Posted on 04/15/2011 8:28:02 PM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
Why is TEPCO still in charge? Why not the Japanese gov’t at least. TEPCO is a soon to be bankrupt entity. This disaster is normally where the US would step up and lead in the colossal global tragedy but the consequences of Obama to the destruction of the US just continue . . .
They said earlier this week (when they upped the accident to level 7) that they released 1015 to 1017 becquerels so 1011 is a pretty minor release. Numbers here: /focus/news/2694364/posts?page=839#839
Fun fact: “TEPCO has estimated that these discharges would increase the effective dose to a member of the public by 0.6 mSv, if he/she were to eat seaweed and seafood from 1 km from the discharge point every day for a year. It should be noted however that the movements of all ships, including fishing boats, are restricted within a 30km zone from the NPP.”
So, if somebody were to break the law and harvest fish and seaweed near the damaged nuclear power plant’s contaminated water discharge *and* eat it every day for a year, they’d get an additional 0.6 mSv (60 mrem) of radiation. Living in a brick house will give you 75 mrem a year.
You may now return to your regularly scheduled fearmongering.
Japanese govt. ? Even more dishonest and inept than TEPCO !
Granted, I’m not a nuclear engineer, but a pickuptruck-full of what is going to do what, now?
They dumped 700lbs of (basically kitty-litter) into the ocean? That’ll fix the melted-down reactor!
“The Government” ran Chernobyl and the aftermath and it burned for months.
Zeolite will adsorb. (note to article: adsorb not absorb)
Excerpting Kyodo News articles is fear mongering?
Well then, brace yourself - here’s another excerpt:
Excessive radioactive cesium found in fish caught off Fukushima
TOKYO, April 13, Kyodo
Radioactive cesium 25 times above the legal limit for consumption was detected Wednesday in young sand lance caught off Fukushima Prefecture, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare said.
One of the sample fish had a level of cesium of 12,500 becquerels per kilogram about 500 meters off the city of Iwaki, and 35 kilometers from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station, it said. The limit is 500 becquerels under the Food Sanitation Law.
http://english.kyodonews.jp/news/2011/04/85289.html
Oh and to anyone else reading this, please note, exposure (e.g. living in a brick house) is less damaging than consumption (e.g. eating a fish that glows in the dark)
FWIW: I read last week that TEPCO would not bury the reactor like the Russians did until all fuel was removed - which would be years from now.
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We let BP call the shots during that whole fiasco last year.
"“The Government” ran Chernobyl and the aftermath and it burned for months."The fire was contained within approximately 15 days. Cleaning up the most dangerous debris and entombing the reactor within a "sarcophagus" took months.
There is a reason folks cringe when they hear “We’re from the government and we’re here to help.”
Unfortunately, the press release from TEPCO that I read quoted the CEO or Pres. of the company as saying that they would invent the means to do so. *sigh*
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