Published: November 11th, 2011 at 8:50 am ET
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Traces of iodine-131 detected in Europe, Trend, November 11, 2011:
“Low levels of a radioactive isotope have been detected in several European countries in the past days, but the source of the emission was unknown, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said Friday, DPA reported.” [...]
‘”But it’s a concern because there is a source somewhere,” an offical close to the IAEA said, adding that atmospheric measurements were made in countries including Austria, the Czech Republic and Hungary.” [...]
“People who take a transatlantic flight are exposed to a radiation dose 40,000 times as high as the one detected recently, the Vienna health ministry said.”
From the International Atomic Energy Agency’s brief statement on the detection:
- “The IAEA has learned about similar measurements in other locations across Europe”
- “The IAEA believes the current trace levels of iodine-131 that have been measured do not pose a public health risk and are not caused by the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident in Japan”
- “The IAEA is working with its counterparts to determine the cause and origin of the iodine-131.”
The iodine-131 finding comes around 10 days after the announcement of xenon at Fukushima, which was suspected to be caused by a criticality.
How long did it take for radioactive particles from Japan to reach Europe back in March?
“The substances were blown eastward by a jet stream traveling at a speed of some 3,000 kilometres a day, arriving on the US West Coast on March 18, in Iceland on March 20, and many other European countries on March 22, the researchers said.” -DPA
Because radioactive releases after the March 11 quake occurred almost immediately, the radioactive isotopes from Japan took about 10-11 days to reach Europe.
UPDATE via BBC at 9:25am ET (h/t Bobby1):
“The Czech nuclear security authority said it had been detecting radioactive iodine-131 at a number of monitoring stations since late October and had informed the IAEA to see if it could identify the source, Reuters reports.”
“Czech nuclear safety chief Dana Drabova said the iodine could have leaked during production of radiopharmaceuticals.”
“It was certainly not from a nuclear power plant, she said, adding that they were almost certain that the source was abroad.”
Published: November 11th, 2011 at 8:50 am ET
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i soo need a geiger counter!!!
uk rad monitoring down
but not out 
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Arclight, I have two soeks here. Do you want one of those? It only measures gamma and beta and it is not as good as the gamma scout but it is “in stock”.
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be nice to know if im still sucking up the iodine
…
ja!! email me!!
peace!!
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You can follow radiation levels by which monitors are not working. Not working monitors means radiation at a level that can’t be reported.
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Well, that is just dandy.
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“The Czech nuclear security authority said it had been detecting radioactive iodine-131 at a number of monitoring stations since late October and had informed the IAEA to see if it could identify the source, Reuters reports.”
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-15689555
So much for the “curium theory.” It’s a criticality. This had been going on since late October. It’s the same cloud that went over the US.
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If the xenon-135 (half-life 9 hrs.) that was detected on Nov. 1 was actually released on Oct. 23, there would have been 10 million times more of it than there would be on Nov. 1.
Xenon-135 is the decay product of iodine-135. That means there would have been a fantastic amount of iodine-135 released, much more than iodine-131.
Europium-152 was found at Setagaya on Oct. 30. This is a fission product, but its yields are very low. There are dozens of other nuclides that would have been found in higher concentrations. The other way that eu-152 is released is via neutron bombardment of control rods. Large amounts of eu-152 do not come from ordinary fission, or from nuclear bombs either. It comes from nuclear criticalities in nuclear power plants.
You can be sure that there was a large amount of strontium, plutonium, tellurium etc. also released.
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Bobby1, have you been told you happen to have a brilliant mind? Many bright minds here, not just you!
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When I was irradiated as a fetus by the Castle Bravo nuclear test, it dropped my IQ by 30 points. I coulda been smart.
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Strong DNA! Or a great luck! Congratulations, anyway!
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Is it possible they’re detecting Chernobyl?
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There has been reports of late the sarcophagus is leaking out radiation again and money was and has been secured to build a new one on top of the old !
