UC Berkeley Nuclear Professor: Radiation levels we had in California after 3/11 were higher than they are now in water by Fukushima plant, it was “interesting” — Reactors and fuel pools still pose serious threat

UC Berkeley Nuclear Professor: Radiation levels we had in California after 3/11 were higher than they are now in water by Fukushima plant, it was “interesting” — Reactors and fuel pools still pose serious threat

Published: October 11th, 2013 at 3:22 pm ET By ENENews  Email Article 8 comments

Title: Crippled Fukushima: California gets far more radiation than Russia -expert
Source: Voice of Russia
Author: Jay Johnson
Date: Oct. 11, 2013

[...] Edward Morse, Professor at the Department of Nuclear Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, in an interview to Voice of Russia, talked about the current Fukushima effect on the US.
Talking about the radiation levels, Mr Morse said, “Right now the radiation levels have just climbed up out of the point of obscurity, when they were so low that they could not be measured. Now, the latest measurement, which is 1.4 becquerels per liter, is a measurable quantity, but it is probably not a threat to human health or to a significant seafood contamination at this point. This level right now is close to the federal limit for drinking water in the US. And obviously, no one will drink water out of the sea from around Fukushima.”
Talking about the plausible threat Fukushima still presents, Mr Morse said the matter still remained serious. He explained that there are three damaged reactors and a spent fuel pool which all, potentially, could release further quantities of radiation at larger levels than they have. [...]
Concluding, Mr Morse said that California has got more radiation than Russia’s Far East, because the prevailing winds go from the west to the east, “In fact, we measured the radiation levels in Berkeley, they are higher than they are now in the water around Fukushima back in 2011. And we did not think that they were threatening at that time. But it was interesting. [...].”

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