Re: See Bill Sloman, as I stated South of France being radioactive does not bother the French anymore, it is normal.

On Wed, 09 Jul 2008 11:15:05 -0700, John Larkin wrote:
On Wed, 09 Jul 2008 13:53:31 GMT, Jan Panteltje
On a sunny day (Wed, 09 Jul 2008 06:27:16 -0700) it happened John Larkin
On Wed, 09 Jul 2008 10:55:45 GMT, Jan Panteltje

See Bill Sloman, as I stated South of France being radioactive does not
bother the French anymore, it is normal.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/a,p/20080708/ap_on_re_eu/france_nuclear_leak
It is 'only' 30000 liters of non enriched (oh well :-) ) uranium. So
if you plan a holiday to Avignon or plan to eat something produced
there for the next 1000 years, dont.

It was "Liquid containing traces of unenriched uranium" and "some of the
solution ran into two rivers." What constitutes "traces"?

Doesn't sound like armageddon to me. I doubt it will statistically
produce one milli-cancer. Natural radiation is everywhere.

Coal mines kill people, and burning coal releases radiation into the
air. People die on oil rigs. Tankers run aground. Energy is dangerous.

Well, it is also here::
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7496998.stm
30000 liters with 12g per liter makes 36 kg non-depleted,
for you to calculate how much bad stuff is in there, and it will radiate
for millions of year. The river will take it to the north-sea, where my
herrings come from, the plants will absorb it and it will end up in the
grapes and the French wines, basically why very old wines are better ;-)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uranium#Occurrence

"An additional 4.6 billion tonnes of uranium are estimated to be in sea
water (Japanese scientists in the 1980s showed that extraction of uranium
from sea water using ion exchangers was feasible).[37][38]"

So relax.

And besides, if something does "radiate for millions of year[SIC]", it
can't be "radiating" very damn much!

Hell, if it was, why not just capture that free energy forever?

Cheers!
Rich

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