Author Topic: Fukushima radiation in Missouri snow? (Read 2375 times)

AZRedhawk44 · « **on:** January 07, 2014, 03:50:52 PM »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLbZzGoD5HU

He's getting 59 counts per minute.

Anyone know what a reasonable background count, pre-Fukushima, might be, for the Midwest?

RevDisk · « **Reply #1 on:** January 07, 2014, 04:13:47 PM »

cassandra and sara's daddy · « **Reply #2 on:** January 07, 2014, 04:15:21 PM »

paging gewhr

RevDisk · « **Reply #3 on:** January 07, 2014, 04:21:54 PM »

Eating some bananas and some Brazil nut is probably about several dozen times as much radiation.

Tallpine · « **Reply #4 on:** January 07, 2014, 04:51:33 PM »

Quote from: RevDisk on January 07, 2014, 04:21:54 PM

Eating some bananas and some Brazil nut is probably about several dozen times as much radiation.

So how did the bananas and nuts get into the snow

AJ Dual · « **Reply #5 on:** January 07, 2014, 05:00:02 PM »

Quote from: RevDisk on January 07, 2014, 04:13:47 PM

This.

More from the granite countertops in your kitchen, more from the potassium 40 in bananas, more living 1mi above sea level in Denver etc...

cassandra and sara's daddy · « **Reply #6 on:** January 07, 2014, 05:01:19 PM »

You guys are buzz kills.

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cassandra and sara's daddy · « **Reply #7 on:** January 07, 2014, 05:05:30 PM »

Guys got great toys and better production than typical

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Gewehr98 · « **Reply #8 on:** January 07, 2014, 06:21:28 PM »

Looking at the counts from the beta/gamma detector, it looks a lot like normal background radiation.

Sporadic hits, and I can't see what the sensitivity of the GM tube is set at. 42-46 CPM is considered normal background activity.

I don't even get interested until it pops above 100 CPM on the ground, and flying in a commercial airliner at FL 35.0 gets you closer to 900 CPM.

If I set my own Victoreen 491 to 0.1x sensitivity with fast needle response, it'll jump around all day long to radon, cosmic rays, cinder block, etc.

Put a piece of orange pre-war Fiestaware in front of it, and it'll light up like a christmas tree.

Questions I'd ask, were I still tasked to check it out, would be calibration date of instruments, age of GM tube, instrument settings, readings in different areas, and samples gathered for counting.

IOW is it the snow? Is it the ground under the snow? Is the detector set to high gain and spiking on cosmic rays? What does it read across town? What does it read on the other side of the county?

I know what it reads all over the US.

http://epa.gov/radnet/

dm1333 · « **Reply #9 on:** January 07, 2014, 07:31:38 PM »

If it was radiation from Fukishima you would think that every Coast Guard or Navy boarding team in the Pacific would have had their PRD's and RADPACKS going off. It could be related to the local environment.

Scout26 · « **Reply #10 on:** January 07, 2014, 07:38:02 PM »

Chemtrails.

Gowen · « **Reply #11 on:** January 07, 2014, 07:54:17 PM »

Here is this:

http://www.radiationnetwork.com/

Perd Hapley · « **Reply #12 on:** January 07, 2014, 08:12:49 PM »

Well, it explains that extra head. And here I was, blaming that on Obamacare!

(Two facepalms, because I have two heads.)

AJ Dual · « **Reply #13 on:** January 07, 2014, 08:27:33 PM »

Quote from: fistful on January 07, 2014, 08:12:49 PM

Well, it explains that extra head. And here I was, blaming that on Obamacare!

(Two facepalms, because I have two heads.)

I was going to ask if your wife was extra generous this week, but you had to go be all literal and ruin my ability to sneak that in.

brimic · « **Reply #14 on:** January 07, 2014, 08:28:54 PM »

Quote from: fistful on January 07, 2014, 08:12:49 PM

Well, it explains that extra head. And here I was, blaming that on Obamacare!