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chernobyl_Nuclear_Power_Plant_sarcophagus
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Love a good spectrograph me … heres the action from france
Moving south to north!!
http://balisescriirad.free.fr/Resultats_%20Japon/avieaug.pdf
http://balisescriirad.free.fr/Resultats_%20Japon/avieaui.pdf
http://balisescriirad.free.fr/Resultats_%20Japon/avieaug.pdf
http://balisescriirad.free.fr/Resultats_%20Japon/avieaui.pdf
big beta drop?? Here…
http://balisescriirad.free.fr/Resultats_%20Japon/monart.pdf
don’t like blanks
http://balisescriirad.free.fr/Resultats_%20Japon/romart.pdf
activety around the 4th November?
http://balisescriirad.free.fr/Resultats_%20Japon/valg.pdf
peaks of beta??
http://balisescriirad.free.fr/Resultats_%20Japon/valart.pdf
end of the 4th November got to here??
http://balisescriirad.free.fr/Resultats_%20Japon/peaart.pdf
would have hit the uk on the 5th or 6th ? maybe? Germany sooner? What about the Belgium rad monitoring? Anything there?
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Hi Arclight,
this is a link to the official gamma measurements 2 miles from my home. I don`t believe them.
With radiation coming with west wind Germany can`t be hit sooner then GB, I think. Here are my 24 hour averages of gamma in Hamburg (microsievert per hour). Note the higher measurements before 04.11.
15.10.2011 0,144
16.10.2011 0,146
17.10.2011 0,149
18.10.2011 0,147
19.10.2011 0,147
20.10.2011 0,144
21.10.2011 0,143
22.10.2011 0,142
23.10.2011 0,144
24.10.2011 0,145
25.10.2011 0,146
26.10.2011 0,149
27.10.2011 0,145
28.10.2011 0,147
29.10.2011 0,148
30.10.2011 0,148
31.10.2011 0,148
01.11.2011 0,149
02.11.2011 0,147
03.11.2011 0,15
04.11.2011 0,148
05.11.2011 0,146
06.11.2011 0,145
07.11.2011 0,147
08.11.2011
09.11.2011 0,145
10.11.2011 0,143
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i think this release is possibly smaller… according to criirad, some measurable amounts, especially in the south…… the water monitor in aveau was high too!… rainout!! or river transfer!!
after mercoule i got 0.3 mcieverts/hr or more regularly
took a long time to finally clear too in certain terrains!!
the winds in the uk have been mainly from the south so it is possible for uk to have contact first though i havent been noticing the details …been paying more attention to the east coast of china
go figure!!
nice work bro!
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Great researcher as evr, Archlight! Thanks!
According to GRIRAD the first and biggest pick has been registered on the 2 of November. Count back 9 – 13 days and search for videos from this period. This is really interesting. It is around 20-th of October. The secondary picks with reduced intensity make me think about some emergency event with a short life. They have produced another fictional story with this pseudonews about spontaneous criticality. Well, if they speak, what they like, I can just write here, that there was one of the underground burst outs! And I am not afraid, because if I am wrong, people around me will correct me. Well, I think the coriums speak out loudly from time to time.
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do the people of sizewell need to take these??
“ANTI-RADIATION pills are to be handed out tonight to residents living closest to the Sizewell nuclear site – as a debate continues over whether more people should be issued with the medication for emergency use.”
http://www.eadt.co.uk/news/anti_radiation_pills_to_be_handed_out_1_61234
still awaiting advice from the government..?? eh?? when the government gets around to telling you, would it be too late??? should you take them now???
thats life with nuclear… GET OVER IT!!/sarc
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I wish some day those newsmakers will learn to support their affirmations with arguments! If they say it is not from Fukushima, or other nuclear facility, the right thing is to explain why! The hint about halflive does not work, it depends on the initial quantity and the time is short enough in this case. Any numbers from those monitoring stations? I thought they work with numbers and register different isotopes. Recently they produce just the affirmation, that everything is safe! I feel much better here at ENENEWS, because people state their arguments, even when they do not affirm positive opinion.
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“The IAEA has now determined that the Iodine 131 came from heel taps on shoes in contact with banana peels and tile floors. Tap dancing has been banned temporarily in Europe as a result.”
