Tag Archives: Current Radioactivity

Most-Watched Page ‘Not Found’, here…

January 2, 2012  — That 2011 WordPress report (previous post) mentioned my most-checked post, Current Radiation Levels, which used to be at http://allegedlyapparent.wordpress.com/reported-radiation-levels/ [leads nowhere as is, here it links to its new location] , which I had re-organized many months ago under … Continue reading

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Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear disaster = 20+ Hiroshima nuclear bombs

“Based on the thermal output, it is 29.6 times the amount released by the nuclear bomb dropped on Hiroshima.   Based on Uranium-equivant it is 20 Hiroshima bombs”  - Professor Tatsuhiko Kodama, head of the Radioisotope Center at the University of … Continue reading

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Background radiation in Park City, Doel, Tokyo & Hell

[added 6.6.'11:  The post below has lead to this latest question-blogpost (couple blogposts later), which might be of interest:  http://allegedlyapparent.wordpress.com/2011/06/06/dose-activity-question-re-fallout-gauging/ ] Gorgeous sunny day, spring at last.  The weather’s too nice to spend much time online, but… [no no, no but, … Continue reading

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“China Syndrome” possible at Fukushima Daiichi #1 ???

The China Syndrome:  “A hypothetical sequence of events following the meltdown of a nuclear reactor, in which the core melts through its containment structure and deep into the earth.”  – New Oxford American Dictionary. See Image at end of blogpost.  Possible soundtrack to … Continue reading

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NILU abandons Fukushima forecasting: reliable data blackout cited. (The return of Zardoz…)

[May 17 edit: I'm replacing some words with f***ing st*** to see if this takes care of those silly content filters.  I'm getting  emails about "access denied".] >>>  In in this blogpost:  ”Zardoz”, the latest and last NILU fallout forecasts, … Continue reading

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Friday the 13th: Fukushima Gloominess spells Doom

This is a long-overdue overview.  (And so sorry, it’s not cursive.) Bloomberg 5/12/2011:   “Tokyo Electric Power Co. said one of the reactor cores at its stricken Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear plant is more seriously damaged than previously thought, setting back the utility’s plan … Continue reading

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Got Cesium?

I thought up this (above) “got milk” ad when I poured a lovely bit of organic half and half ”from pasture-fed cows” into my delicious morning coffee at work this morning…  With the EPA truly having shown they don’t particularly care … Continue reading

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Radioactivity – March 19 vs. May 1, 2011 – map comparison – Deutschland

The only specs on the map where radiation levels are adequately monitored are a few countries in Europe (Belgium, The Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland, Austria and Finland), with Germany having the most user-friendly online interface.  A comparison between a screenshot taken of … Continue reading

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USA predicted fallout next few days – EPA Radnet still terribly inadequate

Norwegian Institute For Air Research:  Radiation Fallout For April 22-25. Check the NILU’s latest forecasts: see their list http://transport.nilu.no/sitemap –> scroll down to products, pick the folder Fukushima: http://transport.nilu.no/products/fukushima  and then you can choose for which radioactive gas/particle to view the forecasts (Xenon-133, … Continue reading

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“The glass is already half full” — […Fukushima Reactor # 1 gets 6 tons water / day)

So, the situation at Reactor 1 of  ”the Blessed Island – the second*” NNP (this is the reactor (strangely, as #2 and #4 have received much more attention) mentioned in the “US-assisted  drills” for “worst case scenario contingency planning: see HERE), … Continue reading

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NNSA hazard map Fukushima Dai-ichi NNP region + Expanded Evacuation Zone

“The U.S. Department of Energy released the estimation as part of a hazard map on cumulative radiation in areas near the Fukushima plant created by an affiliate, the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA).  The hazard map shows that the annual … Continue reading

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Epidemiologist Dr. Steven Wing, on Global Radiation Exposures, Consequences

Informative April 21 video on http://www.fairewinds.com/ about health effects, what to do, etc. with guest (via Skype) Dr. STeve Wing, Associate Professor - Epidemiology. (see his bio).

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FDA/EPA: “No Need TO TEST” Pacific fish for radioactivity. Or anything, really…

FDA obviously doesn’t WANT to do testing.  Economic interests (Obama is a nuke dude, Alaska’s fisheries a major economic sector)?   I don’t know man… I don’t know… It’s one thing for an agency to discover they’re totally not ready … Continue reading

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Agency finally admits melting of N-fuel in Units 1, 2 and 3. And 4?

Damn… experts and amateurs alike have been saying that there’s just no other way and it took the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency an entire month to admit it… Jeez.  No wonder the Japanese have lost trust in their government and … Continue reading

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Abode of Peace rises from Fukushima rubble

{At the request of those who want to share the art without the spoofy context I first posted it in (see previous blogpost, which also has the used image sources.) – mvb} Fukushima Daiichi NNP Reactor #4 BEFORE April 19, … Continue reading

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