Reply #11: Just basic math. [View All]

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90% of what leaked out of Chernobyl (what remains to leak if Fukushima is to match Chernobyl) (6300 PBq x 90% = 5670 PBq)

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What is leaking daily ( 2 billion Bq )

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Number of days it will take for the leak to release as much radiation as Chernobyl did.

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Length of the year to get the number of years rather than days ( 365 days )

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7+ million years...


Billion sounds much but in atomic scale it is rather small.

yotta Y 10e24 1.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000
zetta Z 10e21 1.000.000.000.000.000.000.000
__exa E 10e18 1.000.000.000.000.000.000
_peta P 10e15 1.000.000.000.000.000
_tera T 10e12 1.000.000.000.000
_giga G _10e9 1.000.000.000
_mega M _10e6 1.000.000