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So This Is A Thing: 120 Quadrillion Becquerels Of Radioactive Cesium Into North Pacific Ocean From Fukushima
So This Is A Thing: 120 Quadrillion Becquerels Of Radioactive Cesium Into North Pacific Ocean From Fukushima
Japan Gov’t-funded Study: Fukushima has released up to 120 Quadrillion becquerels of radioactive cesium into North Pacific Ocean — Does not include amounts that fell on land — Exceeds Chernobyl total, which accounts for releases deposited on land AND ocean
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According to a recently published report, the report states Scientific Reports (Nature.com), Mar. 4 2014: The total amount of decay-corrected 134Cs in the [subtropical] mode water was an estimated about 6 PBq [petabecquerels, i.e. 6 quadrillion becquerels] corresponding to 10–60% of the total inventory of Fukushima-derived 134Cs in the North Pacific Ocean. […] The decay corrected ratio of 134Cs/137Cs in soils has been calculated to be 1.0, which suggests that the total amounts of 134Cs and 137Cs released from FNPP1 were equivalent. […] the total amount of Fukushima-derived radiocesium in the North Pacific remains uncertain, because it has been difficult to obtain sufficient samples of water, especially from subsurface and deep waters, in the vast North Pacific Ocean […] Estimates of the total 134Cs released to the North Pacific Ocean ranged from 10 PBq (direct discharge of 4 PBq + atmospheric deposition 6 PBq) to 46 PBq (16 + 30 PBq). Thus, the 6 PBq inventory accounts for 10–60% of the total release. However, the total inventory in the subtropical region derived from the activity in STMW [Subtropical Mode Water] may be underestimated, because CMW probably carried the radiocesium into the subtropical region, too […] The estimated inventory in the subtropical region (6 PBq or 10– 60% of the total inventory) is probably a lower limit of estimation because contribution of CMW [Central Mode Water] was not counted. [...]
Funding: “This work was partially supported by a Grant-in-Aid… from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan”
Note: The study states that up to 46 PBq of 134Cs is estimated to have been released into the North Pacific Ocean from Fukushima Daiichi. Yet, it also states that the 6 PBq in the study area represents between 10-60% of the total 134Cs released into the North Pacific Ocean. If the 10% figure is used, the total release into the N. Pacific would equal 60 PBq of 134Cs. The study also states the releases of 134Cs and 137Cs were equivalent, resulting in a total of 120 PBq into the N. Pacific. This total does not include releases deposited on land or in other bodies of water.
Chernobyl Comparison: A report by the Nuclear Enrgy Agency states that when more detailed deposition data eventually became available, the United Nations estimated the total Chernobyl release of 137Cs at 70 PBq. 134Cs is estimated to have been 53.7% of the 137Cs — approximately 38 PBq of 134Cs — resulting in a total of 108 PBq. Unlike the Fukushima total reported above, this does include all 134Cs and 137Cs releases from Chernobyl — not just what was deposited in the ocean.
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Becquerel is one disintegration and 36 becquerels = 1 curie. FYI
To say this is a bad situation is an understatement, and is only going to get worse and worse and worse…wake up and smell what is cooking…its you, mmm mmm good.
So…no more speculation. No more arguments. Time to roll up our shirt sleeves and decide what to do…and get it done.
Let’s clean house….and keep it clean.
Oh would you just look at all your pretty numbers and code speak. You almost sound like you have a clue, here, i’ll fix it for ya.
Fukushima and Chernobyl combined lack significance when compared to the testing conducted from the 40′s to the 80′s. What? Am i wrong? Look it up and count up all those little becq’s.
Once fully diluted by the Pacific Ocean, alone, background radiation will rise about one tenth of one percent (0.01%). Do the math.
It’s only a catastrophe to it’s immediate area and nothing more than bad news for the rest of us. We mess around with stuff we can’t handle and these things happen. Suck it up Japan. Suck it up World. Suck it up you and me.
You didn’t watch the video, did you.
Correct: i didn’t watch the video. What’s your point. Have i made an error in my comment? Is there something i’m missing?
yes……I’d say you’ve made some very clear errors.
A hint of where you think i went wrong would help, CrowPie, did i go all kneejerk reactionary or is my math incorrect?