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amerfayed Donating Member (61 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-21-11 02:56 PM
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Top US official hints that radioactive material “has been deposited on the ground” (VIDEO)
Interview with Gregory Jaczko, chairman of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, CSPAN, March 20, 2011:

At :27 in

… Possibly some material that’s been deposited on the ground…

Video: http://enenews.com/just-in-top-us-official-hints-that-radioactive-material-has-been-deposited-on-the-ground-video
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hlthe2b Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-21-11 03:26 PM
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1. "hints" that radioactive material has been deposited on the ground...
Good gawd. Where? In Japan? Of course there has been some deposited. How else would spinach be measuring increased levels and cows be concentrating in milk?

Outside US? Like where? How much? What levels?

This is about like saying there is risk from radiation. Which is comparable to saying there is a risk from a meteor hitting the earth. Which is not unlike saying we are all going to die. All true. All meaningless.


Can we stop it with the "out of context" hints? This is ridiculous. UNREC
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ArcticFox Donating Member (654 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-21-11 03:29 PM
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2. He's talking about around the reactors
It's pretty clear from the context that he's talking about this as a risk to the workers there.
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hlthe2b Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-21-11 04:43 PM
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3. That there is radiation settling around reactors is so obvious
& previously documented... to say it had to be "hinted" at is just plain ridiculous.
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FedUpWithIt All Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-21-11 06:20 PM
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4. I took it to mean that he believes the actual rod material has melted through the containment
Edited on Mon Mar-21-11 06:21 PM by FedUpWithIt All
I am curious to know how others interpreted this news.
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