Three types of plutonium have turned up amid the radioactive contamination on the grounds of the earthquake-damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, its owner reported Monday.
The plutonium is a byproduct of nuclear reactions that is also part of the fuel mix at the damaged No. 3 reactor.
It was found in soil at five different points inside the plant grounds, the Tokyo Electric Power Company said late Monday.
Plutonium can be a serious health hazard if inhaled or ingested, but external exposure poses little health risk, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
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You said dik
see no insightful comment on CNN? duh!
Coal power = dirty power
nuclar power = cheap power
Green power = expensive power
Look @ california scince switiching over 2 more green power electricity costs went up same with oil scince fuel eficency and hybrid engines oil prices went up (the war is just a excuse not the reason y oil barrels prices went up demand for oil has been decreasing slowly)
FYI, nuclear power is not cheap. Not even close.
The only way it is profitable is because it doesn't have to play by the same rules as any other power source. It can't be dispatched. It's the first to come up (base load) and the last to come down. Private insurance won't touch the liability with a 10-foot pole no matter what the premium is, so the government must underwrite catastrophic insurance policies. Even with government loan guarantees, investors aren't investing in nuclear power because they know it's not cheap.
How do we protect ourselves in case something goes bad
the real meltdown is yet to come. wall street meltdown, that is.
CNN, please stop dramatising everything by selecting only proportion of the information out there and limiting the public from actual facts. Yes, your headlines grab attention but no you don't help anyone. Yes, trace plutonium was found, but how much? You must know because it's already been released into other media. Why did you not report the level of radiation and what the level implies in terms of risk to health? Please please understand that YOU have a massive influence on people's behaviour and sentiment so PLEASE BE RESPONSIBLE about using your influence.
Why does the one guy in the picture have his hat and gloves off? And another has his gloves off? It seems to me that if you're going to bother wearing safety equipment you should wear it properly.
Everything is will kill you. So they wont tell us the truth. Russa didnt hell we didnt on three mile. Who cares? industreal acdents happen every day. Six mo. Fom now it wont even be on the back page. After 911 we wanted to kick everones ass now we dont remember what we are fighting for. You want to do away with nuke power shut your computer off ditch your cell phone and all the outher useless junk u plug in and turn on every day.
Where is that massive solar flare when you need one. I would love to be set back 100 yrs. Then all these lazy kids would know what it's like to work to eat.
You guys will be begging for nuclear energy when the earth freezes solid. The unintended consequences of wind power overuse will slow down the prevailing winds modifying the weather and solar power will suck the sun dry.
STAY OFF the DRUGS. PLEASE.
Good GOD ,I've never seen so many knuckleheads on a news site before..
And I thought there were cretins on AOL.
Solar power. "Sucking the SUN dry."
Maybe it's time for this 'civilization" to END after all.
There's a lot of mixed information out there in the media about nuclear power plants, rediation leaks, etc., etc. One web site I've found very informative is at MIT – http://mitnse.com/. Good scientific explanations about what really happens in a boiling water reactor and subsequent damge as experienced in Fukushima. Proper analysis and understanding of the situation can only be based on solid scientific information.
Radiation is invisible. What is the incentive to release data unless the public has been able to detect it on their own? If the problem blows to other countries then they have an incentive to help pay for the clean-up.
Q. What's invisible and smells like worms?
A. Bird fartz.
I am surprised by the number of people still falling for the "everything is ok" "nothing to worry about" "there's no harm to human health.". You have no idea what the truth of the matter is. You foolishly rely on reports of "experts" that are PAID by those who are pro-Nuclear Power. They have to tell you there's no risk to human health because if they told us the truth, no one would quietly sit back amd allow governments to continue to invest billions of dollars in Nuclear Energy. Those profitting from that are happily living ever after in a land FAR FAR away from the radiation. Your support is helping them live their fairytale lives of proffiting from harming all the pesants.
People just living within a 20 mile radius near Nuclear plants have higher cancer rates. Leaks can affect even larger areas and partial meltdowns and full meltdiwns can affect the entire globe depending on wind direction and precipitation. Deaths in children between 0-5 years old from leukemia was up 65% higher than any other area in the USA in the 2 years following the Three Mile Island accident. This was blown off by officials as "coincidence". I have never seen a 65% increase as coincidence.
Mostly children, including those still in the womb will be suffering the consequences of the Fukushima Nucleae Disaster, but make no mistake, you too, no matter what your age, will have an increased risk of cancer because of it. As for plutonium, educate yourself on how serious exposure to it is. If you think for a second that plutonium is harmless, you are dead wrong.
I aM so WEIRd it's CRAZY
I hope dis aint stoppin ninja warriors on tv, love dat show
Go to NHK the BBC and Reuters.
Go to whatreallyhappened dot com and you'll know...
Google LUCUS or rabbithole2.com Think for yourself.