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‘Mystery’: Radiation spikes being detected in many countries —
Posted by:
WHkMX
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Date: February 20, 2017 05:02PM
‘Mystery’: Radiation spikes being detected in many countries — US military secretly deploys ‘nuclear sniffer’ aircraft — Radioactivity levels quadrupled — Officials: Iodine-131 is “proof of rather recent release… the origin of which is still unknown”
BY ENENEWS, ON FEBRUARY 20TH, 2017
Published: February 20th, 2017 at 4:57 am ET
By ENENews
Re: ‘Mystery’: Radiation spikes being detected in many countries —
Posted by:
PGynb
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Date: February 20, 2017 06:46PM
jyJJt Wrote:
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> Three questions.
>
> How much higher is it than normal background
> radiation? ANSWER: it's not higher than normal at all. This is all just made up.
>
> Could a leak from a single place cause all those
> points to register higher readings with wind and
> the jet stream? ANSWER: No, but again, this is all made up.
>
> Are the countries around there where there are no
> detections just not adequately sampled? ANSWER: No, this is all made up.
They're a government organization with over 1800 employees. Bears further investigation. But yes, it may be in error. But I don't think it's just made up.
"It must be pointed out that only particulate iodine was reported. When detectable, gaseous iodine is usually dominant and can be estimated to be 3 to 5 times higher than the fraction of particulate iodine."