Radioactive water leaks (into the sea) from Japan nuclear plant

[Ghost in the Machine]

By MARI YAMAGUCHI, Associated Press Mari Yamaguchi, Associated Press – 1 hr 45 mins ago

TOKYO – Japan's tsunami-stricken nuclear power plant was leaking highly radioactive water into the sea Saturday, nuclear safety officials said.

The plant has been spewing radioactivity since March 11, when a magnitude-9.0 earthquake and ensuing tsunami knocked out power, disabling cooling systems and allowing radiation to seep out of the overheating reactors.

The water was seeping Saturday from a newly discovered crack in a maintenance pit on the edge of the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear site into the Pacific Ocean, Japan Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency spokesman Hidehiko Nishiyama said.

Measurements show the air right above it contained 1,000 millisieverts of radioactivity. Exposure to 500 millisieverts over a short period of time can increase the long-term risk of cancer. But experts say radiation is quickly diluted by the vast Pacific and that even large amounts have little effect.

It wasn't immediately clear whether workers who have been rushing to bring the reactors under control were exposed. People living within 12 miles (20 kilometers) of the Fukushima plant have been evacuated.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110402/ap_on_bi_ge/as_japan_earthquake

[defendandprotect]

1. Really like the propaganda/BS at the end --

But experts say radiation is quickly diluted by the vast Pacific and that even large amounts have little effect.

Somewhere out there I have a vision of Fukushima radioactive water meeting up with

BP oil and COREXIT -- !!


Most of all -- "Don't worry about it -- it's nothing!" --



:nuke:

[cutlassmama]

3. The seafood is safe to eat

[ixion]

4. Amazing, eh? Suddenly all this free radiation 1000 times greater than normal is no big deal

You'd think radiation was good for you. :crazy:

[Ghost in the Machine]

5. Yeah, that part got me too..

Show me a video of those "experts" catching and eating seafood from the area right around the plant and I might actually *think* about believing them...

:hi:

[spanone]

6. too bad marine life can't read that, i'm sure it would lift their spirits

[Electric Monk]

2. I Give Up

I mean it, that's all I've got.

I'm done.

Goodnight.

Sorry (I'm Canadian)

Human FAIL we're it.

[thereismore]

7. Fucking propagandists. The leaks are not uniformly diluted into the vast Pacific!

Right now all life around the plant is pretty much fucked.

[suffragette]

8. Ignoring the evidence about the food chain

From the article:
The worker also said the tsunami littered the grounds with dead fish that remained scattered throughout the plant, attracting birds.

That quote is from a worker inside the nuclear plant.

At this point, the area of those grounds have:
Seen high radioactive readings for air and water
Been hit with a succession of radioactive debris from explosions
Had neutron "beams" observed


That's a wide range of radioactive exposure to the dead fish which the birds have been eating.

One thing is certain about birds. They tend to fly away and fertilize wide areas. How much and what type of radiation would they excrete?
They also become food for other life up the chain. What is the impact there?

And for the seaweed, shellfish and fish in the water. How does water dilute what they have already absorbed/ingested?

[suffragette]

9. K&R