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“Nuclear fuel fragments” from Fukushima found in Europe — 10,000+ kilometers from reactors — Study: Plume “directly from N. America” — Hot particles a “significant part” radioactive releases — Quickly spread over entire hemisphere — Film shows core material on Norway air filter (PHOTO)

http://enenews.com/professors-nuclear-fuel-fragments-fukushima-found-europe-study-significant-part-fukushimas-radioactivity-hot-particles-film-air-filter-norway-photo?fb_action_ids=10152830923484937&fb_action_types=og.likes&fb_source=aggregation&fb_aggregation_id=288381481237582

Published: May 6th, 2014 at 11:31 am ET
By ENENews

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Nick

May 6, 2014 at 12:32 pm

“Consequently, there was a rapid melt-down of the reactor cores and
a massive injection of radionuclides into the atmosphere.
During the accident, the whole inventory of the noble gas 133Xe was set free from
the reactors.”
http://www.atmos-chem-phys-discuss.net/12/12331/2012/acpd-12-12331-2012.pdf

ENENews Admin
May 6, 2014 at 12:48 pm

From 5 months ago:

Report reveals highest level of radioactive xenon-133 to hit Canada after Fukushima over 6,000% more than gov’t website claims
http://enenews.com/report-reveals-highest-level-of-radioactive-xenon-133-to-hit-canada-after-fukushima-was-over-6000-more-than-govt-website-claims

Canadian Study: Those lacking wisdom expected Fukushima plume to disperse before hitting West Coast — In reality “sharp features” were detected even after several days travel (PHOTO)
http://enenews.com/study-uninformed-people-thought-fukushima-plume-would-dilute-before-hitting-west-coast-in-reality-sharp-features-were-detected-even-after-several-days-travel-photo

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Discussions, Atmospheric removal times of aerosol-bound radionuclides, May 2012: Hot particles (e.g., fragments of the nuclear fuel) were present in the FD-NPP plume.

Elsevier (academic publisher) — Fukushima Accident: Radioactivity Impact on the Environment, 2013: Paatero et al. (2012) estimated that a significant part of the Fukushima-derived radioactivity is in hot particles from autoradiogram of a filter sample from 1 to 4 April 2011 at Mt. Zeppelin, Ny-Alesund, Svalbard.

Poster for Alaska Marine Science Symposium (Arctic Ocean and Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands), Jan. 20, 2014: Exposure to fallout while on ice in 2011 […] Models suggest pinnipeds may have been exposed while on ice to the following: […] Hot particles, nuclear fuel fragments, were detected in air samples taken in Svalbard, Norway (Paatero et al. 2012).

(Paatero et al. 2012) Airborne fission products in the High Arctic after the Fukushima nuclear accident: The plume arriving in Svalbard did not come from Europe but directly from North America […] [Hot particles are] either fragments of the nuclear fuel or particles formed by the interactions between condensed radionuclides, nuclear fuel, and structural materials of the reactor […] a significant part of the activity related to Fukushima was in hot particles. So far the authors are not aware of any other reports concerning hot particles from the Fukushima accident. […] radionuclides emitted into the atmosphere were quickly dispersed around practically the whole northern hemisphere within a couple of weeks.

See also: Gundersen: This video “confirms our worst fears” — Scientist: Reactor core materials found almost 500 km from Fukushima plant — 40,000,000,000,000,000,000 Bq/kg — Can travel very, very significant distances — Hot particles found in 25% of samples from Tokyo and Fukushima (VIDEO)

Poster for the 2014 Alaska Marine Science Symposium here

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