[ RadSafe ] RadSafe Digest, Vol 586, Issue 1
Chris Gavrilos
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Today's Topics:
1. Re: Up to 1, 000 bodies left untouched within Fukushima no-go
zone (Brennan, Mike (DOH))
2. Re: Up to 1, 000 bodies left untouched within Fukushima no-go
zone (Doug Huffman)
3. Fukushima silver lining for USA, House panel probes
nuclear-dump ban in Nevada (Doug Huffman)
4. AFP: Top Indian scientist calls for nuclear moratorium
(Doug Huffman)
5. Reversible wind farms form shield (from 'Radiation') (Mark Ramsay)
6. Germany's radioactive boars a legacy of Chernobyl
(Nielsen.Erik at epamail.epa.gov)
7. Re: Radioactive contamination of the ocean (Arvic Harms)
8. Re: Radioactive contamination of the ocean (Bradshaw, Keith kzb)
9. Re: Nuclear Power Yes Please - ranked buttons (Bjorn Cedervall)
10. Re: SI Purists (Bjorn Cedervall)
11. SRS Putzmeister pump will head to Japan | The Augusta
Chronicle (Doug Huffman)
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Message: 1
Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2011 11:06:04 -0700
From: "Brennan, Mike (DOH)" <Mike.Brennan at DOH.WA.GOV>
Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] Up to 1, 000 bodies left untouched within
Fukushima no-go zone
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This is yet another example of people losing track of the real risk.
First, not everywhere in the evacuated zone is contaminated equally:
some places are fairly high, others are at background on any handheld
instrument.
Second, there are other hazards that are much, much higher risk.
Unstable buildings, massive debris piles, standing water of unknown
depth are all kill-you-dead-right-now physical hazards. While I am not
an expert on biological hazards, wading in water that has had
decomposing human bodies in it for the last two weeks can't be good for
you. There are a lot of chemicals used in everyday civilization that
can be problematic if not controlled properly, and throughout the area
effected by the earthquake, the smart money is that they aren't
controlled, anymore. Hell, the cold weather can kill you if you aren't
careful.
Given everything, the rad contamination probably isn't in the top ten
risks associated with recovering the bodies, and anything that protects
from the bio or chem hazards will do fine for protecting from rad
contamination.
The decision makers need to shift out of "normal" mode into "emergency"
mode, and stop pandering to excessive and unfounded fears.
I know everyone here knows this, but if I don't rant on this every now
and then, my head will explode.
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[mailto:radsafe-bounces at health.phys.iit.edu] On Behalf Of Roger Helbig
Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2011 1:33 AM
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Subject: [ RadSafe ] Up to 1,000 bodies left untouched within Fukushima
no-go zone
Why could they not use respiratory equipment and protective clothing to
collect the bodies? Why could they not decontaminate them? These
bodies
are not going to be radioactive forever. They were not irradiated, at
worst, they have Cesium-137 contamination. Is that not right?
Roger Helbig
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[mailto:abolition-caucus at yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Pol Heanna
DHuyvetter
- Mayors for Peace (in Hiroshima)
Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2011 10:54 PM
A very sad story reported by Japan Times Thursday, March 31, 2011
Up to 1,000 bodies left untouched within Fukushima no-go zone
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/rss/nn20110331x1.html
Radiation fears have prevented authorities from collecting as many as
1,000
bodies of victims of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami from within the
20-km-radius evacuation zone around the stricken Fukushima nuclear
plant,
police sources said Thursday.
One of the sources said bodies had been "exposed to high levels of
radiation
after death." The view was supported by the detection Sunday of elevated
levels of radiation on a body found in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture,
about 5
km from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station.
The authorities are now considering how to collect the bodies, given
fears
that police officers, doctors and bereaved families may be exposed to
radiation while retrieving the radiation-exposed bodies or at morgues,
according to the sources.
They initially planned to inspect the bodies after transporting them
outside
the evacuation zone, but the plan is being reconsidered due to the
concerns
over exposure.
Local residents have been forced to leave the zone since the current
nuclear
crisis began unfolding at the Tokyo Electric Power Co. plant, which is
leaking radioactive materials as its cooling systems for its reactors
and
nuclear spent-fuel pools have been knocked out by the disaster.
