Japan: 9.0 Earthquake-Tsunami-Nuclear Reactor Developments #2

[tehcloser]

Emergency warning earth quake............HNK

http://edition.cnn.com/video/flashLive/live.html?stream=stream3&hpt=T1

 

[bessie]

Japanese reporter : Emergency bulletin. Take precautions from strong earthquake.

 

[Peliman]

Trying to grasp this

A millisievert (mSv).

• An assortment of typical radiation doses (in mSv)
• Used to destroy the bone marrow in preparation for a marrow transplant (given over several days) 10,000
• Approximate lethal dose ("LD50") if no treatment and given to the entire body in a short period 4,500
• Causes radiation sickness (when absorbed in a short period) >1,000
• Increase in lifetime dose to most heavily exposed people living near Chernobyl 430
• Average annual dose (excluding natural background) for medical X-ray technicians 3.2
• Maximum permissible annual dose (excluding natural background and medical exposure) to general public 1.7
• Natural background, Boston, MA, USA (per year)(excluding radon) 1.02
• Natural background, Denver, CO, USA (per year)(excluding radon) 1.8
• Additional annual dose if you live in a brick rather than a wood house 0.07
• Annual dose in some houses in Ramsar, Iran >130
• Average dose to person living within 10 miles of Three-Mile Island (TMI) caused by the accident of 28 March 1979 0.08
• Most heavily exposed person (a fisherman) near TMI <1.0
• Approximate dose received by a person spending 1 year at the fence surrounding a nuclear power station 0.001&#8211;0.006
• Average dose to each person in the U. S. population from nuclear power plants (per year) 0.00002
• Received by the bone marrow during a set of dental x rays* 0.094
• Received by the colon during a barium enema 15
• Typical chest x ray 0.1
• Received by breast during mammogram 0.4
• Dose from a single full-body computed tomography (CT) scan 45
• When delivered in a single dose, increases the risk of developing cancer by 1% 100
• Average airline passenger (10 flights/year) 0.03
• Flight crew and cabin attendants (per year) 1.6
• Hourly dose to skin holding piece of the original "Fiesta Ware" (a brand of pottery) 2&#8211;3
• Annual dose to each person in the U. S. population from fallout (former weapons testing plus Chernobyl) 0.0006

http://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/R/Radiation.html

 

[tehcloser]

OMG...............those poor people!

 

[lkhns]

This was his first hour tonight. This weather guy - I remember seeing him and explaining all this earlier. Wonder why they went to tape? Last night they did because Anderson had to leave. But tonight?

Thanks, Wise, for straightening me out. But you raise an excellent question----why did they go to tape?????

 

[byo]

I have been unable to find any potassium iodide in my little town. I wonder how effective "iodized salt" would be?

 

[bessie]

Dear Lord! Now nuclear crisis, now earthquake warning. Okay, back to nuclear crisis.

I don't even know what to say. Just prayers for those poor people living through this nightmare.

 

[lkhns]

Japanese reporter : Emergency bulletin. Take precautions from strong earthquake.

How do they know (or think they know) that a big one is coming?

 

[peeples]

IF those workers did leave.. it could not have been an easy decision.
They are in my prayers

 

[Sleuthster]

I am guessing that Marie Curie could not have imagined her discovery having this effect. What a nightmere.

 

[tehcloser]

NEWS ADVISORY: Pressure stable at No.3 reactor core's vessel: agency (12:27)
NEWS ADVISORY: High-level radiation may be emitted from damaged No. 2 reactor: agency (12:21)
NEWS ADVISORY: Safety agency tells Fukushima plant workers to evacuate due to radiation (12:18)

http://english.kyodonews.jp/news/urgent/

 

[Reannan]

I am guessing that Marie Curie could not have imagined her discovery having this effect. What a nightmere.

Leave it to mankind to discover something wonderous and then totally screw it up.

 

[bessie]

How do they know (or think they know) that a big one is coming?

An earthquake warning system is a system of accelerometers, communication, computers, and alarms that is devised for regional notification of a substantial earthquake while it is in progress. This is not the same as earthquake prediction, which is currently incapable of producing decisive event warnings.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthquake_warning_system

Japan's earthquake warning system is one of the most sophisticated in the world.

 

[tehcloser]

I cannot believe CNN is not live.

 

[Quiche]

Radiation sickness
URL of this page: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000026.htm


Excerpt:
Exposure from x-rays or gamma rays is measured in units of roentgens. For example:

* Total body exposure of 100 roentgens (or 1 Gy) causes radiation sickness.
* Total body exposure of 400 roentgens (or 4 Gy) causes radiation sickness and death in half the individuals. Without medical treatment, nearly everyone who receives more than this amount of radiation will die within 30 days.
* 100,000 rads causes almost immediate unconsciousness and death within an hour



note: roentgen vs. millisievert is: 1 rem = 10 millisieverts

 

[Quiche]

I have been unable to find any potassium iodide in my little town. I wonder how effective "iodized salt" would be?

I've read that it's ineffective-- too weak. hth

Oh, did you hear about using betadine or tincture of iodine? There's a link around here somewhere...

 

[Wise Old Owl]

Japan suspends work at stricken nuclear plant

By ERIC TALMADGE and SHINO YUASA, AP
16 minutes ago

FUKUSHIMA, Japan &#8212; Japan suspended operations to prevent a stricken nuclear plant from melting down Wednesday after a surge in radiation made it too dangerous for workers to remain at the facility.

The level of radiation at the plant surged to 1,000 millisieverts early Wednesday before coming down to 800-600 millisieverts. Still, that was far more than the average

Experts say exposure of around 1,000 millisieverts is enough to cause radiation sickness.

http://www.comcast.net/articles/news-general/20110315/AS.Japan.Earthquake/


This is from the AP and just 16 mintues ago. Wish we knew more about this earthquake warning.

 

[Wise Old Owl]

I cannot believe CNN is not live.

me either and just "bam" to tape with no explanation. Maybe they went inside because of the snow storm.

 

[bessie]

Anderson just tweeted:

Workers withdrawn from Japan nuke plant. Very concerning. "We're in unchartered [sic] territory", MIT's Jim Walsh on AC360.

http://twitter.com/#!/andersoncooper

 

[Quiche]

lol, not to worry.........look what I found:


If no tablets available, you can topically (on the skin) apply an iodine solution, like tincture of iodine or Betadine, for a similar protective effect. (WARNING: Iodine solutions are NEVER to be ingested or swallowed.) For adults, paint 8 ml of a 2 percent tincture of Iodine on the abdomen or forearm each day, ideally at least 2 hours prior to possible exposure. For children 3 to 18, but under 150 pounds, only half that amount painted on daily, or 4 ml. For children under 3 but older than a month, half again, or 2 ml. For newborns to 1 month old, half it again, or just 1 ml. (One measuring teaspoon is about 5 ml, if you don't have a medicine dropper graduated in ml.) If your iodine is stronger than 2%, reduce the dosage accordingly. Absorption through the skin is not as reliable a dosing method as using the tablets, but tests show that it will still be very effective for most. Do not use if allergic to iodine.


http://www.ki4u.com/guide.htm

Bringing Teh's post forward... this is the link, byomoi.