Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/03/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I'm much more concerned about the contamination of Canon products being made so close to the power plants. It doesn't bode well. I wish we could have a third party oversight on what's going on. The Japanese press is virtually useless, a veritable PR organ for the government and the corporations. And the circumspection of the government borders on criminal neglect. S.d. On Mar 23, 2011, at 8:13 PM, Herbert Kanner wrote: > The inverse square law is a bit irrelevant here. What we're talking about > is microscopic particles of solid radioactive elements carried by the > prevailing winds from there to here. Nevertheless, although detectable > with instrumentation, are now and probably will be in the future, no > health risk whatsoever in the U.S., Canada, and South America. > > Herb > Ex physicist > > >> Peter writes: >> >> Radiation, like the light we photograph in, reduces in >> >> intensity according to the inverse square law, so I think even a Nocti- >> >> Geiger-counter couldn't detect emissions from that plant. >> >> - - - - - >> >> Peter, >> >> That might be the case with gamma radiation. But radioactive particles are >> transported by the prevailing wind patterns. If you are downwind of a >> burning nuclear plant the particles could be carried for hundreds, even >> thousands of kilometers. Radioactive particles from the Japanese >> catastrophe >> were detected in California nearly 8000 km away. You are fortunate that >> the >> prevailing winds are from the west and carry the radiation mostly out to >> sea. Had they been from the north, I would not eat the fish. >> >> Larry Z (who lives about 5 km from the Indian Point Atomic energy plant >> which is adjacent to the Ramapo fault.) >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > -- > Herbert Kanner > kanner at acm.org > 650-326-8204 > > Do not meddle in the affairs of cats, > for they are subtle and will pee > on your computer! > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information Slobodan Dimitrov Long Beach, CA