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Fukushima Beta-Radiation Levels Soar To New Record In Aftermath Of Typhoon Wipha

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It is only fitting that on the day the Stalingrad & Poorski 500 rises to a new record high, that that other centrally-planned catastrophe, the exploded Fukushima nuclear power plant, in the aftermath of Japan's Radioactivetyphoonado reports a completely different record: namely the level of beta radiation levels at Fukushima. Bloomberg notes that the nationalized utility Tepco, which has taken denial to a different superstring dimension altogether, has detected beta radiation levels of 400,000 becquerels per liter in a water sample taken yesterday from a monitoring well near storage tank area H4 at Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear plant. This was the highest reading on record. This number compares to Beta radiation levels of 61 Bq/L in the sample taken Oct. 16 and 90 Bq/L in the Oct. 15 sample.

Japan Times has more:

The highest level yet of beta ray-emitting radioactive substances, including strontium, has been detected at one point in a drainage ditch at the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant where measurements are regularly taken, Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Thursday.

 

According to Tepco, a water sample taken Wednesday at a point in the ditch some 300 meters from the ocean was found to contain 1,400 becquerels per liter of beta ray-emitting radioactive substances, the highest level ever detected at that location.

 

Tepco said water that passed through the ditch may have entered the sea.

 

A water sample taken Tuesday at the same point contained 19 becquerels of such radioactive substances.

 

The radiation level surged after heavy rain caused by Typhoon Wipha, which hit the Tohoku region, including Fukushima Prefecture, on Wednesday, Tepco said. It is thought the rain washed out radioactive substances that had been absorbed by the ground.

 

Radiation levels also hit record highs in water samples collected Wednesday at three upstream points in the drainage ditch, which passes close to the storage tank from which highly radioactive water spilled in August, with the amount of beta ray-emitting radioactive substances ranging from 2,000 to 2,300 becquerels per liter.

And while 400,000 may sound like a lot, keep in mind it is substantially less than the P/E Ratio that Mr. Yellen has in store for the S&P before this whole manipulated farce ends up in a just as radioactive pile of dust.

 

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Thu, 10/17/2013 - 21:08 | 4067368 LetThemEatRand
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Nothing that printing more money for bankers (who have houses in South America already but who want bigger pools) can't solve.

Thu, 10/17/2013 - 21:09 | 4067379 Pure Evil
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So, who's more in denial?

Tepco?

Or Obama and his merry band of D.C. politicians?

Thu, 10/17/2013 - 21:13 | 4067394 LetThemEatRand
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Obama works for the guys with pools at their houses in South America.

Thu, 10/17/2013 - 21:16 | 4067403 Pure Evil
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Too bad we can't get him to work on cleaning up the sewage pool located in D.C.

Thu, 10/17/2013 - 21:59 | 4067469 HardlyZero
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First, need crash program for outdoor Olympic competition.  Need to develop lightweight, self-contained, radiation proof "sports wear".  Each competitor will be custom fitted with Fukyu gear which can also be dayglow to support radioactive competitions.  This way any night activity will appear normal and not 'off' due to high radiation emission.  Extra bonus for entirely self-contained breathing apparatus and there will be no demerits if competitor needs to carry around a 50lb oxygen tank while performing heroic feats on the field.

This MUST BE DONE before we obtain insurance for the outdoor events.

Second, we must work with NASA on their Mars project to develop new innovative architectures for indoor competitions.  Consider placing all competitors and hotels under one roof, and having a 2 week stay within the "glow dome".   This may be only alternative if first proposal does not gain correct funding and acceptance.

 

Last, work on new competition slogans, such as "Spend 2 weeks getting Fuku'd, its worth 10 years of your life!"...or "radio-active memories are worth 10 years off your life."  Then standard replies such as "its bad, so sad, so sorry."

Thu, 10/17/2013 - 22:15 | 4067575 MeMadMax
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Beta radiation is hardly a problem unless you eat it. It can't penetrate clothes and has a short half-life...

It's Gamma radiation that is the problem.

Thu, 10/17/2013 - 22:30 | 4067624 Bunga Bunga
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Tell that the fish, they will put on cloth and eat somewhere else.

Thu, 10/17/2013 - 22:45 | 4067659 Sabibaby
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Sushi yum!

Fri, 10/18/2013 - 00:38 | 4067869 FEDbuster
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Fukuppy says, "everything is going to be ok."

Fri, 10/18/2013 - 02:01 | 4067930 fourchan
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seems like the cores are running well. bullish bonsai!

Thu, 10/17/2013 - 23:07 | 4067719 UrbanBard
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You, or the fish, don't need clothing, dead epidermis cells stop beta radiation cold.

Fri, 10/18/2013 - 00:52 | 4067883 Element
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Muppet

 

 

 

High levels of radiation discovered in new well at Fukushima plant
 
September 27, 2013
 
THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
 
Highly radioactive water accumulating in underground tunnels at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant is spreading to the surrounding soil, according to new data.
 
Radioactive substances of 400,000 becquerels per liter were found in water samples from a well at the wrecked nuclear power plant, the plant operator, Tokyo Electric Power Co., said on Sept. 27.
 
TEPCO said it detected radioactive materials that emit beta rays, including strontium, from a new observation well on the seaward side of the reactor complex earlier that day. Strontium is believed to accumulate in bones and cause bone cancer and leukemia.

