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Japan Finds Plutonium One Mile Away From Fukushima, Doubles Radiation Leak Estimate
In a double whammy of bad news from the mainstream media blackouted Fukushima (or perhaps the general population just doesn't care any more) today we learn that not only did The Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency (NISA) double its estimate of the radiation leak in the early days of the Fukushima catastrophe, something we had predicted would happen eventually courtesy of the secretive Japanese government, but that Plutonium from Fukushima has now been found in the town of Okuma, over 1 mile away from the stricken Nuclear Power Plant.
On the fallout estimate doubling:
The Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency says it believes the earthquake-stricken Fukushima plant emitted nearly 800,000 terabecquerels of radioactive material into the air in the days after it was hit by a massive tsunami.
That is more than double the original estimate and is based on new information suggesting the No.1 and No.2 reactors suffered meltdowns much earlier than thought.
The revision reveals the failure to contain the disaster resulted in much more radioactive contamination of the soil, sea and air than the plant's operators had acknowledged.
And far more importantly, on the plutonium and its 87 year half life:
Plutonium that is believed to have come from the crippled Fukushima No. 1 power plant has been detected in the town of Okuma about 1.7 km away from the plant's front gate, a Kanazawa University researcher said Sunday.
It is the first time plutonium ejected by the stricken facility has been found in soil beyond its premises since the March 11 megaquake and tsunami led to a core meltdown there.
Naturally, coming from Japan there had to be a silver lining of lies with the latest mushroom cloud:
Professor Masayoshi Yamamoto of Kanazawa University said the level of plutonium detected in soil in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, is lower than the average level observed in Japan after nuclear tests were conducted abroad.
This was the last resort after earlier attempts to lie about the source of the material failed:
The Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Ministry has found plutonium in soil on the nuke plant's grounds, but it was believed to have been fallout from bomb tests abroad.
By analyzing the ratio of three types of isotopes in the plutonium, Yamamoto was able to determine that it was emitted by Fukushima No. 1 and not past bomb tests.
The soil samples were collected by a team of researchers from Hokkaido University before April 22.
Somehow we think by the time this is all over, mutated rabbits will be the least of the demoralized Japanese population, which already is experiencing a demographic crunch.
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you have nothing to worry about. Your radiation exposure from the FLIGHT will exceed that in Japan
Nice to see you still have not figured out the difference between radiation exposure and radioactive contamination, Trav. Sad that you seem to think the world needs you spreading your ignorant filth around.
It's trav(esty's) level of ignorance and stubborness that TPTB rely on to perpetrate these kinds of disasters with impunity.
If you are planning a trip to Japan, Korea, China etc...or you live on the West Coast, read this...
http://www.chrismartenson.com/martensonreport/part-2-arnie-gundersen-interview-protecting-yourself-if-situation-worsens
Listening to trav could get you sick and or killed (however slowly.)
Wow, Trav you should update your " a good reply" note book.
If No. 4 reactor blow while you're there, get outta Dodge.
Read this...and if you live on the West Coast, read it as well.
http://www.chrismartenson.com/martensonreport/part-2-arnie-gundersen-interview-protecting-yourself-if-situation-worsens
Plutonium is so much fun they named it after a Disney character.
Fact is you, (are the best). There are some (BANGERS) out there.
Gracias amigo, I sure didn't junk you. Round up the usual suspects!
GBP displaces the USD. I love the GBP and the quietness of the trade.
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Smoking causes cancer so everyone should just shut the fuck up.
No one forces me to smoke.
Second hand smoke kills babies all day, every day.
I dont really care.
IHOP changes their name to International house of waffles
thank you mr. bloomberg
I wouldn't be eating any california veggies, especially leafy ones anytime soon. We need an undergroung army with geiger counters to check out the produce and dairy sections in local supermarkets around the US.
It is time:
by Subprime JD
on Sat, 03/19/2011 - 12:28
#1075354
While true that there is more fuel at Fukushima then there was at Chernobyl, the Japanese have a much better handle on the situation. In addition, instead of keeping it secret and not requesting international help like the Russians, the Japanese are doing just that. In fact, the engineers are in the process of putting the power cord back into operation.
In the end there will be a 30 mile radioactive no go zone, but that will be the extent of the harm. All this doomsayer and alarmist proclamations of disaster is a bunch of nonsense, similar to the declarations of doom from the GOM oil spill that supposedly was going to spread to the east coast of the US all the way to Europe.
