FUKUSHIMA MELT DOWNS CONTINUED EMERGENCY
FACT: UNEXPECTED INCREASE IN INFANT AND ELDERLY DEATHS IN U.S.A.THE YEAR FOLLOWING CHERNOBYL.
FACT: FUKUSHIMA’S 3 MELTDOWNS CONTINUE TO BE AN UNANSWERED WORLD CRISIS.
From: RSOE EDIS (world emergencies app)
FUKUSHIMA
update of 12/21/13
Highly radioactive water seeping into the ocean from Japan’s crippled Fukushima nuclear plant is creating an “emergency” that the operator is struggling to contain, an official from the country’s nuclear watchdog said on Monday. This contaminated groundwater has breached an underground barrier, is rising toward the surface and is exceeding legal limits of radioactive discharge, Shinji Kinjo, head of a Nuclear Regulatory Authority (NRA) task force, told Reuters. Countermeasures planned by Tokyo Electric Power Co. are only a temporary solution, he said. Tepco’s “sense of crisis is weak, Tepco’s “sense of crisis is weak,” Kinjo said. “This is why you can’t just leave it up to Tepco alone to grapple with the ongoing disaster. Right now, we have an emergency,” he said. Tepco has been widely castigated for its failure to prepare for the massive 2011 tsunami and earthquake that devastated its Fukushima plant and lambasted for its inept response to the reactor meltdowns. It has also been accused of covering up shortcomings. It was not immediately clear how much of a threat the contaminated groundwater could pose. In the early weeks of the disaster, the Japanese government allowed Tepco to dump tens of thousands of tonnes of contaminated water into the Pacific in an emergency move. The toxic water release was however heavily criticized by neighboring countries as well as local fishermen and neighboring countries as well and the utility has since promised it would not dump irradiated water without the consent of local townships.
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My mom died of pancreatic cancer in January 2012. I give responsibility to FUKUSHIMA.
My question at this point is Do you know of any infant or elderly deaths in the year following FUKUSHIMA MELTSOWNS ❓
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Uh oh, I better check the pound of powdered kelp I received recently. I hope it isn’t from you know where ❗
Lurker, the Japanese population would actually be at a greater risk (from what I can tell) in the immediate wake of a nuclear disaster. Seafood, especially seaweed, concentrates iodine. The concern with this is that in the wake of a accident, the I-131 and I-129 released from the reactor would replace naturally occurring (nonradioactive) iodine. That said, any responsible agency would realize this and shutdown the harvest/monitor for contamination. This is exactly what happened in Japan.
Thanks Critter, very interesting ❗
A couple questions if you have time,
1) Aren’t the Japanese considerably more protected from radiation than Americans ?
I believe their diet including things like kelp is in their favor.
2) Information is surfacing about the UN’s 20 year old program “Agenda 21” where they are involved with Geo Engineering such as ‘Chemtrails’, that makes me wonder if they are also attempting to remove excess radiation from the atmosphere. Should we be in favor of Geo Engineering our atmosphere ❓ Or should we be more concerned about potential health risks from breathing unnatural air pollutants ❓
Sorry for the long delay, my research project was defunded at the beginning of the calendar year (I didn’t find out until I returned) so I’ve been scrambling to re-arrange my plans. Things have calmed down and worked out, thank God. I’m still in the same lab with the same supervisor, just with a different research topic.
As I promised, I tested two separate air filter samples. Both are geometrically identical samples, one being removed from a car air filter, and the other from a house air filter. Below are some photos of the testing. The first images (red-on white screengrabs) are tests using 4x4in NaI(Tl) scintillators. The count accumulation time was 1min. Unfortunately I do not have a screengrab of the Cs-137 check with this instrument, but I have provided an example of what a “hot” Cs-laden sample would look like. It’s the fourth image down, taken from Safecast. This was an automotive air filter from the Fukushima area lightly contaminated with Cs. As you can see, this instrument system shows no contamination of any sort.
Laboratory background radiation measured on two NaI(Tl) 4×4″ blocks with coincidence removal (no cosmic ray interference). Note the bump at ~1460 on the x-axis (which represents energy in kilo electronvolts). This is the 1460keV decay of Potassium-40 in my own body setting off the detector. It’s that goddamned sensitive.
Filter one. No statistically significant deviation from normal background.
Filter two. As above, no statistically significant difference.
Filter taken from Japanese automobile in the Fukushima area showing contamination in June 2011. If there was anything on my filters, it would look like this. Note that the datestamp on the graph is incorrect, the one in the bottom corner is correct.
The second set of pictures are from a different type of detector. This one is known as a HPGe, and it is extremely sensitive in terms of energy resolution. The following images are of 1)background 2) both filter samples and 3) A .45uCi Cs-137 tab from the lab. As is evident, there is no Cs-137 contamination present on the filters, as shown by the absence of the massive 662keV peak shown in the last image. As was shown in the first set of images, there is no contamination when measured under controlled conditions. Might I add that both filters were noticeably radioactive when removed, all due to Rn-daughters that have since died away.
