Published: March 26th, 2012 at 12:00 am ET
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Published: March 26th, 2012 at 12:00 am ET
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And see these articles on California radiation exposure courtesy of EneNews:
Anaheim, CA has highest amount of radioactive fallout of any EPA air monitoring station in Continental U.S. for iodine-131
Over EPA limit: Cesium levels in San Francisco area milk now higher than 6 months ago
USGS: Los Angeles area had highest cesium deposition in US after Fukushima
“Tends to concentrate in the testicles”: 360+ atoms of radioactive sulfur per day may have been inhaled by Californians after Fukushima
Unprecedented Spike: 1501 atoms of radioactive sulfur per meter³ was detected in California air
Radioactive sulfur in California spiked to highest levels ever detected: University researchers
Controversy after US gov’t estimate showed 40,000 microsievert thyroid dose for California infants from Fukushima — Data not released to public — “Very high doses to children”
Spike in radiation levels for West Coast? “Abnormal” readings on 8 of 18 EPA monitors for California, Oregon, Washington — Devices now “undergoing quality review”
Nuclear policy expert: “Striking” that radioactive iodine-131 in California rainwater is so far above level permitted in drinking water
Uranium-234 detected in Hawaii, Southern California, and Seattle
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Here is a great graphic that will help everyone visualize what is downwind!
NRDC Nuclear Fallout Map
http://www.nrdc.org/nuclear/fallout/
Just click on a reactor and zoom in…
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I wonder if any of these Leaders asked on or off the record, what happened to all the highly radioactive materials that are now missing from Fukushima and what they are doing to recover them ASAP. If it is true that that TEPCO is using GANG supplied labor then it must be worrisome that all this highly radioactive material may have been stolen and or sold to terrorist organizations because of it's dirty weapon potential for BIG money! I hope some future terrorist dirty explosion does not contain Fukushima radioactive debris, as it will give "Made in Japan" a new meaning!
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Key issues **not mentioned** in MSM coverage:
1. Nuclear security is NOT getting FALLOUT from Fukushima…
2. Where has all the highly radioactive material "gone" that was in Fukushima.
3. Leaders DO NOT think Nature can destroy any land based nuclear reactor,
…. any place anytime 24/7/365!
4. Nuclear should be REDUCED not increased Worldwide.
5. The **NEGATIVE** Health effects of Low levels of radiation.
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"NUCLEAR TERRORISM": Obama’s Nuclear Disarmament Hoax
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=30022
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Lo que no le han contado sobre la influencia de la contaminación radiactiva (civil y militar) en todas las enfermedades
II Parte
Alfredo Embid
II Congreso de MTC, Sociemetrach, Facultad de Ciencias económicas, Caracas Marzo 2012
Power Point 11,2 Mb.
http://www.amcmh.org/PagAMC/downloads/ads159.htm
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Very interesting resource of Fukushima and nuclear related articles and releases…..
http://www.buzzfeed.com/search?q=fukushima
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FUKUSHIMA FALLING APART-GET READY!!!
SOURCE: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=wIik26iXfmA
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Good,…TY,…Anthony!:-)
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHsxhAvmi0Y&feature=player_embedded
Tontín y la Central Nuclear – La locura nuclear explicada a los niños
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March 16 2012..Pentagon preparing for a nuclear worst-case scenario at Fukushima
http://www.stripes.com/news/http-www-stripes-com-news-pentagon-preparing-for-a-nuclear-worst-case-scenario-at-fukushima-1-1379-1.137969
The folks with the shiny medals..don't seem to have told the truth either…
Evacuate Tokyo and All US Forces From Japan
http://www.veteranstoday.com/2012/02/25/evacuate-tokyo-and-all-us-forces-from-japan/#.T0rX9GO_mh4
We Won't Forget..
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Good Post!
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typo… March 16 2011…let's be clear..the Pentagon has known all along..
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PS..f**ing cowards…that bunch…
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Just stumbled into August 2011, and found this post about the shared basement under R1-4. This sounds different than the common sfp, but did we dismiss this already? Thanks.
http://fukushima-diary.com/2011/08/breaking-news-splashing-steam-from-the-cracks-in-the-ground/
http://enenews.com/report-neptunium-239-found-soil-about-40-km-meltdown-several-thousand-becquerels-similar-levels-detected-front-gate-fukushima-plant
However,this evening,Tepco “confessed” a new fact.
That’s there is a huge pool on the basement floor of Fukushima,which is shared by units 1~4. They stock 6400 nuclear spent fuel rods in it,and groundwater is flowing into the pool through broken duct.
Now the massively contaminated water is in it at least 9.0t.
6400 fuel rods is about 140% of the total fuel rods in the reactors.
