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In reply to the discussion: Fukushima - Unit 4 spent fuel removal >99% complete [View all]RobertEarl
(13,685 posts)17. ENENews
http://enenews.com/govt-report-reveals-fukushima-radioactive-release-larger-chernobyl-japan-reactors-could-emitted-four-times-cesium-137/comment-page-2#comments
Govt report reveals Fukushima radioactive release much larger than Chernobyl Japan reactors could have emitted nearly four times as much cesium-137
Published: October 20th, 2014 at 9:16 pm ET
By ENENews
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Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, funded by the Korean government, July 2014:
The Fukushima accident [led to a] release of huge radioactivity
It is reported 4 times more radioactivity was released to the sea than to the atmosphere
Best-estimate source term of 137Cs released into the atmosphere, is about 4%
Best-estimate release fraction of the 137Cs inventory that flowed into the sea about 16%
Of the 4% inventory of 137Cs released into the atmosphere, only 0.8% was deposited in the Japanese land and the other 3.2% was transported to the sea or other areas
The inventory available for release in the units 1-3 the time of accident [was] 7.6 8.2 x 10^17 [760 - 820 quadrillion] Bq for 137Cs
Because of the geographic location of the nuclear power plant at the beach of the Pacific Ocean more than 80% of the radioactivity released from the crippled reactors flowed into the sea
Govt report reveals Fukushima radioactive release much larger than Chernobyl Japan reactors could have emitted nearly four times as much cesium-137
Published: October 20th, 2014 at 9:16 pm ET
By ENENews
Email Article Email Article
538 comments
Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, funded by the Korean government, July 2014:
The Fukushima accident [led to a] release of huge radioactivity
It is reported 4 times more radioactivity was released to the sea than to the atmosphere
Best-estimate source term of 137Cs released into the atmosphere, is about 4%
Best-estimate release fraction of the 137Cs inventory that flowed into the sea about 16%
Of the 4% inventory of 137Cs released into the atmosphere, only 0.8% was deposited in the Japanese land and the other 3.2% was transported to the sea or other areas
The inventory available for release in the units 1-3 the time of accident [was] 7.6 8.2 x 10^17 [760 - 820 quadrillion] Bq for 137Cs
Because of the geographic location of the nuclear power plant at the beach of the Pacific Ocean more than 80% of the radioactivity released from the crippled reactors flowed into the sea
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Yes, the time traveling radiation has wiped out all life in the northern hemisphere
jeff47
Oct 2014
#81
So, your information is outdated or bad, but my reading comprehension is poor?
gratuitous
Oct 2014
#12
How do you explain how the entire pacific coast has been radiated and even dolphins in the Atlantic
zappaman
Oct 2014
#29
Well, my friend. Sometimes the only appropriate response to ideology is ridicule.
longship
Oct 2014
#33
Because it was written before and ENENews just decided to rerun it again for the gullible.
zappaman
Oct 2014
#26