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Immediate and future radiation from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster may result in hundreds of deaths and emerging cancer cases, according to a yearlong modeling project undertaken by researchers at Stanford University.
Started within a week of the Fukushima meltdown, the project is the most detailed model yet of the emission, transport and deposition of radioactive material from the site, accounting for complex interactions between atmospheric conditions and the microphysics of radioactive particles.
Combining the projected spread of radioactive material with a standard radiation health-effects model, co-authors John Hoeve, a recent Stanford Ph.D. graduate, and civil engineering professor Mark Jacobson calculated that between 15 and 1,300 premature deaths would occur as a result of the accident.
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=computer-model-predicts-fewer-than-200-deaths-fukushima-radiation&WT.mc_id=SA_CAT_ENGYSUS_20120719
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)marions ghost
(19,841 posts)it's all in the ocean
Esse Quam Videri
(685 posts)There will be many times that just from those eating the seafood.
http://enenews.com/lead-scientist-surprised-by-japan-data-fukushima-plant-still-leaking-radiation-into-ocean
HopeHoops
(47,675 posts)They predicted the same number for Chenobyl. Didn't work out that way now did it?