Nuclear Radiation will affect the Pinoys?

Ngayon araw, may mga nakakatanggap ng SMS tungkol sa radiation ay maaaring makaapekto sa pilipinas, kalat na din sa net ang mensahe ito

"BBC News: Japan government confirms radiation leak at Fukushima nuclear plant.

Asian countries should take pre

cautionary measures. Remain indoors first 24 hours. Close doors and windows.

Swab neck skin with betadine where thyroid area is, bc radiation hits thyroid first.

Radiation may hit the Philippines starting 4pm today [March 14].”

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sa aking paghahanap, ito ang nakalap ko:

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BBC News: Japan government confirms radiation leak at Fukushima nuclear plants. Asian countries should take necessary precautions. Remain indoors for the first 24 hours. Close doors and windows. Swab neck skin

with Betadine where the thyroid area is. Radiation hits the thyroid first. Radiation may hit the Philippines starting 4PM today.

The Philippine Nuclear Research Institute (PNRI) debunks this as a hoax, assuring the public that the Philippines is safe." ~Kara David @pinoytumblr

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Will the nuclear radiation from Japan hit the Philippine islands? Here’s the answer to people’s fear and confusion. Hope the Filipino authorities are correct on their assumption.

By Kristine L. Alave

Philippine Daily Inquirer

The possibility that a radioactive cloud from Japan will form and drift toward the Philippines is “very remote” as cu

rrent weather systems show that the country is out of its probable path, the chief government physicist and weather forecaster said Sunday.

Alumanda de la Rosa, head of the Philippine Nuclear Research Institute (PNRI), said there was no danger that a radioactive cloud from Japan would drift to the Philippines.

Wind systems indicated that a radioactive cloud, should one form, would move east from Japan to the Pacific Ocean.

“There is no threat to the Philippines. Should there be any clouds, it will be moving east from Japan, away from us,” De la Rosa said.

She said the PNRI had been communicating with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the World Meteorological Organization about the situation at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

source:http://www.newsbalita.com/possibility-of-japan-nuclear-radiation-to-hit-the-philippines/

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Two days after the alarm was first raised about safety at Fukushima Daiichi plant, uncertainty still surrounds the situation on the gr

ound and the status of the three reactors that were functioning at the time of Friday's earthquake and tsunami.

It appears that a partial meltdown did occur in reactor 1.

On Sunday, officials said the same thing was suspected in reactor 3 - although later, they appeared to retract this statement.

What is certain is that engineers are still struggling to pump enough water past the reactors to keep the cores cool.

At noon local time (0400 GMT), Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco), which operates the plant, gave this status report:

Reactor 1 - shut down, under inspection because of Saturday's explosion, sea water and boric acid being pumped in

Reactor 2 - water level "lower than normal", but stable

Reactor 3 - high pressure coolant injection was "interrupted"; but injection of sea water and boric acid were under way.

Later, officials said seawater and boric acid were also being pumped into reactor 2.

They were still encountering problems - among them, a stuck valve. Its exact purpose was not revealed.

Venting of mildly radioactive steam continued at reactors 2 and 3, and officials warned that an explosion was possible in reactor 3's building.

The official line is that the reactor 1 explosion was caused by a build-up of hydrogen originally produced in the reactor, though this remains to be confirmed.

Although visually spectacular, these explosions are not necessarily dangerous in terms of releasing radioactivity. The buildings are an external shell, with the task of sealing radioactive materials falling to a metal containment vessel constructed inside the concrete shell.

"The explosion... wasn't a terribly important event," according to Malcolm Grimston from the Energy Policy and Management Group at Imperial College, London.

"The building was designed to fall outwards" - preventing damage to the thick steel containment vessel inside.

Source:http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12726628