data just posted from EPA shows U-238 detected in CA in March
http://www.epa.gov/japan2011/docs/rert/radnet-cart-filter-final.pdf
my apologies if this has already been posted... The EPA collected this data last month but just released. We were told those particles are "too heavy" to reach the west coast?
and link to updated EPA page: http://www.epa.gov/japan2011/rert/radnet-sampling-data.html#original-res...
Fukushima Daichii crisis
Fukushima Daichii crisis began in April, not March
Maybe in your world. To the
Maybe in your world. To the rest of us it started mid-march. More ramblings by low IQ trolls. Good bye now.
Info In Other Thread Here
Refer to http://www.nuc.berkeley.edu/node/2691
re:data just posted from EPA shows U-238 detected in CA in March
Items that can be found in air/the airstream include the eggs of species of spiders which are far larger than molecules of radionuclides. Don't believe me? Ask a ranger in Modoc County, CA about findings of Middle Eastern spiders surviving independently and found by individuals and rangers in the area. Because they are 'alien' breeds to the area, they are unable to mate, breed and multiply mixed progeny with local species and live out their lives in solitude subject of course to local predators!
A friend who used to own property up there found a rather large unusual looking spider on his property, took it to the ranger station and was given the above explanation. Apparently this is well known among researchers and has been for a long time.
As for the U-238 that can have natural source, the gases used in nuclear industry and likely released include others such as UF6 which I wonder if any of the detection equipment being used is set up for.
U-238 is naturally occurring
U-238 is naturally occurring in the soil. See this reply:
http://www.nuc.berkeley.edu/node/2599#comment-2002
However, the EPA detected it
However, the EPA detected it in the air. There would seem to be a legitimate question... how much of the detected U-234 & U-238 was:
a) Just kicked up by the wind
b) Otherwise released into the air by a local (US) source
c) Arrived from foreign shores
d) Came specifically from the Fukushima reactors
IF said radionuclides were tested for routinely at the same locations in the past, a comparison to past detected levels might help determine the answer to that question. Shrug.
It comes from China burning
It comes from China burning coal.
it is coming from the
it is coming from the leaking reactors and spent fuel rod pools at fukushima daiichi.
If it was coming from
If it was coming from Fukushima, you would see traces of U-235 as well. There aren't.
wrong. you would also see
wrong. you would also see traces of it in the waste gas and buy-products from your hypothetical burning coal in china. it is coming from fukushima, just like the radioiodine, the radiocesium, the Xe-133 and alot of other things.
watch these videos you decide
Video of blast at Fukushima nuke plant, radiation leak reported
Satellite images before & after Japan tsunami; aerial, ground video of aftermath
Actually, no you wouldn't.
Actually, no you wouldn't. U-235 is miniscule in natural sources. It makes up 30% of reactor fuel. You don't see U-235 because what us arriving is from natural uranium dispersed into the air. And the number one way that happens? You guessed it, burning coal.
interesting why it showed up
interesting why it showed up already 3/15? did the plume arrive then already?
First radiation hit 3/14/11 Evening
The first detectable radiation hit the west coast (southern half) late in the evening on March 14th. Late morning on the 15th on the east coast.
Next spike was on the 17th in the PM on the west coast. Am 18th on the east coast.
There have been a number of "waves" of radiation since than - at various latitudes depending on the jet stream location and the ground level weather patterns (winds, rains etc.).
Got any proof of the first
Got any proof of the first "hit" on the 14/15th?
PROOF RADIATION SPIKE MARCH 14 - OREGON
Portland Oregon Gross Beta Spike March 14 PM
Sorry it took so long but I went back to the database and reran the query to make sure the data was still the same as I observed three weeks ago. It is not the only one.
A spike like that doesn't
A spike like that doesn't indicate radiation. It's usually a device out of calibration, some external interference or a misreading. It says so right in the EPA monitoring page.
If it was radiation, you would see a gradual rise, and not a blip.
Plume hit
For sure on the 16th:
http://www.zamg.ac.at/docs/aktuell/Japan2011-03-19_1400_E.pdf
Quote:
"Minimal levels of Radiation now reached the CTBTO station in Sacramento/California. The radionuclides detected there on 16 March include Cesium-137 and Iodine-131."
Agreed it was there on the
Agreed it was there on the 16th. For it to have traveled across the Pacific in one day is quite questionable since the first explosion was on the 13th I believe. This is assuming that no leaks occurred before the first explosion, which is also of question.
This is why I was asking the parent if they had actual data that was detected as early as the 14th on the west coast.
eat a banana, go to jail or jumping jacked flash continued...
thank you. i appreciate your concern.