Cal Berkely radiation monitoring updates (kale/air/milk)

[FBaggins]

Results Log

6/2 (4:25pm): A milk sample with a Best By date of 6/9 was added to our Milk results. We have our eighth non-detection of I-131 in milk, a non-detection of Cs-134, and a detection of Cs-137 right above our detection limit.


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6/1 (7:04pm): A milk sample with a Best By date of 6/6 was added to our Milk results. We have our seventh non-detection of I-131 in milk, and Cs-134 and Cs-137 both continue to decline.

In addition, the food chain samples have been updated with one new kale sample measurement (5/19). Unlike one of the previous samples from 4/28, no fission product isotopes were detected.



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6/1 (6:28pm): Air results were updated with our most recent sample, collected from 5/15-5/21 and counted for a 8 days. We have had our third non-detection in a row for I-131, and Cs-134 was also not detected. Cs-137 continues to decrease but is still detectable.


(FB note - Graphs are from air monitoring)

[AtheistCrusader]

1. That's great.

At least, for those of us in the US.

Here's hoping Japan can get the releases under control for their own sake.

[FBaggins]

2. Here's some from Japan.

Note that with the exception of Fukushima itself and the neighboring Ibaraki (which continue to fall)... the other 45 provinces are back down to background levels. Most of them have been for a couple months now. (This for airborne/fallout)

http://www.mext.go.jp/component/english/__icsFiles/afieldfile/2011/06/06/1306882_060614.pdf

The drinking water contamination results are similar. A whole bunch of "不検出" ("too low to detect").

Here's hoping Japan can get the releases under control for their own sake.

Of course. But those releases (i.e., the ones that resulted in these detections in CA and across Japan), while not "under control" have declined by orders of magnitude. What we're really hoping they can "get under control" is the ability to avoid things getting worse again.