"The medical checkups and research of the residents in the areas affected by the nuke plant accident are allowed only if the permission to do so is given by the related scientific societies and associations; otherwise it would only increase the burden on the residents."
Those poor people. Being sacrificed for a flash in the pan government structure.
Not sure about how much I can copy so more at link, posting an excerpt.
http://hawaiinewsdaily.com/2011/06/hawaii-monitoring-stations-detect-spike-in-fukushima-radiation/
Hawaii Monitoring Stations Detect Spike in Fukushima Radiation
June 13, 2011
By Tim Flanegin
(graphics at link).
Early Friday morning (June 10, 2011), at about 3:00 A.M. local time, one of our new Monitoring Stations in Hawaii broadcast a Radiation Alert over the network, reaching a sustained level of over 100 CPM (Counts per Minute) for a period of about 15 minutes, peaking as high as 141 CPM at one point. The readings then subsided to normal background levels of about 37 CPM for that station, but within less than 2 hours, trended quickly up again to over 100 CPM for another 5 minutes or so. The graph at right depicts this activity.
For context, this is the Kauai station, and within the Hawaiian archipelago, Kauai is the main island at the far northwest end of the chain, actually 300 miles from the Big Island of Hawaii, placing it closest to Japan about 3,500 miles away. And to boot, the Kauai station is located on the north shore of the island, in Princeville. You can see the station on the map – the yellow, numbered circle at top left.
The station is operating a traditional Geiger counter, affixed with an external probe built around the same ultra-sensitive, oversized pancake tube as in the Inspector line of instruments, so it is capable of detecting low levels of Alpha, Beta, and Gamma radiation. Data output is through the headphone jack of the survey meter. The Geiger counter is set up for outdoor monitoring, protected from the elements under the eaves of the structure, with the thin mica end window of the Geiger-Mueller tube oriented downward to prevent contamination from possible fallout.
So those are the facts of the case. The question now is, “Did the Kauai station detect radiation emanating from Fukushima?” To answer that, let’s review these points:
First of all, the detection was not just a momentary spike in radiation which could be explained by an instantaneous background surge, a software glitch, or a connection aberration, all circumstances that have triggered false alerts before.
The level of detection was three times higher than normal background radiation for that station, and sustained for periods as long as 15 minutes, which rules out random spikes in background.
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And with that, my tentative conclusion is that the Kauai station did in fact detect radiation from Fukushima – it looks like it, it smells like it, and it feels like it.
The current nuke priests remind me nostalgically of the March/April nuke priests. Remember when they mocked, sneered, laughed at anyone so ‘ignorant’ as to believe that the situation was well in hand and any concern on our part was ‘fear mongering’ (sigh - yeah - good times). And every time RummyChick posted something that wounded their nuke religious sensitivities, how they screamed she was ‘hysterical’? (those were the days!) Then when Japan grudgingly admitted that there was ONE core melt down, how the priests began to huddle. Then the embarrassed admission that well, yeah, all three had melt downs? Remember the silence? Crickets? Not a pro nuke priest to be found. (really takes me back)
Now, after an embarrassed lull, they are back but I have to say they are running out of ideas - it’s kinda repetitive now and the usual condescension is there along with the demand for credentials to post articles about other expert opinions and news reports and all but...well their arguments are pure sophistry tackling the reporters take on the issue rather than the issue, and the distortions and exaggerations - well it’s like pinning jello to a wall now more then ever. (Boy though - even from the start, RummyChick really could pin ‘em, couldn’t she, and she made it look easy). Well, that was just my stroll down memory lane. See on the next thread.