Thursday, April 21, 2011

What is the Problem

People are afraid that the radiation from the Nuclear Reactors is going to flush to the United states west coast and kill off vegitation and the animals that inhabit it. Even though its a low amoutnt of radiation it can still cause a dramatic effect.

http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2011/0312/Japan-tsunami-a-wake-up-call-for-US-west-coast






The government is setting up Radiaton Moniters along the west coast to make sure people are safe. As of now they have 12 moniters set up in california. The stations send via satalite the information that they are transmitting. If the west coast needs to be evacuated they will know in advance to do so.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/03/17/national/main20044164.shtml


Why Radiation will not be a problem as this website stated. The website said that the radiation would have to go into the atmospere then fall. By the time that it did this the radiaton would be really weak and not effect anything.
http://newsfeed.time.com/2011/03/16/radiation-from-japan-why-the-west-coast-shouldnt-worry/

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10 comments:

  1. LindseyMay 6, 2011 at 6:24 AM

    thats good that radiation isnt going to be a problem, how bad do you think radiation in japan was before they started putting up monitors?

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  2. KWickhamMay 6, 2011 at 10:27 AM

    Well, at the point they thought that it was bad enought to get to the west coast. Now they are finding out that it really has no impact at all on the west coast.

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  3. shawneeMay 10, 2011 at 8:48 AM

    Kenny!!!
    Were all going to die radiation is the start of 2012. but anyways good thing they are doing something to make sure we know when we are in danger.

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  4. shulingMay 10, 2011 at 10:43 AM

    Why do the monitoring in order to get better? ?

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  5. LindseyMay 11, 2011 at 10:23 AM

    well thats good that the raditation in Japan isnt coming to the west coast.

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  6. rsilva12May 11, 2011 at 10:38 AM

    Where are the monitors located?

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  7. lizMay 11, 2011 at 10:54 AM

    how long are the moninters going to be in japan for??

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  8. KWickhamMay 12, 2011 at 10:27 AM

    Shawnee: Haha fortunately I am not thinking that the chemical reactors are going to kill us but they have done some damage.
    Shuling: They do the monitoring just as a safety procedure.
    Raheem: They are located in California.
    Liz: The monitors are actually in California and they will probably monitoring them for the next couple years.

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  9. shawneeMay 12, 2011 at 10:34 AM

    What type of damage did they do?

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  10. KWickhamMay 12, 2011 at 10:39 AM

    What do you mean Shawnee?

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