 

[Contrary to muppet's BS, Strontium is the worst of ingestable radionuclides when released in the environment, more chronically dangerous to health than probably any other contaminant.]

 

According to TEPCO, the unusually high radioactivity levels were discovered in water sampled from a well it had recently dug on the seaward side between the No. 1 and No. 2 reactor buildings. It was the first time that the operator has measured levels of radioactive substances in the well, TEPCO said.

 

[The well went from nothing, directly to highly-contaminated since the last measurement = mobility ... water is now flowing under the plant]

 

On July 5, a record reading of 900,000 becquerels [per liter] was found in another well between the No. 2 reactor building and the sea, to which the newly dug well is closely located.

 

http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201309270056

 

If this is untreated water it will also contain high levels of cesium, so it would be emitting gammas as well (even though this has not been reported so far).

So it remains to be seen what those levels actually are.

Fri, 10/18/2013 - 10:06 | 4068513 fourchan
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because the cores have burned through containment into the earth below.

Fri, 10/18/2013 - 10:22 | 4068584 CPL
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And the damages caused by the Typhoon are severely under reported.  Understand they aren't going to come clean ever.

Thu, 10/17/2013 - 23:53 | 4067802 Jack Burton
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Several millimeters of aluminium can stop beta particles. Do fish wear aluminium clothes. Do people? Why post that clothes can stop such particles when you know that that is false?

Fri, 10/18/2013 - 00:05 | 4067814 Braverdave
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You're going to need a bigger boat.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gciFoEbOA8

(edit: not a reply directly to you Jack - just a casual observation that went to the wrong spot)

 

Fri, 10/18/2013 - 00:40 | 4067873 Bunga Bunga
Fri, 10/18/2013 - 01:50 | 4067922 Wile-E-Coyote
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Is that lead shield heavy, you seem to have some problems moving around.

Fri, 10/18/2013 - 07:49 | 4068156 Running On Bing...
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Or, consider the inevitable. Contamination of drinking water. That's one way in. How could this not be getting into the ground water?

Fri, 10/18/2013 - 08:12 | 4068188 BigJim
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All we need to do is eat lots of aluminium shavings so any ingested hot particles are shielded from our innards. Simples.

Fri, 10/18/2013 - 03:05 | 4067976 Nassim
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I guess you are trying to say that we should stop breathing, drinking and eating - all of these are fatal activities if there is a risk of ingesting a source of beta radiation.

If you don't believe me, grind up the luminous phosphorus on an old watch and swallow it. It may take a while to work, but it is a very painful and certain way of departing this world.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luminous_paint

Thu, 10/17/2013 - 22:04 | 4067532 pkea
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Mr. Yellen? Haha:))))

Fri, 10/18/2013 - 06:32 | 4068064 BearTrap
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Yes, according to Honorable Mr. President. See here.

Fri, 10/18/2013 - 00:18 | 4067845 emersonreturn
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thank you tylers, unlike the msm, you prefer an informed audience.

Thu, 10/17/2013 - 21:06 | 4067372 Constitutional ...
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Bloody disgraceful that this so-called globalist world failed to assist Japan in its hour of greatest need, and no, I do not accept the convenient excuses that somehow inept Tepco and the Japanese .gov did not receive offers of help.

The globalists can get together for every fancy of their choosing, but somehow seem to be absent when an entire country is threatended with nuclear obliteration that affects the whole world.

Agenda 21: depopulation.

Thu, 10/17/2013 - 21:07 | 4067376 LetThemEatRand
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Intentional.  They.  Don't.  Give.  A.  Shit.  About.  Us.

Thu, 10/17/2013 - 21:10 | 4067385 Pure Evil
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Sure they do, they're hoping we die painful, debilitating deaths, and quickly.

Thu, 10/17/2013 - 21:41 | 4067466 JohnnyBriefcase
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Think of all the families of nuclear industry shareholders and executives! You want those poor kids going without their 18th birthday hooker yacht?!

 

Yeah, now don't you feel bad for demonizing nuclear power?

Thu, 10/17/2013 - 22:57 | 4067697 Pure Evil
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Yes, yes I do.

 

I feel so bad, I'm gonna go spank the evil monkey so he'll know how bad he was.

Thu, 10/17/2013 - 23:26 | 4067762 JohnnyBriefcase
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It was the hooker yacht visual wasn't it?

Fri, 10/18/2013 - 07:37 | 4068138 toxic8
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Aye, doubtful the average person can afford a food grade radiation detector, much less do something about it.

 

Then again, with a little ingenuinty...

 

http://www.cooking-hacks.com/documentation/tutorials/geiger-counter-ardu...

Fri, 10/18/2013 - 08:10 | 4068179 Running On Bing...
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I like their Waspmote product. Looks like a nice little IC.

http://www.libelium.com/products/waspmote

They claim it can nibble on 12km links. I'd like to try it.

Thu, 10/17/2013 - 21:10 | 4067387 fonzannoon
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agreed, but how are they avoiding the effects?

Thu, 10/17/2013 - 21:14 | 4067393 Constitutional ...
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The 0.01% think they have protection in bunkers placed outside the kill zone, plus stocks of meds and everything else to extend their psychopathic lives.

I am so looking forward to the shock and awe on the face of career politicians and ordinary bankers when they realise that they were merely useful idiots and educated fools, the bagmen, easily dumped.