Actually Fukushima nuc plants are built on underground water vein,they always needed to pomp up groundwater. However,because of the accident,they stopped pomp up the water.This fact has not been published yet.
They say Tepco “found” this trouble on 8/13,but they can’t not know the fact since the very beginning of the accident.
Massive steam might have something to do with this.
Possibility 1)
Melt-out fuel rods are reacting underground and keep having hydrovolcanic explosion with groundwater.
Possibility 2)
6400 spent fuel rods are boiling the ground water and it splashes steam from the cracks.
Possilibity 3)
Both.
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Remember that "theory" that the Japanese had a secret NUKE lab under the Fukushima complex, perhaps that is what was in the "basement"; and if it was then that wold easily explain why TEPCO gets to call the shots in Japan since they can blackmail the Government because of it.
Secret Weapons Program Inside Fukushima Nuclear Plant?
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=24275
or
SECRET US-Israeli Nuke Weapons Transfers Led To Fukushima Blasts
http://is.gd/TTaK7L
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expect to see more not less radiation coming from Fukushima as the recent EQ's increase the interaction between the the Corium(s) and the groundwater under the entire Complex…
TEPCO has hopes of restarting #5 and #6, so that they are taking baby steps now instead of moving full speed 24/7 to fill with concrete what is left of the #4 reactor building, creating a new external SFP that encase the weakened one above it; then can install a new overhead gantry crane and start moving SFR assemblies off site ASAP!
This may be the biggest BLUNDER of all time if yet another BIG EQ causes that weakened SFP to collapse…
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Great clickable wind maps:
http://hint.fm/wind/
Imagine if we could harness this zero impact energy source!
Bye Bye 1st. Nuclear, then Coal, then …
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I don't often see the efforts of Michael Mariotte (Nuclear Information and Resource Service) –mentioned by people involved with Energy News. Here's an item from him which needs your action.
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Dear Friends,
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*This is big.* The $8.3 Billion taxpayer loan for construction of two new reactors at the Vogtle site in Georgia, the centerpiece of the Obama Administration's support for the "nuclear renaissance," may be blocked–by the Obama Administration.
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*Please act now and tell President Obama and Energy Secretary Steven Chu to stop these loans for good.
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> http://org2.democracyinaction.org/o/5502/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=9662
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And please help us spread the word–in this case, our numbers really matter.
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Here's the background:
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*According to an article today from the industry publication Platt's:
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> http://bit.ly/H6GSDo
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–the nuclear industry is growing increasingly worried that the White House's Office of Management and Budget (OMB) will not give final approval for the Vogtle loan. That's because the nuclear industry wants a sweetheart deal–one where Southern Company has to put up virtually none of its own money and where all financial risk for the loan is laid squarely on the shoulder of taxpayers.
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But both OMB and DOE have come under scathing criticism, especially from Congressional Republicans, over the failure of the Solyndra solar company loan granted by the Administration. And the proposed Vogtle loan would be 15 times larger (and far riskier) than the one given to Solyndra.
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Thus, the Administration is being more cautious over the Vogtle loan than it would have been when first agreed to more than two years ago. And the more public scrutiny the Administration receives–and the more letters we send–the more likely that caution will lead to a cancellation of this loan
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Well –hell: I have to use "<br><br>" to post paragraph breaks to Common Dreams, but not to Energy News (of course). Sorry.
Craig
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Look! ..protesters in Kyoto shouted down Hosono.
http://ex-skf.blogspot.com/2012/03/goshi-hosono-is-being-shouted-down-by.html
Unprecedented amount of protesters..Kyoto
http://ex-skf.blogspot.com/2012/03/disaster-debris-wide-area-disposal-pr.html
YES!! Hold them back ..Kyoto..don't let them bring and burn radioactive debris in Kyoto.
Fight this from happening with all your might…
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Perhaps the People of Japan now are tarting to realize that they are under attack by the Gang Controlled Utilities!
Remember this story:
Japanese Convince Me Fukushima Was Genocide
http://is.gd/fGBJHT
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Did the Dimona Dozen murder the Fukushima 50?
http://www.jimstonefreelance.com/fukushima.html
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From Fukushima Diary..
http://fukushima-diary.com/2012/03/wild-birds-decreased-by-90/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+FukushimaDiary+%28Fukushima+Diary%29
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Why baseload power is doomed:
http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/energy-futurist/why-baseload-power-is-doomed/445
Great Article and many good comments
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A quote from the last post..Physics Forum…
As unit 1, unit 2 and unit 3's PCV temperatures and RPV temperatures are around 25°C ~ 55°C (as of 27 March), there is no significant variation of RPV and PCV parameters such as the released radiation doses, and we judge that the cold shut down status is comprehensively maintained.
