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The radioactivity dispersion simulation JCOPE (Japan Coastal Ocean Predictability Experiment) by JAMSTEC (Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology), showing cesium-137 dispersion in the Pacific Ocean from March 21, 2011 to January 27, 2012. March 21, 2011 was when the high levels of radioactive materials from the seawater near the plant were first detected. Screenshots from their JCOPE page with the simulation animation (1/30/2012).

There have been a number of odd happenings recently at the plant. What they all mean right now is not totally clear. On January 2nd, the day after the widespread new years quake, the radioactive fallout levels in Fukushima and also in Chiba spiked. A weird white ash was reported by some in Chiba, no word if this is related in any way. On January 6th the cesium levels detected leaking out of unit 3′s intake canal tripled in one day. We still have no explanation for the rush of police cars, fire engines and two buses of workers to...

High radioactive cesium levels found at Tokyo school December 14, 2011 By TOMOKO SAITO / Staff Writer Radioactive cesium more than 10 times the standard for waste disposal has been detected on lawn covers that had been placed in a schoolyard from mid-March until early April at Horinouchi Elementary School in Tokyo's Suginami Ward. The measured value, 90,600 becquerels of radioactive cesium per kilogram, was more than triple the 26,400 becquerels contained in sludge at a sewage treatment facility in Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture, about 60 kilometers from the disabled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant. "The cover, with its wide...

Cesium-137 deposits 50 times more than previous record BY YUMI NAKAYAMA STAFF WRITER TSUKUBA, Ibaraki Prefecture--Nearly 30,000 becquerels per square meter of cesium-137 fell on Tsukuba in March as a result of the accident at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, the government's Meteorological Research Institute said Dec. 1.

Cesium from Fukushima plant fell all over Japan November 26, 2011 By HIROSHI ISHIZUKA / Staff Writer Radioactive substances from the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant have now been confirmed in all prefectures, including Uruma, Okinawa Prefecture, about 1,700 kilometers from the plant, according to the science ministry. The ministry said it concluded the radioactive substances came from the stricken nuclear plant because, in all cases, they contained cesium-134, which has short half-life of two years. Before the March 11 Great East Japan Earthquake, radioactive substance were barely detectable in most areas. But the Ministry of Education, Culture,...

Radioactive cesium blankets 8% of Japan's land area November 21, 2011 By HIROSHI ISHIZUKA / Staff Writer Some 8 percent of Japan's land area, or more than 30,000 square kilometers, has been contaminated with radioactive cesium from the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant. Spanning 13 prefectures, the affected area has accumulated more than 10,000 becquerels of cesium 134 and 137 per square meter, according to the science ministry. The ministry has released the latest version of its cesium contamination map, covering 18 prefectures. Radioactive plumes from the Fukushima No. 1 plant reached no farther than the border between...

Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2011 Cesium in pollen not viewed as health risk By KAZUAKI NAGATA Staff writer The Forestry Agency believes cedar pollen next spring contaminated by cesium fallout from the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant will be well below the legal safety limit. The exposure from inhaling cesium-contaminated cedar pollen circulating from Fukushima Prefecture will have a maximum radiation reading of 0.000132 microsievert per hour, the agency said, based on a recent calculation of fallout affecting cedar needles and leaves. In June, the education and science ministry studied cedar leaves in the town of Kawamata, located about 45 km...

Inspections failed to detect cesium-tainted 'Sayama' tea October 13, 2011 Government tests that detected levels of radioactive cesium exceeding the legal limit in tea products made with famous "Sayama tea," a high-end brand of green tea leaves produced mainly in the southwestern region of Saitama Prefecture, have left a bitter taste in producers' mouths. The association of green tea producers in the prefecture announced on Sept. 14 that it will voluntarily stop shipments and sales of tea leaves produced this year. But the news about cesium contamination of Sayama tea is all the more shocking to these producers--not just because...

High cesium levels detected as far away as Gunma Prefecture BY HISAE SATO STAFF WRITER 2011/09/29 Radioactive cesium from the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant has spread more than 250 kilometers toward the southwest, reaching as far as Gunma Prefecture, the science ministry said. The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology has been measuring contamination levels in each prefecture in eastern Japan, including Gunma Prefecture from Aug. 23 to Sept. 8 using prefectural government helicopters. According to the measurements released Sept. 27, most of the radioactive cesium first spread about 60 km northwest from the Fukushima nuclear...

Japan: Cesium Accumulation Map (contaminated up to 250km) Light Gray: 30K ~ 60K becquerel per square meter Gray: 60K ~ 600K becquerel per square meter Dark Gray: over 600K becquerel per square meter Survey undertaken by Education Science Ministry via an airplane (bet Aug. 23 ~ Sept. 8) Slightly below the bottom center but out of this picture is Tokyo.

