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Fukushima radioactive fallout mostly dropped into sea: study

National Nov. 18, 2011 - 06:35AM JST ( 10 )

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MiyagidadNov. 18, 2011 - 08:20AM JST

The kamikaze saves Japan.......so we only need to deal with the contamination on land and the ongoing crisis. TEPCO has no idea where the fuel has gone in the melt-throughs. The molten lava is probably heading down towards the groundwater - if reached, that aquifier will be utterly contaminated, that means drinking water, irrigation, the regions sewers and eventually all agricultural soil/plants will be ruined. Little debate, as no one knows for sure, has revolved around what happens when a reactive molten mass hits freezing groundwater in an enclosed space - steam explosion? nuclear trigger? Lets watch some government scientists be rolled out to soothe our concerns and be thankful that we landlubbers are only dealing with 20% of the material that these criminally negligent fools allowed to be released in the first place, I know the fishermen don't see it this way.
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kurisupisuNov. 18, 2011 - 08:37AM JST

This is incorrect!

Large amounts of contamination is showing up in the sea food chain especially of those species at the top.

Any fish caught on the Pacific side of Japan is a grave potential liability to health.

We should also remember that the origin of the catch is at the port of whichever prefecture it is landed.

There are cases of fisherman travelling hundreds of kilometers out of the way to offload catches

Also, supermarkets are not marking the place of origin on packs anymore either
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The Munya TimesNov. 18, 2011 - 10:08AM JST

The rest has fallen on land

How much is the rest and if that is the rest (see link) then how much is in the sea water and in the food chain.

Japan has totally messed up herself.

http://newsonjapan.com/html/newsdesk/article/93145.php

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20111117x2.html
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zichiNov. 18, 2011 - 11:51AM JST

Considering it would have been far worse if the radiation had fallen 100% onto land, I would say it was fortunate. The sea can absorb the radiation quicker than the land. Just look at the millions of tons of atomic bomb testing mostly by America.
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kurisupisuNov. 18, 2011 - 03:57PM JST

The radiative particles are at the bottom of the sea-I would hazard a guess that the areas just off shore are extremely radioactive and that the bottom feeders and top predators will concentrate in the fish that humans consume.

Would I willingly eat fish from the Pacific sea?

No!
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ConnectionsNov. 18, 2011 - 09:20PM JST

@ Zichi

Pls stay on point.This is not about sentiments but facts.
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YongYangNov. 19, 2011 - 12:19AM JST

As many and I have posted from Day Zero, if it wasn't for the prevailing winds... what would have saved us?

Nothing.
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saru_auNov. 19, 2011 - 05:51AM JST

shellfish are a filter of the ocean... so i wonder what the levels are like in shellfish in the area
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UtrackNov. 19, 2011 - 02:34PM JST

I forgot I saved this link, it's a modelization of the dersperion of the Daiichi incident.

http://www.irsn.fr/FR/popup/Pages/irsn-meteo-france_Film-Global_8avril.aspx
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WilliBNov. 20, 2011 - 02:09AM JST

saru au:

" shellfish are a filter of the ocean... so i wonder what the levels are like in shellfish in the area "

Shellfish and seaweed is something I´ll try to minimize from now on.