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I cant see the key to the french one, have to pop to town back soon
by elainekirk 11/15/2011 1:27:29 PM

IRSN is really slow right now. Maybe lots hitting it with the news?
by lillymunster 11/15/2011 1:32:21 PM

Near Karlsrhue DE French border also see's spike on 19th october
by lillymunster 11/15/2011 1:35:02 PM

Did some various readings on France. They seem to be just on the German border area in the north. Not finding spikes more into the country or on the north area facing atlantic coast.
by lillymunster 11/15/2011 1:43:26 PM

Fukushima golf course lawsuit against tepco dismissed www.majiroxnews.com
by lillymunster 11/15/2011 2:02:52 PM

Radiation reached west side of Honshu and Hokkaido ajw.asahi.com
by lillymunster 11/15/2011 2:21:48 PM

yesterday i read about high readings in germany, freiburg, schauinsland. that is in south west, france border.
by Edano edited by lillymunster 11/15/2011 3:06:40 PM

www.grs.de
measurings at castor waste transports do not exceed 100 microsv/hr in 2m distance. but still interresting for the policemen accompanying the transport: www.grs.de www.grs.de
by Edano via Grs.de 11/15/2011 3:09:45 PM

Tulcia Romania 9am Oct 19th first radiation spike. I got into the data through EuDEP - more info forthcoming!!!
by lillymunster 11/15/2011 3:30:19 PM

@Edano will check those locations also
by lillymunster 11/15/2011 3:30:42 PM

There is data at this site from 10.10.2011 thru 9.11.2011 on Iodine131 from France. DE L’IODE RADIOACTIF MYSTÉRIEUX DANS LE CIEL FRANÇAIS

physicsforme.wordpress.com
by Liz 11/15/2011 3:43:23 PM

Tulcia may have been a fluke. It had really low readings and then a big jump on 19th. The rest of Romania so far is consistent with a high background level with no jumps. Turkey and Bulgaria also have consistent high background with no spikes
by lillymunster 11/15/2011 3:45:10 PM

@all Good Morning/Good Evening...Hello!
by smoss 11/15/2011 3:53:15 PM

Hi Smoss!
by lillymunster 11/15/2011 3:59:07 PM

Budapest Hungary small short lived radiation jump on Oct 23-25. Enough of a change to call it more than background fluctuations.
by lillymunster 11/15/2011 3:59:40 PM

@all - still trying to find radiation stations for Ukraine. It is looking more like somewhere in Ukraine is ground zero of this mess. It is a big country, being able to find stations in Ukraine could help us nail this for good.
by lillymunster 11/15/2011 4:03:04 PM

Thought I was coming into some down time...not turning out to be the case. Wanted to throw this out about the Armenian NPP ex-skf.blogspot.com and the USGS notes that Turkey has been shaking alot, and not just one big one. (sorry I don't have the USGS link readily available)
by smoss 11/15/2011 4:09:33 PM

@smoss I will take a look at Armenia, I think I have station access there now.

@all - keep an eye out for anything unusual at this NPP - it is roughly in the zone that is appearing as a possible source for the iodine en.wikipedia.org Khmelnitskiy NPP
by lillymunster 11/15/2011 4:10:38 PM

@lillymunster I've checked the Portuguese RADNET official website and the measuring of radiation hasn't shown anything so far. Values are below 200nSv/h (10E-9 Sv/h) as usual. In fact, no anomalous variation has been observed since the Fukushima accident. You can add this to your database: sniamb.apambiente.pt

Let me know if you need any translation.
by Pedro Jesus 11/15/2011 4:12:12 PM

Our RADNET consists of 13 fixed stations covering our land and islands, plus one substation based in Badajoz, Spain.
by Pedro Jesus 11/15/2011 4:13:52 PM

@Pedro Jesus Great! Will add that to the rad list
by lillymunster 11/15/2011 4:16:48 PM

The Alert Map today has added a additional area nuclear icon to France today, Nov 15th. The situation update report states four monitoring stations in northern and eastern France had detected trace amounts of iodine-31 last week. hisz.rsoe.hu
by MaryW 11/15/2011 4:19:14 PM

Russian stations near Armenia in EuDep have no data. Russia's radnet doesn't show stations on that border. Hrm.
by lillymunster 11/15/2011 4:20:30 PM

@lilly I asked my non-proliferation friend about the Ukraine, and he gave me the following link. Not much data there that helps it would seem: www.nti.org
by bo 11/15/2011 4:23:12 PM

Click through to the map to see the facility sites
by bo 11/15/2011 4:26:49 PM

Oh thanks! It is looking more and more like possibly Ukraine is the source.
by lillymunster 11/15/2011 4:35:33 PM

If you go to the map you will see place markers for every nuclear facility including research facilities
by bo 11/15/2011 4:37:38 PM

Since Chernobyl, Ukraine may alway have increase readings for radiation particles. Wouldn't you think?
by MaryW 11/15/2011 4:38:22 PM

@MaryW but not iodine-133.
by Edano 11/15/2011 4:43:15 PM

RADNET Portugal system description:

"Each station consists of two Geiger-Müller detectors, one for low level radiation (in the 10E-5 - 10mGy/h range) and another for high level radiation (in the .5 - 5E3 mGy/h range).