In order to maintain the measuring instruments' soundness in the future, while the surveillance with measuring instruments is continuing, a study toward diversification and implementation of alternative temperature surveillance means is under way.
.. These guys ride the "short bus" to school or what…?
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PS..It's worded all "purdy-like"….lol…
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Seismic and tsunami damage to other NPSs
http://www.kantei.go.jp/foreign/kan/topics/201106/pdf/chapter_iii-3.pdf
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Nuclear reactor damaged by Japan tsunami still has fatally high radiation levels
28 March 2012 | UPDATED: 02:21 EST, 30 March 2012
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2121591/Nuclear-reactor-damaged-Japan-tsunami-fatally-high-radiation-levels.html?ito=feeds-newsxml
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EPA FAIL: Radioactive Food, Leaking Nuclear Plants: Helen Caldicott
Uploaded by MsMilkytheclown on Mar 31, 2012
"Helen Caldicott "Educate those Corporate Prostitutes in Congress"
originally Uploaded by FluxRostrum on Mar 30, 2012
On day one of NOW DC ( http://nowdc.org ) Helen Caldicot speaks at the EPA about nuclear radiation and the need to shut down the dozens of reactors in the United States that are identical to the Fukishima plant and they are also on mostly on fault lines.
Governments Worldwide Raise Acceptable Radiation Levels Based Upon Politics … Not Science
http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2012/01/governments-worldwide-raise-acceptable…
http://www.occupyepa.com
*Note: Single radiation dose of 2,000 millisieverts (200,000 millirems) and above causes serious illness. See also exposure list below.
Half-life of some radioactive elements
In addition, Fukushima's Unit 3 reactor also used MOX [mixed oxide], a plutonium-uranium fuel mixture that is deadly. A single milligram of MOX is 2-million times more deadly than enriched uranium…."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1ntr0D4QOM
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Voice of the streets
http://fukushima-diary.com/2012/03/voice-of-the-streets/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+FukushimaDiary+%28Fukushima+Diary%29
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Oh..A report..the Congressional Research Service
The Effects of radiation from Fukushima Dai-ichi on the US Marine Environment.
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R41751.pdf
..umm..the Buck guy..works for the Library of Congress.
The second guy…Upton..is involved with this paper..
http://www.nationalaglawcenter.org/assets/crs/RL34209.pdf
The last paragraph..papered scientist "garblese" at it's best..
He has co written with Woods Hole…
What a cozy little group….
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Foods with excessive radiation under new rule found in 8 prefectures
TOKYO (Kyodo) — Food items containing levels of radioactive cesium exceeding a new limit, to be enforced from Sunday, have been found in 421 instances in eight prefectures since January this year, a survey by the health ministry showed Saturday.
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/news/20120401p2g00m0dm012000c.html
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Iodine-131
Although drinking water levels of iodine-131 pose no risk to public health in Philadelphia, PWD continually monitors and investigates challenges to our water quality.
About Iodine-131
http://www.phillywatersheds.org/what_were_doing/source_water_protection/iodine-131
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China to ensure safe drinking water in countryside – Xinhua | English …
China to monitor radiation in drinking water around nuclear plants,
water safety for 298 million rural residents from 2011-2015, according to a statement issued by the State Council after a regular meeting presided over by Premier Wen Jiabao.
A total of 114,000 rural schools, and nearly 80 percent of the rural population will have access to safe drinking water through centralized water supply facilities, according to the statement.
In China's 11th Five-Year Plan period of 2006-2011, 105 billion yuan was used to make the drinking water safe for 210 million rural inhabitants.
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http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2012-03/21/c_131481108.htm
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Localities To Ramp Up Radiation Testing Of Food
TOKYO (Nikkei)–Prefectures near the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant are stepping up radiation testing of food to comply with tougher government guidelines taking effect on Sunday.
Radiation thresholds for food and water will be lowered to between 5-25% of existing provisional levels.
For instance, the radiation limit for vegetables and other general food items will be set at 100 becquerels per kilogram. Limits on milk and baby food will be set at 50 becquerels per kilogram, while drinking water will get a 10 becquerels per kilogram ceiling. Rice, beef and other items …
http://e.nikkei.com/e/fr/tnks/Nni20120328D2803A18.htm
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Japan’s Near Miss
Large Scale Nuclear Catastrophe and the Ongoing Crisis
March 31st, 2012
Spring is finally here. Even in post-apocalypse Japan after days of cold rain and gloom, the veil has lifted. The blue sky came out the other day, and people enjoyed Tokyo’s central park for gentle weather and sunshine dancing on the leaves; the viewing of early variety cherry blossoms; young families had picnics with their children and played ball; college students had boisterous drinking parties; dog owners strolled their barking status symbols; joggers and cyclists made the rounds; comedians, artists, acrobats, musicians and frenzied bongo drummers entertained passersby. Everyone was happy, alas, little did they know the following story.