Thu, 10/17/2013 - 22:07 | 4067541 pkea
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Are u sure they are humans?:)(

Fri, 10/18/2013 - 00:01 | 4067811 Jack Burton
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Good posts both of you. The powers now a days are truely global in nature. This begs the question that forces with trillions of dollars at their finger tips have sat quietly and watched Japan fail to deal with THREE melted cores and one core in storage in a damaged fuel pond.

Why? I assume Japan is standing in the way of globalization in a sense, and that the real powers are teaching them a lesson. Remember, Japan is very nationalistic, they will not allow Japan to be taken over by foreign peoples or their corporations. I believe that this offers a hint as to WHY the powers are letting Japan sink in this nuclear nightmare. Remember, three cores are in meltdown, nothing at all has been done since they melted, other than to flush the place with water. Hell, any fucking fool can flush water onto this giant mess. Clean up? The first thing to do is find where the cores are located, they don't even knw that much!

The globalizers are hard at work in Syria right now. Watch them. The USA is leader of the pack.

Fri, 10/18/2013 - 01:03 | 4067894 Jim in MN
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A note on the workers and their condition from Asahi Shimbun: http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201310140095

Workers receive what looks like a receipt at the end of each shift, which shows their level of radiation exposure. Some workers are exposed to nearly 2 millisieverts over the course of a day, which is close to double the annual exposure limit for the general population.

There are many locations within the plant site around the reactor buildings where radiation levels continue to exceed 100 millisieverts per hour.

Although work schedules are made while considering the amount of radiation a worker will be exposed to, those who have accumulated levels that exceed the annual 50-millisievert limit will not be allowed to enter the plant site for the rest of that year.

"If we exceed our radiation exposure limits, we will simply be disposed of as workers," said a man in his 30s who has worked at the Fukushima No. 1 and other nuclear plants for more than 10 years.

Before the Fukushima nuclear accident, the man was responsible for leading a team that worked within the reactor building. Immediately after the accident, he volunteered to return to work at the plant from where he had evacuated. One task he performed was to carry a hose to the reactor building so water could be pumped into the reactor. Dose levels exceeded 10 millisieverts per hour.

"I thought I would die," the man said.

Media reports about Fukushima tend to focus on the problems that have arisen, and the voices of workers at the plant site are rarely reported. Whenever celebrities visit the disaster site to encourage victims, they never meet with any plant workers.

"Right now, I do not feel that our efforts are being recognized by society," the man said. "My motivation to work is gradually disappearing."

Fri, 10/18/2013 - 01:10 | 4067896 emersonreturn
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jim in mn thank you as always.   constitutional, your post removed a few...step back...consider, could the us military in their crazed fifties cold war phase with the help of GE have built something to save the world from the russian menace that they mightn't want the world (particularily the russians as they are the experts after chernobyl) to explore?

Fri, 10/18/2013 - 07:20 | 4068105 El Tuco
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It seems there isn't anyone that wants to poke that pile of stinking shit. I just figure it's hard to convince people to go to there death and bring the situation under control. A lot of guys gave their lives fighting Chernobyl and a shit load of support guys died soon after, so we already had a lesson in this kind of catastrophe.

Japan isn't going to get any help. They are going to have nut up and do this even if it means sending a lot of poor bastards to their death.

Thu, 10/17/2013 - 21:06 | 4067373 lolmao500
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Make the banksters and politicians drink a few gallon of that water...  I mean, most of them think Fukushima is no big deal... so put up or shut up!

And remember, beta radiation is the kind of radiation that they use to kill cancer cells! (so it's good for you... NOT)

Thu, 10/17/2013 - 21:05 | 4067374 Beam Me Up Scotty
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The word "soar" seems like an understatement.

Thu, 10/17/2013 - 21:28 | 4067433 Manthong
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a phonetic fit - a sore from the radiation V sore from the reaming

Thu, 10/17/2013 - 21:09 | 4067384 IridiumRebel
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I'm sure it will all work out just fine....

{lowers head, buries in sand}

Thu, 10/17/2013 - 21:14 | 4067397 Pure Evil
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Do those ostrich feathers indicate that you're happy to see me, or are you just winking at me with your one eyed baby.

Thu, 10/17/2013 - 21:11 | 4067392 A Lunatic
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What worries me the most is the idea that some of this radioactive material could somehow infect the arachnid species which may eventually bite unsuspecting innocents thus turning them into some kind of freakish spider men (or women, though wouldn't that be weird) that are constantly running around trying to save us from everything......

Thu, 10/17/2013 - 21:35 | 4067448 Jayda1850
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but atleast the spiderman towels would be back in fad again.

Thu, 10/17/2013 - 23:11 | 4067726 UrbanBard
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You have such a wonderful imagination. I'd bet the Obama administration could use you in Washington. Someone with your imagination could actually make Obamacare work. The Unicorns and Elf's would love you.

Thu, 10/17/2013 - 21:17 | 4067407 yatikto
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from 19 to 1400...  wow...

Thu, 10/17/2013 - 21:20 | 4067416 Tyler Durden
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From 61 to 400,000

Thu, 10/17/2013 - 21:29 | 4067425 LetThemEatRand
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But who's counting.   I hear there are donuts.

Thu, 10/17/2013 - 21:37 | 4067446 Pure Evil
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Do those donuts have a light frosting of 400K sugary becquerels?