The sample rate is 1 minute. A local dedicated microprocessor calculates averages of 10 minutes intervals and these data is then used to calculate average levels in 2 hours intervals. The data is sent to a central unit on a daily basis, via a telephone connection. The remote station's microprocessor can store data of up to 48 hours [to avoid data loss].

Each remote station is equipped with batteries that provide power in case of external grid power loss, and send an alarm to the central station after 15 hours of external power loss.

The software for local data assessment performs a self-diagnostic test of the overall system performance of each remote station. Status reports will be sent to the central unit in case of detected performance anomaly.

When radiation levels on each remote station go above a pre-determined threshold set at the central unit an alarm signal is sent. This threshold is currently set at about 3 times the normal average radiation level [around 500-600 nGy/h]. In the case of an alarm the automatic audio and visual alert signals at Agência Portuguesa do Ambiente [Portuguese Environment Agency] and Autoridade Nacional de Proteção Civil [Civil Protection National Authority] are activated.

The central unit allows for remote continuous data requests from any remote station, and remote control of system settings and local data assessment settings without the need for local intervention." (Translation by Pedro Jesus; Notes between brackets added by translator) www.apambiente.pt
by Pedro Jesus edited by bo 11/15/2011 4:43:50 PM

@Edano If a recent crack occurred or deterioration of the plant, if the release of iodine a possibility. According to what I remember reading, money is still trying to be raised to accomplish full concealment at Chernobyl
by MaryW 11/15/2011 4:48:28 PM

@MaryW i am not sure if fresh fission is still possible there, but it may be.
by Edano 11/15/2011 4:50:27 PM

OT but cool. :)
by Edano 11/15/2011 4:52:48 PM

Could one of the moderators, please, correct a few mistakes in my previous comment and then delete this comment?

Line 2: "consists of"
Line 5: "this data"; delete "of" in "calculate of average"
Line 10: "self-diagnostic test of overall"
Line 19: "Notes between brackets"

That's it, thank you.
by Pedro Jesus 11/15/2011 4:53:44 PM

@Edano you'd think that for that much money the Koch brothers could have bought somebody with a brain.
by bo 11/15/2011 4:53:51 PM

@Edano I was laughing at that one earlier today, although it's not funny considering this is a candidate to the Presidency of the world'
s most powerful nation and economy.
by Pedro Jesus 11/15/2011 4:55:02 PM

@Pedro Jesus @bo where have america's brains gone ?
by Edano 11/15/2011 4:56:09 PM

and i thought bush was the worst ...
by Edano 11/15/2011 4:57:31 PM

@Edano life in America is so predatory, everyone feels that if they show any weakness they will be fed on, if they stumble they may be devoured. So they just don't have the energy to give a shit about anything but survival.
by bo 11/15/2011 4:57:57 PM

@Edano I don't live in the USA, but if I'm entitled to have an opinion, I'd stick with Obama. This Cain is pathetic. Even worse than George W. Bush.
by Pedro Jesus 11/15/2011 4:58:34 PM

@Edano Bush was the worst that actually made it. There are far worse, even than Cain, who have run.
by bo 11/15/2011 4:58:36 PM

There is no chance Cain can win. Don't worry.
by bo 11/15/2011 4:58:58 PM

30.09.2011

Radiation monitoring stations will appear in Kazakhstan by 2015, Tengrinews.kz reports citing Director General of KazHydroMet (Kazakhstan weather service) as saying on the sidelines of the meeting of 23rd session of CIS Intergovernment Hydrometeorology Council on September 28. Talgat Zeinullin said that autonomous stations are planned to be installed in Kazakhstan by 2015.
"They will be installed in major facilities of East Kazakhstan, in Balkhash area, in Mangistau Atomic Energy Integrated Plant and in Stepnogorsk. There are currently several stations in the area of Semipalatinsk polygon. They are controlled by the National Nuclear Center. The works are performed in expedition manner over there: if any contaminations emerge, we go there and check the soil and water,” KazHydroMet Director General said.
According to Talgat Zeinullin, the cost of one autonomous station is around $350 thousand. There will be about 15 of them installed in Kazakhstan.
en.tengrinews.kz
by Liz 11/15/2011 4:59:18 PM