Evacuate Japan now!

Pervach · **Posted:** Wed Nov 23, 2011 6:23 pm

wow, isn't that a 92% reduction on last year?

In Fukushima (where the meltdown was), 1kg of rice was "above safe levels" - 620 Bq where the arbitrary "safe level" is 500. A banana anywhere in the world is 15 Bq.

So the level of radiation you are talking about per 1kg rice, is 8 bananas above "perfectly safe".

Matt · **Joined:** Wed Dec 08, 2010 7:07 am **Posts:** 45

Tue Mar 22, 2011 8:40 pm

Matt wrote:

Water used to cool Fukushima flowing back to sea – effects hard to predict
http://www.cnewsworld.com/world-news/wa ... o-predict/

Tue Mar 22, 2011 10:59 pm

pajamian wrote:

Now I know this is bullshit. The water being dumped on the reactor is filling up a sealed resevoir and the only way it is escaping is by being boiled off by the hot fuel rods. It is escaping from steam and certainly not flowing back to sea.

Meanwhile in Japan ...

December 07, 2011
TEPCO: Water containing strontium leaked into Pacific
http://www.japantoday.com/category/national/view/radioactive-water-containing-strontium-leaked-into-pacific-tepco

December 08, 2011
Groundwater a likely source for continued flow of radiation into ocean
“Complete melt through” so “not surprising” discharges continues, says study
http://enenews.com/unconstrained-radiation-discharge-ocean-coming-groundwater-reactors-complete-melt-surprising-study

December 08, 2011
Fisheries demand TEPCO drop water-release plan
https://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201112080064

Matt · **Joined:** Wed Dec 08, 2010 7:07 am **Posts:** 45

Still eating Sushi?

Japanese Seaweed Radiation Doubles
http://www.enviroreporter.com/2012/04/japanese-seaweed-radiation-doubles/

zcat · **Posted:** Tue Apr 24, 2012 8:22 pm

Something my sister has drawn my attention to recently;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molten_salt_reactor

Nuclear energy is already by far the safest source of energy in terms of deaths/accidents per GW etc but it could be so much safer. The currently popular reactor design was chosen for political reasons, not because it was ever the best / safest technology available.

Matt · **Joined:** Wed Dec 08, 2010 7:07 am **Posts:** 45

Tue Mar 22, 2011 10:59 pm

pajamian wrote:

Now I know this is bullshit. The water being dumped on the reactor is filling up a sealed resevoir and the only way it is escaping is by being boiled off by the hot fuel rods. It is escaping from steam and certainly not flowing back to sea.

Oops!... They Do It Again:
TEPCO considers dumping water from Fukushima nuclear plant into ocean

Matt · **Joined:** Wed Dec 08, 2010 7:07 am **Posts:** 45

No need to dump water in the sea, they just let it seep into the ground:
120 tons of radioactive water escape from underground facility
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/04/07/national/fukushima-tank-springs-major-leak/#.UWCLyjc5CVM

Evacuate Japan now!

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