Posted on 03/26/2011 10:09:22 AM PDT by SteveH
The level of radioactive iodine detected in seawater near the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant was 1,250 times above the maximum level allowable, the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency said Saturday, in a development that indicates contamination from the ruined reactors is spreading.
Tokyo Electric Power Co. meanwhile admitted it neglected to alert workers when it detected high radiation in a reactor building nine days ago.
The iodine-131 in the seawater was detected at 8:30 a.m. Friday, about 330 meters south of the plant's drain outlets. Previously, the highest amount recorded was about 100 times above the permitted level.
(Excerpt) Read more at search.japantimes.co.jp ...
Wouldn’t some ion exchange resin just take to stuff our of the water?
A cation exchange resin would remove any radioactive metals and an anion exchange resin would remove the other half of any radioactive materials (stuff like iodine).
You just package it up in teabags or water pitcher filters for convenience.
“Dr. Bogus Pachysandra: I believe anything Katie Couric tells me.”
Wonder if zero can still get his Kobe beef.
The dsamples were taken about 350 yards from the reactors so i wouldn’t worry too much about it.
Much hysteria (as usual) from the MSM.
That is great info. Thanks for enlightenment.
You really think that it was leaked there one day and all has been cleared up? No, it's continuing to leak into the ocean. Every day. Nonstop. And it's going to for years to come. But hey, take the family out for a day of snorkeling at the beach if you wish.
She lost any of her credibility a long time ago. Right around when she started laughing at Republicans during the last campaign.
“Whatever the reading at the outlet, it is not the reading a meter away”
They are reading it 330 m south of the discharge canal.
here are the numbers
Note the Zirconium 95 indicating possible issues with the cladidng
And the Cesium 137 with a half life of 30 years.
http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/press/corp-com/release/betu11_e/images/110324e6.pdf
You can expect these numbers to go up as neither TEPCO or the Japanese Government have a handle on this.
Plus, you can save a lot of money on expensive radiation treatments if you have cancer. :-)
This leak will be continuous until they entomb the entire complex in concrete.
This is worse than Chernobyl...wait and see.
Don’t believe the nuclear industry propagandists, who are out in full force trying to do damage control.
If radiation is such a good thing, why do cancer patients fear it so much?
It isn’t going to leak for years. They’ll stop the leak and the iodine will dissipate atomically as well as physically.
sheesh.....
I am constantly amazed by people like you who think that radiation stops at any natural or artificial barrier!
It must be all the publik skool edjumucation.
Right. I am done with Coulter, too. She is a screeching harpie who is too enamored with herself.
She and O’Reilly make a good pair.
“Note the Zirconium 95 indicating possible issues with the cladding.”
You bet there’s trouble with the zirconium cladding. You are never never supposed to mix water and zirconium. It goes KABOOM!
Yes; but the Kobe beef will glow in his plate. :o)
1,250x is probably a safe level to be exposed to for brief periods. Most radiation exposure levels for humans are way, way below levels known to cause harm.
The Sky, fall it must!!
Just let a smile be your umbrella!
Alpha radiation is stopped by the skin,
Beta radiation is stopped by several inches of water,
Gamma radiation is stopped by lead and some other heavy metals.
If I double the distance I stand from a radiation source, the intensity of the irradiation is the cube root of the radiation at the previous distance.
Radiation is not magic but follows the same rules as any other form of energy.
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