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The low on the 13th was 33 around Fukushima. If the humidity was low enough it would not be impossible to have ground level or especially 250ft off the water s
by frankydp 13y ago
The low on the 13th was 33 around Fukushima. If the humidity was low enough it would not be impossible to have ground level or especially 250ft off the water snow.
EDIT: misread your question. If the steam was radiated it "could" carry that downwind but the nature of decay would greatly reduce the possibility for anything at the size of snow to stay frozen at sea level.
- sliverstorm 13y agoRight, but to my understanding water can't become radioactive. It can contain radioactive things, but H2O doesn't turn radioactive. So I'm wondering why the snow was radioactive.
- moocowduckquack 13y agoIt may have nucleated around radioactive particles in the plume.
- awakeasleep 13y agoWe're all aware that seems feasible to a non-expert. Right now we're looking for someone who knows how to calculate possible radiation levels of snow.
- moocowduckquack 13y agohere ya go - "Tracking Radioactive Fallout from the Fukushima Dai-ichi Accident in Arctic Snow" http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011AGUFM.C33A0632O http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011AGUFM.C33A0632O
- frankydp 13y agowont let me reply, radionuclides can be aqueous check out HTO and free-water tritium(FWT) in google that will get you what you are looking for. TLDR they bond with organics and other stuff in the water, and snow initiates around particulates.
- sliverstorm 13y agoProtip: Even if "reply" is missing, just open the "link" to the comment you want to reply to. Viola. (Now just watch as pg fixes that)
- jrockway 13y agoThis "bug" has been around for years, so I'm hoping it's intentional :)