Thu, 10/17/2013 - 21:38 | 4067451 LetThemEatRand
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They have Lion frosting with eagle centers.  http://www.rothschild.com/

Thu, 10/17/2013 - 21:48 | 4067481 HardlyZero
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The Radiation if Hyper-Inflating....or the Hyper-Inflation is Radiating, or the contagion is raging for both fiat and radio isotopes.

Thu, 10/17/2013 - 22:46 | 4067669 jerry_theking_lawler
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now Tyler, simple reading comprehension...take pity on those that aren't capable of grasping these 'complex' ideas.....

Thu, 10/17/2013 - 21:21 | 4067419 MiltonFriedmans...
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Are any of you familiar with the work of Jim Stone with regard to Fukushima?

Thu, 10/17/2013 - 21:38 | 4067442 Constitutional ...
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The gist: Allegedly,  Tepco trusted an Israeli security firm to instal cameras. The Japanese .gov did a deal with the Iranians. The Israelis got angry, and set off explosions at Fukushima to coincide with the earthquake/tsunami event which may have also been the result of high technology - weather warfare of the sort being developed by HAARP, and funded by the Rothschilds.

The Rothschilds currently selling their weather warning systems globally. See here, for example:

http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20110131007054/en/E.L.-Rothschild-...

 

Thu, 10/17/2013 - 21:39 | 4067457 Tsar Pointless
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I *want* to believe.

Fri, 10/18/2013 - 08:45 | 4068271 Running On Bing...
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The world’s leading provider of interactive weather graphics and data services for television, web, and mobile, Weather Central’s highly accurate and personalized forecasting offers businesses and consumers a truly unique suite of science-driven weather information products.

Yawn.

Thu, 10/17/2013 - 22:09 | 4067548 HerrDoktor
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Constitutional:  tell me where you live and I'll make it rain there.  All it takes is a quick phonecall to cousin Yacov in Tel Aviv.

Thu, 10/17/2013 - 21:32 | 4067441 foxmuldar
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Has anyone taken samples off the coast of California? This is hundreds of times more deadly then the mercury were told to avoid by not eating certain fish. Now I know why my canned tuna glows when the lights turned off. 

Thu, 10/17/2013 - 21:33 | 4067443 sumo
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"including strontium"

The stuff that substitutes for Calcium in living organisms, and gets concentrated as it goes up the food chain? Great.

 

 

Thu, 10/17/2013 - 21:40 | 4067447 Yen Cross
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  They should just erect a giant geodesic dome over the place and see what kind of weird shit grows there. They can name it the "Island of Dr. Moreau #2".

 

   P.S. Bobby McFerrin - Don't Worry Be Happy - YouTube

Thu, 10/17/2013 - 22:05 | 4067534 Yenbot
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Always hated BMF. Too stupid to see the clusterbombs ahead...

Thu, 10/17/2013 - 21:38 | 4067452 Tsar Pointless
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Wait. So 400,000 is moar than 61. Isn't moar always better?

Thu, 10/17/2013 - 21:43 | 4067468 Pure Evil
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Maybe we could move the Federal Reserve to Fukushima and then it could finally live up to its moniker, "The Thing From Jekyll Island".

Never know, Old Yellen Stain might actually mutate into some decent eye candy.

Thu, 10/17/2013 - 21:39 | 4067455 The Joker
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I don't quite understand the definition of becquerel as I can't get the formula through my head as a quantity in relation to a liter of water, but this is interesting:

http://www.principia-scientific.org/latest-news/340-physicist-there-was-no-fukushima-nuclear-disaster.html

as is this:

http://xkcd.com/radiation/

Can anyone explain what 90 bq/L really means, besides the idea that it sounds scary?

Thu, 10/17/2013 - 22:01 | 4067519 Pure Evil
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The becquerel is just a unit of measure. Look at this about radioactivity.

Imagine you have a liter of water that is full of silt. And that silt is really nuclear isotopes. Certain isotopes give off larger amounts of radioactivity, so then you'd need to do an analysis on the water to determine exactly which isotopes are contained in the liter of water and their concentration.

You'd want to know how much strontium, barium, etc, it contains.

With that information you should be able to determine the becquerels per liter of water.

Or you could just use a radiation detector and hope it gives a rough order of magnitude before you die from standing next to 400,000 becquerels of radiation.

Thu, 10/17/2013 - 22:11 | 4067552 The Joker
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Thanks, but I still can't translate that measure into the end meaning, besides "we're all gonna turn into zombies".

Barium, that's that shit they drop out of airplanes, along with aluminum, to stop global warming right? Right.

Thu, 10/17/2013 - 23:53 | 4067805 UrbanBard
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The measurements which are used to determine what harm radiation does to the human body is the Seivert or the REM. The former is a measurement from Europe, the latter is American. The Becquerel (or detonation per second) is not useful unless we know what kind of radiation it is.

The worst radiation is Gamma or ionizing radiation because it penetrates very deeply into the body where it can destroy cells. Beta and Alpha radiation is weak. Beta can be stopped by tissue paper. Alpha is more penetrating, but a thin sheet of aluminum foil stops it.

You can have very high beta radiation counts which are basically harmless. Most of the radiation in the well water is Tritium, which will be gone within fifty years. There is very little of the strontium in the water.

Strontium has some strange properties. When the water soluble version is placed in the ground, very soon it swaps ions to become insoluble. So, that strontium will be locked where it cannot harm anyone while it decays completely in a 140 years.

Consequently, this article is hype. It relies on the ignorance and gullibility of its readers.

