The situation at Fukushima is NOT expected
to improve any time soon. Radioactive emissions will continue
to accumulate in Japan, North America, the Pacific Ocean
and throughout the Northern Hemisphere for the foreseeable
future, We have waited to bring you these tools not wanting
to become part of the global panic and normal scaremongering,
and in the hope that the situation would improve, It now
seems the situation has continued to deteriorate and some
form of personal monitoring would be prudent
The decision to raise
the alert level to 7 amounts to an admission
that the accident is likely to have substantial
and long-lasting consequences for health and
for the environment.
“Radiation is continuing to leak
out of the reactors, the situation is not stable at all,
radiation continues to leak,” says Dr. Michio Kaku,
professor of theoretical physics at the City University
of New York and top graduate of Harvard. “We are
looking at a ticking timebomb. It appears stable but
the slightest disturbance, a secondary earthquake, a
pipe break, evacuation of the crew at Fukishima could
set off a full scale melt down at three nuclear power
stations–far beyond what we saw at Chernobyl.”
Radiation map chernobyl disaster
At least 14 US cities reported unsafe radiation
amounts in drinking water. However, EPA is only
testing for Iodine-131, not Cesium, Uranium or
Plutonium, all emitted from Fukushima. Several
radiation monitoring stations throughout Spain
have recorded increases in the concentration of
iodine and cesium in the air coming from Japan.
Same goes for France.
Aftershocks rattling Japan after the nation’s
record quake on March 11 may continue for at least six
months, increasing the risk of damage to a crippled nuclear
plant at the center of the worst nuclear crisis since
Chernobyl. “Aftershocks as big as magnitude-7 are
likely to continue hitting in eastern and northern Japan
for at least six months,” said Teruyuki Kato, a
professor at the University of Tokyo’s Earthquake
Research Institute.
This is the main scientist to listen to and it’s
worthwhile to watch his most recent statements on the
video. Radioactive contamination from the Fukushima power
plant has been carried around the world and far out to
sea and if current estimates and the situation do not
worsen we already will have 10 percent of Chernobyl’s
radiation spreading around the globe and it looks like
each and every month we will see another 10 percent of
another Chernobyl’s worth of radiation released
to contaminate the world further. Dr. Kaku says his family
is already leaving Tokyo because they don’t believe
the statements of the Japanese utility because they have
consistently low-balled the dangers, as has everyone
else.
Full meltdown in full swing? Japan maximum nuclear alert
Dr. Chris Busby, another physicist says there is a rage
in the people in Tokyo and he now predicts based on his
calculations that 800,000 people out of about 8 million
who live within 200 kilomters of the plant will contract
cancer if they are not moved out. Dr. Kaku still advises
entombment in a giant slab of concrete, with 5000 tons
of cement, sand and boric acid but if that ever happens
it will be months away and take a huge effort that would
take many more months
Radioactive Iodine -131
China’s Ministry of Health said today April 13, that radioactive
isotope iodine-131 had been detected in various kinds of vegetables
in 12 provincial regions. The radioactive isotope was found in spinach,
asparagus, lettuce, cabbage, Chinese cabbage and other vegetables
in Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Shandong,
Henan, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi and Hainan, according to a statement
from the ministry.
The risks associated with iodine-131 contamination
in Europe are no longer “negligible,” according
to CRIIRAD, a French research body on radioactivity.
The NGO is advising pregnant women and infants
against “risky behavior,” such
as consuming fresh milk or vegetables with
large leaves. In response to thousands of inquiries
from citizens concerned about fallout from
the Fukushima nuclear disaster in Europe, CRIIRAD
has compiled an information package on the
risks of radioactive iodine-131 contamination
in Europe.
After the radioactive cloud emanating from
Japan’s stricken Fukushima nuclear power
plant reached Europe in late March, CRIIRAD,
a French research body on radioactivity, an
NGO, said it had detected radioactive iodine-131
in rainwater in south-eastern France. In parallel
testing, the French Institute for Radiological
Protection and Nuclear Safety (IRSN), the national
public institution monitoring nuclear and radiological
risks, found iodine 131 in milk. In normal
times, no trace of iodine-131 should be detectable
in rainwater or milk. Radiation monitors in
Canada, in Ontario, New Brunswick and British
Columbia have also detected radioactive iodine.