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caought this post from “hamburggeiger”
“I had a scary moment this morning, too. Instead of the “normal” 20-25 cpm I got 45 cpm in my first ten minute measurement today. Don`t know what that was. I am glad it was not repeatable. But I will have an eye on this today and in the next days.”
http://enenews.com/post-radiation-monitoring-data/comment-page-6#comment-150098
November 2, 2011 at 3:19 am
website date might have been nearer the 3rd european time
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I never saw such a high count again. It was and is always around 22 cpm over here. But that measurement is a fact. Maybe I was tired that morning an made a mistake, measuring two minutes instead of one?! I would love to know.
Here are some more detailed measurements from Hamburg, always cpm averaged over 10 minutes and later cpm averaged over 1 hour.
26.10.2011
background:
alpha+beta+gamma 21
beta+gamma 21
gamma 23, 24
ash from wood stove:
alpha+beta+gamma 26
beta+gamma 25
gamma 26
02.11.2011
7.40 Uhr 45 cpm gamma
7.50 Uhr 23 cpm gamma
8.00 Uhr 21 cpm gamma
8.10 Uhr 20 cpm gamma+beta
8.20 Uhr 21 cpm gamma+beta+alpha
9.10 Uhr 20 cpm gamma
9.20 Uhr 22 cpm gamma
since then I measure cpm as a one hour average:
12.40-13.40 Uhr 22 cpm gamma
14.00-15.00 Uhr 23 cpm gamma+beta
15.00-16.00 Uhr 22 cpm gamma
(“Uhr” means o´clock)
03.11.2011
12.40-13.40 Uhr 22 cpm gamma
04.11.2011
08-09 Uhr 22 cpm gamma
14-15 Uhr 22 cpm gamma
05.11.2011
08-09 Uhr 21 cpm gamma
11-12 Uhr 22 cpm gamma
06.11.2011
10-11 Uhr 22 cpm gamma
12-13 Uhr 23 cpm gamma+beta
20-21 Uhr 22 cpm gamma+beta
07.11.2011
in the afternoon 22 cpm gamma+beta
08.11.2011
8-9 Uhr 21 cpm gamma
16-17 Uhr 21 cpm gamma+beta
09.11.2011
10-11 Uhr 22 cpm gamma
12-13 Uhr 22cpm gamma+beta
19-20 Uhr 22cp
10.11.2011
vormittags 23cpm gamma
11.11.2011
07-08 Uhr 21cpm gamma
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the impact looks small then in northern europe with some (undiscussed by the authorities) impact in the south…
wonbder about spain?? be nice to trace the source!! could be as far away as isreal… oh does isreal have nuclear reactors by the med. sea?? how many?? earthquake proof?
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The jetstream in that time frame made kind of a “omega” over europe. It went more or less from spain north over GB than east over norway and then back south. We were lucky over here, I think.
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so maybe jet stream and uk and norway got hammered?? we need a spanish rad monitor .. any takers out there!! gracias!!
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or portuegeal?? catalonia…maybe that mob up in the pyrennes…censored…
somebody out there must care what they are “sucking up”! and what they are sucking up for that matter!
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arclight, more spanish readings here….http://maps.safecast.org/feedmap
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got lost on their website…duh…
but found this…thought i would share from three weeks ago
““The leader of a Citizens’ Group to Protect Children from Hotspot Radiation in Kashiwa city, Chiba, decided to suspend its activities. Mrs. Yuki Ohsaku, representative of the group evacuated recently to Kyushu after her two children started nosebleeding and other core members also are considering moving out of Kashiwa city. 10 members have already relocated. (Above video of Interview with Mrs. Ohsaku on the radio)
In May the Kashiwa mayor wrote in his blog that those worried about the effects of radiation have some kind of mental problems. Kashiwa city originally had no plan to conduct any survey after citizens reported high radiation levels. Mrs. Ohsaku’s group collected over 10,000 signatures and submitted the petition to the City Council with 100 members, and this made the Kashiwa city start measuring radiation levels in schools and do decontamination work.
However, the group’s activities and her relocation with two children to Kyushu caused lots of problems within her family. Her in-laws are not happy that she is disobeying the authorities and that her name gets published (since she is the group leader). Now the in-laws are demanding that she divorce her husband. She says that old and middle-aged people in general have absolute confidence in the printed media as their news source, and what’s not reported in the newspapers is not conceived as reality. The mainstream media (including newspapers) has the least coverage on health”
http://blog.safecast.org/2011/10/citizens-group-leader/#more-1654
brings it right home doesnt it??