(Two facepalms, because I have two heads.)

Congratulations!

Scout26 · « **Reply #15 on:** January 07, 2014, 08:42:54 PM »

The Improved Fistful - Now with twice the blame !!!!

MillCreek · « **Reply #16 on:** January 07, 2014, 08:48:40 PM »

Quote from: AJ Dual on January 07, 2014, 08:27:33 PM

I was going to ask if your wife was extra generous this week, but you had to go be all literal and ruin my ability to sneak that in.

If you get that from Obamacare, then sign me up!

Jamisjockey · « **Reply #17 on:** January 07, 2014, 09:28:15 PM »

If you're not running around in full MOPP gear at this point, you're doing it wrong.

Perd Hapley · « **Reply #18 on:** January 08, 2014, 01:41:59 AM »

Quote from: jamisjockey on January 07, 2014, 09:28:15 PM

If you're not running around in full MOPP gear at this point, you're doing it wrong.

MOPP level 5!

230RN · « **Reply #19 on:** January 08, 2014, 02:50:12 AM »

So what was the slow spike in Denver beginning 21 Dec?

http://epa.gov/radnet/radnet-data/radnet-denver-bg.html

(Scroll down to graph.)

Probably not dangerous, but it went across the whole energy spectrum for a couple of days. Can't remember offhand if it was snowing then.

French G. · « **Reply #20 on:** January 08, 2014, 04:49:25 AM »

I don't know why there hasn't been very much coverage of a real Fukushima radiation story. That being our own CVN-76 sailed around for a few days in the radioactive steam plume, all the while making water from contaminated water. Now there are crewmembers with some serious health problems. This is a nuclear powered ship, hundreds of TLDs running around (they are read after the fact I know), a robust radiation safety program, designed to survive for awhile at least in an NBC environment and that''s the best we could do?

RoadKingLarry · « **Reply #21 on:** January 08, 2014, 06:54:16 AM »

I'm kind of in WTF mode about that mess myself. Having spent a few days sporting a TLD and being passing familiar with nookyalure stuff, IMO if even half of what has been reported regarding the Reagan and Fukushima is true the majority of the chain of command needs the be up on charges for dereliction of duty.

T.O.M. · « **Reply #22 on:** January 08, 2014, 09:17:50 AM »

Quote from: French G. on January 08, 2014, 04:49:25 AM

I don't know why there hasn't been very much coverage of a real Fukushima radiation story. That being our own CVN-76 sailed around for a few days in the radioactive steam plume, all the while making water from contaminated water. Now there are crewmembers with some serious health problems. This is a nuclear powered ship, hundreds of TLDs running around (they are read after the fact I know), a robust radiation safety program, designed to survive for awhile at least in an NBC environment and that''s the best we could do?

Wonder if the command had enacted the NBC safety protocols when they entered the area. Protocols only work if you use them...

Tallpine · « **Reply #23 on:** January 08, 2014, 10:56:35 AM »

Quote from: RoadKingLarry on January 08, 2014, 06:54:16 AM

I'm kind of in WTF mode about that mess myself. Having spent a few days sporting a TLD and being passing familiar with nookyalure stuff, IMO if even half of what has been reported regarding the Reagan and Fukushima is true the majority of the chain of command needs the be up on charges for dereliction of duty.

They received glowing commendations instead

Brad Johnson · « **Reply #24 on:** January 08, 2014, 11:21:53 AM »

Quote from: 230RN on January 08, 2014, 02:50:12 AM

So what was the slow spike in Denver beginning 21 Dec?

http://epa.gov/radnet/radnet-data/radnet-denver-bg.html

(Scroll down to graph.)

Probably not dangerous, but it went across the whole energy spectrum for a couple of days. Can't remember offhand if it was snowing then.

I'm guessing solar flare. There was a jump in solar activity right about then.

Brad

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