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April 29, 2015 at 12:22 pm #1761uRADMonitorKeymaster
Some months ago I was watching a documentary explaining how the vegetation in the Chernobyl area assimilated part of the radioactive material, and that uncontrolled fires would pose a new risk of spreading contaminants into the atmosphere.
Little time has passed and that is already happening: Chernobyl zone in flames:
News on: http://rt.com/news/253897-chernobyl-fires-rage-ukraine/
and on: http://sputniknews.com/europe/20150428/1021488212.html- This topic was modified 9 years ago by uRADMonitor.
April 29, 2015 at 12:43 pm #1764DaveParticipantThanks for the update. I am an avid documentary follower on Chernobyl. You don’t hear much about it these days, but few people realize that Sr-90 and Cs-137 have approx 30 year half-lives and there is still much danger in the “exclusion zone”.
I have been trying to follow the progress of the new arch that is going to go over the old and decaying sarcophagus, but you don’t hear much about that. You can see the construction efforts of it on Google Earth, but I can’t seem to find out just how close the project is to completion.
What solution there is for Fukushima remains to be seen.
April 30, 2015 at 7:50 am #1779uRADMonitorKeymasterHere’s the distance between the “red forest” and the fires:
http://www.nuclearflower.com/zone/zone08.html
http://wildfiretoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Map-of-fire-near-Chernobyl-4-28c-2015.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/23/Chernobyl_radiation_map_1996.svgMay 8, 2015 at 6:34 pm #1872uRADMonitorKeymasterSource says chernobyl forest fire plume now on the US west coast: http://optimalprediction.com/wp/chernobyl-forest-fire-plume-now-on-the-us-west-coast/
May 17, 2015 at 5:59 pm #1933Mads BarnkobModeratorDid anyone see any measurements from the uRADMonitor network indicating this fallout in California?
May 17, 2015 at 8:53 pm #1935uRADMonitorKeymasterAll looks good so far:
https://www.uradmonitor.com/data/0.1/public.php?id=11000055¶m=cpm&start=14&integration=4&size=xxlarge
https://www.uradmonitor.com/data/0.1/public.php?id=1100008F¶m=cpm&start=14&integration=4&size=xxlarge
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https://www.uradmonitor.com/data/0.1/public.php?id=12000040¶m=cpm&start=14&integration=4&size=xxlargeJuly 5, 2015 at 12:32 pm #2021uRADMonitorKeymasterThe problems in the region are not over:
http://rt.com/news/271081-chernobyl-wildfire-radiation-ukraine/
http://srp.ecocentre.mns.gov.ua/MEDO-PS/index.php?lang=ENGJuly 5, 2015 at 12:32 pm #2022uRADMonitorKeymasterThe problems in the region are not over:
http://rt.com/news/271081-chernobyl-wildfire-radiation-ukraine/
http://srp.ecocentre.mns.gov.ua/MEDO-PS/index.php?lang=ENGJuly 7, 2015 at 5:51 am #2046DavidParticipantBit of a worry, hopefully they get the fires under control soon.
Would be very interesting to have some uRADmonitors in both Ukraine and Japan to see how much difference there is between readings on the ground and the ones the governments are releasing.
July 7, 2015 at 11:58 am #2047uRADMonitorKeymasterHopefully we’ll get some coverage in Ukraine as well, especially after the crowd funding I’m planning for this year – in an effort to lower costs and expand coverage.
Server load is also becoming an issue.
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