Reactor Unit No. Four
While it is true that we live in interesting times, …
http://dissidentvoice.org/2012/03/japans-near-miss/
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"Near miss" is one of those odd phrases in English that actually mean the opposite of how they are used. "The airplane had a near miss with another airplane." "Japan was in a near-miss situation with disaster." In reality "near miss" means there was an actual hit or collision. The phrase should be "near strike" or "near hit," not that the planes *could* have hit each other but *didn't*, or that Japan could have avoided catastrophe… but we know it certainly didn't. They (Tepco, Japan) didn't nearly miss anything, they had and are still experiencing a cascade of problems that pretty much mean a slow, inevitable extinction level event.
I appreciate your bringing that article to our attention
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DebbyS, Pretty ridiculous isn't it !
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But it is a April 1st story !
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Recently, a high school female students in Fukushima suddenly collapsed and died from a heart attack. Myocardial infarction at a young age is often killed in Fukushima prefecture. Also died from a heart attack my precious friend. Scary is not a rumor from fact.
Baseline heart attack deaths in this age group:
15 years to 19 years (except for hypertensive) heart disease
1.0 per 100,000 people
http://portirland.blogspot.jp/2012/04/15191.html#more (Japanese)
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5.8 earthquake very near the Fukushima plant within the last hour. (7 miles NE of Iwaki)
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/usc0008twh.php
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Maps/10/140_40.php
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TY, dosdos.
-5 intensity at the earthquake station between Fuku Daichi and Fuku Daini: Naraha-machi Kitada*
23:04 JST 01 Apr 2012 37.1N 141.3E 50 km 5.9 Fukushima-ken Oki
http://www.jma.go.jp/en/quake/20120401230833391-012304.html
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Using USGS coordinates this earthquake is 21.2 mi (34.07 km) on land south from Fukushima Daiichi (#1) Nuclear Power Plant
This earthquake is 13.8 mi (22.24 km) from Fukushima Daini (#2) Nuclear Power Plant
http://www.movable-type.co.uk/scripts/latlong.html
Fukushima #1 37.422972N 141.032917E
Fukushima #2 37.316389N 141.025556E
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Email and web use 'to be monitored' under new laws
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The government will be able to monitor the calls, emails, texts and website visits of everyone in the UK under new legislation set to be announced soon.
Internet firms will be required to give intelligence agency GCHQ access to communications on demand, in real time….."
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-17576745
First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out–
Because I was not a Socialist.
Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out–
Because I was not a Trade Unionist.
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out–
Because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for me–and there was no one left to speak for me."
MARTIN NIEMÖLLER
see how the rest of the uk population likes it.. the uk anti nukes have been dealing with it for some time!!
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New study finds Japan’s defenses woefully inadequate to protect against a major tsunami
April 1, 2012 – TOKYO – Japan’s defenses against a major tsunami and the safety of its nuclear plants were thrown into further doubt after two official studies predicted much higher waves could hit and that Tokyo quake damage could be bigger than it was prepared for. The reports, carried in the media over the weekend, are likely to intensify the debate about whether to restart Japan’s 54 nuclear reactors, all but one of which are shut amid public fears about nuclear safety sparked by the Fukushima disaster in March 2011. One report said a quake as big as the one that rocked Japan in 2011 could trigger waves topping 34 meters (112 feet), almost double its previous estimate made in 2003 when it’s worst scenario forecast tsunami of no more than 20 meters (66 feet). The Cabinet Office panel which authored the report, revised its predictions after one of the biggest tremors on record struck Japan last year, setting off a tsunami that topped 20 meters in the worst-affected areas and triggering the world’s worst nuclear crisis in 25 years. “We won’t be able to contain …
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/01/us-japan-earthquake-idUSBRE82U05920120401
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April Fools joke on one of my favorite shopping sites. Maybe before Fukushima I would have laughed. Strangely, I don't feel like laughing right now. Maybe that's a sign I should step away from Fukushima news for awhile. I don't know.
I'm curious how most enenews regulars would react to this. (Moderator- I'm not trying to promote this website, I'm just curious to get everyone's reaction to this. If you want to delete, I understand).
http://www.tigerdirect.com/sectors/campaigns/kube/kubex15.asp?SRCCODE=WEM3063BY&cm_mmc=email-_-Main-_-WEM3063-_-tigeremail3063&utm_source=EML&utm_medium=main&utm_campaign=WEM3063
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Environmental Pollution..(radiation sign on the map)
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/?pageid=event_summary&edis_id=ED-20120401-34739-USA
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=ED-20120401-34739-USA
Wow..RSOE EDIs..damn near wrote a novel.
Something is up in Arizona..
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