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Subject The First Nuclear Fuel Rods Were Successfully Removed from Fukushima

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More for your personal Realitycheck:

[b]Q: Around how much cesium-137 has the accident released into the open sea?

A: Twelve to 15 petabecquerels (one petabecquerel equals 1,000 trillion becquerels) of cesium-137 released into the atmosphere fell into the Pacific Ocean via rainfall. It is believed that an additional 3.5 petabecquerels flowed into the ocean when water used to cool the melting fuel rods immediately after the accident was contaminated and released.

Q: What can we learn by comparing the nuclear accident with the spread of radioactive substances caused by nuclear weapons testing?

A: In 1970, a total of 290 petabecquerels of cesium-137 was released in the North Pacific due to nuclear weapons testing. The level was 69 petabecquerels in 2011, after the cesium-137 decayed over its 30-year half-life and some of it flowed into other waters.

In comparison, the amount released due to the Fukushima accident is around 15 petabecquerels.[/b]
http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201311180001

This nasty Americans :Chuckle:
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More than two and a half years after the Fukushima Dai-ichi disaster began, cleanup efforts at the crippled plant have hit a milestone: Today, the process of removing spent fuel rods from damaged reactors began successfully, with the first fuel rod assemblies moved from underwater storage pool at the plant's No. 4 reactor pool to portable storage casks

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