Cesium leak equal to 168 '45 A-bombs
NISA compares contamination to Hiroshima blast
AP
The amount of radioactive cesium ejected by the Fukushima reactor meltdowns is about 168 times higher than that emitted in the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, the government's nuclear watchdog said Friday.
The Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency provided the estimate at the request of a Diet panel but noted that making a simple comparison between an instantaneous bomb blast and a long-term accidental leak is problematic and could lead to "irrelevant" results.
The report said the crippled Fukushima No. 1 plant has released 15,000 terabecquerels of cesium-137, which lingers for decades and can cause cancer, compared with the 89 terabecquerels released by the U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima.
The report estimated each of the 16 isotopes released by the "Little Boy" bomb and 31 of those detected at the Fukushima plant. NISA has said the radiation released at Fukushima was about one-sixth of that released during the 1986 Chernobyl disaster.
"Little Boy," dropped Aug. 6, 1945, destroyed most of the city and eventually killed as many as 140,000 people.
Most of the Hiroshima victims were killed in the initial heat wave, while others died from the neutron rays generated by the midair explosion or the deadly radioactive fallout. No one has died yet from radiation emitted by the Fukushima plant, where explosions caused by unvented hydrogen blew apart the upper halves of the reactor buildings but left the reactor cores in place.
The report estimated that iodine-131, another isotope that accumulates in the thyroid gland, and strontium-90, which has a 28-year half-life and can accumulate in bones, leaked from the plant in amounts roughly equal to 2½ higher than the Hiroshima atomic bomb.
A separate government report released Thursday said that 22 percent of cesium-137 and 13 percent of iodine-131 released from the plant landed on the ground, with the remainder landing either in the ocean or outside its simulation area.
The National Institute for Environmental Studies said its simulation of aerial flow, diffusion and deposition of the two isotopes released from the tsunami-hit plant showed their impact reached most of eastern Japan, stretching from Iwate Prefecture in the north and to Tokyo and Shizuoka Prefecture further south.
The study also showed that iodine-131 tended to spread radially and cesium-137 tended to create "hot spots."
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How many before anyone
How many before anyone starts caring?
NOBODY?
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Doubtless, the miscarriage rate and Inter Uterine Fetal Demise (IUFD) rates have skyrocketed, particularly for males on Honshu Island Japan. The ratio of male/to female births has declined from above to below unity. I am not certain that “NOBODY has died’ is an appropriate appraisal, from the Japanese cultural viewpoint.
Jiz? is popularly venerated as the guardian of unborn, aborted, miscarried, and stillborn babies (Mizuko Jiz?). These roles were not assigned to Jiz? in earlier Buddhist traditions from mainland Asia; they are instead modern adaptations unique to Japan. At the same time, Jiz? serves his/her customary and traditional roles as patron saint of expectant mothers, women in labor, children, firemen, travelers, pilgrims, and the protector of all beings caught in the six realms of transmigration. Jiz? is also one of the 13 Deities ??? (J?sanbutsu) of the Shingon Sect of Esoteric Buddhism in Japan. In this role, Jiz? presides over the memorial service held on the 35th day following one's death. In the mandala of Japan's esoteric sects, Jiz? appears as the central figure in the Jiz?-in ??? section of the Womb World Mandala. In the Diamond World Mandala, Jiz? appears as Kong?d? Bosatsu ??? (one of the 16 Great Bodhisattva).
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Attribution
P.S. reference:
http://www.onmarkproductions.com/html/jizo1.shtml
Hi. More than references
Hi. More than references about Buddhist deities I would like to see the data you are using to conclude that "miscarriage rate and Inter Uterine Fetal Demise (IUFD) rates have skyrocketed, particularly for males on Honshu Island Japan."
Thanks.
Busby et al
Perhaps you should read up on Christopher Busby, if you are that new to this web site, and these topics.
There are a number of other sources in Japan, Europe and America.
So you have absolutely no
So you have absolutely no data to back up your claim that "miscarriage rate and Inter Uterine Fetal Demise (IUFD) rates have skyrocketed, particularly for males on Honshu Island Japan."
You shouldn't joke around with serious matters like this. Remember that based on the simulations published to this day, the west coast has received more fallout than half of Honshu.
'Shill-Science' is pseudo-science
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You are too clever, by half.
Certainly, the data on all these matters, is accumulating rapidly. The Japanese miscarriage, IUFD, thyroid anomalies, internal dosing, ARS, auto-immune disorders, blood disorders, mutations and the like are mounting up. The direct health consequences of these TEPCO-GE-AREVA-Seimens-Hitachi and Toshiba spawned events will span several centuries.
The devastating effects of the Fukushima Daiichi multiple meltdowns encompass an environmental Armageddon. We can now add another horseman to the Apocalypse.
Your argumentation is hollow and the depth of your intellect and integrity are shallow. Lying will not make it go away. Sarcasm will not deflect the consequences. 'Shill science', a terrible version of pseudo-science is again unmasked. Move it along. You are not even blocking the view.
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I'm just asking for your
I'm just asking for your data, anonymous, stop fighting ghosts. Not even Busby has published anything on increased radiation related health effects apart from his extrapolations based on fallout data and air radiation levels in Japan.
Argue with a liar?
I merely pointed out a self-evident lie. People are dying from the Fukushima nuclear disaster. The Japanese cultural reference was a deliberate effort to avoid injecting Judeo-Christian ethics or any Western Thought into the illustration.
You appear to be suffering under the mistaken opinion that I respond to fallacious and fatuous arguments, in a high school debate fashion. That is not the case. When some topic of general interest is raised, or some flagrant lie is presented by a shill ...
I may choose to point out the logical flaw or out the lie. It is pointless to argue with shills, liars and other fools. Seekers of truth seldom argue with deliberate liars. Simply pointing to the truth is sufficient, for most of our purposes.
Have a better day ... elsewhere.