[ RadSafe ] Plutonium from Ibaraki not in lung

[Jaro Franta]

Ed Lyman / UCS had to chime in of course.

A different take on that:

https://www.facebook.com/493843777362196/photos/a.493867307359843.1073741828
.493843777362196/1380126028733962/


 Jaro
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> On Jun 11, 2017, at 2:20 PM, Jaro Franta <jaro_10kbq at videotron.ca> wrote:
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> "devastating levels of radiation"
> 
> https://www.facebook.com/TheIndependentOnline/posts/10154888060076636
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> http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/japan-nuclear-plant-pluto
> nium-b 
> ag-open-radiation-levels-expose-oarai-ibaraki-tokyo-contamination-a778
> 3331.h
> tml
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> Jaro
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: radsafe-bounces at health.phys.iit.edu
> [mailto:radsafe-bounces at health.phys.iit.edu] On Behalf Of Mark Miller
> Sent: Saturday, June 10, 2017 10:31 AM
> To: RADSAFE
> Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] RadSafe Digest, Vol 2281, Issue 1
> 
> The large internal Plutonium contamination incident widely reported 
> earlier this week, may actually be entirely incorrect. The National 
> Institute of Radiological Sciences (NIRS) in Chiba has examined all of 
> the men. NIRS says they can find no internal contamination of the lungs in
any of them!
> 
> That's right! Nothing detectible!
> 
> The alleged internal radioactivity activity(s) reported earlier this 
> week disappeared after the NIRS administered "proper decontamination". 
> The JAEA said it believes the initial readings resulted from 
> transuranic contamination detected on the men's skin prior to 
> undergoing decontamination.
> 
> http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201706100022.html
> 
> Numerous possibilities immediately come to mind. First, JAEA might 
> possibly have the most incompetent HP staff imaginable. Second, 
> Japan's decidedly antinuclear Press may well have made another 
> mountain out of a mole-hill, a-la the "soaring radiation levels" in F. 
> Daiichi unit #2 broadcast earlier this year. It's been more than six 
> years since the nuke accident, and they still have no clue. Third, 
> even if the dude actually had 22,000 Bq of Plutonium in his lungs, it 
> appears that the reported 1.2 Sievert exposure in the first year and 
> 12 Sieverts lifetime are gross exaggerations. Fourth, Nuclear 
> Regulation Authority commissioners criticizing the workers for 
> "complacency", will have considerable egg on their faces. I could go
on-and-on!
> 
> What a ridiculous mess!
> 
> 
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