45 Tons Highly Radioactive Water Latest Leaking At Fukushima Plant Dec 5 2011 Update

[AnnieO100]

Thanks you! This is NOT over.

[withholeyshoes1]

Mystery disease is killing Arctic seals

VETERINARIANS in Alaska are at a loss to explain a disease that has killed almost 200 Arctic ringed seals since July. The animals' hair falls out, they develop ulcers on their flippers and skin, and they have lesions in their lungs, livers, hearts and brains. The disease may have spread to other species including spotted seals, bearded seals and walruses.

(New Scientist)

[conradmillermd]

@withholeyshoes1 Sounds similar to cesium poisoning - case described on internet. Cesium is taken into the cells, especially as if it is potassium. Potassium is the most common electrolyte in our cells. Cesium - radioactive - not supposed to be there. The repercussions have not been adequately studied to my knowledge. Who will fund such studies? They do need to be done right now, but on what form of life? Volunteers? Unfortunately the life forms in the Pacific Ocean are the guinea pigs.

[UU361]

Oh well, I mean like wat the fuck are you going to be able to do aboutit now anyway? It's too late.

[conradmillermd]

@UU361 Maybe get the plant under control as soon as possible, and stop this tremendous outflowing of radionuclides poisoning the Pacific Ocean and all life within it on up the food chain, plus the radionuclides like plutonium that could float around the planet and one microgram (one MILLIONTH of a gram, 454 whole grams=one pound) being enough to drop into your lung and cause lung cancer. Plus, why is Bill Gates trying to fund the making a nuclear reactor with China?

[cbemerine]

Its much worse. They do not, will not have the ability to grab and secure the melted through cores for the next decade (previously released news than they back pedaled.) So guaranteed leaking for next 10 years minimum. Measurements of Chernobyl Cesium 137 25 years later shows that either 1) they lied; 2) Cesium 137 decay rate is actually much longer than 30 year half life..can't remember what #3 was...Cesium, Strontium and other longer lived radioisotopes are real problem, for 1000s of years.

[conradmillermd]

@cbemerine You are correct that we have to worry about the radioisotopes/radionuclides for 1000's of years but let's get a bit more specific on a few. Strontium and cesium have half lives of about 30 years and 28.8 respectively and they are very prominent in nuclear waste from nuclear reactors, by volume. Most experts consider the time we have to worry about radionuclides being hazardous, or their hazardous life=10-20 half lives. That makes essentially 300-600 years for both Ce & Sr

[cbemerine]

@conradmillermd sadly still longer than we will be alive, in fact longer than my chlidren's children's, children's, children's, children's, children's children will be alive.

[artyfarty3]

omg , how do you kiss girls with that "thing" on your face ? lol , i think it's time to pull out the hedge cutters and give it a trim mate ;)

P.S. i did like your post :)

[nickharvey7]

 This is very sad news for all of us, but thanks for posting!