meh life is too short to be picky
ADHD and proffesional blogging has turned you into a monster
care the elaborate gerryh?
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as you can see the westerlies blow to the east, so i dont know why gerryh is rolling his eyes.... When chernobyl blew its top, radioactive isotopes went where the wind took them
A 22.6 increase in global average of radioactive toxins....The most important radionuclides remaining from weapons testing are now carbon-14, strontium-90 and caesium-137. The global average dose from these is about 0.005 mSv/yr, compared with a peak of 0.113 mSv average in 1963. Residual dose rates at test sites are mostly low (< 1 msv/yr), apart from at Semipalatinsk in Kazakhstan.
....Since the 1963 atmospheric test ban treaty, weapons tests have been mostly underground, the exceptions being by France and China. The underground tests have had no immediate environmental effect and are generally seen as relatively benign compared with the atmospheric tests...
see thats interesting, did it get into more detail about kazakhstan? there was no link...The most important radionuclides remaining from weapons testing are now carbon-14, strontium-90 and caesium-137. The global average dose from these is about 0.005 mSv/yr, compared with a peak of 0.113 mSv average in 1963. Residual dose rates at test sites are mostly low (< 1 msv/yr), apart from at Semipalatinsk in Kazakhstan.
But if you seen the video the biggest spots were in the south west of the united states.. Thats in the northern hemisphereThe majority open air tests (Americans, French and Brits) were in the southern hemisphere.
...There were over 100 radioactive elements released into the atmosphere when Chernobyl’s fourth reactor exploded. Most of these were short lived and decayed (reduced in radioactivity) very quickly. Iodine, strontium and caesium were the most dangerous of the elements released, and have half-lives of 8 days, 29 years, and 30 years respectively. The isotopes Strontium-90 and Caesium-137 are therefore still present in the area to this day. While iodine is linked to thyroid cancer, Strontium can lead to leukaemia. Caesium is the element that travelled the farthest and lasts the longest. This element affects the entire body and especially can harm the liver and spleen....
Frequently Asked Chernobyl Questions
it looks like the wind was involved i guess here, i highly doubt it hitchhiked thereAtmospheric nuclear weapons testing in Nevada began in January 1951, and by 1953, studies detected radioactivity levels in humans and animals, especially the presence of 90Sr. The following year, the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission began to measure 90Sr in healthy adult New York City residents who died in accidents. A 1958 study of 90Sr in 60,000 baby teeth in the St. Louis area revealed that levels of the radioactive element rose steadily during atmospheric nuclear weapons testing, except during a testing moratorium between 1959 and 1961. B
While weather and winds are highly variable, I'd judge from the winds diagram that radioactive toxins from Nevada would most likely settle downwind in the subtropical high pressure area.strontium 90: Definition from Answers.com
it looks like the wind was involved i guess here, i highly doubt it hitchhiked there
but your right EOA they dropped after that. And that was my MAIN question and concern...
in my link it mentions people still have some strontium in them, possibly from nuclear reactor emmissions, could the wind play a role in this? The people they tested were in the north east......
I saw the video. Size matters...see thats interesting, did it get into more detail about kazakhstan? there was no link
But if you seen the video the biggest spots were in the south west of the united states.. Thats in the northern hemisphere
I still don't see the point of this thread. The guy is an artist, doesn't that alone give reason not to take this seriously?
I still don't see the point of this thread.
Cool. People must have slacked off lately, though, because I haven't seen any 3 story tall spiders scooting around for a long time.An artist's rendition of the history of nuclear and thermonuclear weapon detonations on our planet, with a timeline for when, a map for where, and colour coded to identify which nation conducted the bombing/test.
"1945-1998" by Isao Hashimoto: CTBTO Preparatory Commission
It does not include the tests of the DPRK.
Maybe you already were aware of the scale of nuclear tests. I wasn't. Art can be used to help interpret facts. Naked facts can be objective, but subjectivity is what drives the majority of human opinion forming.
For instance, can you perceive how small something like a toxic screening result is? What does one part per billion mean to you? Small, sure, but how small?
True. Thousands of nuclear tests poisoning the environment is such a frivolous issue.
The amount of nuclear testing means absolutely nothing. If what the "artist" is trying to assert is that this is "damaging our earth", then why dance around the bush? Why not provide "naked facts" showing this assertion? Because there are none. Instead, he would rather make some obscure correlation by just showing the number of tests, than the straight out effects. As you put it, the artist finds what avenue he needs to display his agenda, when in reality it is useless information. I'm merely calling out on his bluff.
See, this was one of the posts the artist probably wanted to stir. The validity of such statements however are a completely different matter.
The amount of nuclear testing means absolutely nothing.
Why not provide "naked facts" showing this assertion?
Instead, he would rather make some obscure correlation by just showing the number of tests, than the straight out effects.
Let me understand something. Are you trying to say that the billions wasted on nuclear testing; the huge amount of radiation released into the environment; and the manufacture of enough nuclear weapons to destroy civilization was nothing to be concerned about?
And what bluff are you calling? I did not detect any hint of the creator of the video bluffing about anything. He was merely illustrating an unfortunate episode in history.
The amount is the amount. It means what it means.
BS It indicates the stupidity in misusing gov't funding.The amount of nuclear testing means absolutely nothing.
That it is useless is only your opinion. Not a big deal.If what the "artist" is trying to assert is that this is "damaging our earth", then why dance around the bush? Why not provide "naked facts" showing this assertion? Because there are none. Instead, he would rather make some obscure correlation by just showing the number of tests, than the straight out effects. As you put it, the artist finds what avenue he needs to display his agenda, when in reality it is useless information. I'm merely calling out on his bluff.
As is your opinion.See, this was one of the posts the artist probably wanted to stir. The validity of such statements however are a completely different matter.