Could this possibly be the result of damage to a Ukrainian nuclear power plant during Russian's recent incursions?
Detection of radioactive iodine at trace levels in Europe in January 2017
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Re: Detection of radioactive iodine at trace levels in Europe in January 2017
#52I'm in Germany and I have a Geiger counter running 24/7. I just looked at the data for January and February and the only thing that I notice is a VERY slightly higher reading on February 4th with 0.1727 microSievert/hour. Average for January was 0.1674, lowest was 0.1631, highest was 0.1703. So February 4th was less than 6% higher than the lowest value from January. The difference was so small that I had just attribu…
Re: Detection of radioactive iodine at trace levels in Europe in January 2017
#53I'm in Germany and I have a Geiger counter running 24/7. I just looked at the data for January and February and the only thing that I notice is a VERY slightly higher reading on February 4th with 0.1727 microSievert/hour. Average for January was 0.1674, lowest was 0.1631, highest was 0.1703. So February 4th was less than 6% higher than the lowest value from January. The difference was so small that I had just attribu…
Out of total curiosity what does your setup look like? Do you have a mode # of what you use? Never read anything about this before. Thanks.
Re: Detection of radioactive iodine at trace levels in Europe in January 2017
#54Can someone describe the significance/insignificance/context of this?
The ISRN appears to be a French government agency. They are claiming to have detected non-natural levels of radioactive iodine across Europe. The implication is that someone, somewhere had a nuclear accident and did not report it.
Re: Detection of radioactive iodine at trace levels in Europe in January 2017
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#56News in Finland's national broadcasting: http://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/radiation_safety_watchdog_...
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#59Three questions
After rain?
Could be Iodine being generated directly in place from other compounds or being seeded by suspended dust in clouds?
Could be this "Ukranian war" related?
Re: Detection of radioactive iodine at trace levels in Europe in January 2017
#60Probably related to this recent incident http://nypost.com/2017/02/09/explosion-rocks-nuclear-power-p...