by dforest
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To: Ciaphas Cain

I thought they reinforced it recently?


26 posted on 02/08/2017 5:31:11 PM PST by RushIsMyTeddyBear (****happy dance**** BIGLY!!!! Shadilay!)
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To: Enlightened1
I know how this ends:


27 posted on 02/08/2017 5:32:13 PM PST by PLMerite
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To: Ciaphas Cain
That does not make any sense, since if you look at recent pictures of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, they are both thriving, ultra modern, bustling and beautiful. While our cities such as Detroit which received no radiation are an unmitigated disaster.

Hiroshima today:


28 posted on 02/08/2017 5:32:39 PM PST by entropy12 (Enough winning Mr President already! I am getting tired of all these wins! (not).)
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To: DannyTN

Release the Krakhead.


29 posted on 02/08/2017 5:34:32 PM PST by Salamander (We're pain, we're steel, a plot of knives...)
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To: entropy12
Modern Nagasaki at night:


30 posted on 02/08/2017 5:37:22 PM PST by entropy12 (Enough winning Mr President already! I am getting tired of all these wins! (not).)
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To: Salamander

ROFLMAO

The Krakhead is the worst!!!


31 posted on 02/08/2017 5:38:08 PM PST by DannyTN
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To: usual suspect

Tepco has the main us tmi cleanup guy on it now.


32 posted on 02/08/2017 5:43:00 PM PST by SteveH
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To: DannyTN

At least stank boy had a bath, of sorts.

;)


33 posted on 02/08/2017 5:45:24 PM PST by Salamander (We're pain, we're steel, a plot of knives...)
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To: zeestephen

It’s a triple meltDOWN. Throwing a concrete blanket over it won’t help stop hot liquid radioactive sludge from oozing/burning thru dirt and seeping into the ocean to the tune of 300 tons of radioactive water per day.


34 posted on 02/08/2017 5:49:07 PM PST by ctdonath2 (Understand the Left: "The issue is never the issue. The issue is always the Revolution.")
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

>What a fecking mess. Drill, Baby! DRILL! This alternative energy stuff is just scary and awful.<

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One part of the American economy that Trump has not paid much attention to so far is the energy industry.
We have the knowledge and the people (many have been at home for months without a job) to fully develop our oil and gas industry and make the USA fully energy independent. All that Trump has to do is to give the go ahead and there will be a sea of well-paying jobs for years to come. The sale of oil and gas on the world market can provide the funds to pay for the energy independence program. Required projects will entail: new refineries, expansion of existing refineries, cross-country. liquid and gas pipelines, product shipping terminals on either coast, LNG facilities, LNG tankers, etc., offshore liquids and gas gathering facilities. If we still have an infrastructure program we shall need numerous bitumen plants to support the road building program with asphalt. With our oil and gas wealth we shall not need nuclear energy plants.


35 posted on 02/08/2017 5:50:24 PM PST by 353FMG (AMERICA FIRST.)
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To: Salamander; DannyTN

“The air of death and desertion was ghoulish, and the smell of fish almost insufferable; but I was resolved to let nothing deter me.” -the shadow over innsmouth. H.P. Lovecraft

That’s what came to mind upon seeing the deep one frolicking in the water.


36 posted on 02/08/2017 5:51:00 PM PST by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
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To: Darksheare; Salamander

I wonder if the flies just wait on the beach?


37 posted on 02/08/2017 5:52:13 PM PST by DannyTN
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To: Diana in Wisconsin
"The worry is with 300 tons of radioactive water going into the Pacific every day,

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A non-sensical measure? How much radiation is that? How far about background radiation?

1 m Sievert = 1 pCi (but that is conflating dose in a human with radiation levels, so it is not precise.)

http://people.uwec.edu/jolhm/EH/Rosenhoeft/index5.htm

Background radiation in the Oceans is about 330 pCi/Liter.

http://www.physics.isu.edu/radinf/natural.htm

Ocean water is naturally radioactive, as is the ground, as is the air. What we would like to know, is how much more radioactive is the water that is going into the Pacific from the damaged nuclear plants, than the natural background level.

That is the critical measure that we are not being told.

If it a trillion times as radioactive, it might be a problem. Currently, they say 300 tons of the water is going into the ocean every day. That is about 300 cubic meters of water. The Pacific has a volume of about 6.549 x 1017 m3 cubic meters of water. To double the background radiation in the Pacific, if the water going in were a trillion times as radioactive, as ocean water, it would take six years of that output.

We do not see anywhere near that level of radioactivity rise in the oceans, so the water going in must be much, much less radioactive than a trillion times as much as the natural background.

How much is it above background levels? Double? Triple? A million times? A billion times? At even a billion times, it would raise the background level only .01 percent in six years.

The numbers are important.

Math done quickly, but I think the numbers are close.

The particular radioactive isotopes and their half lives are likely far more important.

38 posted on 02/08/2017 5:53:05 PM PST by marktwain (We wanted to tell our side of the story. We hope by us telling our story...)
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To: DannyTN; Salamander

The flies need a vacation from him at times too.


39 posted on 02/08/2017 5:53:19 PM PST by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
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To: usual suspect

” Many servicemen became sick and died”

Do you have a reference for this?


40 posted on 02/08/2017 5:56:05 PM PST by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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