A bit of grounded realism is required.
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by Matte_Black
on Sat, 03/19/2011 - 13:02
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Saying that the Japanese have a much better handle on this than did the Soviets is like saying Lindsay Lohan has a better grip on sobriety than Charlie Sheen.
I also take exception with your implication that this is somehow not an epic clusterfuck of an apocalytpic nightmare just because planet Earth, herself, will probably still be inhabitable on the majority of her surface.
I'll let others explain to you why the implications for Japan's society, infrastructure, population, agriculture and the global economy as well are rather disturbing at the moment.
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by Subprime JD
on Sat, 03/19/2011 - 13:44
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"an epic clusterfuck of an apocalytpic nightmare" by Matte Black
I will remember this quote and your user name. In 2 months from now when the Fuku story is no longer a story, the next time I see you post on ZH I will remind you of the alarmist and paranoid statement that you made. If you are new to this site and its ideas it is understandable that the information can get overwhelming at first. I've been a doomer for 5 years now so I get used to these "shocking" events. Absent a new world war or a modern version of the bubonic plague, there will be no epic clusterfuck of an apocalytpic nightmare.
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by Matte_Black
on Sat, 03/19/2011 - 14:00
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Challenge accepted.
But I insist you retain my quote in it's entirety:
I also take exception with your implication that this is somehow not an epic clusterfuck of an apocalytpic nightmare just because planet Earth, herself, will probably still be inhabitable on the majority of her surface.
I am new here, but this ain't my first rodeo, Mr. JD. Your pick of that bit out of its original context seems to imply that is what you might believe.
Mr. Matte_Black please take a bow! winner by a knock out! but he was a plant or government shill or tepco mouth piece.. you are a real American.. the end result was never really in question by anyone with the ability to add 1 + 1.
but! you did tell the truth, try to do that in all you do.. even if it means your death!
Thank you, Mr W. I shall do so. The death part is kind of icky, but yes. I shall do so.
High marks for both technical merit and style points. Skip the icky part, you're needed.
ive been following ZH for over 2 yrs since the blogspot days. Greatdepressiontrader was my original user name. I changed it to subprimeJD after my blog, www.subprimejd.blogspot.com
so no im no gov agent
i actually like the Lindsay/Charlie quote mo better...classic.
good job on saving the comment matte. I was hoping that the situation would turn out better but fuck this shit keeps getting uglier.
you can crawl back under that rock now.
These are the same bitches that took dick for 30 years being a U.S. bitch. I don't believe a word these pentagon cock suckers posing as a soverign country have to say.
They say what they tell them to say. Cowards. Oh and BTW the U.S. blocked your oil and knew about pearl harbor. Let's be honest about it.
Say it, brother. lol...
You would think they would build these things so deep underground decomissioning them would consists of blowing them in place. Anyway here are a few articles for those interested on a couple perspectives about the net energy a nuke plant produces over its life cycle.
http://nuclearinfo.net/Nuclearpower/WebHomeEnergyLifecycleOfNuclear_Power
http://www.stormsmith.nl/
Japans fiscal nightmare has just begun. If Japan melts (financially) that would be the trade to-end all trades...total global financial wipe-out.
pre doomsday scenario (i am doing fiction here ok!!!) The YEN is scraped and the USA prints money into Japan to keep the country solvent sans hyperinflation.
Possible?
What ain't possible at this point?
Just sayin...
I hear ya...
We are in the endgame trade now, so yeah anything is possible on the downside
the trade to-end all trades...
Actually I believe the trade to end all trades will be when the Goldman Saks starts offering radiation emission credits. They got to be the gold standard sitting next to those puny carbon credits they've got Gore peddling.
On a hunch from the Missus I tested some fresh store-bought apples with my trusty CDV700, and they were measureably hot around the top of the stem. Looks like the depressed area around the stem is a good catch point for whatever is airborne. By measureable I mean maybe 35-40 CPM, or around .1mR on the meter. Washing them brought the level down to background, which is maybe 12 CPM. Wash your fruits and veggies, folks.
JFC...the pesticides on that stuff are your biggest worry.
Or the fuckin garbage incinerator in your backyard.
There are so many FAR GREATER risks than radiation from Fukushima for all but a TINY number of people on the planet. And here it's got you people into frickin hysteria
According to our very own government Trav(esty)7777, radiation is far more carcinogenic than chemicals http://www.epa.gov/rpdweb00/understand/health_effects.html. However, I did see research that showed that chemicals plus radiation are a real treat...
thank you PistoleroPedro
No the biggest worry is that criminal company TEPO becomes a black hole for the Japanese government - that and Japan's fallout will be a fiscal one and brutal.
