[ RadSafe ] New Claim - Cesium near Fukushima now 10 times higher than previous highest measurement

[Dan McCarn]

Hi Group:

I was living in Austria from 1980-1990. I remember following Chernobyl that
I was able to quickly find "hot spots" associated with stripping of R/Ns
from roadways and large flat surfaces with runoff into grassy patches which
left that small patch very hot.  That, in no way, represented an average
for a soil, but rather a very small hot patch.  I could go on about
the auguries of effective soil sampling, but most of you at least have an
inkling about that.  With the ability to detect very small quantities and
changes in radiation, even a well trained sampler is "tempted" to
cherry-pick those locations, but they in no way are representative of a
typical value.

I'd refer you to various geostatistics (spatial statistical) texts (or even
MARSSIM) on sampling methodology.

Dan ii

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On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 10:27 AM, Brennan, Mike (DOH) <
Mike.Brennan at doh.wa.gov> wrote:

> I wasn't able to see anything more than headlines and comments.  The
> headlines provided no detail or context, and the headlines were full of
> foolishness, including the idea that a spent fuel pool can explode.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: radsafe-bounces at health.phys.iit.edu
> [mailto:radsafe-bounces at health.phys.iit.edu] On Behalf Of Roger Helbig
> Sent: Monday, January 14, 2013 3:58 AM
> To: RADSAFE
> Subject: [ RadSafe ] New Claim - Cesium near Fukushima now 10 times
> higher than previous highest measurement
>
> Friends on RADSAFE, is there any credibility to this claim or is it just
> more anti-nuclear hype being spread by so-called "nuclear news"
> that only posts anti-nuclear "news and conjecture" and ignores anything
> that does not agree with nuclear power being the potential end of life
> as we know it?
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Cesium near Fukushima now 10 times higher than previous highest
> measurement
>
> by Christina MacPherson
>
> Over 1,000,000 Bq/kg of cesium near Fukushima plant - 10 times higher
> than highest measurement in prior soil survey
> http://enenews.com/1000000-bqkg-cesium-fukushima-plant-10-times-higher-h
> ighest-reading-prior-soil-survey
>   January 12th, 2013
>  Environment Ministry's radioactive monitoring in Fukushima with summary
> translation by Fukushima Diary:
> http://www.env.go.jp/jishin/monitoring/result_pw130110-1.pdf
> Soil sampled on Oct. 25, 2012 from beside an reservoir in Okuma
>
> Cs-134 : 400,000 becquerels per kilogram (Bq/kg)
> Cs-137 : 650,000 Bq/kg
> Combined Cs-134, -137: 1,050,000 Bq/kg
> Nikkei's report on the monitoring says the highest t reading was 96,000
> Bq/kg of Cs-134 and -137 during last summer's research, detected in soil
> from a reservoir in Namie.
>
> Christina MacPherson | January 14, 2013 at 6:56 am | Categories:
> Fukushima
> 2013 | URL: http://wp.me/phgse-9p0
>
> http://nuclear-news.net/2013/01/14/cesium-near-fukushima-now-10-times-hi
> gher-than-previous-highest-measurement/
>
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> take responsiblity for becoming a propaganda organ)
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