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Higher-than-usual but, still harmless levels
VIENNA (Reuters) - Radiation sensors in Stockholm have detected higher-than-usual but still harmless levels of isotopes produced by nuclear fission, probably from somewhere on or near the Baltic Sea, a body running a worldwide network of the sensors said on Friday.

The Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) oversees a network of hundreds of monitoring stations that use seismic, hydroacoustic and other technology to check for a nuclear weapon test anywhere in the world. That technology can, however, be put to other uses as well.

One of its stations scanning the air for radionuclides - telltale radioactive particles that can be carried long distances by the wind - detected unusually high levels of three radionuclides earlier this week: caesium-134, caesium-137 and ruthenium-103.

The Stockholm monitoring station "detected 3isotopes; Cs-134, Cs-137 & Ru-103 associated w/Nuclear fission @ higher[ ] than usual levels (but not harmful for human health)", CTBTO chief Lassina Zerbo said on Twitter (here) on Friday evening.

The particles were detected on “22/23 June”, he added.

Zerbo's post included a borderless map showing where the particles might have come from in the 72 hours before they were detected - a large area (here) covering the tips of Denmark and Norway as well as southern Sweden, much of Finland, Baltic countries and part of western Russia including St Petersburg.

“These are certainly nuclear fission products, most likely from a civil source,” a spokeswoman for the Vienna-based CTBTO said, referring to the atomic chain reaction that generates heat in a nuclear reactor.

“We are able to indicate the likely region of the source, but it’s outside the CTBTO’s mandate to identify the exact origin,” she added.
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Someone operating an unlicensed Breeder reactor?
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00111010 01000100 wrote: Sun Jun 28, 2020 1:46 am Someone operating an unlicensed Breeder reactor?
Who knows, yet? I just know, I ain't ready for the Zombie Apocalypse. I wish 2020 would be hindsight quicker!
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I think I'd prefer Godzilla to the zombies, thank you very much. :P
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Godzilla. It's Godzilla guys.
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McAvoy wrote: Thu Jul 02, 2020 3:21 am Godzilla. It's Godzilla guys.
Heck with zombies and other typical end-of-the-world scenarios.
I would love a Godzilla apocalypse!
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Easy to Dodge him. Go inland. He never goes that far inland.
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I'd rather have Godzilla than zombies simply for the fact I love Godzilla and Kaiju movies. Besides Shaun of the Dead and Thriller I don't like zombie-centric media. So bring on the Big G!
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Does that include the Kaiju from both Pacific Rim flicks? The mega beastie from the second film was heading up a big ol snowy peak, just sayin'!
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T'Pau wrote: Mon Jul 06, 2020 8:02 pm Does that include the Kaiju from both Pacific Rim flicks? The mega beastie from the second film was heading up a big ol snowy peak, just sayin'!
Sure, why not. I've only seen the first one, though.
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The second one is much more visual, as it happens during the DAY!

Fun beasts and decent humor (thanks to John Boyega, who is also producing).

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