Radioactive cesium detected in boar meat in Miyagi Pref. SENDAI (Kyodo) -- Radioactive cesium at a level over four times the government-set safety limit has been detected in the meat of a wild boar captured in Kakuda city, Miyagi Prefecture, the prefectural government said Friday. It is the first time that radioactive contamination exceeding the safety limit was found in a wild animal or bird in the northeastern Japanese prefecture, local officials said, adding they will ask people in the prefecture not to eat meat of wild animals and birds for the time being. The meat of the boar, which...

Cesium Seeps into Ground Faster Than Previously Thought Tokyo, Aug. 12 (Jiji Press)--Radioactive cesium from Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s <9501> tsunami-crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant seeped into the ground far faster than previously thought, a study has shown. In the joint study by the University of Tokyo and Fukushima Prefecture, home to the TEPCO plant, cesium that fell onto rice paddies at the Fukushima Agricultural Technology Center in the city of Koriyama seeped into the ground at speeds 0.1 to 0.2 times the penetration speed of water, compared with the previously estimated level of 0.001 times The university...

1,500 tons of radioactive sludge cannot be buried Nearly 50,000 tons of sludge at water treatment facilities has been found to contain radioactive cesium as the result of the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Over 1,500 tons is so contaminated that it cannot be buried for disposal. Water treatment facilities in eastern and northeastern Japan have been discovering sludge containing cesium. The health ministry says there is 49,250 tons of such sludge in 14 prefectures in eastern and northeastern Japan. A total of 1,557 tons in 5 prefectures, including Fukushima and Miyagi, was found to contain 8,000...

Turmoil over radiation-contaminated beef spreads to luxury brands MORIOKA (Kyodo) -- Turmoil caused by the recent detection of cesium contamination of beef shipped from Fukushima Prefecture, home to the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, is spreading to hurt producers of high-quality beef in other parts of the country. With cattle shipments and bidding suspended or canceled due to people's fears over the contaminated beef, livestock farms and related firms worry they may be forced out of business. Since radioactive cesium above the government-designated limit was detected in beef cattle from Fukushima at a Tokyo slaughterhouse on July 8, it has...

Bad straw devastates herd / Third-generation farmer loses faith in government, future The Yomiuri Shimbun KITAKATA, Fukushima--A farmer in Kitakata, Fukushima Prefecture, let his shoulders sag in disappointment when he heard that about 100 cows in his barn had eaten rice straw contaminated with radioactive cesium. The 38-year-old farmer and his parents have more than 100 cows. "I think I have no choice but to give up farming," he said Sunday during an interview with The Yomiuri Shimbun. "I wish the government had given us clear instructions." In the middle of April--about one month after the crisis at the Fukushima...

37 prefectures get meat from cows fed tainted straw The Yomiuri Shimbun The meat of beef cattle fed rice straw tainted with high levels of radioactive cesium in Fukushima Prefecture was distributed in 37 prefectures, and the cows' meat was sold to consumers in 35 of the prefectures, according to a Yomiuri Shimbun survey. The tainted meat was newly found to have been distributed in Toyama, Nara and Yamaguchi prefectures, in addition to the distribution in Tokyo, Kanagawa, Osaka and Fukuoka prefectures that had been confirmed earlier. The 35 prefectures where meat from the cows was sold to consumers include...

Gov't may expand cattle shipment suspension zone beyond Fukushima Pref. TOKYO, July 18 (Kyodo) - The government may consider halting beef cattle shipments from areas beyond Fukushima Prefecture, where it plans to soon impose a suspension, senior vice health minister Kohei Otsuka said Sunday. ''We are currently considering Fukushima Prefecture, but we may have to consider the need for a further response by checking the distribution of contaminated straw,'' Otsuka said on a TV program. The government's nuclear disaster task force is set to suspend shipments of beef cattle from Fukushima Prefecture, where the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant...

411 more cows in Fukushima found to have been fed cesium-tainted straw+ Jul 18 05:53 AM US/Eastern straw+ (AP) - FUKUSHIMA, Japan, July 18 (Kyodo)—Seven more farms in Fukushima Prefecture fed their beef cattle rice straw contaminated with radioactive cesium, bringing a total of about 411 more cows suspected of having been exposed to the isotope into the nation's beef distribution chain, the Fukushima prefectural government said Monday. Of the cows shipped from the farms, 199 went to Tokyo, 192 to Hyogo Prefecture, nine to Gunma Prefecture, eight within Fukushima Prefecture, two to Tochigi Prefecture and one to Saitama Prefecture....

