Potassium Iodide, Fukishima, Uncle Sam, and you.

Via email | 4/12/12 | A trusted colleague

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I received a copy of this email today from a trusted source:

Saul,

There is a little discussed chance that ALL the spent fuel rods at the Fukushima reactor accident site (4 reactors) might catch fire from a 70% within a year, probable NEW earthquake at the site in Japan.

An earthquake will topple (or crack) the exposed to air, spent fuel (water) pools, resulting in complete loss of remaining critical cooling water in the pools, causing radioactive fires of the fuel rods in the spent fuel pools, emitting 85 times the radionucleides emitted from the total of the Chernobyl accident.

Remember that radiation from Chernobyl covered large parts of Europe. Take that area and multiply by 85x or far far more....

Here (North America) if this occurs at Fukushima (it is purposely not disclosed in Western press) which it likely will occur, due to frequency of earthquakes hitting Japan ALL the time, then the airborne radiation released uncontrollably from nuclear fuel fires will mess up Asia, and travel likely 1st to the pacific coast of North America. It will not stop there either as this level of airborne fallout will encircle much of the earth over time.

I recently heard in the news that there was a HUGE order of potassium iodide pills tendered by the US government. Initially I thought this strange but I thought due to the potential attack of the Iran nuclear facilities, for troop protection in the region against nutty crazy Iranians.

Today I learned of the actual present status of Fukushima accident site, in considerable depth, and it is far far far worse than anyone ever thought possible (sitting on a precipice of world radiation catastrophe of likely possible fuel fires at the site) All the fuel in the reactors across the site have melted entirely through at least several of the containment vessels, depositing the molten uranium metal into the earth below the concrete seondary containment vessels (buildings), and is the likely cause of continued seepage of high radiation into the ocean that occurs unabated as yet. But miniscule compared to what might happen if the spent fuel pool fuel rods burn (likely to burn).

Potassium iodide is used in event of large scale radiation releases (which include radioactive Iodine 131 isotope - which if ingested or inhaled, kills all function of the thyroid - a critical gland for human body function)

Potassium iodide pills BLOCK uptake of radioactive iodine 131 (emitted in airborne radioactive chemicals in a nuclear accident) and save the thyroid from destruction in exposure to fallout..

The apparent magnitude of the US Federal government tender for massive amounts of Potassium Iodide pills indicates these actual "risks" are inevitable, and also indicates that within the US federal government it is well known that the probability of a huge radioactive fire at Fukushima, releasing persistent long half life radiation into large areas across the globe will in all likelihood occur within 2 years or less. (it can happen at any time if an earthquake breaks the spent fuel pools remaining water seals)

For reference, the amount of likely airborne radiation likely to be released if the Fukushima spent fuel pools burn is 1/2 of that released from all manmade explosions and accidents since nuclear technology was developed by man over all history (since 1940s till today) from all sources, but likely to be emitted in the course of weeks, if fires break out at the spent fuel pools at the site.

Please do not talk about the technical specifics to Mom. Just try to get these pills ...

Please do try to procure a supply of these pills for Carla and Michael (you and mom too, but they have many years ahead of them) I think they are available by prescription but you might have to try to order by mail order on the internet.

The remaining actual risks at Fukushima are unprecedented due to the huge extensive structural damage at the site particularly in the spent fuel pools barely hanging on, teetering in fact. Once they crack from an earthquake it is likely game over (possibly for safe habitation for much of the world due to airborne fallout of the likely worlds largest atmospheric release of radioactivity ever)

I am actually going to try to write a longer blog post about this, in coming weeks as more folks need to understand what is presently not properly reported, and is a huge risk to world health if this occurs

(quite probable, as the structural stabilization of the severely damaged spent fuel pools at Fukishima contain about ?6000 tons of highly radioactive fuel exposed directly to the atmosphere (no cover but for water remaining presently)

If the water in the pools is lost due to an inevitable Japanese earthquake, before the spent fuel pools are reinforced (scheduled? within 2> (more likely) 3 years, the magnitude of worldwide nuclear fallout contamination will be incomprehensible.

Sadly because of my physics background in my degree from Carnegie Mellon, I understand the details and gravity of the situation too well.

I think he is overstating the risk, but no harm in having potassium iodide on hand, if you can find it.

[Scythian]

Are you kidding? I was told by at least a dozen arm chair nuclear scientists here on the FR during the initial explosion that it was going to be no more dangerious than eating a banana? Fortunately I never believed them.

[null and void]

Yep. I was one of them. I’m still pretty certain that the US will have no discernible problems.

Still, the government discouraging private purchase of KI one day and doing a mass buy the very next gives me some pause...

[dennisw]

(I prefer taking calcium and magnesium ascorbates which I have at home anyways. They are an easy to take form of vitamin C)

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http://asurvivalplan.com/2011/12/23/nuclear-decontamination-tips-from-230gr/
Counter Measures for Other Radioactive Isotopes

1. Calcium and Magnesium: both help your body to pass off Strontium 90. is best. Dr. Linus Pauling says heavy calcium supplementation will reduce strontium 90 absorption by 50 percent. Calcium blocks or decreases the absorption of strontium-90, calcium-45 and other radioactive isotopes by the skeletal system and also helps to eliminate radioactive isotopes that are lodged in the bones.

2. Adults should consume 1,400 mg of calcium (preferably calcium citrate) per day. Too much calcium can be harmful (it binds the intestines) so it needs to be take as a calcium—magnesium combination. The optimal amount should contain about ½ as much magnesium as calcium or 700 mg. Magnesium: Like calcium, magnesium prevents the uptake of radioisotopes and helps to eliminate already stored strontium-90.

Editor’s Note: My wife and I both take Cal-Mag Fizz as a dietary supplement. Calcium and Magnesium are best absorbed when taken together. Upon reading the label, I saw that the concentrations are very close, as a percentage, to what the article recommends. As such, I’ve discovered that we have a nuke prep in our usual and normal stocks without knowing it! Thank you, 230gr, for your timely contributions.

[JudgemAll]

Interesting... I was taking this calcium-potatium-magnesium mix to stop muscle cramps at night and calm me to sleep after a work out. I too had forgotten about that other option. ;)

[chimera]

Keep in mind that a thyroid blocker is only good if you are downwind from an active fission source that has a significant release of fission products. That can be one of two things:

1. Nuclear explosion. But then you probably have other worries.

2. Reactor accident with containment breach. Not likely. Fukushima had releases because they lost offsite power and onsite emergency power. With emergency power available there is no need to vent the Mark I containment. But because they had no emergency diesels they had to do occasional venting to avoid challenging the pressure limits. It is unlikely that SFP accidents will involve radioiodine in the source term. The vast majority of fuel in an SPF is significantly decayed, so 131I is a small fraction of the total radioisotope inventory.

[dixiechick2000]

“As King Nebuchadnezzar grew in power and might, he also grew very prideful. As a warning to us, God used the king by punishing him. Pride is one of those things that God hates (Proverbs 8:13) and God made King Nebuchadnezzar an example. God drove the king from men and made him dwell with the beasts of the field. He roamed the wild land and was forced to eat grass for seven years. Finally, the king was brought ‘to his senses’ when he acknowledged God as the King of heaven, “because everything he does is right and all His ways are just. And those who walk in pride He is able to humble” (Daniel 4:37). The king died in 562 B.C. at the age of 68.”

http://www.allabouttruth.org/king-nebuchadnezzar-faq.htm

[FreedomOfExpression]

I was specifically commenting on the length of his lost reasoning powers, not the cause. He didn't remain in that state the rest of his life.
Nebuchadnezzar learned the hard way to be humble before God.