These two physicists are the men to monitor
if you want a real assesment of the level seven nuclear
disaster. With each passing week the words “safe”, “low
levels”, “not harmful” will all lose
their meaning as the more massive amounts of radiation
are released.
This accident has already released something on the
order of 50,000 trillion becquerels of radiation. You
do the math. That puts it right smack in the middle of
a level 7 nuclear accident,” said Kaku. NISA and
Japan’s Nuclear Safety Commission (NSC) estimate
that 370,000 – 630,000 terabecquerels of radioactive
materials have been released from Units 1, 2 and 3. One
terabecquerel equals one trillion becquerels.
Br. Busby, who is Scientific Secretary of the
European Committee on Radiation Risk, calculated
two weeks ago radiation levels two weeks ago. “Since
the official International Atomic Energy Agency
(IAEA) figures for the Fukushima contamination
are from 200 to 900kBq.sq meter out to 78km from
the site, we can expect between 22% and 90% increases
in cancer in people living in these places in the
next 10 years. The UN definition of radioactively
contaminated land is 37kBq/sq metre. Since the
IAEA data show that these levels of contamination,
from 200,000 to 900,000 disintegrations per second
per square meter, exist up to 78km from Fukushima,
we can already calculate that the contamination
is actually worse than Chernobyl, not 1% of Chernobyl.
For the area defined by a 78km radius is 19113
sq km compared to the Chernobyl exclusion zone
of 2827 sq km. About seven times greater.”
In the next month we will see a repeat
or perhaps an intensification of the radiation being
put out into the environment—as the melting nuclear
materials continue to break through barriers. Radiation
emitted will continue for an indeterminate period – at
least months, maybe years—many many years Mark
Sircus Ac., OMD
Are personal
Radiation Detectors effective?
Illinois will donate 2,000 personal radiation
detectors to Japan for use by emergency workers
as they search through debris and start cleanup
operations, according to a report of Chicago
Tribune Friday. The pager-sized detectors will
alert workers when radiation levels spike and
help limit the danger of radiation exposure. Source
Radiation sickness
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
on Sunday said the U.S. faced little threat from radiation
released in Japan in the aftermath of the March 11 earthquake
and tsunami. "Given the thousands of miles between
the two countries, Hawaii, Alaska, the U.S. Territories
and the U.S. West Coast are not expected to experience
any harmful levels of radioactivity," the agency
said on its website.
But not everyone is feeling
so reassured.
If fuel at a nuclear reactor melts down completely and
breaches the reactor's containment vessel, it could cause
a gigantic explosion as superheated fuel comes into contact
with the water coolant. That's the word from Dr. Ira
Helfand, a Massachusetts-based nuclear safety expert
and past-president of Physicians for Social Responsibility.
He said it's not clear just how far such radiation from
such an accident would spread - and what the health consequences
would be.
Dr. Michio Kaku, Theoretical Physicist: Fukishima Daiichi Nuclear Facility
is a "Ticking Time Bomb"
Radiation sickness results when humans (or other animals)
are exposed to very large doses of ionizing radiation.
Radiation exposure can occur as a single large exposure
(acute), or a series of small exposures spread over time
(chronic).
Radiation sickness is generally associated with acute
exposure and has a characteristic set of symptoms that
appear in an orderly fashion. Chronic exposure is usually
associated with delayed medical problems such as cancer
and premature aging, which may happen over a long period
of time.
"At Chernobyl, it spread over large areas
of Europe, and significant areas up to 100 miles
downwind needed to be abandoned," he said,
referring to the notorious 1986 nuclear accident. "But
the conditions were somewhat different, and we
aren't sure how far the radiation will be distributed
this time."
The risk of cancer depends on the dose
and begins to build up even with very low doses. There
is no "minimum threshhold."
Causes: The
causes include:
•
Accidental exposure to high doses of radiation such as
a nuclear power plant accidents
• Exposure to excessive radiation for medical treatments
What if you think you've been exposed to
radiation? The Federal Emergency Management Agency
recommends immediately changing your clothes
and shoes, putting the exposed clothing in a
sealed plastic bag, and then showering thoroughly.
If told to evacuate, the agency says, keep
car windows and vents closed, and use recirculating
air. If told to stay indoors, turn off the
air conditioner and other air intakes and go
to a basement.
