Monthly Archives: March 2011

The EPA’s PATHETIC radiation monitoring network

Posted on March 29, 2011 by Michaël V.B.

3/29 8:30 pm Standard Mountain Time (3/30 11:30 AM JPN-time): Just in from Kyodo (news service in Japan): “Radioactive iodine 3,355 times legal limit found in seawater near plant” (If they’s using the adult legal limit of 300 Bq/L, we’re talking … Continue reading →

Cs137 fallout rivals Chernobyl.

Posted on March 29, 2011 by Michaël V.B.

New Scientist – March 29, 2011: Caesium fallout from Fukushima rivals Chernobyl by Debora MacKenzie. Excerpt: ”An analysis of MEXT’s data by New Scientist shows just how elevated the levels are. After the 1986 Chernobyl accident, the most highly contaminated … Continue reading →

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10 million times normal was not a mistake

Posted on March 29, 2011 by Michaël V.B.

“TEPCO has confirmed that radiation levels in water inside the damaged reactors is about 100 rems (1 Sievert) per hour. Apparently that’s only 100,000 times above normal, not 10 million times.” (Source: NIRS, an activist site, no less; all mainstream … Continue reading →

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The Japanese are held in loving prayers.

Posted on March 29, 2011 by Michaël V.B.

Entry Gate towards Kami Shrine at Shambhala Mountain Center, where I lived in 2004. http://www.shambhalamountain.org/ Growing up practicing Judo, reading Yoko Tsuno (a Belgian Comic strip), recalling a brief teenage fascination with anti-gravity research by Japanese Prof Seike Shinichi (perhaps … Continue reading →

| Tagged Belgium, Fukushima, hope letters, Ibaraku, Japan, love, Oryoki, palm prints, prayer vigils, quake, radioactivity, Shambhala, SMC, songs for japan, spirituality, tsunami | 4 Comments

Tomgrams on disasters and nuclear myths melting down

Posted on March 28, 2011 by Michaël V.B.

Two excellent pieces of sane perspectives – neither alarmist, nor denialist: The Earthquake Kit, by Rebecca Solnit, Posted at 5:50pm, March 27, 2011 on http://www.Tomdispatch.com: “Somewhere, someone should write about the official euphemisms that accompany disasters. …” Read the full story at … Continue reading →

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Fallout across US: danger lost in dose translation

Posted on March 28, 2011 by Michaël V.B.

# Fukuchima Fallout across the USA. # Calculating dose (in µSv) from Bq/L measurements. # Why comparing doses can be deceptive. # Fallout (traces of I-131 and sometimes Cs-137) from Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant have been confirmed detected … Continue reading →

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US East Coast Fallout now in rainwater too

Posted on March 28, 2011 by Michaël V.B.

3/28/2011 — From The Boston Globe, March 28, 2011: ”[...] …The concentration of radioiodine found in the rainwater sample was 79 pCi/L (picocuries per liter). Auerbach said that hypothetically, even if someone drank the rainwater directly, “it is still 25 … Continue reading →

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Fukuchima fallout in US

Posted on March 27, 2011 by Michaël V.B.

3/28/2010 (midnight SMT) — So, by all meteorological forecast models, the “radioactive cloud” should now be spreading its menace to the Western US, and soon most of the Northern Hemisphere. If you haven’t seen the models yet, see a previous … Continue reading →

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Cirincione: it will end very, very badly

Posted on March 27, 2011 by Michaël V.B.

Watch the interview: http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/bestoftv/2011/03/27/sotu.cirincione.nuclear.japan.cnn Nuclear analyst Joe Cirincione, when asked about his “Best guess of how this ends”: “My best guess is that there is going to be a bigger breach than we’ve already seen, and we suspect there are … Continue reading →

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Radiation at Fukachima Daiichi NNP – March 27, 2011

Posted on March 27, 2011 by Michaël V.B.

Fukushima Daiichi Reactor units – readings near highly radioactive pools of water: Unit 1: 60,ooo µSv/hr Unit 2: 1,000,000 µSv/hr Unit 3: 750,000 µSv/hr See “Radiation … Continue reading →

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Greenpeace radiation data from Japan

Posted on March 27, 2011 by Michaël V.B.

Greenpeace has a team in Japan, driving around taking measurements with Geiger Counters. Check out their findings [Click on Image to go to http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/news/Blogs/makingwaves/: [SOURCE: http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/news/Blogs/makingwaves/call-to-widen-evacuation-area-around-fukushhi/blog/33961%5D

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The Fukachima Daiichi Reactors Situation, by CNIC

Posted on March 27, 2011 by Michaël V.B.

CNIC, one of the information sources I just added to my Japan and NEWS pages does daily updates (In Japanese, translated by interpreter throughout). Check it out for a tthorough evaluation of the situation inside the NNPs: —> http://www.ustream.tv/channel/cnic-news <— … Continue reading →

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Radiation Cloud Movement

Posted on March 26, 2011 by Michaël V.B.

Forecasts of radioactive cloud movement – from notable organizations – Updated March 26, 2011: CLICK IMAGE to access the WoWeather site where they are all accessible together: SOURCE: … Continue reading →

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CNN twists radiation reporting too…

Posted on March 26, 2011 by Michaël V.B.

CNN just announced: Sea radiation 1,250 times normal: (see below image of why that is deceptive) : The normal level for radioactive Iodine-131 is ZERO. It is not an isotope that occurs naturally in nature. Even if trace amounts left from … Continue reading →

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Fukachima reaches Level 7 on INES scale

Posted on March 26, 2011 by Michaël V.B.

The ‘level 7′ is not official yet, but I don’t see how they can keep it at 6 given the measured radioactive. Example: Regarding the Cesium-137 levels of 163,000 becquerels per kilogram of soil in Iitate, 40 km from the … Continue reading →

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