Environment & Energy
In reply to the discussion: TEPCO Rose [View all]RobertEarl
(13,685 posts)Pam claims: ""Exelon is doing better than Tepco."" Wow, Pam, that has to be the most truthful thing you've ever written here.
Hey, while were at it here's a reply you might have missed from someone in Japan who tells you that your idea that Denver has as much radioactivity as Fukushima is, well, the reader can make up their own minds whether you are biased or not:
Art says:
"For example, here, about 500 feet above sea level 100 miles south of the Dai-ichi complex, the natural radiation level is about 0.09 to 0.1 microsievert per hour. Converted into millisieverts per year (the usual unit used for Denver), that would be approximately 0.7-0.8 millisievert, compared to 10 millisieverts of radon as an annual dose in Denver. However, this map and accompanying graph, which were compiled from February 2013 data, show that there are many hotspots in Fukushima that have much higher radiation levels than Denver (shown with red or darker squares in the map). The hottest spot is the Ottozawa district of Okuma Town, which is still registering more than 30 microsieverts per hour-- which is more than 300 times higher than the ambient radiation level in my city, and more than 26 times higher than the annual dose in Denver.