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Pontevedra – Daily average air gamma radiation μSv/h
Current reading: 0.17 µSv/h (microsieverts/hour)
Time of reading: 計測日: 2011/11/15計測時間: 23:57:57.416783Z
Historical Graphs µSv/h: Last 24 hours | Last 4 days | Last 3 months
Most western point of spain..just above vigo….check out the 3 month historical maps.. anyone know how to save them?…some are missing full historical data.. clean up!!???????
http://maps.safecast.org/feedmap
Geochemistry of Major and Trace Elements in Sediments of the Ria de Vigo (NW Spain): an Assessment of Metal Pollution
Ria de Vigo is a funnel-shaped, fault-bounded coastal embayment in Galicia, NW Spain. There are a number of important centres of population and industrial activity along its margins, which serve as sources of pollution. Sixty-six subtidal sediment samples have been collected in the Ria. The samples have been subjected to a total di- gestion technique and analysed for major and trace ele- ments (Al, Fe,Ti, Mn, Cu, Pb, Cr, Zn, Co, As, Ni, Cd and Sr). Variations of absolute metal concentrations reected variations in textural and/or carbonate and organic mat- ter content.
http://www.mendeley.com/research/geochemistry-major-trace-elements-sediments-ria-vigo-nw-spain-assessment-metal-pollution-18/
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local reactors
“Santa María de Garoña Nuclear Power Plant
“The plant was opened in 1971 and would have closed on 5 July 2009 had its license not been renewed. Nuclenor, the plant’s operator, had sought a ten-year extension, which was supported by Spain’s Nuclear Safety Council ……..On 2 July 2009, the Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Trade compromised, extending the operating license for an additional four years”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Mar%C3%ADa_de_Garo%C3%B1a_Nuclear_Power_Plant
“Oct 31 (Reuters) – Spain’s 1,000-megawatt Almaraz II nuclear power station was back on line and running at 88 percent of capacity on Monday morning, operators said.
Seven of Spain’s eight nuclear plants were running at or near capacity by 1000 GMT and generating 6,315 MW between them, or 19.5 percent of total demand, data from national grid manager and regulator CSN showed.
Upgrading and uprating: Spain
26 August 2011
Unit 2 of the Almaraz nuclear power plant in Extremadura, Spain, has now completed an intense four-year power uprate project encompassing a switch to a new digital Ovation system platform, large mechanical equipment replacement, electric equipment and first-of-a-kind software analysis at the plant. By F.J. Sanz
Studies and analysis into the feasibility of uprating the two reactors at Almaraz nuclear power station were carried out with the support of Westinghouse, Enusa and Empresarios Agrupados. This work showed the possibility of increasing the thermal power of the two units to 2947 MWt, an increase of nearly 10% from the initial plant capacity of 2686 MWt.”
http://www.neimagazine.com/story.asp?sectionCode=76&storyCode=2060519
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Upgrading and uprating: Spain
26 August 2011
Unit 2 of the Almaraz nuclear power plant in Extremadura, Spain, has now completed an intense four-year power uprate project encompassing a switch to a new digital Ovation system platform, large mechanical equipment replacement, electric equipment and first-of-a-kind software analysis at the plant. By F.J. Sanz
Studies and analysis into the feasibility of uprating the two reactors at Almaraz nuclear power station were carried out with the support of Westinghouse, Enusa and Empresarios Agrupados. This work showed the possibility of increasing the thermal power of the two units to 2947 MWt, an increase of nearly 10% from the initial plant capacity of 2686 MWt.”
http://www.neimagazine.com/story.asp?sectionCode=76&storyCode=2060519
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Grrr!! (SO FAR)….. any spanish speakers in the house? If you do a search watch out for almaraz 2, as there is one in argentina as well!
“Westinghouse 3 Loop PWR 2696 939/894
157 fuel assemblies of 17×17 design with
264 fuel rods per fuesl assembly;
Unit 1 (1981);
Unit 2 (1984);
18 month cycle”
http://www.nucleartourist.com/world/spain.htm
and this is all I could find of one of the info links (power plant related)?????
http://www.cntrillo.es/
somebody got a sense of humour at the “ministry of information” is this the new “doublespeak” in action ?? LOL!
