Title: Radiation levels higher but safe off Fukushima Daiichi, scientists say
Source: CNN
Author: Matt Smith
Date: Feb 22, 2012
[...] Zooplankton, which get carried by currents, collected in those waters had levels of cesium-137 and the shorter-lived cesium-134 that were on average 40 times higher than the surrounding water, [Nicholas Fisher, a marine science professor at New York's Stony Brook University] said. They also had much higher levels of a radioactive form of silver produced by nuclear reactions. [...]Fisher said the cesium results were about what researchers expected, but the presence of the radioactive silver was a surprise. [...]
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The radioactive silver comes from melted control rods, not fission. It comes from the melting goop of corium.
More misinfo in the article, they compare the contamination to naturally occurring potassium-40, which all organisms have adapted to, it's the banana theory again.
The plankton are at the bottom of the food chain, and fish and other organisms will bioaccumulate the radionuclides. They also produce this thing called oxygen.
Surprised? Really?
Well that makes one of us.
Bioaccumulation: Why Fukushima Matters
http://news.lucaswhitefieldhixson.com/2011/04/bioaccumulation-why-fukushima-matters.html
Welcome to the Fukushima science experiment which you are all a part of now!
Why am I not surprised that they are surprised?
What about the phytoplankton? We only get half of our oxygen supply from that.
We can't stop breathing, you know. How's that for a surprise?
I don't think they *thought* that part through,…either.
Good one Alice!
Funny how this appears on the same page and on the same date as the other article about contaminated fish.
Okay, this inspired me to finally deal with an avatar. Can you read this, or should I go with the Spongebob character or digital photo of plankton?
I like it NoNukes, I can make out the 70%, can you make the other number larger?
Surprised. Lol