Tag: ionizing radiation
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dutchsinse readings at ft calhoun waterlogged nuclear plant
Dutchsinse is on the job with readings on June 24th at an inundated Fort Calhoun, NE nuclear plant. Radiation measured in at 61.4 clicks per minute and Dutchsinse’s conclusion, “…MID to LOW level ‘background’ radiation…the levels here NEXT to the plant are equal to that of most everywhere else in the country except for Denver…
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fukushima: distant radioactive threat or harbinger of future?
Harvey Wasserman writes, “Fukushima may be in an apocalyptic downward spiral,” in a Common Dreams article, “Fukushima’s Apocalyptic Threat Demands Immediate Global Action.” Wasserman is right and we should all be shouting from rooftops! “There is no reason to incur further unnecessary risk. With all needed resources, it’s time for the world’s best scientists and…
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idle musings in a radioactive world
An age of low-level persistent radiation is dawning. You may want to discern between millirems and millisieverts here? A familiarity with different measurements may mean survival in a brave new radioactive world? How did we arrive at this spot in an apparent netherworld? Are there minds that embrace low level radiation, as an immunotherapy of…