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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.

rand()m quote

Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.

—Frank Wilhoit