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In reply to the discussion: No Worries: Fukushima Radiation Didn't Make it to L.A. Beaches [View all]951-Riverside
(7,234 posts)107. Radioactive cesium-137 released from Fukushima 1.5 times Tepco estimate: study
You didnt see this article, it doesnt exist. Keep breathing that WTC dust, nothing to worry about.
VIENNA The total amount of radioactive cesium-137 released into the atmosphere and seawater from the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant is estimated at between 17,500 and 20,500 terabecquerels, a study by a Japanese research team showed Friday.
The teams finding on the cumulative amount of cesium-137 is nearly 1.5 times more than the estimate by plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. of less than 13,600 terabecquerels.
The team announced its findings on cesium-137 during an academic session of the European Geosciences Union in Vienna on geoscience processes related to the Fukushima nuclear disaster.
Michio Aoyama, a professor at Fukushima Universitys Institute of Environmental Radioactivity who is part of the team, told Kyodo News that TEPCO underestimates the amount of cesium-137 that was released into the atmosphere and later fell into the sea.
Scientists are trying to detect the levels of radioactive cesium due to its potential, long-term risks to the land and sea. Cesium-137, which has a half-life of around 30 years, can cause cancer.
The total amount of cesium-137 differs based on researchers estimates but Aoyama has expressed confidence about the data his team gathered and analyzed, saying theirs is the most probable figure as it is based on actual measured data.
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/05/10/national/radioactive-cesium-137-released-from-fukushima-1-5-times-tepco-estimate-study/
The teams finding on the cumulative amount of cesium-137 is nearly 1.5 times more than the estimate by plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. of less than 13,600 terabecquerels.
The team announced its findings on cesium-137 during an academic session of the European Geosciences Union in Vienna on geoscience processes related to the Fukushima nuclear disaster.
Michio Aoyama, a professor at Fukushima Universitys Institute of Environmental Radioactivity who is part of the team, told Kyodo News that TEPCO underestimates the amount of cesium-137 that was released into the atmosphere and later fell into the sea.
Scientists are trying to detect the levels of radioactive cesium due to its potential, long-term risks to the land and sea. Cesium-137, which has a half-life of around 30 years, can cause cancer.
The total amount of cesium-137 differs based on researchers estimates but Aoyama has expressed confidence about the data his team gathered and analyzed, saying theirs is the most probable figure as it is based on actual measured data.
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/05/10/national/radioactive-cesium-137-released-from-fukushima-1-5-times-tepco-estimate-study/
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Please provide the peer reviewed studies, not the nuttiness of the site you provided. eom
MohRokTah
May 2014
#31
You are aware in this case "minute" means "substantially less than background radiation", right?
Chan790
May 2014
#126
Have you started the speaking gigs yet? You can get paid for "spreading" this information!
snooper2
May 2014
#141
It's been shown in models that the concentration of radioactive material is 2 to 27 becquerels...
Gravitycollapse
May 2014
#122
All it "gains" is the general public lumping rational nuclear skeptics in with the loons.
NuclearDem
May 2014
#22
Actually, you were banned from E&E largely because you were making shit up and spamming it.
NuclearDem
May 2014
#48
Unless you actually travel to see the scientists and talk to them, you don't have any
truedelphi
May 2014
#17
Isn't it funny how the only cooked books and bogus studies tend to be on the other side?
NuclearDem
May 2014
#11
Keep breathing that WTC dust, all is fine. Nothing to worry about. Everything is gonna be fine
951-Riverside
May 2014
#26
"Did you know the east coast of the US did get its fair share of Fuku-plume?"
zappaman
May 2014
#139
Well we know what it isn't.. radiation from Fukushima. Unless it's time traveling radiation.
X_Digger
May 2014
#116
Radiation from Fukushima certainly can be discounted. Unless it can travel backwards in time.
X_Digger
May 2014
#118
Because there are people who have spent most of their lives studying oceanography or radiation
NuclearDem
May 2014
#66
Radioactive cesium-137 released from Fukushima 1.5 times Tepco estimate: study
951-Riverside
May 2014
#107
People post about Louie Gohmert all the time but I wouldn't call him their idol.
hobbit709
May 2014
#108