Radiation testing in France (for BRAWM to compare) site (good one too) (from Bill)

http://criter.irsn.fr/exercice/acteur/#anAnchor

Ok I psdeak a little french BUT it is pretty straightforward.

at the link is a map of france.

the blue and purple dots show radiation monitoring info (a variety of things from fresh (Frais legumes) produce to air and gamma.

Click on a button and give it a moment to load (maybe 20 seconds, there is no cursor prompt or highlighting). I tend to look at towns in the mountains which might get more precipitation. Literally a hundred or so monitoring points (not all the same as far as dates and info)

The options for, say, cesium 134 or 137 or iodine are found in the left column and will be highlighted if you put the cursor on it. You can then get the results.

I have only looked at a few of the points but I would say that their tests are consistent with berkeley in that the iodine did peak and is lowering substantially and the bioaccumulation of cesium 137 in fresh greens (legumes) peaked more or less and is levelling off at a consistent rate (as if all that has fallen so far has already pretty much fallen on it).

The french site says its all safe low levels BUT the levels are there for you to judge for yourself. It is the ONLY site I have seen like BRAWM and seems FAR ahead in terms of the number of results the french have done.

Also, French groups HAVE recommended pregant women an children avaoid the milk and contaminated plants (I have not yet found milk results, but if memory serves they were doing this on their site a few weeks ago)

BTW I DID see a gamma spike on April 28th consistent maybe with the one seen in California (would a solar burst cause that?)

Cheers all (and we WANT MORE MILK AND SPINACH RESULTS NOW!!!)
Thx BRAWM, despite our differences I still appreciate what you are doing! I DO wish Chivers would quit beating the drum for nuclear power though ;D

Bill

There are increased levels

There are increased levels of radiation during solar flares, but our germanium detectors are pretty sensitive to specific isotopes. If there were some kind of solar activity, it shouldn't show up in our results. I would presume that any group that can identify individual isotopes has similar capabilities.

Tim [BRAWM Team Member]

There was minimal sun

There was minimal sun activity in the last 10 days - this spike didn't come from the sun.

http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/rt_plots/kp_3d.html

Bill, while I value your

Bill, while I value your commitment and posts here, I think the last sentence in your post harping on Dr Chivers was uncalled for. A few posters, including myself, have already made suggestions as to leaving BRAWM'S nuclear philosophy out of the picture. Even though they work/study for nuclear energy, they still volunteer to do research regarding the fallout and post results. Without their generosity, there would be no site to get information and share. You didn't call him names, but you still personally attacked him. It would be better not to spit on the feet of the workers that help you.

It is difficult to get a man

It is difficult to get a man to understand something if his livelihood depends upon his not understanding it.
- Upton Sinclair

Nice "find", Bill, props, and thanks! [nt]

Rick.

Yes, solar storms can

Yes, solar storms can interfere with readings. Just taking a reading in sunlight will alter your results.

But, the spike in California happened between the hours of 9p and 6a the next morning. Not much sun at those hours.