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PamW

(1,825 posts)
23. Distillation should have solved the problem
Sat Dec 14, 2013, 09:18 PM
Dec 2013

Blanks states
Although the military has an approach to everything and if the standard procedure doesn't call for checking the water that they take in for desalinization for radioactivity - then unless someone thought to do it, I believe it wouldn't have gotten done.

Blanks,

This lawyer-spun story from the Pacific Ocean off Japan SURE SMELLS FISHY.

The actual water discharged by the Fukushima accident wasn't what was radioactive; it was contaminants IN the water.

Just as in salt water; it's NOT the water itself that tastes salty; but the salt that is dissolved IN the water that tastes salty.

The "radioactive water" from Fukushima wasn't radioactive because the H2O molecules were radioactive. The water was radioactive because of radioactive material that was dissolved IN the water just like with the salt.

When you distill salt water; the still separates the water from the dissolved solids. In the case of seawater, the still separates the salt water into water and salt.

In the case of Fukushima water with dissolved radioactive material, the still will separate the water and the radioactive material that was dissolved in it.

It's at THIS point where we find the REALLY BRAINLESS anti-nukes because they will claim that the water "caught radioactivity" as if radioactivity was "contagious". Those anti-nuke have a NON-FUNCTIONAL cerebral cortex since they don't know that radioactivity is NOT "contagious".

I refer all the DUMMIES that might think it is to the book "Physics for Future Presidents" by Professor Richard Muller of University of California - Berkeley Dept. of Physics. There is a section in that book where Professor Muller explains that radioactivity is NOT CONTAGIOUS.

So the USS Ronald Reagan's distillation equipment should have removed the radioactive contamination material with the salt from the ships potable water.

The timescales for these diseases are also suspicious. I would take this story with a good dose of salt; but not salt from the Reagan's still; that might have radioactive contaminants in with it.