Ps. You can't stop Global Warming. The earth has not warmed since 1998 according to satellite readings. We have also had next to no sun spots in that period. Some scientists think we are entering a new" Maunder Minimum" of almost no sun spots which occurred from 1645 to 1715. That was right in the middle of the "Little Ice Age" from 1325 to 1850. Europe froze during it. We may soon be praying for some global warming as we freeze our asses off.

Fri, 10/18/2013 - 08:56 | 4068310 BigJim
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No, doofus, you can stop Alpha with a sheet of paper, and Beta with a sheet of aluminium. Christ, you can't even get that detail correct!

Anyway - as most of us don't have paper- or aluminium-lined lungs or intestines, we can still get cellular damage by ingesting the emitters, so the weakly penetrating nature of Alpha and Beta is irrelevant... because when they're incorporated into a cell they cook all the surrounding tissue very effectively.

Bon appetite, nuke shill!

Fri, 10/18/2013 - 08:51 | 4068295 Running On Bing...
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Barium is the shit that BP puts in their special grade of jet fuel so it gets dispersed in the contrails and rains down on all the future American Idols so they have problems translating measures into meaning.

Thu, 10/17/2013 - 21:40 | 4067459 HUGE_Gamma
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CAn someone explain to me what the end game here is?? JPY down more? up? TOPIX down?

Thu, 10/17/2013 - 21:48 | 4067482 Constitutional ...
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The end game is that you lose - everything. In the meantime, you get to play at the casino for a little longer.  The House never loses.

Thu, 10/17/2013 - 21:51 | 4067489 Yen Cross
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  You"ll get some good guidance in 10 minutes, when this news is released.

 

 

19:00       CNY         Chinese Fixed Asset Investment (YoY)              20.3%     20.3%      
19:00       CNY         Chinese GDP (QoQ)                                        1.9%     1.7%      
19:00       CNY         Chinese GDP (YoY)                                         7.8%     7.5%      
19:00       CNY         Chinese Industrial Production (YoY)                   10.1%     10.4%      
19:00       CNY         Chinese Retail Sales (YoY)                               13.5%     13.4%    

Thu, 10/17/2013 - 22:11 | 4067553 DOT
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Going to Vegas baby! Spin that wheel!

Thu, 10/17/2013 - 22:13 | 4067563 Bunga Bunga
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And they still cook the books.

Thu, 10/17/2013 - 22:17 | 4067579 Yen Cross
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  Big Time. Who doesn't? The release was a big "nothing burger" anyways.

Thu, 10/17/2013 - 22:50 | 4067677 TulsaTime
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What could the end game be for a continuing nuclear meltdown times 3?  There is also the unknown outcome of Unit 4 spent fuel tank, which could pose an existential threat to life on the planet.  So at the very least, short Japan and long radiation suits.

Fri, 10/18/2013 - 06:58 | 4068079 Kobe Beef
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According to FOIA documents from the NRC, spent fuel pool #4 may have already burned...

http://hatrickpenryunbound.com/?p=3928

Fri, 10/18/2013 - 00:04 | 4067818 UrbanBard
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Fukushima is trivial compared to the collapse of the Yen due to hyperinflation which is coming in the next few years. The time to play the Japanese stock market is after the Yen becomes worthless. But, the US may be in hyperinflation, by then. These are unsettling times.

Fukushima is an industrial accident which has killed no one. It may be responsible for a half dozen children needing operations to remove cancerous thyroid glands. Meanwhile, the anti-nuke fanatics stir up panic.

Fri, 10/18/2013 - 08:57 | 4068313 BigJim
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This from the man who can't even get the details regarding the penetration of Alpha vs Beta particles correct.

Thu, 10/17/2013 - 21:46 | 4067477 DCFusor
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400k beq/liter is actually getting pretty serious - I've pooh-pood some of the inflamatory stuff here on radiation before, since I kinda know my shit, and work around it all the time.  Good thing it's in a well no one drinks from, and that the ocean it's going to wind up in has so many cubic km of water in it.

Some of the freak-outs should know - a beq is 1 count/second.  It's actually the unit you use when you want to scare shit out of people vs telling the truth about harm.  Do some wiki or google on radiation units vs harm to living things.  No one in the biz uses beq's for this reason - they don't map to harm well at all.

Thu, 10/17/2013 - 21:51 | 4067494 A Lunatic
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In that case make mine a double; shaken not stirred...........

Thu, 10/17/2013 - 22:03 | 4067529 DCFusor
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Funny, I was first with the idea of looking up beqs online on this thread, so a bunch of people get the idea and post about it above my post.  And I get no credit for being the originator and truthful one.  Cheers fuckers.

Thu, 10/17/2013 - 22:19 | 4067586 The Joker
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Where is the line to give this man some credit?  I wanna give this guy some credit.  You other people should give him some credit too.  What's the matter with you people, no empathy?  That's why I'm here after all, to hand out credit to people who look shit up.  Especially when they look shit up while claiming they "kind of know their shit". 

Fri, 10/18/2013 - 00:45 | 4067877 emersonreturn
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i clicked down & it up posted.  i just want you to know, as smart as you are, it's uncool to need credit and to be pissed about not receiving your due...there really are bigger, more important things to focus upon no matter how clever you are...obviously you haven't quite learned,  ego almost invariably glitters shabbily especially in a late evening zh light.  

Fri, 10/18/2013 - 10:32 | 4068635 Idisq
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douchey comment of the day award goes to dcfusor!

