02-12-2014, 03:16 AM
The RR issue is that the sailors are alleging fraud - being that radiation was much higher than Tepco reported - and the RR blindly sailed into it.By same measure Tepco and Japan could be lying to Hawaii about the amount of strontium in the water as well
Since no one has been impartially testing these last three years - no one really knows.
Kudos to those Hawaii legislators trying to correct this
"dangerous radioactive strontium-90 - more than five times the total beta radiation reading of 900,000 becquerels per litre recorded in the well, which is around 25 metres from the ocean.
Tepco said there was a calibration mistake with one machine measuring strontium levels of well water at the plant, and it had also found an error with devices that decipher all-beta radiation.
"Something like this cannot happen ... This (data) is what becomes the basis of various decisions, so they must do their utmost to avoid mistakes in measuring radiation," Tanaka told reporters, though he added the mistake did not pose a serious safety risk at the plant.
The legal limit for releasing strontium 90, which has a half life of around 29 years, into the sea is 30 becquerels per litre."
http://in.reuters.com/article/2014/02/12...2Y20140212
The RR not allowed to dock in Japan because it was too hot - http://www.turnerradionetwork.com/news/129-pat
Since no one has been impartially testing these last three years - no one really knows.
Kudos to those Hawaii legislators trying to correct this
"dangerous radioactive strontium-90 - more than five times the total beta radiation reading of 900,000 becquerels per litre recorded in the well, which is around 25 metres from the ocean.
Tepco said there was a calibration mistake with one machine measuring strontium levels of well water at the plant, and it had also found an error with devices that decipher all-beta radiation.
"Something like this cannot happen ... This (data) is what becomes the basis of various decisions, so they must do their utmost to avoid mistakes in measuring radiation," Tanaka told reporters, though he added the mistake did not pose a serious safety risk at the plant.
The legal limit for releasing strontium 90, which has a half life of around 29 years, into the sea is 30 becquerels per litre."
http://in.reuters.com/article/2014/02/12...2Y20140212
The RR not allowed to dock in Japan because it was too hot - http://www.turnerradionetwork.com/news/129-pat