Japan admits daily radioactive release from Fukushima at 154 trillion Becquerels, many times higher

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The Nuclear Safety Commission under the Prime Minister’s Office disclosed on April 23 that the amount of radioactive materials being released from the TEPCO Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant was 154 terabecquerels per day (1 tera is 1 trillion) as late as April 5 when the amount being released was considered stabilized.

On April 5, the estimated amount of radioactive materials released from Fukushima I Nuke Plant was 0.69 terabecquerels/hour for iodine-131 and 0.14 terabecquerels/hour for cesium-137. When the numbers were recalculated according to the INES method (converting cesium amount into iodine equivalent), the amount released turned out to be 6.4 terabecquerels/hour (which was 154 terabecquerels per day. Previously, the Nuclear Safety Commission had simply added the numbers for iodine-131 and cesium-137, and announced it was less than 1 terrabecquerel per hour .

http://enenews.com/daily-radioactive-release-from-fukushima-is-150-times-higher-than-previously-announced-154-trillion-becquerels-released-everyday

[defendandprotect]

1. This and BP/Gulf are landmines which are going to blow up on us in the near future ... imo ...

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2. Passover, Fallout, Resurrection

What a holiday season this year!

[rhett o rick]

3. I would like to see another source back this up. Using the units "terrabecquerel per hour"

seems wrong to me. The becquerel (Bq) is a measure of radiation and I dont think would be per hour like exposure (sieverts). And as I figure it 154 TBq equals 4158 curies. That is a enormous amount. Just my opinion. My knowledge is limited.