Fukushima: More Frightening Details

Fukushima: More Frightening Details






Arnie Gundersen

Fairewinds

November 1, 2011







Scientist Marco Kaltofen Presents Data Confirming Hot Particles

http://fairewinds.com/content/scientist-marco-kaltofen-presents-data-confirmi…



Today Scientist Marco Kaltofen of Worchester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) presented his analysis of radioactive isotopic releases from the Fukushima accidents at the annual meeting of the American Public Health Association (APHA). Mr. Kaltofen’s analysis confirms the detection of hot particles in the US and the extensive airborne and ground contamination in northern Japan due to the four nuclear power plant accidents at TEPCO’s Fukushima reactors.



Fairewinds believes that this is a personal health issue in Japan and a public health issue in the United States and Canada.



SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS

http://apha.confex.com/apha/139am/webprogram/Paper254015.html



TEPCO PRESS RELEASES DIRECTLY FROM TEPCO LINK HERE

http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/press/corp-com/release/index-e.html



excellent new source for Fukushima Updates

http://fukushimaupdate.com/



A d v e r t i s e m e n t



*Note: Single radiation dose of 2,000 millisieverts (200,000 millirems) and above causes serious illness. See also exposure list below.



Half-life of some radioactive elements



[NOTE: Half-life is the time taken for a radioactive substance to decay by half.] * Cesium-134 ~ 2 years * Cesium-137 ~ 30 years * Iodine-131 ~ 8 days * Plutonium-239 ~ 24,200 years * Ruthenium-103 ~ 39 days [Ruthenium is a fission product of uranium-235.] * Ruthenium-106 ~ 374 days * Strontium-90 ~ 28.85 years [Strontium-90 is a product of nuclear fission and is found in large amounts in spent nuclear fuel and in radioactive waste from nuclear reactors.] * Uranium-234 ~ 246,000 years * Uranium-235 ~ 703.8 million years * Uranium-238 ~ 4.468 billion years