Published: April 22nd, 2011 at 3:58 am ET
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Nuclear Reactor In Ga. Shuts Down Abruptly, CBS Atlanta (AP), April 22, 2010 at 2:29 am EDT:
A nuclear reactor at Plant Vogtle in eastern Georgia has been taken out of service until authorities determine why it unexpectedly shut down. …
Nuclear reactors are designed to shut down if automatic monitoring systems detect conditions that could be unsafe. Southern Co. spokesman Alyson Fuqua said it was not immediately clear what prompted the shutdown. …
Read the report here.
Reactor at Plant Vogtle Shutdown, WJBF, April 22, 2011 at 12:41 am EDT:
Published: April 22nd, 2011 at 3:58 am ET
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Shut them all down, this earth is changing and moving.
Is anyone testing that steam that’s coming out?
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I’m with you windorsolarplease! The sooner they are all decommissioned, the better.
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Thank you, I think most people feel this way, especially now.
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I wish that most people felt this way. I’m sad to say, that I don’t believe it’s true, just yet…
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People see what is happening in Japan, and that this could happen anywhere at any time.
People can see that they don’t know what to do incase of an emergency and that there are no provisions for the public to go to, incase of an accident.
I prefer to give the majority of the people enough credit, that they are smart enough to see this is to risky.
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Plutonium-238 & Plutonium-239 detected by EPA RADnet
Plutonium was found from Alaska. to San Francisco California. and down into Guam since 03/18/2011.
For Example:
Kauai Sample collected 3/21/11 Plutonium-239
-0.0000043 pCi/m3 picocuries per cubic meter. That beautiful island, every cubic meter contaminated with particles of Plutonium-239! They have no idea what has hit them. An invisible tsunami has swept over paradise and it keeps on coming layer upon layer.
No public media announcement of these findings were made, to my knowledge. I wonder why? Only talk of I-131, odd.
Could it be they assumed it was within safe levels of inhalation and ingestion?
Perhaps it was in the daily allowable limits of plutonium consumption chart.
Now for a Steve Martin moment.
(When he was calmly trying to order a rental car at the airport, in “Planes, Trains and Automobiles”.)
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I never heard any public media announcement of that either.
If it is there, then wouldn’t it also be else where?
It makes sense that along with the other things we should be finding that in the air, ground, water.
It’s not a cocktail, that I want.
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WindorSolar I am now convinced that the human race is headed for a genetic holocaust of a magnitude that the world has never seen. The unstoppable power of bio-accumulation of DNA busting internal emitters is now in play. With Plutonium-238 and Plutonium-239 now in the fallout mix we are in big trouble. BIG TROUBLE.
I need an ice cream cone.
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That’s exactly right. Even if , by some miracle, we were able to avoid an end to the human race from Fukushima….the powers of greed would force us on to the next distructive event. Case in point: BP oil spill…has actually increased the drilling and distruction. The human race has been blinded by greed….time to say goodbye
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Noah, sources ALWAYS need to be quoted! So I am cleaning up after you:
source: http://theintelhub.com/2011/04/22/radioactive-fukushima-plutonium-and-strontium-bombarding-us-west-coast-since-march-18th/
Alex admits he does not know what the negative values mean. When I had to deal with lab tests, they’d get negative values because it is highly sensitive sensors and devices that *calculate* the values. Needless to say there is no such thing as a negative amount of a substance (in linear universe). In other words, negative values represent 0 or at the very most a minuscule amount which can neither be detected NOR determined correctly by calculation. So thanks for reporting a negative result, which is positive.
When it comes to measurements and resulting values, anything non-quantifiable is useless. Therefore better look at data the EPA can back up at http://www.epa.gov/radiation/docs/rert/radnet-cart-filter-final.pdf. When you look at the values for Pu 238/239 03/15 – 03/24: nothing (unless you’re into spreading paranoia as your 1st prerogative ….)
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besides we have free health care, its a win-win situation either way so dont go to pity stuff, the important is if my team wins the championship.
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correction is a plutonium/free healthcare win, if you check the results some are indeed negative but for example
GUAM GU 3/19/2011 3/31/2011 Plutonium-239 0.000012
thats quite positive, maybe you shoul read the entire table Mr. Lee Binder
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Lee, sorry for the messy quote, it was so late here where I live, half my brain was tied up in dreamland. And I was in shock and anger at the implications.
I took the zero value to mean that the identity of the particle was determined, but its energy output was scintillating so weakly that it’s output value was below the ability of the instrument to accurately quantify. Hence the data record of negative values has significance in a laboratory setting, it identifies fission products, giving the operator elemental periodic table identity and is valuable as an event indicator.
