Tag Archives: radioactivity measurements

Reported Instability at Fukushima-Daiichi Reactor 2

Noteworthy…  TEPCO has been able to measure radiation for the first time INSIDE the (breached) containment vessel of Reactor 2 at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. The findings are here (in Japanese):  http://www.tepco.co.jp/nu/fukushima-np/images/handouts_120327_02-j.pdf The findings are extremely highly deadly … Continue reading

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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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Radiation Units page finally done (I think)

Finally incorporated the Curie and the Becquerel in –> my comprehensive Radiation Units page.   This post actually has its own static page (RADIOACTIVITY (top bar right) –> Radiation Units (5 down)).  If you spot an error, please leave a comment (see the … Continue reading

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IODINE-131 a basic map comparison: Fukushima versus Chernobyl

Similarly to what I did to compare Chernobyl and Fukushima as far as the fallout maps for radioactive Cesium (137, 134)  (SEE HERE for the radioactive Cesium maps and those comparison basics), what follows is a basic comparison for I-131′s … 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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Deepak Chopra & Arnie Gundersen: Nuclear Cautions & Parallels: Fukushima & Indian Point

CHECK Apr 15, 6:00 pm EST (New York-time):   http://fairewinds.com/content/arnie-gundersen-deepak-chopra-friday-april-15th  (GMO and other topics before & after)   http://fairewinds.com/content/arnie-gundersen-deepak-chopra-friday-april-15th CLICK on Image at or after: April 15 6:00pm EST : http://fairewinds.com/content/arnie-gundersen-deepak-chopra-friday-april-15th

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Arnie Gundersen: 3 things re. Fukushima.

I like it when I see that my opinions on this blog are in agreement with credible experts. :-) The Screenshot sums it up – Check out Fairewinds’ Nuclear Engineer Arnie Gundersen‘s latest video address (always good, so far): SOURCE: http://www.fairewinds.com/

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Japanese Citizens turn to independent EU lab: new radiation data

In the 7-page detailed report by ACRO, http://www.acro.eu.org/RAP110411-OCJ-EN.pdf , you can find exact methods used for collecting samples, new data (Data from March 31 show higher than government-reported measurements.) and exact sampling locations:                 … Continue reading

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How “radioactive” is Northern California at the moment, really?

Far-northern California in many ways remains very dear to me, as it has been ‘home’ for about a decade after I moved out of Western Europe in the mid-1990′s.   For my dear friends still out there, here’s an overview … Continue reading

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Radionuclide Cs-137 still raining down on US – April 12 update

A month into the Fukushima Daiichi ongoing nuclear disaster, ‘trace’ (–> if I don’t use that word, I get barked at) radioactive fallout continues to sprinkle the population and crops growing in North America, and other places many thousands of … Continue reading

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Radiation Food Standards

Since food standards are rumored to being adjusted (see my blogpost ‘Radiation Levels: Acceptability Standards for radioactive food being adjusted in US and EU‘ from April 7, 2011), here’s an overview of (pre-adjusted) radiation guidelines for air, water and food, … Continue reading

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Assessing the Radiation Danger, Near and Far

From April 2nd’s NY Times, perhaps a bit on the nuclear-industry-propaganda side of assessments, with convenient vagueness (“short time” and “longer time”, etc.) but still with some good basic visuals/graphs, I find:  http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/04/02/world/asia/assessing-the-radiation-danger.html?ref=world

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“Trust us”

They are a clever bunch, aren’t they, them nuclear engineers…   No barrier under the premises to keep radioactive water from reaching the ground water?   Designed to withstand only earthquakes weaker than what is known to be possible along the … Continue reading

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Wading through the cloud, oblivious.

Since New York is on the far end of receiving the radioactive cloud in the US, most likely pretty much all of the US is receiving sprinklings of Iodine-131 and Cesium-137 similar or higher.  A couple days ago up to … Continue reading

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The EPA’s PATHETIC radiation monitoring network

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

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