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the plume from Dai-ichi

the journal of Michael Werneburg

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Toronto, 2011.03.18

Here's a map of the radioactive plume coming from the Dai-ichi plant in Japan. Thanks to Brian.

radioactive plume from Dai-ichi reactor in Japan

It's interesting to see how this going. The quantities involved are hard to put into context, but I get the impression that the story would be very different if this reactor had been somewhere upwind of Japan's major cities, such as in the Fukuoka area.

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