There is lots of information from
Russia about the use of iodine to protect the
thyroid. In Poland the use of iodine dosages
was found to highly protect children’s
thyroids from cancer. The risk for cancer of
the thyroid is much greater in children requiring
much lower exposure to I-131 than it does for
adults. Same goes for pregnant women or lactating
women.
Potassium iodide supplements can
help curb the risk of cancer if taken just
before or shortly after exposure, Dr. Helfand
says, but should taken only with medical supervision.
The specific
causes of potential life-threatening nuclear radiation
emergencies include...
Nuclear
power plant accidents here or abroad (Three Mile Island,
Chernobyl) Nuclear
materials processing plant accidents (Tokaimura, Japan)Nuclear
waste storage or processing facilities mishaps (radioactive
waste from hospitals, spent fuel and radioactive waste from nuclear
power plants, radioactive contaminated materials, etc.) Nuclear
waste transport truck or train accidents Accidents
involving non-waste, but normal daily nuclear materials transport
(trucks, planes, trains, couriers) One out every 50 HazMat shipments
contain radioactive materials. Approximately three million packages
of radioactive material are shipped in the United States each
year. Improper
storage of radioactive materials (non-waste) at any point during
their normal material life cycle. (Power plants, Medical, Industrial,
Academic, etc.) Lost
or stolen radioactive sources "Based on information available
to the NRC, an average of approximately 375 sources or devices
of all kinds are reported lost or stolen each year in the U.S.
-- that is, roughly one per day."NRC
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What can
i monitor ?
Imports
from Japan and other affected countries Your
Food Your
enviroment
A Canada Border Services Agency official has
refused to handle packages coming from Japan after
he was denied the use of a radioactive screening
device, a union official says. The anxiety comes
a month after a devastating 9.0.-magnitude earthquake
and tsunami hit the coast of Japan, crippling the
Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.The complaint was
initially voiced a week-and-a-half ago when a worker
at the Gateway postal facility in Mississauga asked
to use a radiation detector to screen mail that
was arriving from Japan. “His request was
denied by the CBSA,” said Jason McMichael,
national vice-president of the Customs and Immigration
Union. Source
The Associated Press
has reported that radiation monitors are being
deployed in the western United States and Pacific
territories in an effort to allay concerns about
the danger of exposure to radiation from the nuclear
plants. In addition to Guam and CNMI, Hawaii and
Alaska also are setting up monitoring stations
which will send real-time data via satellite to
EPA officials, who will make the data available
to the public online, the AP reported.
And the beat goes on :(
Do I need a Radiation
Detector?
The reasons for acquiring a radiation detecting dosimeter
are as varied as are peoples perceptions of the most
likey threats. Radiation threats are unique in that you
can't see, smell, taste, hear or feel them, until it's
already done its damage and you are suffering the effects.
Without a radiation detector you would have to depend
solely on the limited resources of the authorities to
monitor your location, then determine your risk level,
decide the best protective action and then to 'get the
word out'. Exclusively depending on others to monitor,
evaluate, warn and advise you, in a rapidly developing
nuclear radiation problems, would surely not be anywhere
near as quick or accurate in revealing your current risk
as when you are capable of taking your own independent
radiation readings.
Bottom Line: Having on-hand
an inexpensive radiation detector in this day and
age is a low cost family warning system.
Personal Dose Alarm Meter
WITH AUDIBLE
ALARM
Detailed Product Description
Personal Dose Alarm Meter
Easy operation
pocket size
radiation detector used for nuclear radiation detector
Main specifications
Detector:
GM tube
Dose
rate : X,? dose,Max. Rate 5R/h
Energy
range: 30KeV—60Co,-40%—+80%
Speaker
and alarm : One sound is equivalent to dose of 3.2µR;
one sound per second is equivalent to dose rate of 10mR/h;
continuous sound alarming and light flashing if dose
rate is more than 1000 mR/h and or GM tube is blocked
Power
: AA battery 2pcs
Size
: 95(H)×55(W)×20(T)mm
Delivery 10-14 Days
Personal Dose Alarm Meter
WITH
AUDIBLE ALARM
Pocket
Nuclear Radiation Dosimeter
Features:
High
sensitivity and response to environmental background. Measuring
both does and dose rate, and providing various alarming
signals. Low
power, small size and easy use. Personal
Radiation Dose monitoring Sensitive
to X ray, Y ray
Nuclear
power plant accidents here or abroad (Three Mile Island,
Chernobyl)
Imports
from Japan and other affected countries
