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@Edano , interesting. Did you see, it only counts gamma-radiation and for iodine-131 they only check the thyroid.
by Peter 9/12/2011 12:22:51 PM

@lillymunster okay, i got it without autoplay. sorry.
by Edano 9/12/2011 12:24:06 PM

Edano, so this is in Juelich. Where would you go in Berlin?
by Peter 9/12/2011 12:26:20 PM

@Peter yes, they are all gamma counters, as far as i know.
by Edano 9/12/2011 12:27:32 PM

@Peter if you make a google search, at least germany is plastered with body counters, every medium university has one, and there are some outside of universities, too.
by Edano 9/12/2011 12:29:48 PM

Marcoule has several nuke reactors and a fast breeder, but they are all "shut down" (whatever that means).
by Edano 9/12/2011 12:32:25 PM

Thanks to everyone for all the resources on the France explosion so fast. I put a post about it on the group website. If anyone finds more details or updates please post them here and we can add them to the group website.
by lillymunster 9/12/2011 12:34:14 PM

@Edano they are so clever they know their PR we already have the 'low level' carp coming out
by elainekirk 9/12/2011 12:55:46 PM

more from fuku symposium translate.google.com
by elainekirk 9/12/2011 1:02:51 PM

"Weapons-grade plutonium is produced at the plant, the think tank Global Security says." www.cnn.com
by Ian 9/12/2011 1:11:08 PM

"Right now, there is no release to the outside," a spokesman for the Atomic Energy Commission (CEA).

Marcoule is a nuclear waste processing site that does not include any reactors. It produces MOX fuel from a mix of uranium and plutonium oxides recycled from nuclear fuel. www.irishtimes.com
by Ian 9/12/2011 1:13:17 PM

"A furnace exploded at the Marcoule nuclear waste treatment site in southern France, killing one person, but there was no leak of radioactive material outside the furnace, France's ASN nuclear safety watchdog said." af.reuters.com
by Ian 9/12/2011 1:15:56 PM

Explosion at French Weapons-grade plutonium is produced at the plant, - t.co from @Majj
by elainekirk 9/12/2011 1:16:05 PM

Employees of locally confined nuclear site
Here is the testimony of an Internet 20Minutes "I'm not there, but my boyfriend works there, I got the phone. The explosion took place at 11:45 (according to media), while locally they have been warned by the alarm at 13h. They are currently confined in buildings without having more information and waiting to get out. " translate.google.com
by Majj 9/12/2011 1:18:09 PM

This is French version of Sellafield. It is difficult to evaluate right now how serious the situation, based on the information we have at the moment. But it can develop further,” said Bellona nuclear physicist Nils Bøhmer. bellona.org
by Majj 9/12/2011 1:25:44 PM

@Majj just ridiculous I find it hard to understand how the people keep on accepting nukes
by elainekirk 9/12/2011 1:29:02 PM

Olivier Isnard, an emergency manager at France’s Institute for Radioprotection and Nuclear Safety said that the explosion took place in the foundry of the waste processing plant, which was melting down about four tons of used radioactive metal. The cause of the explosion was not yet known, he said, but he stressed that the level of radiation — about 67,000 becquerels — contained in the molten metal was extremely low.
“This is very, very low — nothing close to the radioactivity you would find inside a nuclear power plant,” he said.
He said the fire had been extinguished and there was no damage to the foundry building itself. The building’s air conditioning and ventilation systems continued to function normally and initial tests show no change to environmental radiation levels at the site, he said. www.nytimes.com
by Majj 9/12/2011 1:29:20 PM

@elainekirk They don't accept or not, they are just oblivious to it . " The ignorant die smiling".
by Majj 9/12/2011 1:31:45 PM

Fukushima produce booth having problems finding shopping malls willing to let them locate. mdn.mainichi.jp
by lillymunster 9/12/2011 1:37:21 PM

@elainekirk White sheeps . They are not curios of the word. They like the "fake security" provide by the group. The black sheep did not get lost in the Bible. It went way to find a better life. Jesus went after it , just because the black ship was a smart one. Because of that, he left all the others sheeps behind ...... ;-)))
by Majj 9/12/2011 1:38:48 PM

Getting conflicting reports on what blew up. NYT says melting furnace, another called it a reprocessing facility.
by lillymunster 9/12/2011 1:41:14 PM

@all Ian's unit 3 steam theory published on our site this morning. Please give it a tweet at some point today.
by lillymunster 9/12/2011 1:46:42 PM

Marcoule's long nuclear history : The Marcoule site is one of the oldest in France, and played a significant role in the development of the French nuclear and thermonuclear deterrents.
It opened in 1956 - well after the US began the era of nuclear armaments, at a time when France was among the nations looking to gain their own seat at the nuclear table. Other defence-oriented reactors followed - and as the world contemplated a new generation of much bigger bombs with much bigger destructive capacity, a new reactor at Marcoule was built to produce tritium, fuel for hydrogen (or thermonuclear) weapons. www.bbc.co.uk
by Majj 9/12/2011 1:49:13 PM

@Edano SebJabbusch Sebastian Jabbusch
Aktuelle Radioaktive Messwerte: odlinfo.bfs.de/cvdata/1004412… (via @publictorsten) #marcoule #antiakw
odlinfo.bfs.de
by Majj 9/12/2011 1:53:24 PM

Ew. The BBC article mentions how this complex is much like Sellafield or Hanford, storing lots of radioactive waster on site. It was used in the 50's for weapons research and production and sounds like a big mess like the old US sites. The want to build a new power reactor there. Can you imagine the mess if they had a Fukushima type accident at that new reactor in a complex that is already a big nuclear mess?
by lillymunster 9/12/2011 1:54:06 PM

@Majj does that peak coincide with the blast in France?
by lillymunster 9/12/2011 1:55:59 PM

@lillymunster Geting my wife to translate it .....
by Majj 9/12/2011 1:56:32 PM

Bous is on the German border, the complex is in a southern part of France. About 450km between the two. maps.google.com
by lillymunster 9/12/2011 2:06:45 PM