Xpost Cesium fallout widespread in Japan

kristopher

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Sat Nov-19-11 08:57 AM
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Xpost Cesium fallout widespread in Japan

Cesium fallout widespread
By MIZUHO AOKI

Radioactive cesium from the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant probably reached as far as Hokkaido, Shikoku and the Chugoku region in the west, according to a recent simulation by an international research team based on data after March 20, a week after the hydrogen explosions.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=115x317552#317552

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sce56

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Sat Nov-19-11 10:34 AM
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1. I was talking with a GE sales rep who stated that they were told one of the Sent Fuel Ponds was

Edited on Sat Nov-19-11 10:34 AM by sce56

a TOTAL MELT DOWN! All of that fuel is going below the containment! Of course this was just something they heard no concrete evidence.

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kristopher

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Sat Nov-19-11 11:33 AM
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2. I'd recommend the Union of Concerned Scientists as an objective source

http://allthingsnuclear.org/tagged/Japan_nuclear

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sce56

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Sun Nov-20-11 03:50 AM
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5. Dd you see anything about the melting of the spent fuel rods there?

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Festivito

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Sat Nov-19-11 11:55 AM
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3. The linked DU thread seems to have had a lot of quiet unreccing.

I wonder if they, the unreccers, search for the article link and miss posts such as this.

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sce56

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Sun Nov-20-11 01:42 AM
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4. Kick this up it needs to be seen by all

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