Radiation:
How Bad is the Pacific Ocean from Fukushima?
http://tinyurl.com/k925vhshttps://www.biogeosciences.net/special_issue126.htmlSTUDIES IN LINK ABOVE INCLUDE:Impacts of the Fukushima nuclear power plant discharges on the ocean
23 Sep 2014
Spatial variability and the fate of cesium in coastal sediments near Fukushima, Japan
11 Sep 2014
The 129-iodine content of subtropical Pacific waters: impact of Fukushima and other anthropogenic 129-iodine sources
02 Oct 2013
Export of 134-Cs and 137-Cs in the Fukushima river systems at heavy rains by Typhoon Roke in September 2012
26 Sep 2013
Continuing 137-Cs release to the sea from the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant through 2012
23 Sep 2013
Cesium-134 and 137 activities in the central North Pacific Ocean after the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant accident
29 Aug 2013
Horizontal distribution of Fukushima-derived radiocesium in zooplankton in the northwestern Pacific Ocean
23 Aug 2013
One-year, regional-scale simulation of 137-Cs radioactivity in the ocean following the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant accident
15 Aug 2013
Cesium, iodine and tritium in NW Pacific waters – a comparison of the Fukushima impact with global fallout
14 Aug 2013
Initial spread of 137-Cs from the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant over the Japan continental shelf: a study using a high-resolution, global-coastal nested ocean model
13 Aug 2013
Does the Fukushima NPP disaster affect the caesium activity of North Atlantic Ocean fish?
25 Jul 2013
Distribution of the Fukushima-derived radionuclides in seawater in the Pacific off the coast of Miyagi, Fukushima, and Ibaraki Prefectures, Japan
25 Jul 2013
Spatiotemporal distributions of Fukushima-derived radionuclides in nearby marine surface sediments
24 Jul 2013
Short-term dispersal of Fukushima-derived radionuclides off Japan: modeling efforts and model-data intercomparison
22 Jul 2013
The impact of oceanic circulation and phase transfer on the dispersion of radionuclides released from the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant
27 Jun 2013
Direct observation of 134-Cs and 137-Cs in surface seawater in the western and central North Pacific after the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant accident
14 Jun 2013
Iodine-129 concentration in seawater near Fukushima before and after the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant
13 Jun 2013
Natural and Fukushima-derived radioactivity in macroalgae and mussels along the Japanese shoreline
03 Jun 2013
90-Sr and 89-Sr in seawater off Japan as a consequence of the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear accident
03 Jun 2013
Concentration and vertical flux of Fukushima-derived radiocesium in sinking particles from two sites in the Northwestern Pacific Ocean
07 May 2013
Surface pathway of radioactive plume of TEPCO Fukushima NPP1 released 134-Cs and 137-Cs
15 Apr 2013
Vertical distributions of plutonium isotopes in marine sediment cores off the Fukushima coast after the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant accident
09 Apr 2013
Inverse estimation of source parameters of oceanic radioactivity dispersion models associated with the Fukushima accident
28 Mar 2013
Radium-based estimates of cesium isotope transport and total direct ocean discharges from the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant accident
Remember this gem I posted early on?
Just wanted to let you know about the Fukushima Impact so far.
Approximate impact of Cs-137 pollution on Pacific Ocean.
1 curie (named after Madame Curie who discovered radiation in a mineral called pitchblende) equals 37 BILLION Becquerels of radiation.
1 uc = 37,000, radiations per second.
For Cesium-137 it is 88 Curies per gram.
So 1 gram of Cesium-137 is 3,256 billion becquerels per second.
3,256,000,000,000 radiations per second.
99,959,279,200,000 becquerels per second per ounce
5,997,556,752,000,000 becquerels per minute from 1 ounce of Cs-137.
There are 1,231 spent fuel rods with about 35% is Cs-137.
A rod is 48.09 lbs.
about 20,721 lbs Cs-137
322,160 oz of Cs-137
28.3495 gm to oz.
So 9,133,076 grams of Cs-137 in 1231 fuel rods.
A gram of Cesium-137 produces 3,256 billion becquerels of radiation per second.
So the total radiation per second from 9,133,076 grams of cs-137 is: 29,737,298,640,498,000,000 atoms emitting radiation per second.
A little doom here; We just might be dead but lets be sure.
1 cubic mile of sea water is 777,205,186,560,000 cubic feet.
So 7.71682543518 is the Cubic Foot radiation per second per cubic mile.
So in 1 day there are 666,733.717599549 emitted radiation happening in a cubic foot per day mile.
There are about 63,800,000 square miles of Pacific Ocean.
Average depth is about 2.28 miles.
There are 145,464,000 cubic miles in the Pacific Ocean.
Cs-137 has a double decay process 94.6% of the time; first a beta ray, then a gamma ray.
So each cubic foot of the entire Pacific Ocean will have 218.174056838937 Beta radiation events per day.
So each cubic foot of the entire Pacific Ocean will have 206.392657769635 Gamma radation events per day.
This is the Cs-137 radiation breakdown pattern: [link to en.wikipedia.org]
This describes what a Gamma ray is. [link to en.wikipedia.org]
This describes what a Hertz is. [link to en.wikipedia.org]
Gamma rays have higher energy than X-rays, and they are ionizing radiation just like X-rays.
The summary is 218 plus 206 divided by 34 or 12.47058.
The number 34 is the average background radiation of the N. American continent.
The Pacific Ocean will have a "radiation fog" in every cubic foot of water that is 12.47 times HIGHER than the average background radiation count of North american continent.
Sea life will be effected in some manner; perhaps all fish will get cancer.
The impact on humanity is a shortage in sea food.
No swimming allowed until radiation levels abate to a "safe level";
... in about a few thousand years...