Even after the bodies are handed over to the victims' families,
cremating
them could spread plumes containing radioactive materials, while burying
the
victims could contaminate the soil around them, according to the
sources.
The authorities are considering decontaminating and inspecting the
bodies
where they are found. But the sources said that cleansing decomposing
bodies
could damage them further.
Victims can be identified through DNA analysis of nail samples, but even
then considerable time and effort must be taken to decontaminate the
samples, according to experts.
Elevated levels of radiation detected on the victim in the town of Okuma
last Sunday forced local police to give up on retrieving the body.
"Measures that can be taken vary depending on the level of radiation, so
there need to be professionals who can control radiation," said an
expert on
treating people exposed to radiation. "One option is to take
decontamination
vehicles there and decontaminate the bodies one by one."
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Message: 2
Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2011 14:24:03 -0500
From: Doug Huffman <doug.huffman at wildblue.net>
Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] Up to 1, 000 bodies left untouched within
Fukushima no-go zone
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This may be an aspect of different culture's differing regard for corpses.
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Message: 3
Date: Fri, 01 Apr 2011 05:21:56 -0500
From: Doug Huffman <doug.huffman at wildblue.net>
Subject: [ RadSafe ] Fukushima silver lining for USA, House panel
probes nuclear-dump ban in Nevada
To: "radsafe at health.phys.iit.edu" <radsafe at health.phys.iit.edu>
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"A House energy panel said Thursday it is investigating the Obama
administration?s decision to halt plans to bury the nation?s nuclear
waste in Nevada, saying the catastrophic Japanese earthquake proves the
dangers of storing spent nuclear fuel at power plants."
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Message: 4
Date: Fri, 01 Apr 2011 06:45:06 -0500
From: Doug Huffman <doug.huffman at wildblue.net>
Subject: [ RadSafe ] AFP: Top Indian scientist calls for nuclear
moratorium
To: "radsafe at health.phys.iit.edu" <radsafe at health.phys.iit.edu>
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"The letter said the Department of Atomic Energy had "cavalierly
minimised (the possibility of an accident)... and declared that Indian
reactors cannot undergo serious accidents."
The Japanese crisis showed, it argued, "that even in an industrially
advanced country, nuclear reactors were vulnerable to catastrophes, in
spite of precautions and safety measures."
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Message: 5
Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2011 13:01:25 +0100
From: "Mark Ramsay" <mark.ramsay at ionactive.co.uk>
Subject: [ RadSafe ] Reversible wind farms form shield (from
'Radiation')
To: <srp-uk at yahoogroups.com>, "Hasnet-rad"
<HASNET-RAD at JISCMAIL.AC.UK>, "The International Radiation Protection
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Morning / Afternoon All.
Not specifically into hunting 'April Fool' stuff. However, given the
'serious' debate of the last few weeks (with good reason), could not let
this one go by:
http://tinyurl.com/3qzrax8
The sad / amazing fact is that given recent media (re Japan etc) I would
not be surprised if this is treated seriously by some.
That all,
Rgs
Mark
Mark Ramsay
Radiation Protection Adviser
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Message: 6
Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2011 08:31:04 -0500
From: Nielsen.Erik at epamail.epa.gov
Subject: [ RadSafe ] Germany's radioactive boars a legacy of Chernobyl
To: radsafe at health.phys.iit.edu
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This topic had come up a few months ago but this article has some actual
analytical data and some interesting photos.
http://azstarnet.com/news/world/article_06de9540-93be-52fa-ac99-38707ef9180d.html
Erik C. Nielsen
Health Physicist
USEPA, National Air and Radiation Environmental Laboratory
540 South Morris Ave.
Montgomery, AL 36115
Phone 334-270-3475
Fax 334-270-3454
"The sun formed 4.5 billion years ago, but it's got 6 billion more before
the fuel runs out. Any creatures witnessing the sun's demise 6 billion
years hence, here on Earth or beyond, won't be human - they'll be as
different from us as we are from bacteria."
Martin Rees, Baron Rees of Ludlow, President of the Royal Society of
London for the Improvement of Natural Knowledge.