Thu, 10/17/2013 - 21:54 | 4067485 el Gallinazo
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Tylers,

Could you link the article with the 400,000 bq/l number?  The article you linked "only" had a 1400 bq/l number.

Thu, 10/17/2013 - 21:58 | 4067514 Yukajub
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Take your nitro pills, the 400,000 bq/l is from Asahi Shinbun:

"Radioactive substances of 400,000 becquerels per liter were found in water samples from a well"

 http://enenews.com/asahi-unusually-high-radioactivity-detected-in-groundwater-near-ocean-high-level-contamination-is-spreading-underground-outside-units-1-2

 

Fri, 10/18/2013 - 00:21 | 4067848 Element
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Heres the source, download it, these documents tend to disappear fast.

http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201309270056

Fri, 10/18/2013 - 00:47 | 4067878 emersonreturn
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element, as always...+100

Thu, 10/17/2013 - 21:50 | 4067486 syntaxterror
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Fukuppy says "Don't worry kids! The 1/2 life is only 32,000 years!"

Fri, 10/18/2013 - 00:23 | 4067851 UrbanBard
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Stop being a crises monger. Nothing lose at Fukushima has a half life of 32 thousand years. The situation would be better if it did, because the radiation counts would be lower. People like you wouldn't be freaking out.

Currently, there are only four radioactive isotops at work at Fukushima. There is a whole lot of Tritium, with a half life of 12 years, which is a very weak beta emitter. A very tiny amount of Strontium 90, with a half life of 29 years, is present. It is a lightly stronger beta emitter. Both Beta particles can be stopped by tissue paper, dead skin or clothing.

The real danger is the Cesium 134 and 137, because they are gamma emitters. All the water in the storage tanks have had the Cesium removed. Only one atom in 10 thousand escaped the removal process. This water is not very dangerouns unless you drink it.

Fri, 10/18/2013 - 01:26 | 4067899 Element
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Back it up bullshiter.

You're trying to pretend this is treated tank water.

It is not. There are several recent measurements, some tank overflows in drains, some from ground water.

It is in the ground below the tanks, and in between the reactor 1 and 2 trenches, and we know that the water coming from the reactors, and also within the trenches, has very high levels of cesium and strontium in it.

No data is given on cesium or Sr, but I bet this is untreated.

To assert there is only a "very tiny amount" of strontium present at Fukushima is pure bullshit, as shockingly high concentrations of Strontium-90 have been reported from reactor water, in the ground, close to this site, in previous well measurements.

There is also a high chance of overland flow of ground waters due to saturation of the pore spaces, from heavy rain input, combined with already elevated ground water levels.

 

Fri, 10/18/2013 - 02:51 | 4067966 syntaxterror
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According to Fukuppy, Plutonium-239/240 were detected at 3 locations around Fukushima nuclear plant. The sampling dates are early April of 2013.0.013 Bq/m3 from North of reactor5&6 discharge channel.

0.0014 Bq/m3 from around south discharge channel.

0.0057 Bq/m3 from 3km offshore of Fukushima nuclear plant.

http://fukushima-diary.com/2013/05/plutonium-239240-detected-from-2-disc...

Fukuppy says don't worry kids! Pu-239 1/2 life only 24,000 years!

Thu, 10/17/2013 - 21:53 | 4067499 thewayitis
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 And the world STILL wants the Olympics in Japan ......

 

 

Thu, 10/17/2013 - 22:03 | 4067520 Constitutional ...
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It's all about CONfidence in the globalist agenda, and we all know what happens to people who trust blindly. Sheep get shorn.

Thu, 10/17/2013 - 22:21 | 4067592 Bunga Bunga
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Not the world, but the greedy banksters and corrupt politicians.

Thu, 10/17/2013 - 22:03 | 4067531 ThirdCoastSurfer
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Who knew!?! Turns out all you ahve to do is "wash it out" & the radiation disapates!  Instead of building dams & freezing the ground, why not just wash it all to sea, it's gonna happen sooner or later anyway and at least the ground will be better off. 

Thu, 10/17/2013 - 22:14 | 4067568 DOT
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Bullish!

Thu, 10/17/2013 - 22:26 | 4067611 Bunga Bunga
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I'd love to go fishing in California 10 years later ... in my radiation protection suit.

Thu, 10/17/2013 - 22:47 | 4067667 msamour
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I'm reading the comments, and I am looking at ads for radiation detectors, and radiation pills. Frigging hilarious! X)

 

Edit: the adds are on this page on the top, and side...

Thu, 10/17/2013 - 22:53 | 4067683 Sabibaby
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All mine are Asians dating sites. Welcome to the internet!

Fri, 10/18/2013 - 00:51 | 4067885 emersonreturn
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i suppose that's marginally better than nail fungus sites

Thu, 10/17/2013 - 22:54 | 4067685 GOLD AND SILVER...
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When are they going to start the process of removing the fuel rods?  I thought that was beginning shortly?

Fri, 10/18/2013 - 10:39 | 4068658 Metal Minded
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Last I heard(about 2 weeks ago) they were to begin spent fuel rod removal from Reactor Building 4 sometime in November.

Time to consider a South America vacation?

Thu, 10/17/2013 - 23:04 | 4067710 honestann
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Dear Zero Hedge,

Okay, you've crossed the limit.  Now when I browse to your web-pages some stupid audio from some stupid ad blares in my ears, and never ends.  Screw that.

