[Occupymendocino] Fw: Union of Concerned Scientists re Fukushima

[Liz Helenchild]

My friend Frank contacted UCS re Edge of Science post:




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UCS re Fukushima
  
From: Teri Grimwood <TGrimwood at ucsusa.org>  
To: "frank at whitethornconstruction.com" <frank at whitethornconstruction.com>  
Subject: Fukushima and West Coast  
Date: Mon, 06 January 2014 19:10:58  
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Here are a couple of websites that have lots of information on Fukushima radiation in the Pacific, and much more as well.
 
http://www.whoi.edu/main/topic/fukushima-radiation
 
www.beyondnuclear.org
 
Our senior nuclear physicist, Dr. Edwin Lyman, wrote the following in response to the many inquiries at the UCS Facebook page:
 
“Studies show that the  radioactive marine emissions from Fukushima will reach the west coast of  the continental U.S. before they reach Hawaii because Hawaii is south  of the principal currents that are transporting  the plume across the Pacific.  The studies show that the plume will  boomerang off the west coast and then head back toward Hawaii, with peak  concentrations sometime in 2014.  But in all cases these still  represent very low levels of radioactive contamination  so I don’t expect there would be a significant health risk from  swimming either off the west coast or in Hawaii as a result of the  emissions from Fukushima.  (I haven’t done the calculation, but I would  guess that drowning or even a shark attack are probably  bigger risks!)
“I just came across this post, which is very close to my own assessment:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/11/07/1253941/-Putting-Fukushima-in-Perspetive-A-primer-on-radioactivity-in-the-Ocean#
 
Please let me know if I can be of further assistance.
 
Sincerely,
 
Teri Grimwood
Union of Concerned Scientists
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