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FBaggins

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34. That's just nuts. Sorry.
Fri Mar 15, 2013, 01:30 PM
Mar 2013

There's no guarantee that levels measured at a few specific sites will fall by half in 30 years, because contamination can migrate from areas of stronger concentration to the area where the measurements are taken. It can even go up.

But it's an incontestable fact that half of the total cesium will be gone roughly every 30 years.

I notice that you didn't cite any source for your information concerning the half-life of Cesium 137 at Chernobyl. Since you don't seem to trust info from the INTERNET, where did you get your information?

What makes you think that the INTERNET says only one thing? You can find all sorts of nutty ideas on the internet (and enenews is a great place to find them).

You can google "Cs137 half life" and likely come up with scores of resources. They'll all say the same thing because it'd a physical constant. It isn't open to opinion or debate. In fact, it's right there in the text that you posted.

Recent tests are showing that the Cesium 137 release at the Japanese explosion is four times greater than Chernobyl.

No. They don't. They took an iodine equivalent calculation for the cesium from Fukushima and compared it to the cesium emissions from Chernobyl (without applying the same conversion). That's either ignorant or dishonest, because iodine equivalency means multiplying by a factor of 40 (because of the longer half-life). If you compare "apples to apples", Chernobyl put out about ten times as much cesium. And that compares one reactor to three.

That's on an island

The fact that it's an island means that far less of the contamination fell among populated areas. I can't imagine why you think that's a bad thing.

And, if you can believe it, they are beginning construction of another nuclear plant.

Actually, they're continuing construction on a plant that was close to being finished.

Safer Nuclear Power, at Half the Price [View all] Rhiannon12866 Mar 2013 OP
A video on the topic was also posted... PoliticAverse Mar 2013 #1
Don't know how I missed this! Thanks so much! Rhiannon12866 Mar 2013 #2
This message was self-deleted by its author guyton Mar 2013 #3
Makes sense to me... Rhiannon12866 Mar 2013 #4
One of the advantages of the thorium cycle wtmusic Mar 2013 #11
Really? kristopher Mar 2013 #13
Yes... really. FBaggins Mar 2013 #21
Getting to the Sun from Earth is remarkably energy intensive Fumesucker Mar 2013 #29
This message was self-deleted by its author guyton Mar 2013 #30
Beware kristopher Mar 2013 #5
Thank you! Rhiannon12866 Mar 2013 #6
At the sales stage they always sound great. kristopher Mar 2013 #7
I agree, may sound promising when still in the planning stage Rhiannon12866 Mar 2013 #8
The liquid salt reactor, if implemented, could be a successful connection between jonthebru Mar 2013 #9
The future energy source is well known - renewables. kristopher Mar 2013 #10
Highly radioactive cooling salt pscot Mar 2013 #27
thanks for posting wtmusic Mar 2013 #12
You're welcome Rhiannon12866 Mar 2013 #15
Half the price but just as deadly to the human race. nt ladjf Mar 2013 #14
I dunno. Fossil fuels are pretty damned deadly, and getting deadlier. hunter Mar 2013 #17
Fossil fuels are very deadly, but the effects aren't as long lasting. However, the obvious answer ladjf Mar 2013 #18
Actually, the effects are longer lasting. hunter Mar 2013 #19
The negative effects of the Chernobyl will last for about 48,000 years. ladjf Mar 2013 #22
And the half life of mercury is forever. hunter Mar 2013 #24
You've got my vote! Nihil Mar 2013 #28
Why is it just as deadly? FBaggins Mar 2013 #20
The Chernobyl disaster will impact the environment for about 48,000 years. ladjf Mar 2013 #23
Sometimes the bullshit gets so thick you have to respond. wtmusic Mar 2013 #25
Thousands of posts on the INTERNET state that it will take about 48,000 years for all of the ladjf Mar 2013 #31
Oh! Why didn't you say so??? FBaggins Mar 2013 #32
‘Scientists don’t know why’: Cesium-137 in soil near Chernobyl has half-life of 180 to 320 years, ladjf Mar 2013 #33
That's just nuts. Sorry. FBaggins Mar 2013 #34
And CO2 will impact for 150,000 years or more NickB79 Mar 2013 #26
morning kick Cooley Hurd Mar 2013 #16
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