Published: March 26th, 2011 at 7:09 pm ET
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Progress Energy: Low levels of radiation detected in U.S., WRAL, March 26, 2011 at 5:14 pm EDT
Progress Energy spokesman Drew Elliot said very sensitive equipment at the utility’s Robinson and Crystal River nuclear plants, in South Carolina and Florida, respectively, detected iodine radiation in the atmosphere, but said it did not pose a health threat for U.S. residents. …
Elliot said iodine travels through the air very easily, which is why it can be detected across the world from Japan, but he reiterated that levels were too low to “affect public health or safety.”
An email alert was sent to all nuclear employees, as well as to county and state leaders in the affected areas, on Friday, Elliot said. …
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Published: March 26th, 2011 at 7:09 pm ET
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I'll BITE and post to Gregory Thread though 
sending...
This will go on and on – for THOUSANDS of years, whenever there’s wind from Japan!
You may also be interested in how to treat radioactively contaminated drinking water:
http://crisismaven.wordpress.com/2011/03/22/dangers-properties-possible-uses-and-methods-of-purification-of-radioactively-contaminated-drinking-water-e-g-in-japan/
Maybe someone wants to help with Japanese and other languages?
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It’s good to know that the Crystal River nuclear plant has very sensitive monitoring equipment. This plant has been closed since Sept. 2009, and the reactivation has been delayed due to a crack in the containment building.
http://www.floridaoilspilllaw.com/gulf-coast-nuclear-plant-crack-reactors-containment-building
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This is the stuff that can give Thyroid Cancer. All the testers in Florida on the FDA site (there but readings N/A) have not work since the first cloud of 133 came in last Saturday, You all know this is Spring Break here now right ? $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
https://cdxnode64.epa.gov/radnet-public/showMap.do
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I meant EPA, thinking about the guy in the tower that fell asleep ZZZzzzz… while 2 Jets had to land themselfs.
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Jean
Yes, I saw that article last week, Glad it is being kept in the forefront, just hope they don’t try a patch job on this sinkhole infected Gumbi land of florida.
Gumbi land
‘There are parts of florida where you can drive your vehicle on and see the earth move under as it move across’.
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