Fukishima radioactive isotopes!

[WoodlandShooter]

Probably get more radiation going up in the mountains to hunt than from Japan.

or a transcontinental flight....

or changing the battery in a smoke detector....

Besides, the solution to polution is dilution...and there is a lot of water between here and Japan

just sayin....

[snowpack]

i'm thinking there's a lot more radiation coming from the leaks at the Hanford tanks affecting the PNW than radiation coming from Japan.

[dreamunelk]

Yup, everyone stop hunting and fishing NOW!  I will keep testing and let you know when it is safe.  No need to thank me, just taking one for the team

[nwwanderer]

Was close to Chernobyl some years back, received more glow by a factor of ten flying at altitude than spending a week in the area.

[300rum]

I was talking to a guy a few years back, pre-internet, and somehow the conversation drifted to me being a hunter.  He mentioned how wild game has high levels of radiation from fall out over the years.  He said that because they basically eat plants from untilled soil that they accumulate more radiation then animals that eat from tilled soil.  I was interested in how he knew, he was a nuclear engineer from the olden days.  He compared it to still being able to find Mt. St. Helens ash in the mountains, years latter.  I thought it was kind of an interesting thought. 

[Special T]

We should likely be more concerned about all the water coolent leaching into the ocean and working its way this direction due to currents.

http://www.whatsondalian.com/news-453-radiation-fears-grow-after-japan-admits-fukushima-nuclear-reactor-core-cracked.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/30/world/asia/inquiry-suggests-worse-damage-at-japan-nuclear-plant.html?_r=4&partner=rss&emc=rss&


Its not  to be concerned.... it IS leaking radioactive water into the water table and then into the ocean.  when they remove the damaged rods into the storage facility that is complete in NOV there could be a major problem... 

[xd2005]

Yes, it has been reported lately (last few months vs years for the linked articles) that contaminated water is leaking into the ocean.

With that said, the amount of dilution that would occur between Japan and here would likely make any impact minor, if noticeable.

I should also note, not too long ago there was a piece going around Facebook discussing this with quite a bit of hyperbole. It included an image and implied/indicated it was a map of radiation spread, when, in fact, it was simply the tsunami wave height map by NOAA.

[Special T]

It is still cause for concern... I didn't find anything recent about it in a quick search, it does go to show that it is likely going to be an ongoing issue if it has been leaking for quite some time. How much will it affect us? Dunno, but i can tell you it aint gona be pretty in Japan. 

[xd2005]

Here's one of the recent ones.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/energy/2013/08/130807-fukushima-radioactive-water-leak/

[Special T]

Very informative article however i think it glosses over the potential down sides. Fortuanly most of those are in Japan.  I know people who got cancer from the chernobl accident, and its history is pretty scary... NOT exactly the same, but radiation is bad stuff.

[WoodlandShooter]

not too worried about it myself.

[Special T]

This is follow up for those of you who dismissed this issue because no MAIN stream media picked this up.  IMO The Everett Herald is Main Stream.
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20140110/OPINION02/140119987/Fukushima-plume-headed-to-West

Fukushima plume headed to West
Three years ago, I wrote a commentary opposing nuclear power due to concerns about nuclear plant safety and waste disposal. Three months later, Fukushima experienced a major earthquake and tsunami that caused three of the six Fukushima Daiichi reactors to lose power and melt down, including Reactor 3 that utilizes MOX fuel containing highly-toxic plutonium. A fourth reactor’s fuel pool is in danger of collapse if hit by another major earthquake. Although Fukushima, like Chernobyl, is classified as a Category 7 nuclear disaster (on the International Nuclear Event Scale), Fukushima remains a far greater threat than Chernobyl. Chernobyl was largely contained six months after the disaster. Fukushima may never be largely contained. Fukushima’s initial release of radiation was not as acute as Chernobyl’s. Unfortunately, the Fukushima complex was constructed on an ancient riverbed on the coast. Since TEPCO (Tokyo Electric Power Company) is continuously cooling the reactors by injecting seawater into the three reactors in meltdown, Fukushima continues to release hundreds of tons of highly radioactive fluids (millions of times higher than the safe limit for ingestion) into groundwater and into the ocean every day. A resulting plume of seawater and debris is devastating sea life in the Pacific Ocean as it moves east. Because this plume contains Strontium 90, whole fish populations in the Pacific could become unfit for human consumption. Strontium 90 bio-accumulates and behaves like calcium, building up in bone tissue causing leukemia. Note that this plume is due to hit the West Coast in late 2014. Eric TeegardenBrier

[xd2005]

This is follow up for those of you who dismissed this issue because no MAIN stream media picked this up.  IMO The Everett Herald is Main Stream.
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20140110/OPINION02/140119987/Fukushima-plume-headed-to-West

Fukushima plume headed to West
Three years ago, I wrote a commentary opposing nuclear power due to concerns about nuclear plant safety and waste disposal. Three months later, Fukushima experienced a major earthquake and tsunami that caused three of the six Fukushima Daiichi reactors to lose power and melt down, including Reactor 3 that utilizes MOX fuel containing highly-toxic plutonium. A fourth reactor’s fuel pool is in danger of collapse if hit by another major earthquake. Although Fukushima, like Chernobyl, is classified as a Category 7 nuclear disaster (on the International Nuclear Event Scale), Fukushima remains a far greater threat than Chernobyl. Chernobyl was largely contained six months after the disaster. Fukushima may never be largely contained. Fukushima’s initial release of radiation was not as acute as Chernobyl’s. Unfortunately, the Fukushima complex was constructed on an ancient riverbed on the coast. Since TEPCO (Tokyo Electric Power Company) is continuously cooling the reactors by injecting seawater into the three reactors in meltdown, Fukushima continues to release hundreds of tons of highly radioactive fluids (millions of times higher than the safe limit for ingestion) into groundwater and into the ocean every day. A resulting plume of seawater and debris is devastating sea life in the Pacific Ocean as it moves east. Because this plume contains Strontium 90, whole fish populations in the Pacific could become unfit for human consumption. Strontium 90 bio-accumulates and behaves like calcium, building up in bone tissue causing leukemia. Note that this plume is due to hit the West Coast in late 2014. Eric TeegardenBrier

This is a letter to the editor, means nothing.

[Bob33]

http://panokroko.wordpress.com/

It appears the Herald letter is a direct quotation.

[xd2005]

http://panokroko.wordpress.com/

It appears the Herald letter is a direct quotation.

There are words on that page?