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@Poland I can personally keep an eye on that one with my Geiger counter. No abnormal amounts yet...
by Natalie 3/27/2011 5:15:20 AM

I got the venting requirement upgrade from GE, now I cannot find the link.
by Ralph Unger 3/27/2011 5:15:38 AM

from www.msnbc.msn.com "TEPCO spokesman Takashi Kurita told reporters Sunday that leaked water in Unit 2 measured at 1,000 millisieverts per hour. That's 10 million times higher than the radioactivity level when the reactor is operating normally, or roughly the same as 89 CT scans, according to NBC News experts. "
by Sinthia Domina 3/27/2011 5:16:20 AM

@Grizzly: That's a little close to home. Actually, it is home. Not worried. The fallout is global and negligible.
by Karen Warren 3/27/2011 5:17:20 AM

@Sinthia Domina Ok.. I was just going to copy that.. So. is it just like other day? or old news or what?
by Meretisa 3/27/2011 5:17:26 AM

@Natalie Are you using the boulder city geiger, or have your own?
by FradyKat 3/27/2011 5:17:29 AM

CNIC lecture is excellent --thanks-- it was recorded yesterday
by Apollo 3/27/2011 5:17:36 AM

@Karen Warren Thank you for saying that...now can you tell the rest of the world that is freaking out please? haha
by Grizzly 3/27/2011 5:17:48 AM

@Poland yes. I saw a report from Cal Berkeley that they had found rainwater samples in Berkeley at 1/5 the amount that required evacuation in Chernobyl
by worldradioman 3/27/2011 5:18:01 AM

The other day it was 10,000 times normal.
by Sinthia Domina 3/27/2011 5:18:30 AM

Folks, may I suggest we not ahead of ourselves by invoking a Tokyo evacuation. I believe the Govt and Tepco are not leveling with the public for obvious reasons. A believing public and assumed honesty in Japanese culture, overall all else. Plus the public will believe because they need hope. But, I still doubt any potential evacuation is even possible. To where and how?
by quantman07 3/27/2011 5:19:04 AM

! million X sounds much more scary then 1 S. That is why the pools remain the problem. 2 sieverts has a 50% chance to kill you IIRC.
by Ralph Unger 3/27/2011 5:19:10 AM

@FradyKat I have my own. And I'm sitting at 12 cpm.
by Natalie 3/27/2011 5:19:22 AM

@worldradioman, would you PLEASE give a link where people living on the USA west coast can verify the information? Thank you.
by Sky 3/27/2011 5:19:32 AM

@Sinthia I'm thinking they found water that was a mix of 2 and 3 water and came out to 10,000. Now they've differentiated? Or they're jusy throwing fluff to the wind.
by worldradioman 3/27/2011 5:19:44 AM

@Natalie: geiger does'nt show the plutonium and other
by Poland 3/27/2011 5:20:21 AM

No one in the US needs to be concerned. Nancy Grace notwithstanding...
by Ralph Unger 3/27/2011 5:20:25 AM

@Sky I think it was on here... George...can you searh it all for berkeley in a link?
by worldradioman 3/27/2011 5:20:35 AM

@quantman07 My girlfriend said most Japanese don't trust the government.
by Jim Carver 3/27/2011 5:20:36 AM

@Sinthia: MSNBC is a 'rag" source of news. 89 CT's? Concurently? Over a life time? Thinks first and ask questions later.
by Karen Warren 3/27/2011 5:20:37 AM

"if this type of accident is happening, loss of coolant in the containment vessel/reactor it will be the first time its happening n the world" he's showing the data from yesterday and this morning now www.ustream.tv
by Tenzing 3/27/2011 5:20:43 AM

@Poland No it doesn't. But isn't Plutonium heavy? Besides that, they are only reporting iodine-131 and xenon-133. english.kyodonews.jp
by Natalie 3/27/2011 5:21:26 AM

Ooops -- Here's a link to the US EPS's Radnet for my location. You can navigate to wherever on the west coast you like:http://www.epa.gov/japan2011/rert/radnet-anchorage-bg.html
by Alaskan 3/27/2011 5:21:54 AM

I was not the first to post the MSNBC link. I was trying to clarify the amount. I too try and think first.
by Sinthia Domina 3/27/2011 5:22:01 AM

@borrrden this is what the berkley link says: 3/26 (9:45am): Rain water results posted for the past few days. Delay was due to testing of new data analysis chain script that will make posting results more efficient. We have observed a sharp up-tick in Cs-137 levels from around 0.2 Bg/L to 0.55 Bq/L. I-131 had a sharp rise on 3/23 of I-131 concentration from 6 Bq/L to 20 Bq/L. I-131 levels returned to 6 Bq/L on 3/24. Reasons for the I-131 spike is still unknown. Te-132 and I-132 levels remain relatively constant.
by Meretisa 3/27/2011 5:22:16 AM

From all indications, the CV has been breached for some time. Possibly since the 11th. Even with the breached CV, it's unlikely to pose an immediate danger to Tokyo. Depending on the watershed, drinking water contamination is the most immediate danger. And there are means,albeit expensive, to remove contaminants from drinking water. In my opinion, what we are seeing here is just confirmation of what has been suspected for some time. No time to panic, time to research plan B, which I hope is already well into the planning stages.
by Bev 3/27/2011 5:22:36 AM

@Meretisa Yes, sorry, I meant to say that I don't agree with worldradioman :-S
by borrrden 3/27/2011 5:22:40 AM

plutonium and other dangerous stuff is in the reactor 3
by Poland 3/27/2011 5:23:03 AM

From the berkeley report: Cs137 remains near the high point at ~0.5 Bq/L.
by worldradioman 3/27/2011 5:23:21 AM

@Tenzing How is that? The other two involved a loss of coolant also. Different circumstances to a degree, but...
by Jim Carver 3/27/2011 5:23:22 AM

also: I-131 had a sharp rise on 3/23 of I-131 concentration from 6 Bq/L to 20 Bq/L. I-131 levels returned to 6 Bq/L on 3/24. Reasons for the I-131 spike is still unknown.
by worldradioman 3/27/2011 5:24:21 AM