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    Japan Earthquake: Nuclear Plants at Fukushima Daiichi

    That's how gangrene starts ...
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    Fukushima Fukushima Management and Government Performance

    I work in technical theatre and political data management. Yes, I agree that most do have the same "Yes" answers to those questions. But then speaking of theatre ... "Spiderman" Broadway musical, comes to mind when there are safety questions in that industry. The only people that have been...
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    Fukushima Fukushima Management and Government Performance

    While I agree there is regulation and regular inspection, I do have questions about this. Are the resident NRC inspectors paid for by NRC or by the Plant payroll? We have seen other regulated industries where regulators are accountable to federal agencies, but are payrolled by the industries. In...
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    Japan Earthquake: Nuclear Plants at Fukushima Daiichi

    To put into perspective - 2,000 mrems is 40% of max radiation worker allotment in US - 4x that of the allotment for a minor (under age 18). http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/1994/safe-0105.html"
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    Fukushima Underestimating the ongoing disaster at Fukushima vs Chernobyl?

    Um ... that is what the complete 200+ page comprehensive report does and concludes what I quoted above. You are talking about confirmed deaths - deaths that you can directly see as a result of the incidents (mine cave-ins, falls, structures collapsing). That is living with blinders on. With...
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    Fukushima Underestimating the ongoing disaster at Fukushima vs Chernobyl?

    See, the actual problem is that with car accidents, tsunamis, tornadoes, etc where you can pinpoint the start and end of a disaster, as well as the exact location and cause/effect, and therefore are able to say with almost absolute certainty "the number of casualties is XXX," But with radiation...
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    Fukushima Underestimating the ongoing disaster at Fukushima vs Chernobyl?

    From page 211: http://www.strahlentelex.de/Yablokov%20Chernobyl%20book.pdf" published in the Annals of the NY Academy of Science
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    Fukushima Radiation Contamination Thread re Fukushima

    Nice attempt at deflection of blame from nuclear power accident to intentional atomic bomb blast. But, most likely not able to tell the difference. However, logic and common sense would state that by announcing these findings that the plutonium was not present before or this is on top of what...
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    Site Engineering at Sea Side Nuclear Power Plants.

    And to add insult to injury, that 100' hill you suggest - only 220 meters west of the reactors the elevation is 100'.
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    Fukushima Fukushima radiation detection and measurement

    Lurker now just popping in for clarification: It was from a news article in today's NHK web site: http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/05_38.html"