January 28 2014 Stronium-90 from Fukushima Expected on California Beaches - Radioactivity on California Beaches 10 Times Normal Levels ...

Radioactivity on California Beaches and Risks of Stronium-90 from Fukushima

If you expect that TEPCO or the Japanese government (or the United States and their Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) – will come clean with the public about the spread of potentially deadly radiation into your immediate surroundings – then you might be naive.

Following public concerns regarding radioactive data gathered at Half Moon Bay just south of San Francisco, the State of Californian’s official position thus far is that radiation poses no risk to residents. But was does the federal government say, or are they even concerned?

Whether from Fukushima or elsewhere, it would be prudent, and in the public interest if the EPA could provide real-time data on radiation in our oceans and beaches, as well as explain what are the sources of these radiations are. Can the US federal government manage to squeeze that into their budget?

Fukushima was a ticking time bomb, which may already gone off — as molten radioactive fuel goes ‘China Syndrome’ burning its way downward, releasing a steady and deadly dose of the radioactive isotope called stronium-90 into surrounding water tables, and eventually into the oceans. The presence of this isotope and the risks it poses are detailed in a number of existing reports, including this one at Mathaba.net, which reports:

“Strontium-90 levels stay near zero for the first 1,000 days, after which levels spike to dramatically and appear to remain elevated for the next 50,000 or so days. Though Fukushima is more than 3X closer to the water than the reactor in this study, it is more than 3X slower (0.133 meters/day vs. 0.5 m/d). And of course, Fukushima is dealing with three melted reactor cores, not one.
So when will it be 10^3 [or 1,000] days after 3/11? December 5, 2013, which is this Thursday.
Regarding strontium-90, marine chemist Ken Buesseler from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution said, “Our biggest concern right now is if some of the other isotopes such as strontium 90 which tend to be more mobile, get through these sediments in the ground water [...] They are entering the oceans at levels that then will accumulate in seafood and will cause new health concerns.”
The study lists several ways to try and mitigate the contamination: Installing impermeable walls around the plant, pumping off the groundwater, using extraction pumps, and freezing the soil.
However, Buesseler said, “Any contamination in the groundwater would eventually flow into the ocean. That is very difficult to stop even with barriers.”

The AP writes that Buesseler’s research suggests “contaminated water from the reactor-turbine areas is already leaking into the sea.”
Americans must now ask themselves: would they eat seafood, or swim in Pacific waters contaminated with stronium-90? It’s a fair question, but the public will also require some fair answers – from those who are in position to give them.

Sooner or later, our governments will have to come clean with the public regarding the nuclear industry – arguably one of the biggest modern threats to our healthy existence on planet Earth.

Michael Snyder lays out a compelling case for US residents…


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Chi·na syn·drome

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noun: China syndrome

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   a hypothetical sequence of events following the meltdown of a nuclear reactor, in which the core melts through its containment structure and deep into the earth.

Fukushima Radiation More Than 10 Times The Normal Level Is Detected On California Beaches

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Michael Snyder
BanooshMultiple independent tests have confirmed that levels of nuclear radiation are being detected on California beaches that are more than 10 times the normal level. Many believe that this is the result of highly radioactive water from Fukushima that has crossed the Pacific Ocean and is now washing up on California beaches. Others are blaming the radiation spikes on “natural sources”, but they can never seem to identify what those natural sources actually are. If this radiation is from Fukushima, it is only going to get worse over time.
Every single day, another 300 tons of highly radioactive water gets released into the Pacific Ocean at Fukushima.  Some of these radioactive elements have half-lives of about 30 years, so the total amount of radioactive material in the Pacific is continually growing and it will be with us for a very long time.  As this highly radioactive water hits the west coast of the United States, a lot of that nuclear material will end up being deposited on our beaches.  As you will see below, there is evidence that this is already happening.

Scientists all over the world have told us to expect a radioactive ocean plume from Fukushima to hit our shores at some point in 2014.  For example, check out what researchers at the University of South Wales are saying…

“The first radioactive ocean plume released by the Fukushima nuclear power plant disaster will finally be reaching the shores of the United States some time in 2014, according to a new study from the University of New South Wales — a full three or so years after the date of the disaster.”The following graphic comes from that study…

And another team of researchers has concluded that the plume of radiation from Fukushima that will be hitting our shores will “peak in 2016“…      READ FULL ARTICLE 


Recently, a video that was taken at Pacific State Beach (also known as Surfers Beach) went viral all over the Internet.  That video showed that radiation levels near the water on that beach are up to five times higher than normal background radiation.
Since that time, a number of other researchers have gone over there to confirm these findings.  For example, an electrical engineer with 40 years of experience went down to the beach and measured radiation levels that were about 14 times higher than normal…
“In a new development, El Granada electrical engineer Steven Weiss, a 40 year veteran designer of Geiger counters, took his own measurements and found hot spots that were returning levels 14 times normal background radiation.
“It’s not normal. I’ve never seen 400 cpm when I just wave my Geiger around.” 
Weiss told the Half Moon Bay Review. “There has to be something radioactive for it to do that.”
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