A negative value, to my understanding, would require the lab to forward the sample for further analysis, if the values are to be more accurately determined, by more sensitive instrumentation. No such forwarding would be necessary if the operator interprets the data is an event indicator, and not seeking to accurately determine further parameters.
To interpret negative values, in elemental terms, as “useless” would seem to void the use of the data as an event indicator. I assume the mission of testing, in this case, was to determine if nuclear testing, for example was underway, since the concern was maintaining the standards of non-proliferation.
In light of the mission to maintain treaty standards, I would be interested in negative numbers, especially when collaborated with positive numbers from reporting monitor stations with field equipment spread with wide geographic spread/distribution.
From an intel gathering perspective, I would be interested in the activities of my friends and neighbors. Again, I would find the presence of negative, numbers populating a data set valuable. As it would be interpreted in context of the positive values. In context, negative values would be interpreted as confirmatory of event occurrence, rather than an dismissible anomaly. I would like to agree with your appraisal of the data set, I would feel a lot better. But, I cannot.
I viewed the PDF you indicated, on the day of sampling, ND is indicated for Plutonium. Whereas, previously positive and negative numbers were present. An interesting change of data.
The data set has been altered for i.e. 3/21 Kauai, when compared to the set I viewed last night.
Lee, it is my opinion, the data set as a whole, which I reviewed last night (not the revised set), in my sleep fogged mind, indicated that P-238 and P-239 are now present in the locations indicated. Kauai included.
The data set you presented in “updated” PDF form, reflects no cause for concern for P.
Comparing the two sets (old one and newly “updated” gives the impression that negative numbers populating a data set along with positive numbers, equal ND.
When “updating” of data is used in accounting, its called keeping two sets of books. One set is damning, one set is comforting. But, of course this would not occur in an honest world.
It would be criminal to eliminate important data on such an important matter. What happened to it? Was it transformed to “Not Detected”? None Detected. It never existed.
“Forget about it…I said, forget about it” – Tony Soprano
“Sorry Tony”, “I guess I got mixed up”
“Yeah, you see nuttin’”
“Yeah Tony, yeah nuttin. I see nut-tin, nut-tin, nut-tin.”
“Pass the ice cream Tony”
“See, here you go, you like this stuff… it was nut-tin.”
“It was my eyes”, “the data was shining in my eyes”, “I got confused, you know.”
“You are such a dumb shit”
“Yeah, Tony, I seen nut-tin.”
From “Sopranos”, season 7, episode 1,
“Supression”. Tony becomes a public relations officer, and tries to go straight.
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For those in California, my respects. I know you must be feeling the stress. Plutonium in your immediate vicinity is somewhat of a death sentence. I really think that all those very bright, creative people in SoCal, Bay Area, Silicon Valley need to shake it up, build some kind of lead wall–something! CA has the capacity to get billions of people to watch their entertainment programs and movies. They should have the ability to get billions to take notice on this, too! Don’t go down without a fight!!
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Did I hear the words.. ice cream cone?
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Quote from the complete article:
Fuqua said the shutdown was apparently triggered by equipment related to an electrical turbine.
How old are these parts in our Nuclear Power Plants?
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There has been some geological shifting in that area.
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/01/06/magnetic-north-pole-shifts-forces-closure-florida-airport/
,Also a 3.5 earthquake off of Dauphin Island a few weeks ago.
I appears to me that is is lateral shifting as opposed to pole shifting.
This is of interest to me, as the disturbance of the seafloor due to the BP oil spill is on going and we are looking for geological changes in the area.
The New Madrid Fault is a legitimate concern. it is a fragile geological environment. The danger of earthquake amplified by years of fracking. Disaster is assumed with or without manmade help.The New Madrid Fault has sections thats also run in the GOM itself.
Returning to drilling in the GOM is beyond reckless.
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/01/06/magnetic-north-pole-shifts-forces-closure-florida-airport/
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oops..about the quake
http://www.fox10tv.com/dpp/news/local_news/baldwin_county/earthquake-reported-in-dauphin-island
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How many people STILL BELIEVE there is NO CENSOSHIP WORLD WIDE by ALL THE governments ??
ONLY POST FALSE data of the fastest 1/2 life fallout element…….Simple for people considered stupid by governments.
What CAN ANYONE DO ABOUT RUNAWAY reactor fuel ?? ABSOLUTLY NOTHING.
