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@marie rich They have always considered that as a possibility from the start, in fact, the first time I saw it mentioned was on a TEPCO report dating from maybe a couple of weeks back. That's what started all the speculation. But as of this moment, and regardless of all the speculation, that possibility has yet been confirmed nor denied.
by Pedro Jesus 3/28/2011 6:40:23 AM

@Jojo I think I did... try to find link, brb
by marie rich 3/28/2011 6:40:35 AM

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by Sin 3/28/2011 6:41:42 AM

Well. there is really no surprise in this news of a "partial" meltdown of #2.
by Salvador 3/28/2011 6:42:27 AM

oops... news.discovery.com I do know html, I swear.
by Sin 3/28/2011 6:43:07 AM

@Jojo Try this. but I think there's another, brb
by marie rich 3/28/2011 6:43:33 AM

@andyjsha It's still better than a lot of prefectures, but that is still really high for Tokyo.
by Jojo 3/28/2011 6:43:46 AM

@jojo let me try again...sheesh www.radiationnetwork.com
by marie rich 3/28/2011 6:44:24 AM

From "Black's veterinary dictionary" via a google search (refers to chernobyl in text). "Although the physical half life or Radiocaesium is 30 years, it's biological half life is much shorter. in adult animals the half life is estimated at between 30 to 100 days."
by Pat 3/28/2011 6:45:22 AM

IAEA updated info on the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant's status. You can also find this information at the IAEA official website in case you don't trust Wiki. en.wikipedia.org
by Pedro Jesus 3/28/2011 6:45:48 AM

Here's the strongly worded letter from NISA. www.nisa.meti.go.jp
by Hank Scorpio 3/28/2011 6:47:26 AM

@Pat Right, but it does incredible damage in that time if ingested/inhaled. The isotope is still there, we just pass it in a number of days/weeks.
by Jojo 3/28/2011 6:48:31 AM

people are a lot nicer to each other on here than on the wsj online.wsj.com
by andyjsha 3/28/2011 6:48:44 AM

@marie rich Wow, I really hope that site is not correct. They are measuring 100 cpm as .1 mR/hr. Where .1 mR = .001 mSv. So in New York they are measure .044 mSv/Hour???? That would be incredible radiation.
by Jojo 3/28/2011 6:51:42 AM

@Jojo - I think someone has confused milli and micro again.
by Hank Scorpio 3/28/2011 6:53:29 AM

@Jojo here is the epa real-time radnet. Been hard to get on the last few days www.epa.gov
by marie rich 3/28/2011 6:53:38 AM

@marie rich Thanks for this, but every time I try to see the data I get an error. I tried this link earlier, and it's been down all day.
by Jojo 3/28/2011 6:55:06 AM

And then there is this: www.epa.gov As of 8:30am (EDT) EPA's RadNet radiation air monitors across the U.S. show typical fluctuations in background radiation levels. The levels detected are far below levels of concern. As of 8:30am (EDT) EPA's RadNet radiation air monitors across the U.S. show typical fluctuations in background radiation levels. The levels detected are far below levels of concern. Repeated over and over, but no data.
by Jojo 3/28/2011 6:56:01 AM

The geiger counters on ustream are better - you can see the counts per minute, and they have unmoderated chat..... which is usually bad.
by FradyKat 3/28/2011 6:58:16 AM

Check the records I used the lowest (as in worst wind directions to add to the numbers) to make that post. If I used regular info it would be much worse.
by Ralph Unger 3/28/2011 6:58:19 AM

Edano on again in 2 minutes. Y'all have the link.
by gabe 3/28/2011 6:59:06 AM

@Ralph Unger I think george said he was going to do spread sheets of ALL data. wicked good idea.
by marie rich 3/28/2011 6:59:42 AM

@Ralph Unger It's a very simple and useful method to misinform the public. Pick and choose the "best" numbers -meaning the lowest- and stop to publish the worse ones. Pronto- "the situation is dangerous but stabilized". Propaganda 101. Lying without telling falsehoods.
by Salvador 3/28/2011 7:00:45 AM