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Message: 7
Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2011 15:07:34 +0100
From: "Arvic Harms" <Arvic.Harms at npl.co.uk>
Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] Radioactive contamination of the ocean
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Dear all,
On a slightly different note, can somebody explain why La-140 and Ba-140
are not in equilibrium after three weeks in results published by TEPCO.
For instance, a few days ago on 30 March the La-140/Ba-140 ratio in
seawater appears to be 0.34, which indicate a decay time of just 1.0
day, not 19 days.
http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/press/corp-com/release/betu11_e/images/110331e
10.pdf
It may be chemical fractionation, but it could also indicate something
else. There are some reports on the presence of short-lived Cl-38, which
may indicate that nuclear chain reactions continue after shut-down:
http://japanfocus.org/-Arjun-Makhijani/3509
http://blogs.nature.com/news/thegreatbeyond/2011/04/fukushima_update_did
_nuclear_c.html
Kind regards,
Arvic Harms
Dr Arvic Harms
Radioactivity Group
National Physical Laboratory
Hampton Road
Teddington TW11 0LW
Middlesex
United Kingdom
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[mailto:radsafe-bounces at health.phys.iit.edu] On Behalf Of Jeff Terry
Sent: 31 March 2011 13:36
To: The International Radiation Protection (Health Physics) Mailing List
Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] Radioactive contamination of the ocean
Again. I am warning you to watch the language. You won't get another
warning.
Jeff
Sent from my iPhone
On Mar 30, 2011, at 10:31 AM, shima <shima at piments.com> wrote:
> On 30/03/11 13:47, Busby Chris wrote:
>> But it does not work like that. That is what Dunster said in 1957
about Sellafield. But it was wrong. The radionuclides bind to the
intertidal sediment and become resuspended and come ashore in the air
due to sea-to-land transfer, a phenomenon that is well described and
measured. This results in excess cancer risk in coastal communities. For
example, the leukemia rates in children are highest in the coastal
communities near the Millstone reactor; plesty of other examoples
especially Sellafield.
>> Chris Busby
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: radsafe-bounces at agni.phys.iit.edu on behalf of Jerry Cohen
>> Sent: Mon 28/03/2011 23:01
>> To: The International Radiation Protection (Health Physics) Mailing
List
>> Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] Radioactive contamination of the ocean
>>
>> In todays news, we see alarming stories of radioactive contamination
found in
>> ocean waters near Japan. In a previous post, I cited the tendency of
people to
>> equate detectability with hazard, and our capability to readily
detect
>> radioactivity in miniscule concentrations.
>> The capacity of the ocean to dilute any contaminant is almost
infinite. It can
>> readily be calculated that any amount of radioactivity released to
the ocean
>> will be diluted to innocuous levels in a relatively short time. All
of the
>> nuclear waste conceivably produced by the most ambitious nuclear
power
>> production in the world would pose no significant health hazard if
dispersed in
>> the world's oceans compared to the natural radioactivity (U, Ra,
K-40, etc)
>> that nature has already placed in the ocean. Actually, as I have
previously
>> discussed on radsafe, oceanic disposal is our best bet for disposal
of
>> all radioactive waste.
>> Unfortunately, politics and hysteria will always trump science.
>>
>> Jerry Cohen
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>
>
> Hi,
>
> stating infinite dilution like that is to be deliberately, naively
simplistic.
>
> sediments drop , enter esturary mud flats, sea bottom etc. and enter
the food chain. To pretend otherwise is dishonest or self-delusional at
best.
>
> A team at Manchester Univ. in the 60's bought fish on the quay at a
village near Sellafield and analysed it . Not only was it not edible ,
it was sufficiently radioactive that they were legally obliged to
disposed of it as low-level radioactive waste.
>
> Much of the fisheries around Fukupshima and NE Japan will soon be in a
similar or worse state.
>
> Flushing the contamination into the Pacific may only be the best of a
very short list of very bad options.
>
> :(
>
> Looks like our little Nuclear Boy has just shit himself again, and
mummy's going to wash his deipers in the village well.
