[ RadSafe ] Nuclear-News Claims] Extremely radioactive particle found in Japan - 300 miles from Fukushima - News banned in Japan

Fri Apr 4 23:51:13 CDT 2014

There were 2 screenshots purporting to be related to chemical or radiochemical analysis.  The there was an energy dispersive x-ray spectrum in which Si was by far the most abundant peak -  little detail was provided, but assuming silicon is the most abundant element,  I don't see how this is nuclear fuel related, even without criticizing the other elemental ID's, which I am sure deserve some criticism. 

A second set of images shows photomicrographs with Ce, Zr, Y, Eu, Sm typed in over the image - no data or rationale provided.  I presume they are suggesting these ID's result from gamma spectroscopy, rather than chemical analysis.  Although it is hard to make heads or tails of it with the lack of details, I didn't find any element of it to hold together technically.  But I am sure readers of RadSafe are not the intended audience.  :)  

Brad

> On Apr 4, 2014, at 10:38 PM, ROY HERREN <royherren2005 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> On the screen one sees on the video at http://nuclear-news.net/2014/04/04/extremely-radioactive-particle-found-in-japan-300-miles-from-fukushima-news-banned-in-japan/
> there is a graphic at 9:21/17:21, 11:30/17:21, and 12:23 - 12:34/17:21 that shows Ce, Zr, Y, Eu, Sm on the upper left hand side of the screen and Ce, Fe, La, Nd, Sm on the upper right hand side of the screen.  At which frame did you see the Si, Rb, O, Cs, Te, Sn, Fe,
> Pb, etc.?
> 
>  
> Roy Herren
> 
> 
> ________________________________
> From: Jaro Franta <jaro_10kbq at videotron.ca>
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> Sent: Friday, April 4, 2014 6:31 PM
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> 
> 
> Where did you see "Ce, Zr, Eu, Sm" ?
> 
> On this screen grab from the video, all I see is Si, Rb, O, Cs, Te, Sn, Fe,
> Pb, etc.
> 
> https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/11686324/Extremely%20radioactive%20parti
> cle%20found%20in%20Japan%20-%20%20300%20miles%20from%20Fukushima.jpg
> 
> The Si peak might perhaps be for Si-31 (153y HL), but it's a weird
> combination of isotopes.
> 
> Jaro
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:radsafe-bounces at health.phys.iit.edu] On Behalf Of ROY HERREN
> Sent: April-04-14 8:27 PM
> To: The International Radiation Protection (Health Physics) Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] Nuclear-News Claims] Extremely radioactive particle
> found in Japan - 300 miles from Fukushima - News banned in Japan
> 
> What I saw flashed up on the screen said "Ce, Zr, Eu, Sm".  In the past I've
> had problems releasing Sm153 material due to Eu contamination.  Couldn't the
> Eu and Sm be the result of a medical isotope treatment, see
> http://www.rxlist.com/quadramet-drug.htm?  
> 
>  
> Roy Herren
> 
> 
> ________________________________
> From: Brad Keck <bradkeck at mac.com>
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> <radsafe at health.phys.iit.edu> 
> Sent: Friday, April 4, 2014 12:03 PM
> Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] Nuclear-News Claims] Extremely radioactive particle
> found in Japan - 300 miles from Fukushima - News banned in Japan
> 
> 
> Isn't it amazing that the one hottest hot particle in all of Japan, just 10
> microns in diameter, just happened to get stuck on the blade of the razor
> knife used to "sample "'the vacuum cleaner bags, or it would have been lost
> for all time ?  Now what are the odds?  :)  
> 
> Interestingly the one x-ray spectrum they show looks a lot like some sort of
> silicate - imagine a silicate being found in dust - AMAZING!  
> 
> Happy Friday, Everybody! 
> 
> Bradly D Keck
> 
> 
>> On Apr 4, 2014, at 4:23 AM, Roger Helbig <rwhelbig at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Has all the red flags that activists salivate at - even "news banned
>> in Japan" - probably because it is not news!
>> 
>> Roger Helbig
>> 
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: nuclear-news <comment-reply at wordpress.com>
>> Date: Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 8:42 PM
>> Subject: [New post] Extremely radioactive particle found in Japan -
>> 300 miles from Fukushima - News banned in Japan
>> 
>> arclight2011part2 posted: " Published on 3 Apr 2014 A highly
>> radioactive particle of suspected Fukushima core material was found in
>> house dust in Nagoya, Japan. This home is 460 kilometers (300 miles)
>> from the accident site. This one microscopic dust particle has enough
>> rad"
>> 
>> Extremely radioactive particle found in Japan - 300 miles from
>> Fukushima - News banned in Japan
>> 
>> by arclight2011part2
>> 
>> Published on 3 Apr 2014
>> 
>> A highly radioactive particle of suspected Fukushima core material was
>> found in house dust in Nagoya, Japan. This home is 460 kilometers (300
>> miles) from the accident site. This one microscopic dust particle has
>> enough radioactivity to be a real health hazard.
>> 
>> arclight2011part2 | April 4, 2014 at 3:41 am | URL: http://wp.me/phgse-gWB
>> 
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