OVERNIGHT background count gathered for another experiment. Note that the filled in graph does not denote high dose rates, but merely that the integration time was long enough to get a hit at almost every channel.
Both samples counted on for 1min. Note the thin line above the end of the “v” in keV. That’s the 1460keV Potassium-40 from me. Note the conspicuous lack of a peak anywhere near the Cs line.
Spectrum with cesium-137 check source in place. Note that the magnitude of the peak is so large that it rescales the graph so the entire background is no longer visible on screen. That’s insane sensitivity, folks.
Zoomed in on the Cs-137 peak at 662keV from the prior spectrum.
Cesium-137 button used for control. It’s been sitting in the lab since 1/6/1977 according to the stamp! It’s current activity is about 45% of the original 1.03uCi
The two filter samples themselves
In summary: There is no risk on the west coast of the US (specifically Seattle) from Fukushima contamination. There is likely a risk in Japan, though I cannot authoritatively speak to conditions overseas. Send me more samples and I’ll test ’em.
No scare tactics, just a little insight.
Not that I ever saw, but a buddy of mine swears he seen one carryin’ a flashlight.
John
John,
On behalf of all us on TAG thank your buddy for the very interesting and informative hunting information.
We all agree and have vowed to never shoot any coyote advanced in intelligence enough to use a flashlight.
We also commend your buddy for the wise decision not to take the shot that could well have destroyed any chance of developing a worthy partner in our efforts to assure a nuclear safe planet.
Not that I ever saw, but a buddy of mine swears he seen one carryin’ a flashlight.
John
John,
Darn, I’ve just ordered more night vision stuff…
Do Texas coyotes glow in the dark ❓
No wonder you Texans never miss ❗
Not to worry, I had hypothyroidism for fourty years thanks to exposure in Monroe Michigan. Don’t know why it seems ok now other than taking thyadine since fu-ku caused Mom’s early death at 92 from pancreatic cancer. Of course that’s just my opinion considering the time line and what I’ve read on line 😆
Yeh, lumps in my neck seem slightly firmer but ther are local dorkters that would like to cut my head off to have a look inside 👿
Japan and S.Carolina may be able to learn from each other about How To Get Rid of Radioactive Ground Water.
Texas has the same problem from the disassembly plant in Amarillo. The groundwater flow is very slow, but the plume is making it’s way toward West Texas cotton fields. Glow-in-the-dark t-shirts, anyone?
John
STRANGE BED FELLOWS ❓
Japan and S.Carolina may be able to learn from each other about How To Get Rid of Radioactive Ground Water.
Case in point:
EDIS Number: ED-20140121-42393-USA
Event type: Environment Pollution
Date/Time: Tuesday, 21 January, 2014 at 14:54 (02:54 PM) UTC
The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) has confirmed the presence of a plume of radioactive tritium that is moving off the Barnwell Low-Level Radioactive Facility in Barnwell, South Carolina. The contamination is moving through the groundwater and is headed southwest toward the Savannah River. Traces of it have been found in Mary Branch Creek as well. The Barnwell facility is located on 235 acres there were deeded to the state by Chem-Nuclear Systems. It is owned and operated by Energy Solutions. Since it began operations as a radioactive waste disposal facility in 1971, it has accepted over 27 million cubic feet of radioactive waste, mostly from nuclear power plants from across the country. Since July 2008, it has accepted waste only from the three member states of the Atlantic Compact: Connecticut, New Jersey and South Carolina. The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has stated that increased risk of cancer and genetic abnormalities in future generations are the health risks associated with tritium. Although this is a “new” story, environmentalists claim this has been going on for years.
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Cali has actually been studied for a long time in terms of NORM. Here are two papers with readings from Cal. beaches prior to Fukushima. The second one is actually from before most atmospheric testing.
Radioactivity of Sand from Public Beaches, 2008
http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0352-5139/2009/0352-51390904461R.pdf
Tracing Coastal Sediment Movements with NORM
http://journals.tdl.org/icce/index.php/icce/article/viewFile/2268/1959
Interesting. This provides a baseline, since the oceanic plume is only now coming onshore, moving north to south. I wonder what this area would have registered prior to decades of above-ground nuclear tests. More to the point, what was NORM in 1914.
Thanks Critter!
John
Great info again Critter.
If a thorough analysis is done for half moon beach it will provide a irrefutable baseline for future readings ❗
I’ll bet there aren’t any public available such studies from before FUKUSHIMA’s MELTDOWNS.
Though I didn’t do this myself, here’s a workup of the sand from Half-Moon bay. Looks like Thorium and Uranium: http://geigercounter.com/california-beach-radiation-fukushima/
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Critter, thank you very much. There is a lot of conflicting information available, and I appreciate having a glimpse into legitimate data.
John