The increase in radiation amount has since been described as "inaccurate".
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/ap_on_bi_ge/as_japan_earthquake Mark ________________________________ From: David <dlocklea...@gmail.com> To: Cavers Texas <texascavers@texascavers.com> Sent: Sun, March 27, 2011 12:35:32 AM Subject: [Texascavers] caves and radiation Since we may soon be talking about nuclear fallout, I thought I would post a link related to radiation and caves. http://www.ozarkundergroundlab.com/Downloads/STRATEGY%20FOR%20MANAGING%20ALPHA%20RADIATION%20IN%20SHOW-CAVES.pdf For those of you caving or away from the news, the nuclear plant crisis just got worse according to the latest report ( Saturday, midnight ) TEPCO, says it measured 2.9 "billion" becquerels of radiation per one cubic "centimeter" of water from the basement of the turbine building attached to the Number 2 reactor. Here are some others: http://www.forums.caves.org/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=9816 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8026972 http://www.northerncoloradogrotto.com/node/179 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B8GWG-4PS6VS1-2H&_user=10&_coverDate=12%2F31%2F2005&_rdoc=1&_fmt=high&_orig=gateway&_origin=gateway&_sort=d&_docanchor=&view=c&_searchStrId=1694759276&_rerunOrigin=google&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=80a550cab4d13ddd6c7b1c54feaff88d&searchtype=a There are probably some better links than these. David Locklear ( Disclaimer: I know zilch about radiation, but I did take the commercial tour of the Aggie Nuclear Plant, back when it was active, and I once had a cat-scan ) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com