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looks like my reply to mungo was lost…
i did a thing on the dodgy reactors in spain…
short version info
old
crap
censored info
worried spanish secret service
worried iaea director
worried nuclear share holders
high readings in the north west near oncology town?? something has occoured around here (just north of portugal!! now im off to post all that was lost
keep up the good work admin
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Yes, my GC has done that a couple of times…freaked me out, but when I couldn’t get it to repeat the high readings I calmed down.
Although if 45 cpm is the same as 0.45, mine reaches that frequently. When mine freaked out it reached 1.72 uSV per hour! The other time 1.33…
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Was there a wind, when you took our measures,westcoastgirl? This stuff can move fast in proper conditions.
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hi wcg
st austell in devon uk
when i went there with my gieger i got readings of 0.4 mcsirvrts/hr in slow pulses with the air currents (posted on rad forum) this might have had hot particles/gases but it was mainly radon..i think…the evidence i posted suggested it…
st austell is placed near a run off to bodmin moor where the soil/rocks produce radon…this is well mapped in the uk and i posted links to that to!
not saying its healthy….just saying
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Dear WestCoast. I’m a guerilla gardener over in Oakland about five blocks from BART toward Broadway and Piedmont Avenue/Temescal area. If you would like to get together to take readings, I think we could think of more locations to test for radionuclides. I can’t afford to get a GC myself, it turns out, unfortunately. I would love to know what kind of even cesium accumualtion (most GC’s are calibrated either only for or at first for Cesium-137, even though there are DOZENS to hundreds of radionuclides in fallout) work in the dirt on a regular basis.
One of the things going on with your GC could be that it maybe is already losing its sensitivity. I’m not sure what your GC is rated for. Most of the ones that are accessible to most people (the 99% lol) wear out quite quickly, or more quickly than advertised. The other problem could be calibration, which I know little to nothing about. There are probably other problems with the below $800 (or whatever price point could be associated, in general, with better sensitivity and operating longevity) level GC’s that I’m unaware of but would be happy to help research. Another thing that could be interfering with data collection, or not, is the selection of data collection sites and perhaps methods. I have a Furcrea longaeva (Agave relative) in one of my medians which more horizontal or flatter lying leaves have been covered by a very greasy black (not mold or mildew, something else)in it’s guttered leaves where rainwater can pool. Of course, a large part of that black, greasy covering could be soot from autos, as well as bunker fuel residue from the very busy Port of Oakland.
Let me know what you think about testing together or getting together to discuss Fukushima, at your convenience. If I don’t get back to you right away, keep trying as I’m not always often on ENE due to school and obligations of living in an increasingly expensive Northern CA, to which I’m sure you can relate.
Frank
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So whats really happening is they suffer criticality, they leak half truths eluding to some kind of problem…then they shut up and let us hash it out. I mean, is that not the pattern since 311? In fact they usually leak half truths after the fact correct?
Our health is in these hands.
These hands hold our future.
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Anthony, we are on the half way of getting free. We know they lie, and we are learning how they make it. Step, by step.
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On Now ! here’s the App, live feed for Rense Radio “Jeff Rense Program”
http://rense.gsradio.net:8080/rense/livefeeds/16k.asx
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WHAT CRIIRAD AND THE EU HAD TO SAY
“The risks associated with iodine-131 contamination in Europe are no longer “negligible,” according to CRIIRAD, a French research body on radioactivity. The NGO is advising pregnant women and infants against “risky behaviour,” such as consuming fresh milk or vegetables with large leaves.
In response to thousands of inquiries from citizens concerned about fallout from the Fukushima nuclear disaster in Europe, CRIIRAD has compiled an information package on the risks of radioactive iodine-131 contamination in Europe.
The document, published on 7 April, advises against consuming rainwater and says vulnerable groups such as children and pregnant or breastfeeding women should avoid consuming vegetables with large leaves, fresh milk and creamy cheese.
The risks related to prolonged contamination among vulnerable groups of the population can no longer be considered “negligible” and it is now necessary to avoid “risky behaviour,” CRIIRAD claimed. ”
http://www.euractiv.com/health/radiation-risks-fukushima-longer-negligible-news-503947
AND WHAT THE IAEA SAID
what did they say …..huh!?? cant find it….must be around here somewhere?????
