[ RadSafe ] I-131 in milk and activity on spinach around Fukushima

[Larry Addis]

It's good to finally get some good news about Fukushima.  When we heard
about the 400 milli sievert dose rate the other day, partial melt downs and
drying spent fuel pools, I was worried that it was the beginning of the end,
all was lost and we were on the way to a hopelessly grim finale.  

It does sound like with restoration of offsite power and diesel generators
coming on line that things are stabilizing. I hope enough pumps and
attendant piping systems survived to refill the pools and reactors - what
I've heard so far is encouraging.  Thank (place you favorite deity here).

If Iodine turns out to be the biggest threat to the public now, well time
will take care of that. 

In the end, I found TMI to be a success story myself, others did not. This
probably doesn't portend well for the future of nuclear power in the US.  It
will be ashamed if that is the case, especially seeing as how the new
generations of reactor designs should greatly increase the
reliability/durability of the machines. I think our operating record already
is testament to the reliability of nuclear power. 

My old age insomnia has nothing to do with living 13 miles from three power
reactors. It's my young son.

LA 

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Sent: Saturday, March 19, 2011 7:30 PM
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Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] I-131 in milk and activity on spinach around
Fukushima

It seems unusual that Iodine-131 would be water.  What is the source of the 
water?  Wells??  What is the 'level of concern' for Iodine-131 in Japan?

Ed Baratta

-----Original Message----- 
From: GEOelectronics at netscape.com
Sent: Saturday, March 19, 2011 6:47 PM
To: radsafe at health.phys.iit.edu
Subject: [ RadSafe ] I-131 in milk and activity on spinach around Fukushima

Dewey, from CNN-

"Tainted milk was found 30 kilometers (18 1/2 miles) from the plant and 
spinach was collected as far as 100 kilometers (65 miles) to the south, 
almost halfway to Tokyo."

and
"Very small amounts -- far below the level of concern -- of radioactive 
iodine were also detected in tap water in Tokyo and most prefectures near 
the Fukushima Daiichi plant damaged by last week's monster earthquake and 
tsunami"



George Dowell



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