On Sat, 26 Mar 2011 11:46:25 +0000 (GMT), "Dave Liquorice"
wrote:

On Sat, 26 Mar 2011 03:35:36 -0700 (PDT), Bolted wrote:

No. it couldn't. And it hasn't happened in Fukushima either. Some
shut
down *rods overheated and a bit of material escaped. That's all.
Short
half-life stuff. will be goine in 6 weeks at most.

The Caesium 137 is going to be around for a while.

Half life of 30 odd years. note that is half life, so 50% of it will
still be about in 30 odd years...

Bad reporting in the BBC web site story about the levels of
iodine-131 in the sea. It said it would all be gone in 8 days, iodine
131 has a half life of about that, so only half of it will be gone.

I'd hazard a guess that if you complained they would broadcast a
grovelling apology saying that the other half would be gone in another
8 days.


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