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It seems the radiation is arriving in waves,GC’s “freaking out” would be an indicator that something is passing through and hot particles were on or near the devices GM tube temporarily before depositing on the ground,in our lungs,etc. BTW,The TEPCO Fuku cam has had me watching a “fireworks display” near the ground at Reactors #3-4 and is still looking like someone lights red “road flares” every couple minutes and the “white points” are red,green,yellow & pretty damn frequently seen too!!,I left it up full screen when I finally fell asleep & my wife (sadly another sheepherders daughter,lol)-she thought it was a “scary haunted house”!!LOL! More like the “Portal to Hell”!!,she likened the above ground fissions lighting effects to “eyes glowing”& moving around!!But when I told her what she was actually looking at-”I don’t wanna hear it” & “talk to the hand”…dumbass….So another day TEPCO has “gone fission”-too bad for the sea that they always “catch & release”!!
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from the beeb 11 November 2011 Last updated at 17:14 breaking
Low levels of radioactive particles ‘found in Europe’
“Czech nuclear safety chief Dana Drabova said the iodine could have leaked during production of radiopharmaceuticals.
It was certainly not from a nuclear power plant, she said, adding that they were almost certain that the source was abroad.
Slightly elevated readings of radioactive iodine have also been found in northern Germany, the country’s environment ministry said.”
The iodine-131 particles do not pose a public health risk, the International Atomic Energy Agency said.”
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-15689555
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Hi all, I already posted this yesterday. The NPP Temelin in the Czech Republic has been reporting problems recently.
I’d rather think the I-131 is from there than from Fuku.
http://thewatchers.adorraeli.com/2011/11/11/low-levels-of-iodine-131-from-unknown-source-detected-in-europe/
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ahh! missed that … could be pleausable the plume/plumes moving east and north….
will wait for details from the IAEA… sure they are on the case doing what they do? (whatever that is?? phoning WPP maybe?? )
peace
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11 November 2011 Last updated at 17:14
Low levels of radioactive particles ‘found in Europe’
“The Czech nuclear security authority said it had been detecting radioactive iodine-131 at a number of monitoring stations since late October and had informed the IAEA to see if it could identify the source, Reuters reports.
Czech nuclear safety chief Dana Drabova said the iodine could have leaked during production of radiopharmaceuticals.
It was certainly not from a nuclear power plant, she said, adding that they were almost certain that the source was abroad.
Slightly elevated readings of radioactive iodine have also been found in northern Germany, the country’s environment ministry said.
But the levels were so low they were barely detected, a spokeswoman quoted by Reuters news agency said.”
Errr!! a spokeswoman??? Just in “northern Germany” ????
And this
“The iodine-131 particles do not pose a public health risk, the International Atomic Energy Agency said.”
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-15689555
THE IAEA PRESS RELEASE
“11 November 2011 | Vienna, Austria – The IAEA has received information from the State Office for Nuclear Safety of the Czech Republic that very low levels of iodine-131 have been measured in the atmosphere over the Czech Republic in recent days.
The IAEA has learned about similar measurements in other locations across Europe.
The IAEA believes the current trace levels of iodine-131 that have been measured do not pose a public health risk and are not caused by the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident in Japan.
Iodine-131 is a short-lived radioisotope that has a radioactive decay half-life of about eight days.
The IAEA is working with its counterparts to determine the cause and origin of the iodine-131.
The IAEA will provide further information via its website as it becomes available.
http://www.iaea.org/press/
nice and brief and not any details…feeling reassured by the good old iaea…
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Oh yes. I think if it was Fuku radiation, it wouldn’t have been monitored in the Czech Republic first. That would be odd. The I-131 would’ve had crossed some other countries before (well, the French gov. wouldn’t have noticed, of course).
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agreed (i think)
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France – Desperately seeking new sources of electricity!
“No country uses nuclear energy as intense as France. Three quarters of the electricity are generated by nuclear fission. But the French have a problem: As Germany gets out of the nuclear force, lacking electricity reserves.
The Socialist presidential candidate Francois Hollande: “I’ll get something that I think is a step forward, namely the construction of the new European pressurized water reactor (EPR).”
