[Vision2020] Is it on its way to Idaho?

[Andreas Schou]

No.

(1) The initial radiation counts were wrong, have been corrected, and
workers have moved back into the plant.

(2) Even if they were correct, the problem at Chernobyl was that the
graphite reaction medium caught fire, spreading a plume of radioactive
smoke. Water is the reaction medium here, and doesn't spread radiation as
easily.

(3) Even if they were correct and the reaction medium was conducive to
spreading radiation, the plume would be incredibly diffuse before it reached
the west coast.

(4) Even if the readings were correct, the reaction medium was conducive to
spreading radiation, and plume was not diffuse, the main compounds that are
at issue -- cesium and iodine -- would have run through a dozen half lives
before they reached us, and would be barely radioactive.

There's no way the radiation is getting anywhere near us.

On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 8:33 AM, Art Deco <deco at moscow.com> wrote:

>  Is it on its way to Idaho?
>
>   Breaking News: Radiation levels at Japanese nuclear plant 100,000 times
> above normal
>             The Washington Post to me
>  show details 4:34 PM (14 hours ago)
>      ----------------------------------------
> Breaking News Alert: Radiation levels at Japanese nuclear plant 100,000
> times above normal
> March 27, 2011 7:27:22 PM
> ----------------------------------------
>
> Leaked water from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant showed the highest
> radiation readings yet, compounding the risks for the hundreds of workers
> trying to repair the facility’s cooling system. Seventeen workers have been
> exposed to high levels of radiation, and airborne radioactivity in the unit
> 2 building remained so high that a worker there would reach his yearly
> occupational exposure limit in 15 minutes.
>
>
> http://link.email.washingtonpost.com/r/7CWL7Z/YHOF1R/5V9MQT/OA0KHS/T5F5O/82/h
>
> For more information, visit washingtonpost.com<http://link.email.washingtonpost.com/r/7CWL7Z/YHOF1R/5V9MQT/OA0KHS/KODOF/82/h>
>
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