Cesium-Tainted Beef Woes Hit Meat Retailers, Restaurants Tokyo, July 16 (Jiji Press)--Cesium-tainted beef that has been shipped from Fukushima Prefecture to many places outside the prefecture has put many meat retailers and restaurants into a plight. "Our beef sales have halved," a 70-year-old man running a meat retailer in Tokyo's Suginami Ward said. "There is nothing I can do about this." "Some shoppers even refuse to buy beef from places near Fukushima," he said. In Japan, beef containing radioactive cesium exceeding the legal limit was found to have been shipped to many locations throughout Japan. Some of the meat reached...

Radioactive cesium detected in Fukushima shiitake Radioactive cesium exceeding the government standard has been detected in shiitake mushrooms grown indoors in 2 cities in Fukushima Prefecture, about 60 kilometers from the troubled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. This is the first detection of radioactive cesium exceeding the standard in produce grown in greenhouses in the prefecture since the nuclear accident. The Fukushima prefectural government says 1,770 becquerels per kilogram of radioactive cesium was detected in mushrooms grown in Date City. The level is more than 3 times the provisional government limit of 500 becquerels per kilogram. 560 becquerels of radioactive cesium...

Another 84 cows in Fukushima found to have been fed contaminated straw TOKYO, July 16, Kyodo Authorities in Fukushima Prefecture, where the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant is located, said Saturday they have discovered that another 84 cows shipped from five beef cattle farms in the prefecture were fed with straw contaminated with high levels of radioactive cesium. The 84 cows were shipped to slaughterhouses in five prefectures -- Miyagi, Fukushima, Yamagata, Saitama and Tokyo -- and the Fukushima prefectural government has asked related municipalities to check where the meat was distributed.

A ton of mushrooms containing ten times the safe level of a radioactive metal has been seized and destroyed by health chiefs. The Bulgarian consignment of dried wild mushrooms is thought to have been irradiated by caesium 137 from the Chernobyl disaster in Ukraine 25 years ago. It was found by a UK Border Agency team looking for illegal immigrants and impounded before it reached the shops. Levels of radiation are measured in becquerels. The EU sets a maximum limit for caesium 137 in food of 600 becquerels per kilogram – double the level in Japan. But the amount of...

Radioactive ash found in Tokyo sewage plant: reports AFP Sat, May 14, 2011 TOKYO, JAPAN - A highly radioactive substance was detected in ash from an incinerator at a sewage works in Tokyo in late March following the nation's worst nuclear accident in Fukushima, newspapers reported Saturday. The ash, containing an unidentified substance with a radioactive density of 170,000 Becquerel per kilogramme, was collected from a plant in Koto Ward, eastern Tokyo, the Nikkei and Sankei dailies said, quoting metropolitan government sources. The ash in sewage plants is formed by the incineration of inorganic constituents in waste materials. Much of...

WASHINGTON — In most administrations, "leaks" of classified information precipitate presidential ire. Nearly all such unauthorized disclosures are the consequence of disgruntled government employees deciding that a "leak" is the best way to stop some activity they have decided should not continue. To justify their unlawful actions, they call themselves "secret whistle-blowers." The so-called "mainstream media" love them. Most American presidents do not. That's what makes the current commander in chief's reactions to a whole series of "leaks" so unusual. President Barack Obama doesn't seem to be concerned at all. President Ronald Reagan was infuriated by the publication and broadcast...

SNIPPET: "South African police say they have arrested four men in the capital, Pretoria, for attempting to sell what they describe as an industrial nuclear device to undercover officers. The men - all South Africans - were arrested Friday at a Pretoria gas station, where they attempted to sell the device for about $6 million. Police say Interpol was also involved in the operation."

Timekeeping can be as simple as counting "one Mississippi, two Mississippi . . ." prior to blitzing in backyard football, or tracking the back-and-forth swings of a pendulum in a grandfather clock. In both cases, the trick is counting the intervals of something that occurs repeatedly with as little variation as possible. A pendulum swing, say, or a 'Mississippi' just about equates to a second, the unit of timekeeping that as we know comprises minutes and hours. But even the best mechanical pendulums and quartz crystal-based clocks develop discrepancies. Far better for timekeeping is the natural and exact "vibration" in...

Pittsburgh was treated to an impressive show the week of the recent G20 conference. A nice assortment of military choppers of various types and missions, along with odder aircraft difficult both to identify and explain. Both police and the National Guard were out in force, with downtown nearly sealed off. None of this hardware was used against the "3,000 - 4,000" (more like a few hundred) anarchist demonstrators when they turned their righteous wrath on a dozen Starbucks and a Whole Foods store. No serious confrontation was expected and none occurred. Because all of it - the Guard troops, the...

