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Fukushima forgotten
Nov. 3rd, 2011 03:14 pmhttp://www.ippnw-europe.org/en/nuclear-energy-and-security.html?expand=705&cHash=30fceaa6f9
Months after the disaster in Fukushima, some harrowing facts are beginning to surface. It turns out that a vast quantity of radioactive gas had been released in the atmosphere, and the Japanese government hadn't said a word about it. Turns out that this has been by far the largest amount of radioactive contamination in history, many times more horrific than Chernobyl, although the public was being told that the situation wasn't as serious. And chances were are the no one might have ever learned about it.
During the nuclear fallout in Fukushima in March, a quantity of Xenon-133 was released that was 2.5 times bigger than Chernobyl. The Xenon-133 and Krypton-85 gases can easily get into the respiratory organs and when they reach the blood stream, they can cause radiation disease. Moreover, it has been revealed that these radioactive gases were released into the atmosphere long before the tsunami had hit the shore. In fact, this leak was caused by the earthquake itself.
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Months after the disaster in Fukushima, some harrowing facts are beginning to surface. It turns out that a vast quantity of radioactive gas had been released in the atmosphere, and the Japanese government hadn't said a word about it. Turns out that this has been by far the largest amount of radioactive contamination in history, many times more horrific than Chernobyl, although the public was being told that the situation wasn't as serious. And chances were are the no one might have ever learned about it.
During the nuclear fallout in Fukushima in March, a quantity of Xenon-133 was released that was 2.5 times bigger than Chernobyl. The Xenon-133 and Krypton-85 gases can easily get into the respiratory organs and when they reach the blood stream, they can cause radiation disease. Moreover, it has been revealed that these radioactive gases were released into the atmosphere long before the tsunami had hit the shore. In fact, this leak was caused by the earthquake itself.
( Read more... )