I am not changing my life 1 tiny bit or worrying about the world wide RADIATION death trap General Electric has caused using radioactive fuels. They are KILLING FAR MORE PEOPLE THAN ANY TERRORISTS !!
It may take months or years but the constant & INCREASINGLY STRONG radiation releases WILL GET US ALL.
Unless the Good Fairy from G E gets off his magical butt.
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Mommy never said you would live a full life time if you were a Green Person.
Time to join the none Greenies again.
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http://www.thewe.cc/weplanet/news/depleted_uranium_iraq_afghanistan_balkans.html
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This is news? Much dire situations happen and you never hear about them.
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Speaking of depleted uranium.
http://www.youtube.com/user/depleteduraniumiswmd#p/f/2/PbOp_9VfR6o
Fight people fight.
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The “green” people have been sold a bill of goods as well.
http://www.independent.ie/business/world/biofuel-policy-is-causing-starvation-says-nestl-boss-2591019.html
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Want to know what caused this? I have my theory, and for those capable, it is worth investigating… STUXNET.
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Algae technology.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/oct/27/us-navy-biofuel-gunboat
What is the source of this algae?
The “green” people forgot to care.
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I’m more concerned about the 5.5 aftershock that just hit 11km from Fukushima Nuclear plant.
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Shaking in your boots?
Shaken but not stirred?
I am attracted to sighing.
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@ k: I have very well seen the Guam (and a few other) positive minuscule Pu measurements (which still did not make it into the official Pdf because they are below a threshold, which, at some point – yes, I am aware – has been negotiated by a committee of scientists and gov. officials). There is no doubt that the Pu released @ Fuku has been (and most likely still is and will continue to be) spreading, and that this is absolutely terrible. Pu is not supposed 2 b around at all, period! That doesn’t negate the dire need for data as accurate as possible, to evaluate how dangerous a situation really is for a given area. If we get readings beyond a certain limit showing up in the Pdf then yes, it would be time to get onto the streets, esp. with Pu!
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Well we know they have covered the Pu with dirt in some areas around the nuclear plant. No words.
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http://www.slideshare.net/guesta1dd4c/chernobyl-radiation-victims
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I am absolutely dependent on TEPCO at this point and to tell you the truth, I don’t think they have the capacity to find a solution in a quick amount of time. I think it is time that an international body took over the situation there and that we got some of our best people working on solutions to the problem at hand. It won’t be REALLY all that long before the equivalent of the amount of radiation leaked at Chernobyl has leaked at Fukushima (and we know that it is going to take a long time to fix the problem, so we are all facing getting some form of radiation poisoning, even here in Canada. I don’t feel good about it. I want to do something to help. I am considering offering to help out in Japan, at Fukushima… I understand they are looking for workers (they probably mean QUALIFIED workers though). I am being half serious, you know.
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I know EXACTLY how you feel Tina, but it might be best to think about the things that you *can* control, like all the ways you can improve your health by eliminating processed foods and dairy products from your diet, exercising regularly, and avoiding as much radiation as you can. This will probably go on for months and months and no matter where we live, we will get low-level exposure. It’s not radiation poisoning you need to worry about; it’s cancer. There are lots of things you can do to reduce your chances of getting cancer and there are lots of carcinogens that don’t originate from Fukushima. If we all bought juicers and cleaned up our diets, the benefits might more than outweigh the risks from Fukushima.
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I would like to recommend the University of California, Berkeley monitoring website:
http://www.nuc.berkeley.edu/UCBAirSampling
I don’t trust sources that come from non-scientists, fear-mongers, or conspiracy theorists, or anyone who might be funded by the nuclear industry. Whether or not the space aliens are responsible, we are dealing with measuring radiation from a source that will continue to spew for some time. All sources need to be verified.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PESOAozKMMU&feature=relmfu
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one word- STUXNET If I’m right…this is only the beginning of an epic worst case scenario. yikes!
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http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/tag/stuxnet/
Cyber Warfare.
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Regulus quit drooling!
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Radiation Exposure From Fukushima Is Much Higher Than Mainstream Media Exposure
“he BEIR VII — meaning the seventh Biological Effects of Ionizing Radiation report on “Health Risks From Exposure to Low Levels of Ionizing Radiation” — came to a much different conclusion than the EPA, CDC, and the NRC. NAS actually concluded that there is NO SAFE LEVEL or threshold ionizing radiation exposure.”
http://theintelhub.com/2011/04/22/radiation-exposure-from-fukushima-is-much-higher-than-mainstream-media-exposure/
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