[ RadSafe ] Fwd: [New post] Worldwide effect of Fukushima radioactive plume

[Roger Helbig]

This link is buried in this highly biased Nuclear-News post - the link
is well worth reading - it describes and links to research by two UCLA
researchers who went to Fukushima and surrounding area

http://newsroom.ucla.edu/stories/fukushima-2015


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Christina MacPherson posted: "UCLA Researchers: Fukushima "not only
affecting that local area, but also worldwide" -- Gov't Expert:
"Immediately the Iodine-131 plume moved eastward reaching US West
Coast [then] covering entire northern hemisphere... Significant concern
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Worldwide effect of Fukushima radioactive plume

by Christina MacPherson

UCLA Researchers: Fukushima "not only affecting that local area, but
also worldwide" -- Gov't Expert: "Immediately the Iodine-131 plume
moved eastward reaching US West Coast [then] covering entire northern
hemisphere... Significant concern on the safety of the population and
environment worldwide" (VIDEO)
http://enenews.com/ucla-researchers-fukushima-only-affecting-local-area-worldwide-govt-expert-immediately-iodine-131-plume-moved-eastward-reaching-west-coast-covering-entire-northern-hemisphere-early-april-posing-sig?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ENENews+%28Energy+News%29
8 March 15

In the Fukushima Disaster Zone with UCLA researchers, Mar 3, 2015:
Four years after Fukushima disaster, some areas remain untouched,
clocks recording the exact time that the tsunami swept through. Access
is highly restricted but two UCLA researchers were recently given
permission to document the disaster zone. -- at 3:45 in -- "With this
study I think that's what we're trying to explore -- is that once a
nuclear catastrophe strikes, it's not only affecting that local area,
but also worldwide."

Atmospheric dispersion of Iodine-131 released after the Fukushima
event, by Giuseppe A. Marzo, ENEA (Italian National agency for new
technologies, Energy and sustainable economic development), 2014: From
March 12, 2011, a significant amount of radioactive material...
discharged into the atmosphere... Total emission of 131I has been
estimated in [128** petabecquerels (PBq)], while 133Xe, and 137Cs
total emissions have been estimated in [15,300 PBq and 36.6 PBq],
respectively. In this work the global atmospheric dispersion of 131I
released by the Fukushima accident is carried out, focusing on this
specific radionuclide due to its radiological relevance in terms of
consequences on the human health... Figure 1 summarizes the simulation
results. It illustrates the radioactivity concentration due to 131I
released into the atmosphere at specific times and integrated over the
total atmospheric column. Immediately after the initial release on
March 12, the plume moved eastward reaching the United States west
coast on [March 15 at 10:00p PST]... In early April the plume extended
over the entire northern hemisphere... A significant accidental event
occurred at the Fukushima NPPs... volatile radionuclides such as 131I
were transported away from the source posing significant concern on
the safety of the population and the environment worldwide... the
atmospheric dispersion of 131I [was] covering the entire northern
hemisphere by early April...

**According to a document released by TEPCO, "Our result shows a
higher I-131 amount (500PBq) compared to the result obtained from a
thirdparty organization (120-200PBq)."

Watch the UCLA video here

Christina MacPherson | March 9, 2015 at 4:07 am | Categories: 2 WORLD,
environment, Fukushima 2015 | URL: http://wp.me/phgse-j22

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