Showing posts with label iodine. Show all posts
Showing posts with label iodine. Show all posts
Saturday, May 26, 2012

Radiation From Fukushima Accident Revised Up In New Report

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CNN.com reports  here : Japan's largest utility said Thursday that more radiation than previously thought was released into the atmosphe...
Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Fukushima Accident Summary From World-Nuclear.org

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When the data differ, the on-going summary defers provisionally to the Japanese regulator. Here is an excerpt dealing with the apparent rupt...
Monday, April 11, 2011

Namie, Japan, Radiation 14 Millisieverts in 17 Days, In Iitate 8 Millisieverts

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The source is believed to be cesium, with a very long half-life (a generation) compared to radioactive iodine (a week). An American gets on ...
Sunday, March 27, 2011

Iodine 131 and Xenon 133 Show Up in Nevada

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As reported here : [E]xtremely small amounts of iodine-131 and xenon-133, both of which are not usually found in Nevada, were detected at a ...

Fukushima Reactor 2 Basement Puddle Emitting 1000 mSv/hour

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An astounding number, which amounts to 1 Sievert per hour, from a puddle. Half of that is 500 mSv/hour, previously reported in the air over ...
Thursday, March 24, 2011

TEPCO Speculates Radioactive Puddle Contents Are Sign of Reactor Breach

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NHK World has the story here  about the puddle which injured 2 workers, exposing them to over 170 millisieverts while laying cable near the ...
Monday, March 21, 2011

Iodine 131, Cesium 134, Cesium 137, Cobalt 58 All Found in Sea Water Near Fukushima

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As reported here : According to TEPCO, radioactive iodine-131 was detected Monday in the seawater samples at levels 126.7 times higher than ...
Friday, March 18, 2011

Radiation in Perspective

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Over the course of an average American life of 78 years, cumulative normal overall radiation exposure of 6.2 millisieverts annually amounts ...