French Greens do not want new nuclear power plants.
The EPR reactor is being built in northern France – 20 years since the first new nuclear power plant. Every month, the plant is scheduled to dozens of millions more expensive than. Since this commitment by Hollande, the Greens have dug up the hatchet.
Last winter, Germany has exported the energy of one and a half nuclear power plants to France. Collette Winter, a consultant at Capgemini: “This situation is serious after the German nuclear phase-out – so either France must now look elsewhere for energy, or it must ask its consumers to consume less during peak times.”
Indeed, France is hoping this winter for Belgium. But behind closed doors everyone says that this is not enough. So far, every late autumn in Paris, was established a crisis team, which follows the power consumption of the French.
Industry Minister Eric Besson had to supplement this time: watching particularly closely.
In Bretagne, for example, where there is lack of sufficient power lines, consumers now get warnings such as SMS. Then it says: washing machine, radio and television show and turn down the thermostat. It could be that the coming winter it will be like this all over France.
I WISH! HA!
http://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/frankreich440.html
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Hi BreadAndButter,
now that is nice.
In the winter they don`t get enough energy from their rotten nuclear facilities to power all their old-style electric heating, and in the summer they have to turn them down because they lack cooling water due to draught.
Looks like they have to import energy the whole year. Maybe that is one of the reasons why they don`t want us to end nuclear.
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Vive la révolution!
Ever noticed on the thousands of TV images from helicopters during the Tour De France, you “NEVER” (or perhaps “very rarely”) see a solar hot water panel, or horror-of-horrors a solar photovoltaic panel on any of the rooftops in any French village or city?
French politicians would do well to ENCOURAGE citizens as follows:
1. Energy austerity: woollen clothing indoors, scarves, beanies, hot water bottles (or is that only for “British peasants”?)
2. Properly clothed thussly, but very unfashionable, it is possible to stay vaguely comfortable — even when sedentary — down to temperatures as low as 15 to 16 degrees Celsius indoors. This will save GIGAWATTS across France in the coming winter. Just stop being so haughtily-frenchily-fashion-conscious!! C’est bourgeois!
3. Put your fridge on an outside balcony all winter long. This will slash your household electricity bills, and the nation’s megawatt-hour usage.
4. Get an exercise bike with a DC dynamo, and make electricity while you warm your body. This will be your indoor exercise on cloudy/rainy/snowing days, when your solar cells are not charging your batteries very much.
5. Zillions of other small energy saving actions, that all add up to massive cost savings for householders. Jut stop being a wasteful, lazy passive “consumer”, and start your own energy revolution…
“Vivent”(?) les cellules photovoltaïques, source d’énergie indépendante. Vive la France! “Die, you nuclear dogs” (someone please translate that into French!)
Solar = life. Wind power = life. Nuclear = death.
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In Antarctica, an outdoor “fridge” is an insulated box with a thermostatically-controlled heater inside it. 4 degrees C? “No worries, mate!”
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“either France must now look elsewhere for energy, or it must ask its consumers to consume less during peak times.”
not heard of kyoto then??? lol
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Show this woman some love for all the hard work she is doing!
http://www.youtube.com/user/tokyobrowntabby
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love u tokyobrown tabby!!!
“Life in the Deathzone (by German WDR-TV, Oct. 18 & 24, 2011)
From: tokyobrowntabby | Nov 8, 2011 | 75 views
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This is a mirrored video from 007bratsche’s channel at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3z0rC5Ua_w&
This report was broadcasted on October 18 and 24 by the german TV-station WDR. WDR is a part of the public channel ARD. Their Japan-correspondent went to Minamisoma for a week and talked to people there about their lives after the Fukushima catastrophe.
Translation and captioning by 007bratsche.
http://www.youtube.com/user/tokyobrowntabby#p/a/u/1/wAQ51pTgY8Y
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Tokyobrown tabby is very brave. Coffins? Do you think those are rows of coffins?
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From what I got from article is they dont know wherer its from but its there and widespread. A British Professor states its more likely from medical patient exretions in the environment. I almost shit myself reading his summation!!
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http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE7AA4U020111111?irpc=932
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We got another bleeder somwhere…how many plants have we had to juggle just in a year?
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