Radiation levels 8 times normal levels near main gate of Fukushima nuclear plant - agency

[TomClash]

Source: Reuters

Just headline - no story yet.

Read more: http://live.reuters.com/Event/Japan_earthquake2

[Vinee]

1. just heard it's actually 1,000x normal/acceptable levels

[Ptah]

4. 1000x in the control unit

From the OP link:

Radiation levels in Fukushima Daiichi plant central control unit is 1,000 times normal, Kyodo says

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

7. For now.

If they're admitting those levels; you can be assured they're much higher/

[Dufus24]

24. 1000x ?

Wonder what a control unit is? Is that the control room.....where people work? And if it's 8x out at the gate, either thet are releasing the steam pressure, or worse?

[xchrom]

2. Recommend

[plumbob]

3. Good thing they had nuke power. Imagine the hazard if solar panels

or wind generators had been damaged in the quake? Hoo-wee!

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[AtheistCrusader]

14. One guy fell inside a cooling tower and was killed, during the tremors.

No other deaths yet.

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[AtheistCrusader]

25. Sure, but you said 'at the reactor site', and didn't specify cause.

Likely no one has been injured by radiation exposure, yet, if the 1000x number is accurate and goes no higher.

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[AtheistCrusader]

32. No deaths/no injuries yet.

Still early though. I'd wait till the reactor is under control (or totally out of control) before wondering too much. Fog of war and all that.

1000x normal emission is still two full decimal places below what you get from a whole-mouth dental x-ray.

[plumbob]

34. Yep, except a whole mouth dental x-ray lasts about 30 seconds.

This is like getting 3,000 full mouth dental x-rays every day for the duration.

I would imagine that even the ADA would not recommend that.

These one-time spot exposure figures are cute. Overlooked is the actual 24-hour-a-day emission in these amounts.

Kinda like saying, "Well, it's like being stabbed with a short nail file." Yep, and thousands of continuous stabs with a mail file will kill you, and not over some mythical eon-ic type of time frame.

[gateley]

8. They (meaning EVERYBODY who supports nuclear energy) won't see the

folly of trying to "contain" the nuclear fallout/spread/poisoning/whatever it's called. We think we can control everything on this earth - that we're the boss. :eyes:

Love your post. :thumbsup:

[femrap]

11. It's pretty amazing to think

that after being attacked by nuclear bombs that they'd want to have nuclear energy at a place that has so many earthquakes. But I guess they were willing to take the risks.

Mother Nature is sick of being treated like shit! And she doesn't like her whales being slaughtered either, dudes. This is probably just the beginning of her long-awaited revenge. Can't say I blame her.

[Blue Meany]

17. Yup, the wind spills can leave a real mess n/t

[WatsonT]

27. They'd be safe from the effects of nuclear power however

they also would have insufficient electricity to maintain their civilization if they tried to switch to nuclear/wind/hyrdo exclusively.

[OhioChick]

6. "Radiation level in Fukushima Daiichi plant central control unit 1,000 times normal: report"

As per link.

[plumbob]

9. Some asshole on CNN now claiming that 1000x is actually

quite safe, will have no ill effects on anything or anyone, could go higher with no effects at all. Did not catch his name - white guy with white hair.

That's a relief!

Remember kids: Radiation is our friend, keeps us warm and glowing with health!

[gateley]

10. Tell that to the children who will be born shortly and develop cancer later in life.

Tell that to the people who will come down with a whack thyroid.

I'm sure "they" thought it was safe to watch the bomb testing from atop hotels in Las Vegas as long as you wore sunglasses. What we know know that we didn't realize then... and what will they learn in the future that we don't realize now?

[snappyturtle]

18. Exactly! nt

[WatsonT]

28. At least the autism/vaccine folks

waited for the autistic kids to appear before blaming their boogey-man.

[femrap]

12. Is this new MSM

talk part of Obama's new "We don't want any drama" stance.

Here kids, eat a grenade....looks just like an artichoke.

[AtheistCrusader]

15. 1000x 'normal'. Keep in mind, the radiation output of a normally working reactor is lower than the

earth's background radiation.

[WatsonT]

29. Clearly the earth isn't safe

ban it!

[LiberalEsto]

19. Well, why doesn't he go there personally

and take his kids along, then?

[ElsewheresDaughter]

13. This is why nuclear power can never be considered as alturnative energy source........

Japna has the most advanced technology for reactor safety.....if they failed no one can make it safe.

give me the warm power of the sun and the cool breeze power of the wind and give me the power a waterfall but take all your atomic poison power away !

TAKE ALL YOUR ATOMIC POISON POWER AWAY !

[AtheistCrusader]

16. The sun is atomic power...

[mattvermont]

20. and thankfully

93 million miles away

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[AtheistCrusader]

23. And you get a dose of about 35 mrem/year from it. Just about 3x what the reactor

is leaking, if the 1000x number is accurate.

[WatsonT]

30. Safety is only one aspect to consider

it also must generate sufficient electricity to make it worthwhile.

You know those clocks people build using a potato to generate an electric current? Perfectly safe, more so than even wind power as they can't even fall over and crush anything.

However they aren't a real alternative.

[ElsewheresDaughter]

33. The Fat Lady has sung !!!.....it's all over..."Explosion "the core is exposed 70 mile zone set...

[sce56]

31. From USA Today better reporting

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/ondeadline/post/2011/03/radiation-1000-times-normal-detected-around-crippled-japanese-plant/1

By Michael Winter, USA TODAY

Radiation 1,000 times normal has been detected inside a crippled nuclear plant in northeastern Japan where utility managers have released radioactive steam to reduce mounting reactor pressure, the Kyodo news service is reporting, citing the government's safety agency.

That suggests radioactivity could spread around Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima No. 1 plant, where thousands of residents within a 6-miles were ordered to leave before dawn Saturday.

There's potential danger to the public from three of at least 11 nuclear power reactors that are shut down because of Friday's 8.9 earthquake, the Christian Science Monitor reports.

Managers at Fukushima No. 1 said before the planned release of steam that any radiation would be "very low and the safety of nearby residents has been ensured," Kyodo news service reported earlier. Within the hour ago plant officials said some radiation may have already been released, according to Kyodo.