PamW

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OMG. Th1onein Dec 2013 #1
This is horrible.. samrock Dec 2013 #2
Wouldn't a nuclear powered aircraft carrier have radiation monitors... Make7 Dec 2013 #3
Of course FBaggins Dec 2013 #5
You would think that they would... Blanks Dec 2013 #6
Not everyone wears a TLD badge on board a carrier MyNameGoesHere Dec 2013 #17
Distillation should have solved the problem PamW Dec 2013 #23
I assumed that they didn't remove all particles. Blanks Dec 2013 #24
Apparently the USS Ronald Reagan doesn't use distillation, it uses reverse osmosis bananas Dec 2013 #25
Reversed osmosis is a preferred method for removing radioactive material from drinking water idwiyo Dec 2013 #26
It's not 100% effective, radioactive contaminants will still get through bananas Dec 2013 #37
Which makes the timeline all the more suspicious NickB79 Dec 2013 #39
All that is needed now is some idea what level of radioactivity was present in sea water, idwiyo Dec 2013 #42
EXACTLY!!! PamW Dec 2013 #46
What about the air they were breathing and the water they were immersed in? kristopher Dec 2013 #56
If you re-read this particular thread again, you might notice it does not discuss idwiyo Dec 2013 #59
The water filtering system is still a red herring kristopher Dec 2013 #62
Close... but no cigar. FBaggins Dec 2013 #69
Another Baggins pronuclear fantasy kristopher Dec 2013 #73
Was there anything in there that was even a little on-topic? FBaggins Dec 2013 #76
Yes, it is character assassination. kristopher Dec 2013 #78
Dead wrong. FBaggins Dec 2013 #79
Then you have evidence. Produce it. kristopher Dec 2013 #81
See 82. FBaggins Dec 2013 #83
I wonder how long it would take... Blanks Dec 2013 #34
The sailors were told to stop using desalinated water because it was contaminated bananas Dec 2013 #89
That's how the sailors know they were exposed to radiation bananas Dec 2013 #11
It sounds like he ate before washing his hands. kristopher Dec 2013 #19
thanks for this link, I'm a little uneasy about sharing the turner news network with anybody.. Voice for Peace Dec 2013 #29
Some older links, if you haven't seen them. bananas Dec 2013 #31
The non-ruling class are expendable. We're pawns in the elites' games. nt valerief Dec 2013 #4
It seems like the link is broken. FarPoint Dec 2013 #7
Here's a different link bananas Dec 2013 #8
Partial transcript bananas Dec 2013 #9
It's working for me. kristopher Dec 2013 #10
The link in the OP works for me. nt bananas Dec 2013 #12
Even if the link doesn't work... Blanks Dec 2013 #22
FYI FarPoint Dec 2013 #32
Use the nuclear-news.net link bananas Dec 2013 #36
Done. FarPoint Dec 2013 #38
It's been picked up by Al Jazeera bananas Dec 2013 #61
New info from Al Jazeera - several sailors don't have their participation in their medical records bananas Dec 2013 #72
I've got it posted on my Facebook wall... FarPoint Dec 2013 #86
"it’s only been 3 years since they went in." NickB79 Dec 2013 #13
Dubious Source ninjanurse Dec 2013 #14
I think the original source is in post #8, which is not a right-wing source. bananas Dec 2013 #21
Why do soo many people here penndragon69 Dec 2013 #15
A number of nuclear energy proponents frequent this space kristopher Dec 2013 #20
Because the science doesn't seem to support it NickB79 Dec 2013 #40
Fifty-one out of 5680? jmowreader Dec 2013 #16
Believe it or not MyNameGoesHere Dec 2013 #18
whoever is keeping everything clean, or working on maintenance, Voice for Peace Dec 2013 #28
Yes. And they been doing it for almost 100 years now MyNameGoesHere Dec 2013 #33
yah, personally I would expect it to be the radiation. Voice for Peace Dec 2013 #35
Yet they missed a faulty water purification system? NickB79 Dec 2013 #41
I am sure those systems are automated MyNameGoesHere Dec 2013 #43
Mother Nature's Radioactivity PamW Dec 2013 #45
Ha MyNameGoesHere Dec 2013 #47
Take another look at the image you posted FBaggins Dec 2013 #48
I didn't say i thought or say it was anything. MyNameGoesHere Dec 2013 #49
I am very curious why you posted some "scary" looking chart instead of idwiyo Dec 2013 #51
Just to illustrate your point: idwiyo Dec 2013 #52
Is anybody here knowledgeable about the Turner Radio Network? Voice for Peace Dec 2013 #27
I am not surprised. Sad, but not surprised. nt MADem Dec 2013 #30
Manual of Naval Preventive Medicine: Chapter 6 Water Supply Afloat kristopher Dec 2013 #44
Wow. And I assume therefore that everyone in Japan has brain tumors, luekemia and... NNadir Dec 2013 #54
I suppose you have me there... kristopher Dec 2013 #55
Really? Besides being an expert on lawyered up fantasy epidemiology... NNadir Dec 2013 #57
Deploying electric vehicles is a key element in reducing carbon emissions. kristopher Dec 2013 #58
Really? Climate change is all about cars for billionaires and millionaires? NNadir Dec 2013 #85
Please delete the holocaust denying/white nationalist link in the OP and use another muriel_volestrangler Dec 2013 #50
+1. n/t Laelth Dec 2013 #53
+2 Thank you. Didn't bother to even look at this link, but after seeing your post I did. idwiyo Dec 2013 #60
The story is accurate kristopher Dec 2013 #63
Great, delete that despicable link and replace it with a legitimate source. idwiyo Dec 2013 #64
Despicable link? kristopher Dec 2013 #65
Please, do elaborate about my efforts to "misdirect readers ". Explanation about efficency of RO idwiyo Dec 2013 #66
You're right. kristopher Dec 2013 #67
Accepted :) Was just really surprised. We are all human, and I get very passionate too idwiyo Dec 2013 #68
I already have muriel_volestrangler Dec 2013 #70
Exactly some people, including me, haven't read it. kristopher Dec 2013 #74
Depends on what you're calling "the story". FBaggins Dec 2013 #71
You are in no position to make that declaration. kristopher Dec 2013 #75
Actually... I am. FBaggins Dec 2013 #77
And I spent 8 years in command and control kristopher Dec 2013 #80
I have plenty of evidence... and I pointed you at it. FBaggins Dec 2013 #82
Getting washed to remove radioactive contamination. kristopher Dec 2013 #84
Don't you think you would have more credibility... FBaggins Dec 2013 #87
100% WRONG!! AGAIN!! PamW Dec 2013 #88
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