Saturday, February 08, 2014

More Fukushima'd than ever....

Fukushima

Fukushima radiation levels underestimated by five times - TEPCO
TEPCO has revised the readings on the radioactivity levels at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant well to 5 million becquerels of strontium per liter – both a record, and nearly five times higher than the original reading of 900,000 becquerels per liter. 
Strontium-90 is a radioactive isotope of strontium produced by nuclear fission with a half-life of 28.8 years. The legal standard for strontium emissions is 30 becquerels per liter. Exposure to strontium-90 can cause bone cancer, cancer of nearby tissues, and leukemia.

2 comments:

Steve Bates said...

Somebody at TEPCO can't do arithmetic. Five million is MORE than 5x900,000, not "nearly" that amount. I swear, science and math education has gone to hell... worldwide!

ellroon said...

My husband and son agree with you on the science and math bit...