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@Ian , note the meter is in a plastic bag. Plastic absorbes beta radiation really well. Hence the detector picks up gamma radiation.

@lillymunster , yup.

@lillymunster , for what I have seen, the machines they use for large-throughput food checks are also meant to detect only gamma radiation. On the pics the detectors scan packaged food on a conveyor belt.

@lillymunster , CRMS processes single samples. You could use their method in an industrial process only for random checks. I wonder whether the CRMS setup even works for alpha radiation.

Kyushu Electric Sued over All N-Reactors in Saga Pref.
Saga, Dec. 27 (Jiji Press)--Members of a Japanese civic group and others sued Kyushu Electric Power Co. Tuesday, seeking a court injunction to halt three nuclear reactors at its Genkai power plant in Saga Prefecture.

In the suit filed with Saga District Court, some 160 plaintiffs claim that a strong earthquake or tsunami may cause a serious accident at the plant in the southwestern Japan prefecture. The power utility has been sued over the other reactor at the plant.

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Good luck, but don't get your hopes up. Japan is a joke of a country. The whole functioning of the sistem reminds me of 16th century feudal europe with few kings and courts and others being peasants with hi-tech gadgets.

We allready have a precedens where judge ruled that aiport is not entitled to compensation, altough all of their flights were canceled beacuse of the crisis, since the radiation at the locations is approx 30 mSv/year, which is according to a criminal judge, safe for children.

Reading about Japan government actions is like reading some WW1 or WW2 stories, depicting gruesome murders of millions with chemical weapons.

Source: jen.jiji.com

Breaking: Scientists Test Sick Alaska Seals For Radiation. SEATTLE | Wed Dec 28, 2011 6:02am IST
(Reuters) - Scientists in Alaska are investigating whether local seals are being sickened by radiation from Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant. ... "We recently received samples of seal tissue from diseased animals captured near St. Lawrence Island with a request to examine the material for radioactivity,"..."There is concern expressed by some members of the local communities that there may be some relationship to the Fukushima nuclear reactor's damage," he said.

The results of the tests would not be available for "several weeks," Kelley said. in.reuters.com

Third infant infected as U.S. probes baby formula. Dec 28.2011 in.reuters.com

Is Radiation Causing Arctic Alaska Ringed-Seal Deaths?
Dec 23, 2011. Is it possible that the ringed seals traveled to a contaminated area? They do, after all, have quite a range. Experts could not be reached the Friday before Christmas to explain migratory routes for Alaska's estimated stock of 250,000 ringed seals.

Or did they eat prey contaminated by radiation? If there is a link to Fukoshima, the lab will find it, said Kelley.

They'll be testing for radionuclide Cs-134 and Cs-137. www.alaskadispatch.com

@lillymunster What do you mean?

@lillymunster I checked out the simplyinfo article, but there wasn't a link to back it up. Only link was to the radiation data. ?

2050 7 by Stephen Lacey

25 Dec 2011 7:28 AM

Renewable energy could become a standard part of Vermont's idyllic image.Photo: Sterling CollegeCross-posted from Climate Progress.

Vermont is known for its lush Green Mountains, idyllic farm landscapes, and progressive politics. What many people may not realize is that Vermont has a pretty active secessionist movement too.

Vermont isn't likely to secede from the U.S. But it is undertaking an ambitious renewable energy program that could at least put it on a path toward "energy secession" -- developing a road map for procuring 90 percent of its heat, electricity, and fuels from renewables by 2050.
www.grist.org

@lillymunster, indeed, Alaska has the two highest i131 detections I'm seeing on that RadNet dataset, at Dutch Harbor on March 19, 2.4 pCi/m^3 and on March 20, 2.8 pCi/m^3.