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Message: 8
Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2011 15:16:24 +0100
From: "Bradshaw, Keith kzb" <Keith.Bradshaw at amec.com>
Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] Radioactive contamination of the ocean
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Hi Arvic: <On a slightly different note, can somebody explain why La-140 and Ba-140 are not in equilibrium
Different chemistry possibly? La will settle out on particulates, whereas barium is more soluble at seawater pH.
Keith Bradshaw
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From: radsafe-bounces at health.phys.iit.edu [mailto:radsafe-bounces at health.phys.iit.edu] On Behalf Of Arvic Harms
Sent: Friday, April 01, 2011 3:08 PM
To: The International Radiation Protection (Health Physics) Mailing List
Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] Radioactive contamination of the ocean
Dear all,
On a slightly different note, can somebody explain why La-140 and Ba-140 are not in equilibrium after three weeks in results published by TEPCO.
For instance, a few days ago on 30 March the La-140/Ba-140 ratio in seawater appears to be 0.34, which indicate a decay time of just 1.0
day, not 19 days.
http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/press/corp-com/release/betu11_e/images/110331e
10.pdf
It may be chemical fractionation, but it could also indicate something else. There are some reports on the presence of short-lived Cl-38, which may indicate that nuclear chain reactions continue after shut-down:
http://japanfocus.org/-Arjun-Makhijani/3509
http://blogs.nature.com/news/thegreatbeyond/2011/04/fukushima_update_did
_nuclear_c.html
Kind regards,
Arvic Harms
Dr Arvic Harms
Radioactivity Group
National Physical Laboratory
Hampton Road
Teddington TW11 0LW
Middlesex
United Kingdom
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From: radsafe-bounces at health.phys.iit.edu
[mailto:radsafe-bounces at health.phys.iit.edu] On Behalf Of Jeff Terry
Sent: 31 March 2011 13:36
To: The International Radiation Protection (Health Physics) Mailing List
Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] Radioactive contamination of the ocean
Again. I am warning you to watch the language. You won't get another warning.
Jeff
Sent from my iPhone
On Mar 30, 2011, at 10:31 AM, shima <shima at piments.com> wrote:
> On 30/03/11 13:47, Busby Chris wrote:
>> But it does not work like that. That is what Dunster said in 1957
about Sellafield. But it was wrong. The radionuclides bind to the intertidal sediment and become resuspended and come ashore in the air due to sea-to-land transfer, a phenomenon that is well described and measured. This results in excess cancer risk in coastal communities. For example, the leukemia rates in children are highest in the coastal communities near the Millstone reactor; plesty of other examoples especially Sellafield.
>> Chris Busby
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: radsafe-bounces at agni.phys.iit.edu on behalf of Jerry Cohen
>> Sent: Mon 28/03/2011 23:01
>> To: The International Radiation Protection (Health Physics) Mailing
List
>> Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] Radioactive contamination of the ocean
>>
>> In todays news, we see alarming stories of radioactive contamination
found in
>> ocean waters near Japan. In a previous post, I cited the tendency of
people to
>> equate detectability with hazard, and our capability to readily
detect
>> radioactivity in miniscule concentrations.
>> The capacity of the ocean to dilute any contaminant is almost
infinite. It can
>> readily be calculated that any amount of radioactivity released to
the ocean
>> will be diluted to innocuous levels in a relatively short time. All
of the
>> nuclear waste conceivably produced by the most ambitious nuclear
power
>> production in the world would pose no significant health hazard if
dispersed in
>> the world's oceans compared to the natural radioactivity (U, Ra,
K-40, etc)
>> that nature has already placed in the ocean. Actually, as I have
previously
>> discussed on radsafe, oceanic disposal is our best bet for disposal
of
>> all radioactive waste.
>> Unfortunately, politics and hysteria will always trump science.
>>
>> Jerry Cohen
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>
>
> Hi,
>
> stating infinite dilution like that is to be deliberately, naively
simplistic.
>
> sediments drop , enter esturary mud flats, sea bottom etc. and enter
the food chain. To pretend otherwise is dishonest or self-delusional at best.
>
> A team at Manchester Univ. in the 60's bought fish on the quay at a
village near Sellafield and analysed it . Not only was it not edible , it was sufficiently radioactive that they were legally obliged to disposed of it as low-level radioactive waste.
>
> Much of the fisheries around Fukupshima and NE Japan will soon be in a
similar or worse state.
