Multi writes not all cesiums are created equal. If this is all we had to deal with, it would be more managable. But plutonium's also in play and a thousand isotopes. If true, 500 tons of Plutonium/year/reactor.
He posted these (note Pacific DeadZone, lower right; not good for the ocean and millions of gallons of radioactive water pouring in every day. A drop in the bucket, but radioactive; remember the leak in the UK that irradiated Salmon in Norway...).
http://www.naturalnews.com/images/Radioactive-Seawater-Impact-Map-March-2012.jpg
http://knowledgeofhealth.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/radioactiveFalloutMap3.jpg
"There are different forms of cesium and some are extremely dangerous because their half-life can last for millions of years. The cesium 137 form, that is of concern in the Japanese nuclear power plant, is perhaps less dangerous because it has a half life of 30 years compared to the longer half-life of other cesium forms. It travels easily through the food chain. Cesium-137 [ C-137 ] is a major radionuclide in spent nuclear fuel, high-level radioactive wastes resulting from the processing of spent nuclear fuel, and radioactive wastes associated with the operation of nuclear reactors and fuel reprocessing plants. C-137 is the radiation that has fallen around the Japanese nuclear power plant and has contaminated soil, water and air.
Iodine 131 [ I-131 ] has a half-life of 8 days. I-131 is being transported by the North Pacific jet-stream, across the Pacific ocean and to the North American continent. Iodine-131 continues to decay as it is swept up by the jet stream. Hence, the amount of I-131 falling on North American soil and having an affect on North Americans is insignificant, because it will decay as it arrives. But there is no level of radiation that can be considered safe. "
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