I am finished with ZeroHedge.

I will check back a couple times in the next month to see whether you come to your senses or not.  If you do, I may continue visiting your site.  Otherwise, never again.

Thu, 10/17/2013 - 23:25 | 4067759 The Joker
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Damn. I like you.  I like what you bring to the table. Take care.

Thu, 10/17/2013 - 23:32 | 4067776 FeralSerf
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Turn off Javascript in your browser and it'll all go away.

Thu, 10/17/2013 - 23:53 | 4067803 delacroix
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honestann   try firefox, and adblock    it's free   works for me

Fri, 10/18/2013 - 05:31 | 4068034 Disenchanted
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While you're at it, try https://disconnect.me too.

Fri, 10/18/2013 - 07:40 | 4068141 toxic8
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firefox, disconnect and ad-block

the bare minimums for semi-sane browsing

Fri, 10/18/2013 - 09:33 | 4068423 Running On Bing...
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Serious bro.
Change to this:
http://solutions.3m.com/wps/portal/3M/en_US/3M-ESPE-NA/dental-profession...

Try the bubblegum flavor. ;)

Thu, 10/17/2013 - 23:33 | 4067778 Notarocketscientist
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I understand that GE is and TEPCO are backing a new flavour of ice cream called becquerel

Apparently they are taking caramel, toffee swirls, eggs, cream and sugar - and mixing in a dash of strontium... a splash of cesium ... 

It's all part of a new PR campaign by these cunts to convince the stooopid morons of the world that nuclear meltdowns are actually good for you - just like getting various trace metals into your diet is actually healthy.

Fri, 10/18/2013 - 00:28 | 4067859 Element
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Wait until you try a fukuppy easter egg.

Fri, 10/18/2013 - 00:01 | 4067800 Yenbot
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In THE WORLD SET FREE H.G. Wells described a "different sort of nuclear weapon"- in 1913; something "far more terrible" than the 20th Century's bombs.

What Wells described IS Fukushima.

People view this as an "accident". Instead, they should recognize it as an Engineered Trojan Horse of a Different Color.

Can I say "We Bring Good Things To Life"- Neh?

USA check: Radiation Network...

Fri, 10/18/2013 - 13:23 | 4069398 Buckaroo Banzai
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"Wells viewed war as the inevitable result of the Modern State; the introduction of atomic energy in a world divided resulted in the collapse of society. The only possibilities remaining were "either the relapse of mankind to agricultural barbarism from which it had emerged so painfully or the acceptance of achieved science as the basis of a new social order." Wells's theme of world government is presented as a solution to the threat of nuclear weapons.

From the first they had to see the round globe as one problem; it was impossible any longer to deal with it piece by piece. They had to secure it universally from any fresh outbreak of atomic destruction, and they had to ensure a permanent and universal pacification.[13]

The devastation of the war leads the French ambassador at Washington, Leblanc, to summon world leaders to a conference at Brissago, where Britain's "King Egbert" sets an example by abdicating in favor of a world state. Such is the state of the world's exhaustion that the effective coup of this "council" ("Never, of course, had there been so provisional a government. It was of an extravagant illegality."[14]) is resisted only in a few places. The defeat of Serbia's "King Ferdinand Charles" and his attempt to destroy the council and seize control of the world is narrated in some detail.[15]

Brought to its senses, humanity creates a utopian order along Wellsian lines in short order. Atomic energy has solved the problem of work. In the new order "the majority of our population consists of artists."

 

Hmmmmmm.

Fri, 10/18/2013 - 00:33 | 4067807 The Heart
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It must be the new way of being human to be totally ignorant of the killing radiation that is hitting the North American continent and upper Europe. People clamor about this and that, and way to many stupid distractionary bread and circus activities that one would ask for the money back if were to cost to get horn blasted with tripe, and bulls balls wax. The amount of horseshirt that came out all the last few weeks was enough to stack to the moon.

After testing the outdoors yesterday, the count was at 67.2 CPM! That is significantly higher than the normal of around 50 CPM average. The folks on the upper east coast and west coast are getting hammered now. The one good thing is, they in DC are getting hit harder with radiation, than many others in the USA.

There is no doubt that what is being distracted from, besides Benghazi-gate of course, is the ongoing never ending worsening radioactive contamination that is pouring down on EVERYBODY in the Northern AND Southern Hemispheres. There is no escaping this unseen killer that is purposely meant to kill off the world populations. WHO is directly responsible for allowing this to happen? Therein you will have your world murders, and population killers.

What is even more stupider than any of those in the know that blatantly ignore this slow killing death to ramble on and on are the poor folks that play these babylonian money-god games thinking they will actually live long enough to spend the profits, and life long worked for savings. Why does that not resonate with the intelligent of the species? Why do people even bother to care about these dog and pony shows that are so pathetic and sickening to watch? Why even bother reading about the nutzy antics of those who would be called leaders? One could write a best selling book about all the stupidity that is considered normal and acceptable in these modern dayz. They used to write books about wisdom, knowledge, and right-up educational things that were good for mankind. Now, all that comes from the major media stimuli is prefabricated barfaroni, and other assorted chitlins of lies and dis/mis-information.

And another thing...how about those effects of slow radiation poisoning and contamination of the human brain? Can you say....Zombies??

Standing on the train-tracks Ned and Mertle look up and Ned says, "Oh look Mertel, heres come a train. Let's stand here and watch it go past."