Is that you Anne?
Perhaps this could be a net benefit for Japan if they required all bankers, politicians and lawyers to live in the exclusion zone.
Howdy all,
Here is Arnie's latest:
http://www.fairewinds.com/updates
Winds a blowing all over like crazy.
Anyone who's been wise to the game will hardly be surprised at this point.
Its already here in the USA folks. Why do you think the gov is not letting the radiation readings out to the public? Small dose now but wait until months upon months of it. They are just trying to keep a lid on the panic like Japan.
And the first order of panic will be retribution, affixing blame, and initiating REAL punishment. Like lynch mobs looking for bankers, politicians, and and lying clown associated with the nuclear industry. Plus, first to go should be Ann Coulter, she should be dropped INTO a reactor with a bag if concrete strapped to her back.
Trav is a man who is having a hard time distinguishing between radiation and radioactivity. His angriness is making him being a man who is without equanimity. He is showing he has many very bad things giving him bad feelings in his heart.
rampant apathy and stupidity...
The power of having surrendered is that it's now our duty to escape. Being compliant in the face of the enemy may appear to be apathetic, but the tunnels continue to be dug. Continue to speak up and fight the good fight. Sure, "on a long enough timeline...", but truth will endure, and better to have been on its' side than the alternative.
As for destiny, a personal one is all that matters in the final analysis, imho. From a biblical perspective, it's 70-80 orbits then the great white throne and unapproachable light. In addition, the Creator promised day and night, seed time and harvest will not fail until then.
Peace through preparation. And try not to become too despondent for having taken the red pill.
Some clarification:
A quote from the article:
"And far more importantly, on the plutonium and its 87 year half life"
This is a reference to Pu-238 which was not in great quantiy in reactor number #3 that blew up.
Actually Plutonium Pu-239 was contained in great quantity in reactor number #3 and has a half life of 24,100 years. Pu-240 has a half life of 6563 years
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plutonium
The plutonium isotopic composition of used MOX fuel at 45 GWd/tU burnup is about:
37% Pu-239,
32% Pu-240,
16% Pu-241,
12% Pu-242 and
4% Pu-238.
I'm sure these "officials", who should all be hanged, figure what's a thousand years or so?
Hanging is too easy. Just let 'em loose in the radioactive wasteland they allowed to be created.
there are numerous reasons why this whole affair has gone on for as long as it had.
In a nutshell the DPJ has undergone a process of intense infighting, while at the same time the LDP has blocked legislation in Parliament then sought to point fingers at Mr Kan for not "doing something".
This dovetails nicely with the criminal behavior of TEPCO whose laundry list of felonies and other mis deeds which leads us to the state of affairs in June.
I fully expect to see very little of anything done until either Mr Kan calls snap elections or the LDP can gain more seats in the next election cycle when the govt will go back to doing nothing beyond more QE and claims that Japan is special and we should "do our best".
Meanwhile tourism has dropped to zero, and foreigners have left in droves. This summer looks to be a real cooker despite efforts to "cool biz" and the staggering of work hours/days.
Expect the news to get much worse before anything of substance is done.
Fucked-up
Fukushima
I believe now more in emergence than in any conspiracy theories. Look at Chernobyl. USSR went almost broke to contain it.
It took them time to decide what to do. The nerdy nuclear specialists could not bring forth any solution.
The idiots built a state of the art machine that was capable of biting their asses off and decided to ignore that danger.
The operators doing the tests that night had the same problem.
What conspiracy? The only conspiracy I see is that humankind is about to enter the Mad Max Era.
When r the Japanese people going to hang every TEPCO executive??? HANG THEM!!! We're talking LITTLE KIDS out plating in the rain a WEEK after this mess. They NEED to be HANGED. And hang the politicians too. AND every Japanese person in America should go to Schenectady NY and BURN DOWN the GE headquarters with EVERY GE executive in it.
Actually, instead of hanging all these guys suit them all up and give them shovels, including the GE executives, and send them in there to clean the place up. Tell them "you're going in and you're never coming out. Work till you drop"
Time to open that Tomacco Farm I always dreamed about.
Mmmmm... tomacco.
The news blackouts serve no good purpose.
don't worry everyone, the kudzu will remediate all the radiation eventually.