All posts by Hutchins AAron

Born in Deutschland 1965, hometown was Bütthart, parents were not U.S. government employees. However, when father was tricked into joining the U.S. Air Force Civil Service, in 1969, with the promise that we could remain in Germany, we were promptly shipped off to Iran. Due to one of my Iranian educators being disappeared, along with her husband, by the U.S. ally Shah of Iran's Israeli & U.S. created Savak (for the then official terrorist act of promoting the idea that women can vote), and due to my U.S. citizen mother being placed on Savak's Terrorist Arrest List (for supporting the idea that women should vote, at that time the U.S. ally Shah of Iran did not allow women to vote, now they can) we left Iran for the United States in 1973, literally in the middle of the night. At the U.S. Embassy airbase the CIA operated Gooney Bird (C-47) was so packed with other U.S. citizens fleeing our ally Iran (because the Shah gave the OK to arrest any U.S. citizen for such terrorist acts as promoting the concept of voting) that we were turned away by the Loadmaster and had to take a chance on a civilian flight out of Tehran's airport. My father told me he and my mother had three culture shocks; first when they arrived in Germany as civilians, then after being shipped off to Iran as U.S. government employees, then again returning to the United States as unemployed civilians (because so much had changed in the U.S. while they were gone, their only news source was the U.S. Armed Forces Radio & Television Service which heavily censored information about the home front). Since I graduated high school in 1982 I've worked for U.S. government contractors and state & local government agencies (in California), convenience store manager in California, retail/property management in Georgia, California and Idaho. Spent the 1990s in the TV news business producing number one rated local news programs in California, Arizona and Idaho. 14+ years with California and Idaho Army National Guard and the U.S. Air Force. Obtained a BA degree in International Studies from Idaho State University at the age of 42. Unemployed since 2015, so don't tell me the economy has recovered.
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Fukushima Press Conference shows Confusion, Unit 4 Explosion

Officials at latest press conference have made statements that make it clear that there is confusion as to what is going on at the Fukushima Daiichi plant.

Statements made include the fact that there is confusion over types of units of radiation measurement.  Also, confusion over what is causing smoke coming from reactor 3, and confusion over what is causing some radiation readings to go up.

Now saying that reactor 4 actually exploded yesterday (not just fire).  Photos presented as proof, and to explain how spent fuel rods were exposed.

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Fukushima Officials asking for help from Military

Fukushima officials say they are asking for help from the Japanese Self Defense Forces.  Situation rapidly changing at Fukushima plant 1 (Daiichi).

Smoke from reactor 3.  Radiation levels increasing.  Officials admit they are having trouble making clear which unit of measurement they are using for radiation levels.  Containment vessel in reactor 3 might be damaged.  Cause unknown at this point.  Confirming damage to reactor 2 suppression chamber.

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West Coast U.S. buying up Iodide Pills

A Miami Herald article says people living on the West Coast of the United States are buying up anti-radiation pills.

nukepills.com, in North Carolina, has sold 6,500 orders of iodide pills (it is still being incorrectly called iodine pills) in four days. Normally they sell only 100 in the same time period. Most of the orders came from Washington state, Oregon and California.

The problem with Iodide, is that it can be a health hazard if misused.  Iodide builds up in the thyroid, and can cause health issues.  Another problem is that the more Iodide is used the less effective it is.  Radioactive Iodine-131 causes thyroid cancer.

When Iodide and oxygen mix you get Iodine. So Iodine is a byproduct.

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4 deadly Radiations

Radiation emitted by the Fukushima plant include the following four types: iodine-131, cesium-137, strontium-90 and plutonium-239.

Iodine-131 causes thyroid cancer, even with the smallest of amount of exposure.

Strontium is similar to calcium, so the body absorbs it into the bones thinking it is calcium.  Strontium can remain in your bones for years, and can cause cancer like leukemia.

Cesium is like potassium, in that it circulates to every part of the body. It causes cancer in your body’s organs.

Plutonium-239 is what makes up most of a nuclear fuel rod. Causes lung cancer.

All these radiations are active for years. Plutonium is active tens of thousands of years. This is why the area directly surrounding Chernobyl is still off limits, since 1986. Also, there are islands that had been used in nuclear testing during the Cold War, that are still off limits.

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France tells Citizens to Leave Japan

On 13 March 2011, the French embassy in Japan told French citizens to leave.

The memo described a worst case scenario that had most of Japan being hit by radioactive clouds.  The memo also warned of overuse of Radiation Pills (Iodide), “Excessive repeated use can be harmful to your health.”

 

 

 

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Radiation Cloud from Fukushima

NHK reporting that there is a constant stream of white smoke coming from the Fukushima nuclear plant 1 (Daiichi).

NHK has a helicopter about 30km away from the plant, transmitting live video.  The Japanese government has declared a no fly zone over the plant, because of the radiation.

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Example of Bad Iodine

“Radioactive Iodine is a natural product of the nuclear fuel decay.  Radioactive Iodine accumulates in the thyroid and it causes high doses that can be accumulated by this organ.  And as we know from Chernobyl, thyroid cancer was one of the major consequences.”

Vladimir Saenko from Nagasaki University