Frank Gaydos on sat 25 jun 11
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ivor and olive lewis on sun 26 jun 11
A recent TV documentary pointed out that radio active dust from Chernobyl
drifted over a much greater area than was initially recognised,
contaminating land in Sweden, Ireland and Northern England. These are Food
producing regions, grazing country, which will remain "Hot" for another
century
I visited the Winscale Reactor in the 1960's. Low level waste was discharge=
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into the Irish Sea.
We had correspondence from a clayart member who was afflicted with a
radiation induced illness. I fear our discourse will again introduce us to
people from Japan who suffer a similar fate in the not to distant future.
The irony is that the Japanese plant should have been decommissioned some
time ago
Ivor Lewis,
REDHILL,
South Australia.
Patty Kaliher on sun 26 jun 11
In Hawaii we are closer and downwind from Fukushima. At first the radiatio=
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levels in milk showed a small rise, still within normal and safe levels.
Within 3 weeks that radiation level had dropped back to the historic and
safe levels. As I understand it, the heavy radioactive atoms have the
longest half-life and are the most dangerous and they do not move very far
from the site. The lighter atoms which traveled on the wind as far as
Hawaii have a much shorter half-life and have very little affect on the
level of background radiation. Not to detract from the disaster in Japan
and its long term effects, they are specific to Japan. I'm amazed to see
the use of robotic drones and other robots working at and over the scene. =
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lot has changed since Chernobyl and Three Mile Island.
This is snopes word on the predicted fallout for the US and Canada.
http://www.snopes.com/photos/technology/fallout.asp Great use an
Australian agency name to generate fear in North America. Noone will check
if they really said what you say they did. Any problems in Philadelphia
would be far more likely related to Three Mile Island which is up river.
Please check facts before panicking.
Patty Kaliher
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