>
> Flushing the contamination into the Pacific may only be the best of a
very short list of very bad options.
>
> :(
>
> Looks like our little Nuclear Boy has just shit himself again, and
mummy's going to wash his deipers in the village well.
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Message: 9
Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2011 14:44:26 +0000
From: Bjorn Cedervall <bcradsafers at hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] Nuclear Power Yes Please - ranked buttons
To: RadSafers Forum <radsafe at health.phys.iit.edu>
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The following Swedish website hosts a number of pins/buttons to which you can cast your opinion or vote (knapp = Swedish word for button, "fabrik" = factory):
http://www.knappfabriken.se/index.php?page=4&nocache=82734
As you can see the pronuclear button (blue and yellow saying Nuclear Power Yes Please in Swedish) presently has a top ranking. In order to cast your vote - just click on the button and then follow up by clicking on the graded scale 1-10 depending on your opinion:
http://www.knappfabriken.se/index.php?page=knapp&id=31681
My personal initiative only,
Bjorn Cedervall
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PS. In case you wonder, I have one of these buttons on my backpack that I wear every day.
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Message: 10
Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2011 15:26:23 +0000
From: Bjorn Cedervall <bcradsafers at hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] SI Purists
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> Although I was originally trained in curies, rads and rems, I have for many years automatically thought in becquerels, grays and sieverts.
>
The same here. I converted around 1980 - it was a matter of a few weeks. The only drawback when we get millibecquerel as we have seen in our media recently (the anti people favor microsievert as the dose unit...).
As I went to high school in Michigan I was confronted with Fahrenheit and got the eqn. for conversion of course but also developed the shortcut: -40 C = - 40 F, 0 C = 32 F, 5 C = 45 F, 10 C = 50 F, 15 C = 59 F, 20 C = 68 F, 25 C = 77 F, 30 C = 86 F, 37 C = 98 F, 100 C = 212 F. It doesn't take long to get these by heart and then you can quickly interpolate for most daily needs. One of my class mates (in Michigan) said directly when we entered centrigrades in chemistry: "I won't need this - I just wont go into science").
Gallons (OK there are different ones) - just think that 1 liter is approx. 1/4 gallon. COuldn't that be a first step?
Pounds/ounces: I must admit that I still can't do it (or I am too lazy to even try) when it comes to buying ground meat etc in US food stores. Instead of thinking "750 grams" - I just look at it and say to myself: "that looks about right".
Someone taught me BTW that the cubic inch vs. cc can be simplified - just don't do the conversion and leave "cc" for Canadian Club.
I apologize for some side tracks but it is my Friday afternoon.
Bjorn Cedervall
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Message: 11
Date: Fri, 01 Apr 2011 11:51:42 -0500
From: Doug Huffman <doug.huffman at wildblue.net>
Subject: [ RadSafe ] SRS Putzmeister pump will head to Japan | The
Augusta Chronicle
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- From Aiken to Hanahan to Hartsfield seems circuitous.
Hanahan, SC is not far from Goose Creek, the home of US Navy's Nuclear
Power Training Center, and not far from the site of Charleston Naval
Shipyard.
http://chronicle.augusta.com/latest-news/2011-03-31/srs-concrete-pump-heading-japan-nuclear-site
"The world's largest concrete pump, deployed at the construction site of
the U.S. government's $4.86 billion mixed oxide fuel plant at Savannah
River Site, is being moved to Japan in a series of emergency measures to
help stabilize the Fukushima reactors."
"The 190,000-pound pump, made by German-based Putzmeister has a 70-meter
boom and can be controlled remotely, making it suitable for use in the
unpredictable and highly radioactive environment of the doomed nuclear
reactors in Japan, he said."
"The pump was moved Wednesday from the construction site in Aiken County
to a facility in Hanahan, S.C., for minor modifications, and will be
trucked to Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, where it
will be picked up by the world's largest cargo plane, the Russian-made
Antonov 225, which will fly it to Tokyo."
Doug Huffman
Shift Test Engineer
CNSY C.2340X retired
http://www.navsea.navy.mil/shipyards/norfolk/nnsy/NuclearTED.aspx
Washington Island
Wisconsin
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