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Sun, 2011-03-13 17:00 — mdmcdonald
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Japan Radiation Map

Wed, 2011-03-23 01:57 — AlMac99

Map in English and in Japanese.  Choose the Prefecture whose map you want to see.  You might start with one whose color code is other than "normal."

Realtime radiation data collected via the System for Prediction of Environment Emergency Dose Information(SPEEDI).

To make sense of this, you need to view some of the posts about the levels of radiation, because there is huge hype.

No one has got radiation sickness yet. 

You could eat the "contaminated" food for a year & get less radiation than one cat scan.

FAQ's - Nuclear Reactor Crisis in Japan

Wed, 2011-03-23 01:17 — Kathy Gilbeaux

submitted by Janine Rees

from Union of Concerned Scientists

(Full story with ALL questions and answers in link below)

http://www.ucsusa.org/nuclear_power/nuclear_power_risk/safety/nuclear-reactor-crisis-faq.html#risks%20of%20spent%20fuel%20pools 

Reactor Containment Issues

 

Best New Mashups "Reliable Data Maps"

Tue, 2011-03-22 12:26 — bevcorwin

Best New Mashups - Japanese Earthquake Maps:

http://blog.programmableweb.com/2011/03/22/best-new-mashups-japanese-earthquake-maps

Reliable Data Efforts, "The ongoing nuclear crisis in Japan has highlighted our collective reliance on trusted sources. With conflicting reports of radiation levels in affected areas, Portland-based Uncorked Studios has built a way to report and see data in an unbiased format....." duvander : RDTN.org - http://www.rdtn.org

Japan Earthquake Map

"Sinsai Japan Earthquake Resources: Using Ushahidi Crowdsourced Crisis Response Platform and OpenStreetMap, this mashup communicates the location as a services and resources useful to those on the scene in Japan."

Radiation detectors

Mon, 2011-03-21 17:26 — AlMac99

We need to identify radiation detection and mitigation equipment which can be used in through the Japan Resilience System in the Japan Health Capacity Zones.  Here are some of my initial thoughts on this.

Radiation detectors.  A mixture of my thoughts and leads here.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geiger_counter
Illustrations show something which may be a bit bulky.
Text talks about the kind of radiation detected.

There is a mind boggling collection of types of detectors, so we need to nail down which are needed for current reality in Japan.

quoting from Wikipedia

Radiation Exposure Resources

Mon, 2011-03-21 16:38 — mdmcdonald

Please post resources on the radiation exposure.

University of Rochester Researchers Search for New Ways to Treat Radiation Exposure

Sun, 2011-03-20 09:51 — Kathy Gilbeaux

by James Goodman - March 18, 2011

While experts struggle to understand the risks posed by the crippled nuclear reactors in Japan, Jacqueline P. Williams heads up research at University of Rochester on radiation exposure treatments.

Williams, who has a doctorate in radiation biology from the University of London, oversees a $36 million federally funded project at UR that is part of an initiative called the Centers for Medical Countermeasures Against Radiation. Seven American research universities are part of this network funded by the National Institutes of Health.

(Full story in link below)

http://www.democratandchronicle.com/article/20110318/NEWS01/103180356/UR-researchers-search-new-ways-treat-radiation-exposure

submitted by Theresa Bernardo

Fear of Epidemics Among Earthquake Survivors

Sat, 2011-03-19 22:27 — Kathy Gilbeaux

The Telegraph - By Patrick Sawer 5:26PM GMT 19 Mar 2011

Doctors fear that thousands of those who survived the initial impact of the devastating Japanese earthquake and tsunami could now fall victim to disease and epidemics.  Children and the elderly living in desperate conditions in the stricken zone are particularly at risk from outbreaks of flu and other ailments, they warned.

(Full Story in Link Below)

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/japan/8392731/Fear-of-epidemics-among-earthquake-survivors.html

Historical Context for Radioactive Particulates Moving from Asia to the US

Thu, 2011-03-17 14:18 — Katie Rast

As as the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory wrote last December:

About a third of the airborne lead particles recently collected at two sites in the San Francisco Bay Area came from Asia, a finding that underscores the far-flung impacts of air pollution and heralds a new way to learn more about its journey across vast distances.

In a first-of-its-kind study, scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the California Air Resources Board tracked variations in the amount of lead transported across the Pacific over time.

It's well known that particles and other aerosols cover long distances through the Earth's atmosphere. But the details of this transport, such as that of the lead particles' 7,000-mile journey from the smokestacks of China to the west coast of North America, are largely unknown.

From 2001:

http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=1352

From 2010:

http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2010/12/01/lead-isotopes-air-pollution/

From 1998:

Obama defends nuclear power, says Hawaii, West Coast safe

Thu, 2011-03-17 13:48 — Katie Rast

WASHINGTON » President Barack Obama is defending nuclear power as an important source of energy in the U.S., even as new questions are raised about its safety following radiation leaks from an earthquake- and tsunami-damaged nuclear plant in Japan.

Obama also told a Pittsburgh TV station that he has been assured that Hawaii and the U.S. West Coast will not be affected by radiation released from the damaged nuclear plant in Japan.

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Radiation Detection and Impacts

Wed, 2011-03-16 22:47 — mdmcdonald

Please note radiation detection and impacts in this group post.

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