Detection of radioactive iodine at trace levels in Europe in January 2017

Post by jawbone3 » Sun, Feb 19, 2017, 11:24 PM UTC

JoBrad wrote: post #43

bootload wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"Iodine-131 is a radionuclide with a short half-life (T1/2 = 8.04 day)." Short half life, a nuclear event of some sort happened recently and nothing has been reported. I-131 is an isotope of Iodine and the source could be natural gas related, medical diagnostic OR a product of uranium and plutonium used in nuclear fission. [0] Which countries have access to plutonium? "only particulate iodine was reported." What is t…

Here's a map of countries known to have or are pursuing nuclear weapons, from January 2015. http://www.cnn.com/interactive/2013/03/world/nuclear-weapon-...

Post by [deleted] » Mon, Feb 20, 2017, 12:28 AM UTC

pvaldes wrote: post #59

> The detection of this radionuclide is proof of a rather recent release. Three 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? 2015: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9644685

Post by bootload » Mon, Feb 20, 2017, 7:07 AM UTC

KMag wrote: post #50

bitL wrote: post #4

Poland has the highest reading - something going awry at Chernobyl or somebody testing low yield nukes? I am also really disappointed this wasn't anywhere in the news, at least people could have taken some iodine. I understand the level is low but there is still non-zero probability of somebody going ill from it.

> I am also really disappointed this wasn't anywhere in the news, at least people could have taken some iodine. Edit: I know this is harsh, but the OP should realize their post is somewhere on the anti-vaxxer-Facebook-post-scale. It's somewhere around a millipost, but it registers on the scale. What should the news flash say? "Run from the nearest banana, person, airplane, or mountain." I'm really disappointed at you…