<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:garamond, new york, times, serif;font-size:14pt"><div><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span>My friend Frank contacted UCS re Edge of Science post:<br></span></span></div><div style="display: block;" class="yahoo_quoted"><span style="font-weight: bold;"> <br> </span><br> <div style="font-family: garamond, new york, times, serif; font-size: 14pt;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> To<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container"><div id="yiv1562081710"><title>UCS re Fukushima</title><div><div><font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
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<td class="yiv1562081710col3"><b>Teri Grimwood <<a rel="nofollow" title="Compose a message to TGrimwood@ucsusa.org" target="_blank" href="http://206.123.72.210/dwmail/compose.php?newto=TGrimwood@ucsusa.org&sessionid=7d06sedkq5ml0c7h9sbo65vo40">TGrimwood@ucsusa.org</a>></b> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://206.12372.210/dwmail/addressbook.php?mode=save&lastname=Teri+Grimwood&email=TGrimwood@ucsusa.org&sessionid=7d06sedkq5ml0c7h9sbo65vo40"><img title="Save to addressbook" alt="Save to addressbook" src="http://206.123.72.210/dwmail/templates/silver/images/contact_save.gif" border="0" height="13" width="16"></a></td>
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<td class="yiv1562081710col3">Mon, 06 January 2014 19:10:58 </td>
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<div class="yiv1562081710MsoNormal">Here are a couple of websites that have lots of information on Fukushima radiation in the Pacific, and much more as well.</div>
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<div class="yiv1562081710MsoNormal"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.whoi.edu/main/topic/fukushima-radiation">http://www.whoi.edu/main/topic/fukushima-radiation</a></div>
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<div class="yiv1562081710MsoNormal"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.beyondnuclear.org/">www.beyondnuclear.org</a></div>
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<div class="yiv1562081710MsoNormal">Our senior nuclear physicist, Dr. Edwin Lyman, wrote the following in response to the many inquiries at the UCS Facebook page:</div>
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<div style="text-indent:.5in;" class="yiv1562081710MsoPlainText">“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!)</div>
<div style="text-indent:.5in;" class="yiv1562081710MsoPlainText">“I just came across this post, which is very close to my own assessment:</div>
<div class="yiv1562081710MsoPlainText"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://wwwdailykos.com/story/2013/11/07/1253941/-Putting-Fukushima-in-Perspetive-A-primer-on-radioactivity-in-the-Ocean">http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/11/07/1253941/-Putting-Fukushima-in-Perspetive-A-primer-on-radioactivity-in-the-Ocean#</a></div>
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<div class="yiv1562081710MsoNormal">Please let me know if I can be of further assistance.</div>
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<div class="yiv1562081710MsoNormal">Sincerely,</div>
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<div class="yiv1562081710MsoNormal">Teri Grimwood</div>
<div>Union of Concerned Scientists</div><br></div></div><br><br></div> </div> </div> </div> </div></body></html>