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

[Dan McCarn]

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Rare earths are commonly associated with ThO2 in the mineral Monazite and
U-REE is not uncommon.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monazite

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On Fri, Apr 4, 2014 at 10:51 PM, Brad Keck <bradkeck at mac.com> wrote:

> 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>
> > To: 'The International Radiation Protection (Health Physics) Mailing
> List' <radsafe at health.phys.iit.edu>
> > Sent: Friday, April 4, 2014 6:31 PM
> > Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] Nuclear-News Claims] Extremely radioactive
> particle found in Japan - 300 miles from Fukushima - News banned in Japan
> >
> >
> > 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
> > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: radsafe-bounces at health.phys.iit.edu
> > [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>
> > To: The International Radiation Protection (Health Physics) Mailing List
> > <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
> >>
> >> Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser:
> >
> http://nuclear-news.net/2014/04/04/extremely-radioactive-particle-found-in-j
> > apan-300-miles-from-fukushima-news-banned-in-japan/
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