Just in time for Christmas!..................
Posted on 10/06/2014 10:58:35 AM PDT by Red Badger
Much higher levels of radioactivity than normal have been found among Norway's grazing animals, especially its reindeer population, a study revealed on Monday.
Almost 30 years after the nuclear plant explosion in Chernobyl, this autumn, more radioactivity has been measured in Norwegian grazing animals than has been noted in many years. Lavrans Skuterud, a scientist at the Norwegian Radiation Protection Authority (Statens strålevern), said: “This year is extreme.”
In September, 8200 becquerel per kilo of the radioactive substance Caesium-137 was measured in reindeer from Våga reinlag AS, in Jotunheimen, central Norway.
In comparison, the highest amount at the same place was 1500 becquerel among the reindeer in September 2012.
The research also measured radioactivity in Norwegian sheep this year.
Both in Valdres in southwest Norway and Gudbrandsdalen in southeast Norway, 4500 becquerel per kilo meat from sheep was measured at most.
600 becquerel per kilo is the safe limit allowed for sheep meat to be sold for human consumption.
The Radiation Protection scientist is quite certain about the cause.
Lavrans Skuterud said: “This year, there has been extreme amounts of mushroom. In addition, the mushroom season has lasted for a long time. And the mushroom has grown very high up on the mountains.” Especially the gypsy mushroom (Cortinarius Caperatus) has been a problem. This is a good food mushroom, both for people and animals. But it has one bad trait: It can absorb a lot of radioactivity.
Skuterud is still surprised by the high levels this year.
He reminds that: “The Chernobyl accident happened in 1986. It is nearly 30 years ago.”
The nuclear reactor of Chernobyl was made to be cheap and effective in its operation, but was regrettably also basically unstable, and one day in spring of 1986, everything went wrong.
Caesium-137 has a physical half-life of 30 years. This means that in two years, half of the radioactive dust that came in over Norway after the dramatic spring night in 1986, will be gone.
Skuterud explained: “The level of [radioactivity] in the environment still decreases faster than this. Some of it is washed out and most of it is bound to the soil. Only a small part of it is in circulation throughout the food chain. When we watch the values in the grazing animals in autumn, it bounces up and down, and it seems to be everlasting. But the winter values in reindeer luckily show a stable decrease.”
Just in time for Christmas!..................
lolz
That could explain Rudolph’s glowing red nose.........
Rudolph, The Red Nosed Reindeer
Robert L. May created Rudolph in 1939, Johnny Marks, adapted the story of Rudolph into a song. Gene Autry’s record’g of the song hit No.1 Billboard pop singles chart the week of Christmas 1949. Autry’s record’g sold 2.5 million copies the 1st yr, sell’g a total of 25 million, remained the 2nd best-selling record of all time until 1980s.
You know Dasher and Dancer and Prancer and Vixen,
Comet and Cupid and Donner and Blitz-en,
But do you recall?
The most famous reindeer of all?
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (reindeer)
Had a very shiny nose (like a light bulb)
And if you ever saw it (saw it)
You would even say it glows (like a flashlight)
And all of the other reindeer (reindeer)
Used to laugh and call him names (like Pinocchio)
They never let poor Rudolph (Rudolph)
Join in any reindeer games( like monopoly)
Then one foggy Christmas Eve,
Santa came to say, (ho ho ho)
Rudolph with your nose so bright,
Won’t you guide my sleigh tonight?
Then all the reindeer loved him,(loved him)
And they shouted out with glee, (Yippee)
Rudolph the red-nose Reindeer (reindeer)
You’ll go down in history (like George Washington)
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (reindeer)
Had a very shiny nose (like a light bulb)
And if you ever saw it,(saw it)
You would even say it glows,(like a flashlight)
And all of the other reindeer (reindeer)
Used to laugh and call him names,(like Pinocchio)
They never let poor Rudolph(Rudolph)
Join in any reindeer games,(like monopoly)
Then one foggy Christmas Eve,
Santa came to say,(ho ho ho)
Rudolph with your nose so bright,
Won’t you guide my sleigh tonight?
Then how the reindeer loved him,(loved him)
As they shouted out with glee,(Yippee)
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer,(reindeer)
You’ll go down in history.(like George Washington)
Since Santa quit delivering those chemistry kits with Thorium and Uranium, I’d’ve though the levels would’ve gone down.
hehehe
http://asspos.blogspot.com/2012/12/true-horror-story-behind-rudolph.html
True Horror Story Behind Rudolph Revealed!!
reindeers? Really?
I wonder if maybe there is a new source of cesium ?
I think I might have heard about something in Japan.
poor reigndeer
is he dead yet?
maybe he needs more reigndeer meat
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3134733/posts
Bump for the same thoughts.
Maybe we need a thread on radiation in Norway
Pretty soon they will all be named Rudolph.
Better be good or Santa go all Chernobyl on your house.
Ja Sure. As long as it stays out of the lutefisk everyone will be okay...
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