Authorities seized a small amount of radioactive material and nerve gas from a taxi in the Georgian capital and detained the driver, officials said Monday. Tedo Mokeliya was detained May 31 after police in this former Soviet republic discovered two containers with 3 curies of cesium-137 and 12 microcuries of strontium in his taxi, said Givi Mgebrishvili, chief of the Interior Ministry's main criminal investigation department. Cesium and strontium, which have medical and industrial applications, are considered likely ingredients for a so-called "dirty bomb," in which conventional explosives are combined with radioactive material. Mgebrishvili said at a news conference that...

Hospital cesium is 'terror chemical' says expert By Nic Fleming, Science Correspondent Last Updated: 1:42am BST 03/08/2007 A radioactive chemical widely used in medical and industrial equipment should be banned because of its potential use in a terrorist attack, scientists say. Prof Peter D Zimmerman and colleagues at King's College London said hundreds could be poisoned or burnt if enough cesium-137 fell into the wrong hands. They argued that the substance, used in radiotherapy machinery and on factory production lines, was one of the most likely candidates for use in an "I-cubed" attack - involving victims' chemical ingestion, inhalation or...

Need some help from some Nukie types. (How) Could a person, in US, wirhout any clearences, have obtained radioactive Cesium? How dangerous? What instrument would detect presence of same. How long does a doseameter take to respond, or would film badge be better? Background: I'm an old retired newsie. Have an inkling that some physics teacher with a little (?)knowledge may have obtained some cesium for a project and now her class room is a little "hot" I have a little radiation experience from covering Chernobyl stories. See bio. Stay tuned - thanks.

An Ottawa researcher says it's about time the world had a better clock, and he is spending most of his waking hours creating it. He's working with the National Research Council of Canada to build the world's most accurate clock -- a cesium fountain clock, which would be 100 times more accurate. "We have to be very, very careful in building it, because it has to be perfect," he says. He says the clock would better meet the demands of scientists around the world who need such precision for their work. Marmet works for the National Research Council's Institute for...

KIEV, Ukraine - Ukrainian security officers have arrested two Middle Eastern men whom they said possessed a substance that has been touted by sellers as an ingredient in nuclear weapons and dismissed by others as a hoax. Security agents in the southern city of Odessa seized 24 pounds of a substance they said was radioactive and identified as "red mercury," a State Security Service spokesman said Monday on condition of anonymity. He said they arrested two men from a Middle Eastern country, "Foreign citizens were looking for an opportunity to purchase a quantity of radioactive material in Ukraine and to...

In Crimea components of " a dirty bomb " In the Crimean village Ishun the warehouse of chemical substances which can be used for creation so-called " a dirty bomb " is found. The broadcasting company of NTV informs on it. As it became known, in a court yard of one of apartment houses sat law enforcement bodies of Ukraine it was revealed six containers with a dangerous radioactive isotope caesium. All tenants of village evacuated, as the local radiating background exceeds norm in 380 times. As one of heads of local service of the Ministry of Emergency Measures...

<p>Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda network has become deeply involved in international drug trafficking, using the money to buy arms and, possibly, radioactive material for use in a so-called "dirty" nuclear bomb, senior U.S. officials say.</p> <p>The seizure earlier this month of boats carrying heroin and hashish, and operated by al Qaeda-linked persons, has brought to light an al Qaeda drug operation that has grown tremendously since the September 11 attacks, the sources say.</p>

Frequently Asked Questions about Cesium Q1. What is the purpose of the newsgroup alt.cesium? A1. This newsgroup is intended expressly for the discussion, praise, veneration, and adoration, the posting of songs, poetry, stories, and parables of and about that most sublime of elements, the almighty Cesium, among many other off-topic items. Crossposting is aggressively encouraged; persistent miscreants are netnapped and treated to the traditional Cesium Enema. UPDATE : Nuking France into the stone age has become priority NUMBER ONE! Update : The current dezines of alt.cesium enjoy lively discussions on other Cesium related topics. These include, but are not limited...

WASHINGTON -- Authorities in Thailand, acting on information from American investigators, seized a large amount of radioactive material from a Thai man, breaking up a plot to sell it to terrorists. He was peddling it for use in so-called "dirty bombs," according to American law enforcement officials. American officials said the seized material -- which Thai authorities said was cesium-137, a radioactive byproduct of nuclear power plants commonly found in medical equipment -- was believed to have originated in Russian stockpiles and been taken to Thailand through Laos. It could easily have been used in terrorist weapons, the officials said....

The recent Mujahir announcement has really put this issue on the table. I've just finished a very comprehensive look at "dirty bombs," including their history, uses, and connection to 4th Generation Warfare. It's intended to be a fairly definitive primer, much more detailed than you've seen at news sites like CNN.