YES! - The Radiation Plume from Fukushima is moving across the Pacific Ocean. The West Coast is just the first to be affected.
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NO! – We’ll likely only receive low levels of radioactive fallout in the US. Not enough for real concern.
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It's the organisms that we can't find and check that pose the greatest risk. The delicate balance of life is threatened beyond our comprehension by radiation and all other forms of pollution, yet we have a Republcan presidential candidate that will run on a platform of denial and lies. Human insanity is running rampant.
Does anyone really believe BP spill is all' gone ' ? Repeat a lie often enough it becomes some peoples ' truth' Fox knows this well Millions of folks are gullible Do not read- check facts - or think critically Too much time on cell Phones Facebook Twitter So Glad I grew up when we were active ran biked swam walked Played games like Tag Hop scotch I saw NO obese kids in those days . Can't we see how unhealthy our lifestyle is and then DO something about it ? Think of the kids
These are interesting times we live in, just remember...there is Cosmic Law..."Like Attracts Like" !!! the dark feeds off of negative energy of fear, don't feed it.
Read, and find out the truth!!! Mother Earth is not dying, she is being killed, and the ones killing her have names and address, follow the money.
Mr. Hartmann asked the following (I assume) rhetorical question; "Does anyone out there still think nuclear power is a good idea?" Yes, I do! However, let's make a distinction between fission and fusion; Meaning that, yes, in listening to Mr. Hartmann's criticisms of nuclear (fission) power I agree that (in practice) it has turned out to be too dangerous. However, given the risk from climate change, and that the alternative to nuclear (fission) power is often coal power (instead of wind and/or solar) I think nuclear fusion is (potentially) a good idea...
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ScienceDaily (Apr. 27, 2012) — Many regard nuclear fusion as the main energy source of the future. Among others, the ITER project is seeking to turn this venture into reality and is making use of the Tokamak reactor for this purpose. Reactors of this type have a number of control problems, and to solve them the electronics engineers have come up with some tools.
This is not nuclear fission that is currently in use, but nuclear fusion, which many regard as the main energy source of the future. Among others, the ITER project (the third most expensive in history) is seeking to turn this venture into reality and is making use of the Tokamak reactor for this purpose. Reactors of this type and the plasma used in them to carry out fusion have a number of control problems, and to solve them the electronics engineer Goretti Sevillano has come up with some tools in her thesis defended at the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU). Her thesis is entitled Herramientas para el control del plasma en reactores Tokamak de fusión nuclear: integración Astra-Matlab y control en tiempo real (Tools for plasma control in Tokamak nuclear fusion reactors: Astra-Matlab integration and control in real time), and she has also had two papers published on the subject in the journals Informatica and Energy.
What happens in fission is that the nucleus of an atom is split; this is in stark contrast to fusion in which two lightweight atoms join together. Sevillano explains that the latter could generate more energy than fission, on which nuclear power stations are currently based. But that is not all. "In fission reactions there is a risk of explosion, but not in fusion, so nothing like what took place in Chernobyl or Fukushima would ever happen. What is more, the waste generated in fission has a very long life and is radioactive; but this is not the case in fusion. Likewise, the fuels are more accessible. Uranium or plutonium is used in fission, and its access is not so widespread; but in fusion, helium or tritium, which can be obtained from water or earth, are used," she explains. So her PhD thesis is another step along the path to fusion.
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ScienceDaily (May 28, 2012) — A new study combining the latest archaeological evidence with state-of-the-art geoscience technologies provides evidence that climate change was a key ingredient in the collapse of the great Indus or Harappan Civilization almost 4000 years ago.
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ScienceDaily (May 27, 2012) — It took some 10 million years for Earth to recover from the greatest mass extinction of all time, latest research has revealed. Life was nearly wiped out 250 million years ago, with only 10 per cent of plants and animals surviving. It is currently much debated how life recovered from this cataclysm, whether quickly or slowly. There were apparently two reasons for the delay, the sheer intensity of the crisis, and continuing grim conditions on Earth after the first wave of extinction.
There is NO such thing as safe low radiation. We should absolutely be concerned NOW!!
What can we do about it now .All We can forestall future problem by closing nuke plants in US of A