For those posting about the island of radioactive tsunami debris 3x the size of Great Britain, a FAQ from actual report of NOAA. marinedebris.noaa.gov/tsunamidebris/faqs.html * Does it have harmful levels of radiation: highly unlikely. * Is there a debris field? The Japanese government estimated that the tsunami swept about 5 million tons of debris into the ocean, but that 70 percent sank off shore, leaving 1.5 million tons floating. There is no estimate of how much of that debris is still floating, now that it has been at sea for more than a year. *We do know that the debris is no longer in a mass*. Rather, many items are scattered across an area of the North Pacific that is roughly three times the size of the continental United States. In short, we may see a soccer ball or two wash up on shore. It wont be radioactive. Thats about it.
Posted on: Tue, 05 Nov 2013 19:58:01 +0000