Radiation, Japan, our fears, the truth

Tuesday, March 22, 2011

 

I am one of those who has been fascinated by all aspects of the Japan Tragedy.

I am also one who has long examined our attitudes towards Radiation, Nuclear Power, Catastrophes.
So I have tried to go beyond the Talking Heads, who simply neutralize each other (All Nuke is bad vs Everything is just peachy)

Below this (hard to read) chart, are three interesting links.
One is the full size chart, which does a great job progressively describing Radiation from lowest to highest measurements, and the risk to humans associated at each level.
The second is an analysis of fatalities per terawatt of energy.
The third is a reasoned position from a Nuclear Engineer friend.

 

Further reading:

http://nextbigfuture.com/2011/03/deaths-per-twh-by-energy-source.html

http://www.bt.cdc.gov/radiation/pdf/measurement.pdf

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-03-19/japan-s-tepco-seeks-to-restore-power-to-damaged-nuclear-plant.html