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truedelphi

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6. Here's text and original source (edited out personal name)
Tue Feb 21, 2012, 06:57 PM
Feb 2012

ews.yahoo.com/japans-fukushima-reactor-may-reheating-operator-234153498.html;_ylc=X3oDMTBtbXVzdWFnBF9TAwRlbWFpbElkAzEzMjkxODEzNTc-?bcmt_s=e


Yes J____,

I have a Geiger Counter, and have found hot spots all over Tokyo, Yokohama and Kanagawa-ken.

Even near my beach that I go surfing on. They were very afraid that if the winds were very wrong, this whole area would have had to have been evacuated. I have an American Passport, so was was not worried about me, but worried about friends and loved ones.

Hot spots are usually found near drainage from flat roofed buildings. The highest I found was 2.4 µSv That is almost 5 times the limit. What is sad is that there are always foot prints of little kids, cats and dogs in this dirt. If you take off your shoes and touch the bottom, then your skin, mouth eyes etc., you contaminate yourself.

I love the Japanese and Japan. But the government just lies over and over again. Reactor two right this moment is heating up again, and if it hits 100 degrees C, then we have more trouble.

The poor day workers that are sent up to work there can expect an early death. But there is no other work.

This situation is far from over.

####end of posted comments from Japan

My comments:
And of course, our president is planning on offering up as a loan, some 58 Billions of dollars, to ensure that GE and the rest of them can merrily continue their work here in the USA. Why do they care? If anything goes wrong, there certainly are enough unemployed Americans to work the DANGER FIELDS that would result.

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When I hear about how safe things are with the radiation situation, truedelphi Feb 2012 #1
please tell! FirstLight Feb 2012 #4
Here's text and original source (edited out personal name) truedelphi Feb 2012 #6
By all means, let us formulate policy based on a television comic/comedy show. Fortran Feb 2012 #7
That would be better than leaving policy formation to the NRC. :-/ n/t DeSwiss Feb 2012 #8
I would certainly rather have Marge Simpson make decisions rather than truedelphi Feb 2012 #10
No doubt. Fortran Feb 2012 #11
hmm... chervilant Feb 2012 #14
Oh, never mind... chervilant Feb 2012 #15
I wouldn't have ever slept again if you hadn't offered that opinion. Fortran Feb 2012 #25
aww... chervilant Feb 2012 #26
the slow-mo nightmare continues Warren DeMontague Feb 2012 #2
K&R... stonecutter357 Feb 2012 #3
It's on its way HERE. Just a matter of time. Brettongarcia Feb 2012 #5
cause a single to mutate? Fortran Feb 2012 #12
Fortran, you've been alerted on as a disruptor-troll. mistertrickster Feb 2012 #27
Very surprised the AP covered this at all. DeltaLitProf Feb 2012 #9
Your hopes are completely justified. Fortran Feb 2012 #13
An excellent source for accurate information about fukushima is Dr. Arne Gundersen freefall Feb 2012 #16
Thanks for this link, freefall. truedelphi Feb 2012 #18
You're more than welcome, truedelphi freefall Feb 2012 #19
Also several very interesting video updates can be found here: dixiegrrrrl Feb 2012 #22
I recently had heard a lecture by one of the NRC emergency response team members... reACTIONary Feb 2012 #17
"found cesium-137 levels well below the legal health limit" So this is major news why then? cstanleytech Feb 2012 #20
Message deleted by the DU Administrators TonyJameson Feb 2012 #21
Hmmm. Neoma Feb 2012 #23
Radiation found in the hallway at Snooper2's house snooper2 Feb 2012 #24
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