Fukushima Daiichi Cs 137 dispersion model from NOAA
Fukushima Daiichi Cs 137 dispersion model presentation from NOAA Part I
Fukushima Daiichi Cs 137 dispersion model presentation from NOAA Part II
More NOAA info: http://polar.ncep.noaa.gov/global/tracers/pdf/JCOMM_poster_2012_d2.pdf
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...but the radiation from Fukushima is already out there and more coming every minute. So the radiation/accumulation statistics they give are based upon various end-points starting from the date of the initial release on March 11, 2011. It doesn't address what is constantly being added nor for how long it will be added, because that's an unknown.
The continuous releases at Fukushima are aerial coming directly from the reactor buildings themselves from time to time (corium on the move?). From groundwater leaks which end up in the reactor building basements or the sea. The curious boiling seas from the apparent mixing of radioactive material directly into the ocean. And the indirect release of captured radioactive water into the ocean via leaking tanks.
And to top it all off so that nobody's excluded, evaporation of these radioactive liquids from any and all these sources allow the dried particulates to be blown inland from sea and storm winds, contaminating everything in its path -- all the way up into the mountains. Where it will at once find its way into the mountain water the people there have used for centuries for drinking -- hundreds of kilometers away from Fukushima.
- One must assume that it will act similarly once the plume of C137 reaches the shores of America and Canada.
- With aging, almost derelict nuke plants dotting up and down the Mississippi and the Eastern seaboard, an earthquake, flood or just a regular old thunderstorm could be catastrophic. If you like horror, the below reading is for you:
Gundersen: Radioactive plume to impact West Coast in a year — Not going away after it hits… likely to only get stronger — Fukushima will keep releasing contamination for years to come — Must demand officials test fish and make data public (AUDIO)
Emergency at U.S. Nuclear Site: Gov’t activated alert, workers ordered to ‘take-cover’ — Several hospitalized — Ex-employee: “Stuff goes on all the time we don’t know about, it’s scary” — Governor: No ‘immediate’ health hazard (VIDEO) #Hanford
Seattle TV: “Fish and water have shown signs of Fukushima contamination” in U.S. Northwest — Officials to start radiation testing due to news from Japan — NOAA: Nuclear plant leaks “a surprise to everybody, we weren’t aware of it” (VIDEO)
Chairman of Oregon Republican Party suggests dropping nuclear waste from airplanes for its health benefits — Wants to put radioactive material from San Onofre into drinking water (VIDEO)
Fox News: “Attacking some U.S. nuclear plants could be a piece of cake for terrorists… reactors are naked” — Expert: “Meltdown in a matter of minutes” — WFMY: “We are on high alert” (VIDEOS)
Fairewinds on Troubling Events During Nuclear Disaster: “Noise that sounds like rain when it’s not raining” — Family had 5 pets die within hours, all found with ‘milky white’ eyes — Woman engulfed in wave of heat, later told kidney ‘died’ (AUDIO)
CBS St. Louis: “Fire Commander’s Warning” — New fire could occur much closer to nuclear waste — Concern about ‘hot spot’ in north landfill
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TV: Many U.S. sailors are suffering serious symptoms of radiation sickness after being contaminated during Fukushima nuclear disaster — USS Ronald Reagan was as close as a mile away as reactors melted down (VIDEO)
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A meltdown is when it's still inside the reactor core. They don't know where the corium is except to point down at the ground. Some are already proposing that the whole Fukushima plant be covered in concrete.
So now we finally see the Grand Backup Plan - Plan ''B'' -- the one the entirety of the nuclear industry is dependent upon if all else fails. Which it's beginning to seem like it's a certainty to do so.
- In a nutshell, here's the whole Six-Point Formula for building a nuclear plant:
1. Build a nuke plant.
2. Make a mistake.
3. Dig a hole.
4. Bury mistake.
5. Cover with concrete.
6. Repeat, as needed.
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I guess you are going to have to count me out for going to the Tokyo Olympics
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Nor even a reasonable facsimile of news. We have ''Corporate News'' with a copious supply of ''Corporate Commercials'' sprinkled-in liberally, with occasional snippets of gossip and going's-on that passes for news.
Which is all about which celebrity is in rehab, which one was arrested/killed/DUI'd/nudied/selfied/crashed/nipped/slipped and/or farted. Oh, and !TERRA, TERRA!, TERRAZ! di Muzloms isa comin' but don't worry the gubmint got cho back! Hurray for WAR!!! Now a few words from our sponsor, Halliburton.
- We have the means. And we'll have to continue to inform ourselves. That's the only way we'll know what the hell is going on.....
...to expect the existing system to get us there is unrealistic. It is the capitalistic/fascist system we live under that has caused these wars as the rich battle each other for supremacy of wealth and power. We the people get caught in the gears of their war machines to lubricate it.
But their monetary system has gone kaput. It has reached its imaginary top but no one wants to recognize the truth of it. So they just keep printing more money and more money and more money because no one can stop them.
There are countless examples of new energy sources that are almost free and readily available but hardly any of them depend upon being metered from a grid or from a pump. That is their problem. Because they're energy vampires and they need to suck our money from us some kind of way. So they need a system that keeps a line connected from our wallets to them, as in the days of old.
- But the new technologies demonstrate quite clearly that grids are passe'. So the only way they think they can keep their power, is to reduce the threat(s) to it. That's the plan that's going on right now in Syria....
....for the head of the EPA. And the NRC is even further into denial about all thing nuclear. No one in the government's allowed to say bad things about nuclear energy because nuclear energy has a frail grip on reality as it is. The truth about Fukushima would send it over the edge.
- So I'd say look for even less: 20% RadNet Monitors Down
Unfortunately, I can. Particularly in a seismically active country like Japan that relies heavily on nuclear power.
Even though they have all that free geothermal energy right under their feet, they don't exploit it as much as they could. But then neither do we. Because it's enough to power the whole world.
- For free......
