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One Trillion Bq Released By Nuclear Debris Removal At Fukushima So Far

Posted by samzenpus on from the spreading-the-glow dept.

AmiMoJo writes The operator of the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant says more than one trillion becquerels of radioactive substances were released as a result of debris removal work at one of the plant's reactors. Radioactive cesium was detected at levels exceeding the government limit in rice harvested last year in Minami Soma, some 20 kilometers from Fukushima Daiichi. TEPCO presented the Nuclear Regulation Authority with an estimate that the removal work discharged 280 billion becquerels per hour of radioactive substances, or a total of 1.1 trillion becquerels. The plant is believed to be still releasing an average of 10 million becquerels per hour of radioactive material.

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  1. One trillion becquerels by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Insightful

    So....is that bad?

    1. Re:One trillion becquerels by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

      So instead of a pro-nuke justification put in terms of banana equivalent doses we get FUD with undefined threats against our lungs and other vital organs? You thought yourself better than the hypothetical poster you so fear?

  2. Re:Pick your units of radiation... by DamnOregonian · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I prefer to measure it as .006 USCoalBurningEmissionsYears.

    I don't believe that's an SI unit, though.