[ RadSafe ] Fukushima released 13, 000, 000, 000 times more neutrons than initially estimated -- "Obvious implication for human health"

Thu Jan 15 14:53:31 CST 2015

I hope there will be some nuclear pasta to go with it, I would not like 
to participate in the Big Crunch on an empty stomach. :-)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euwtanuYoHA
(this is not a joke, several research groups that model the formation of 
super novas come to the conclusion that there are various nuclear pasta 
stages).

On 01/15/2015 08:35 PM, Brennan, Mike (DOH) wrote:
> Next there will be a release that the neutrons released all pooled together to form neutronium, which will in turn create a mini black hole that will swallow the entire world and disrupt the orderly revolution of the Milky Way Galaxy, bringing about the Big Crunch.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: radsafe-bounces at health.phys.iit.edu [mailto:radsafe-bounces at health.phys.iit.edu] On Behalf Of Roger Helbig
> Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2015 4:08 AM
> To: Mattias Lantz; The International Radiation Protection (Health Physics) Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] Fukushima released 13, 000, 000, 000 times more neutrons than initially estimated -- "Obvious implication for human health"
>
> http://isotopes.ucsd.edu/~antra/contact.html
>
> is how to contact her - I have sent her a query offering the extensive commentary that Jaro triggered in the Facebook Nukes group.
>
> Roger
>
> I am looking for way to contact senior personnel at the Japanese university - I also wonder if this journal is one of those on Jeff Beall's list since the science is clearly not that solid.  Thanks for link to the paper.
>
> On Wed, Jan 14, 2015 at 5:06 PM, Mattias Lantz <Mattias.Lantz at physics.uu.se> wrote:
>> 5.2*10^21 slow neutrons per square metre and second is the same as
>> 5.2*10^17 slow neutrons per square centimetre.
>> A light water reactor running at full power has a maximum neutron flux
>> up to
>> 10^13 slow neutrons per square centimetre, maybe up to 10^ 14.
>> Quite fascinating to have a reactor where the neutron flux increases
>> by a factor 5000-50 000 when being shut down. To postulate that there
>> may be a critical configuration in the molted core is ok, but it would
>> not lead to a neutron flux even near the flux at full power, and
>> certainly not anything above it.
>>
>> I wonder what they were smoking when they did the calculations, it'd
>> better be good.
>> Here is their article, by the way, enjoy!
>> http://www.terrapub.co.jp/journals/GJ/pdf/4604/46040335.pdf
>>
>> Best wishes,
>> Mattias Lantz
>>
>>
>>
>> On 01/14/2015 02:56 PM, Roger Helbig wrote:
>>> Is there really any obvious implication for human health?  Thanks.
>>>
>>> Roger Helbig
>>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Fukushima released
>>> 13,000,000,000 times more neutrons than initially estimated --
>>> "Obvious implication for human health"
>>>
>>> by dunrenard
>>>
>>> We estimated a lower limit of 5.2 × 1021 slow neutrons m-2 sec-1 [m-2
>>> sec-1 = per sq. meter per second] were emitted from the nuclear fuel
>>> rods to the sea water injected in the reactors Priyadarshi et al.
>>> (2011) have estimated a release amount of 4 × 1011 slow neutrons m-2.
>>> The large difference with our estimation
>>> [13,000,000,000 times higher] comes from the intrinsic limit of the
>>> box model study by Priyadarshi et al.
>>> Our model directly estimates the amount of material released from the
>>> reactor core The estimated... number of neutron represent a lower
>>> limit of the amount of radiation emitted from the nuclear reactors...
>>> These values can be used as a proxy to the total amount of radiation
>>> emitted since the melt down [The authors] express their gratitude
>>> to... the Japanese Ministry of Environment...Ministry of Education,
>>> Culture, Sports, and Technology (MEXT)... [and] the Cabinet Office
>>>
>>> Source:  Scientists from Tokyo Institute of Technology, U. of
>>> California San Diego & Kyushu U., made available Oct 16, 2014
>>>
>>>
>>> http://www.researchgate.net/publication/253330134_An_estimation_of_th
>>> e_radioactive_S-35_emitted_into_the_atmospheric_from_the_Fukushima_Da
>>> iichi_Nuclear_Power_Plant_by_using
>>>
>>> _a_numerical_simulation_global_transport
>>>
>>> Evidence of neutron leakage at the Fukushima nuclear plant... Despite
>>> the obvious implication for human health and the surrounding ecology,
>>> there are no quantitative estimates of the neutron flux leakage...
>>> Heat must be removed by cooling the system to prevent... meltdown,
>>> which results in injection of neutrons and other fission products
>>> into the atmosphere... [T]ons of seawater were used as a coolant... A
>>> consequence is that salts and minerals present in seawater become
>>> radioactive by reaction with thermal neutrons... We calculated the
>>> total number of neutrons that leaked from the reactor core [and]
>>> estimate that a total of 4 × 1011 neutrons per m2 were released before March 20.
>>>
>>> Source:  Priyadarshi et al.:
>>>
>>> http://www.pnas.org/content/108/35/14422.full
>>>
>>> Slow Neutrons: "In water-cooled reactors like the ones at Fukushima,
>>> the right combination of slow neutrons and enriched fuel leads to a
>>> self-sustaining process... [Water] acts as a so-called moderator,
>>> slowing down the neutrons and keeping the reaction going."
>>>
>>> Health effects of neutron radiation:
>>>
>>> Wikipedia: [Neutron] radiation is considered to be the most severe
>>> and dangerous radiation to the whole body when it is exposed to
>>> external radiation sources [and] roughly ten times more effective at
>>> causing biological damage compared to gamma or beta Dr. Robert Gale,
>>> MD (In 2011 Gale was called to Japan to deal with medical
>>> consequences of the Fukushima disaster): All  three  types  of
>>>    particles... can  harm humans. Neutrons are the most dangerous
>>> because they are very energetic, can penetrate deeply, and deposit
>>> large amounts of energy into tissues.
>>> US Nuclear Regulatory Commission: Neutrons... have an exceptional
>>> ability to penetrate other material... neutrons are the only [type of
>>> ionizing radiation] that can make objects radioactive... neutrons can
>>> travel great distances in air.
>>> Dept. of Health & Human Services: Neutrons... are significantly more
>>> potent carcinogens [and] induces... chromosomal aberrations,
>>> mutations, and DNA damage... more efficiently
>>>
>>> Source: Enenews
>>>
>>>
>>> http://enenews.com/fukushima-released-13000000000-times-neutrons-init
>>> ially-estimated
>>>
>>> dunrenard | January 14, 2015 at 2:28 am | Tags: Fukushima Daiichi |
>>> Categories: Japan | URL: http://wp.me/phgse-iFo
>>>
>>>
>>> http://nuclear-news.net/2015/01/14/fukushima-released-13000000000-tim
>>> es-more-neutrons-than-initially-estimated-obvious-implication-for-hum
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