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Originally Posted by GoNative
Cesium is certainly a worry but one at that at least at this stage is relatively confined. I have not seen any readings thus far for plutonium. The iodine although possibly the least dangerous in your eyes was responsible for most of the cancers that occurred after Chernobyl. It is the immediate threat and in the highest concentrations. The Cesium and other radiactive isotopes will undoubtedly have long term effects in the region surrounding the reactors. How far out these affects go will remain to be seen. Thus far dangerous contanimation still appears relatively well contained. There will be years of constant monitoring to see if they do accumulate in the environment and pose a risk to human health. I'm not trying to play down the severity of the situation. It is extremely serious. But some of the suggestions from people from far away countries, including that the government can't be trusted, are at times ridiculous (like evacuacting nearly the entire country). There is an excellent network around the country to measure radioactivity and it is being monitored by more than just the Japanese government. I do trust that they will act in the best interests of the people. If for no other reason than it would be political suicide not to!
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My biggest concern is Plutonium.Usually, they have 6% of it in each fuel rod, if you calculate it for all 6 reactors in Fukushima you get an amount of 150 tons of plutonium( unbelievable! People should lynch the responsible for that mistake alone!). Any kind of explosion there could contaminate the whole world in the long run. Even a nanogram plutonium is extremly toxic.I just read that there is a partial meltdown in reactor number two, I hope that it doesn't cause an hydrogen explosion.
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Edit: Sorry, if you felt offended but I was and am very discontent with your gouverment's informational politic( nothing against Japanese). They talk about meltdown right now, it happened 5-6 days ago. In the reports, they only talk about iodine.Then the reports that the radiation is actually high but no cause for concerns...
It doesn't make sense to me. Either they lie or the press speakers don't know what they are talking about.Read this:
Source. It is absurd.