Nutty is...as nutty does!

Some good food for thought...this cat is on the ball.:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxC_byndn2k

 

Fri, 10/18/2013 - 00:55 | 4067888 emersonreturn
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the heart---absolutely +100.

Fri, 10/18/2013 - 00:31 | 4067864 Haager
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Do I understand it correctly that Abe linked radiation-levels to Nikkei/SPX?

Fri, 10/18/2013 - 01:47 | 4067921 world_debt_slave
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what is the sound of one hand clapping in a forest?

Fri, 10/18/2013 - 02:27 | 4067945 MontgomeryScott
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The comments (and the article) are very informative, Tylers.

Did you ever watch the movie, 'Das Boot'? "Deeper, Chief." 'DEEPER?!?' "YES, deeper."

SO, G.E. talked Japan into building Mark I reactors, knowing they would not use ALL the fuel up, and leave behind all kinds of nasty (like, the most deadly forms of radiation in the known UNIVERSE 'nasty') stuff to be dealt with. The USMIC then promised to deal with this, both BUYING and giving them the 'technology' to 're-process and re-use' this shit. IT IS CALLED 'D.U.' (depleted uranium), 'U-238', U-239', or WHATEVER.

ANYWAYS, the USMIC decided to build this great big 'WAR MACHINE', and needed a way to test 'D.U.'-coated armor-piercing rounds, so they started a regional war, 'Operation Desert Storm', now known as 'Iraq 1', back in 1991 or so...that shit worked SO WELL that the USMIC decided to ramp up deliveries, and subsidised the 'TEPCO' thingie (as the CONUS's people seem to have an issue with 'nuclar waste' in THEIR back yards).

Let's see. A 9.0 EARTHQUAKE took out Eastern Japan, and the TSUNAMI wiped out any hope of regaining CONTROL of these reactors (the 'SFP's are FILLED with D.U., by the way, waiting to be 're-purposed' in to NEW shell casings). SO...The 'debt ceiling' 'negotiations' by the USMIC are now forestalled until 'January' or so, but at the EXACT SAME TIME, a TYPHOON hits, with military precision, one of the PRIMARY PRODUCERS of DEATH ON A MASS SCALE, exposing the Pacific Ocean and the WEST COAST of the MIC CONUS to an assured slow, or fast, death, depending on exposure rates; and genetic suceptibility to this type of DEATH energy.

It's ALMOST like there is another, Higher power, who seems to be REALLY PISSED OFF, trying to warn us, with gradual moves, and each warning goes unheeded, so the levels get ramped up every time...

THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS 'COINCIDENCE'.

Fri, 10/18/2013 - 07:25 | 4068115 noses
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If there is no coincidence this means there also none in your caps lock key being broken, your alumiNIum hat leaking and your sputtering nonsense? Case dismissed.

 

noses.

Fri, 10/18/2013 - 08:35 | 4068235 expiredeternity
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Radiation should be measured and reported by ONE standard consistently.  There are way too many ways to measure it and it is nearly impossible for the dumb public to understand. It would be like having 5 different ways to measure speed. Imagine if some  speed limit signs were in feet per minute, then some others in Km per second, others in Miles per hour, yards per second,  etc, etc.

Fri, 10/18/2013 - 09:18 | 4068382 SmallerGovNow2
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whatever happened to rads?

Fri, 10/18/2013 - 08:41 | 4068256 1USAARMY
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Hi Patriots,

I am new to commenting, however I have been on the sidelines-getting a Good Education from the Tyler and Commenters here. I have the utmost respect for the 99.8% and a 0.2% Oh My, for the rest. So, on to my comment: We had a teacher greet and meet last night and I spoke with a German teacher, who also taught Japanese. I asked, what she thought about Fukushima and she said, she was in Japan this past year with students???? and that it was "OK", as long as you were South of the area of Fukushima. I explained that it was not correct and she ask why??? I explained that I was in the Army and had knowledge of which I spoke about and so on. Afterwards, I could not help wondering, she was one of the problems of many, who can not see and I am very disturbed over it. I could go on and on, however my husband and I are moving out of this school district asap. So our kids, must continue until we leave. That's my two cents worth and I just wanted to vent-I guess.

Fri, 10/18/2013 - 10:06 | 4068511 SquirrelButtDan
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I am "new at commenting" too. However, I've been visting this site for years reading and lurking. ;) I applied for membership on 10/1 for shits and giggles. 

Sat, 10/19/2013 - 06:49 | 4071417 ForTheWorld
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The ocean is broken:

http://www.theherald.com.au/story/1848433/the-ocean-is-broken/?cs=2373

The next leg of the long voyage was from Osaka to San Francisco and for most of that trip the desolation was tinged with nauseous horror and a degree of fear.

"After we left Japan, it felt as if the ocean itself was dead," Macfadyen said.

"We hardly saw any living things. We saw one whale, sort of rolling helplessly on the surface with what looked like a big tumour on its head. It was pretty sickening.

"I've done a lot of miles on the ocean in my life and I'm used to seeing turtles, dolphins, sharks and big flurries of feeding birds. But this time, for 3000 nautical miles there was nothing alive to be seen."

In place of the missing life was garbage in astounding volumes.

"Part of it was the aftermath of the tsunami that hit Japan a couple of years ago. The wave came in over the land, picked up an unbelievable load of stuff and carried it out to sea. And it's still out there, everywhere you look."

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