The amount of radiation released during the Fukushima nuclear disaster was so great that the level of atmospheric radioactive aerosols in Washington state was 10,000 to 100,000 times greater than normal levels in the week following the March 11 earthquake and tsunami that triggered the disaster.
"I think the conclusion was that this was a really major event here," Cockrell School of Engineering Associate Professor Steven Biegalski said of the Fukushima disaster.
Biegalski was on a faculty research assignment at PNNL in Richland, Washington. Its here that, using technology that Biegalski helped improve, he and a team of researchers were the first to detect radioactive materials from Fukushima in the U.S.
Biegalski said the reason for the large release in Fukushima, when compared to the others, is that there were three nuclear reactors at the Japan facilities rather than just on.
NOTE: Since these experts aren't showing any embarrassment at their conclusions, I'll feel it for them. Since there are NO safe levels of radiation, one would think they could conclude that 100,000 times that amount would be significant.
I find the significant increase in US infant mortality following Fukushima to be more significant. Also, according to CDC stats, there are more than 27,000 additional US deaths through end of July than prior to Fukushima.
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