Published: September 19th, 2012 at 10:32 am ET
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Follow-up to: "Fukushima radioactive plume contaminated entire Northern Hemisphere during a relatively short period of time" -- Map: Fukushima air mass hit California after 3/11 and went north to Ore., Wash., Canada (PHOTO)
Title: Impact to US West Coast from Fukushima disaster likely larger than anticipated, several reports indicateSource: Bellona
Author: Charles Digges
Date: Sept 19, 2012
Bellona’s article ties in several past reports related to the Fukushima disaster:[...]Note the red line heads east to California then travels up the U.S. West Coast upon making landfall (Image Source: Science of the Total Environment)
The new scientific paper, which will be published in November 1 edition of the journal Science of the Total Environment says that its research “clearly demonstrates how little dissipation [of radionuclides] occurred [between March 12 and 16] due to the nature of the rapid global air circulation system.”
The massive release of anthropogenic – or non-naturally occurring radionuclides such as cesium 137 and cesium 134 – by the meltdowns and explosions that rocked Fukushima Daiichi occurred in the five days following the beginning of the accident, the report says.
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The report goes on to say that “the Fukushima radioactive plume contaminated the entire Northern Hemisphere during a relatively short period of time” after [3/11]
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- Statement by Arnie Gundersen: “During April, the people in Seattle could have just as easily been in Tokyo for the amount of hot particles that were there”
- Sickened Alaskan wildlife
- Recent aerial radiation surveys on West Coast via helicopter
- Food safety limits raised in US, Europe after 3/11
Published: September 19th, 2012 at 10:32 am ET
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http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2011/1277/report/OF11-1277.pdf
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In March 2011 —>
IODINE-131 —>
** Washington = 1,090 pCi/L
** Colorado = 464 pCi/L
** California = 185 pCi/L
So, you see that more Iodine-131 was found in Colorado than in California
CESIUM-134 —>
Alaska = 55 pCi/L
Colorado = 14 pCi/L
South Dakota = 10 pCi/L
California = 7.3 pC/L
So you see that South Dakota & Colorado are higher than California
CESIUM-137 —>
California = 39 pCi/L
Alaska = 26 pCi/L
Colorado = 22 pCi/L
South Dakota = 20 pCi/L
Illinois = 15 pCi/L
Washington = 5 pCi/L
California tested the highest in Cesium-137, but Colorado, South Dakota & Illinois tested higher than Washington State
Just an observation.
pages 17 & 18
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2011/1277/report/OF11-1277.pdf
P.S. >> and someday I believe it will be proven that Florida was one of the hot spots
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Hope no one minds me posting the analysis again here:
http://enenews.com/usgs-fukushima-fallout-in-us-worse-than-after-chernobyl/comment-page-1#comment-212423
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re: Florida: I think you are correct. The weather pattern on the days of the plume's arrival did seem to carry everything toward florida and then hover over it for a while.
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