Friday, April 1, 2011

Radioactive Iodine-131 in CA Rainwater 18,100% Above Federal Drinking Water Standard

Rainwater samples taken from UC Berkeley LAST WEEK (March 23) indicated radioactive Iodine-131 levels 181 times the Federal Drinking Water Standard! Imagine what the levels are now, after the core has now melted through the containment vessel! This is not good folks.

From Energy News

UCB Rain Water Sampling Results, University of California, Berkeley, Department of Nuclear Engineering:
Iodine-131 level in rainwater sample taken on the roof of Etcheverry Hall on UC Berkeley campus, March 23, 2011 from 9:06-18:00 PDT
20.1 Becquerel per liter (Bq/L) = 543 Picocuries per liter (pCi/L) — Conversion calculator here.
The federal drinking water standard for Iodine-131 is 3 pCi/L. (Press Release)
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry for Iodine, CDC, April 2004:
EPA has set an average annual drinking water limit of 3 pCi/L for Iodine-131 so the public radiation dose will not exceed 4 millirem