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Saturday, April 2, 2011

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (IRN) - Radiation believed to be from the nuclear plant disaster in Japan has been detected in Illinois.


Radioactive Material Found in Illinois

Jim Anderson

March 31, 2011 4:44 AM
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (IRN) - Radiation believed to be from the nuclear plant disaster in Japan has been detected in Illinois.
The radioactive iodine similar to what was released in Japan was found in a grass clipping in the Joliet area by the Radiological Assessment Field Team, which regularly checks on vegetation, air, milk and eggs to determine if any radiation is leaking from Illinois’ nuclear reactors.
In this case, the grass clippings were taken as part of a drill for the emergency plan at the Dresden nuclear power plant.
Once that grass sample tested positive for radioactive iodine, an air sample in Springfield was taken, which also detected the radioactive material.
Patti Thompson of the Illinois Emergency Management Agency says the levels are low: The amount of radiation would have to be 200,000 greater than what was detected to meet the regulatory limit for emission from a nuclear power plant.
Nevertheless, the state will now conduct more tests in other parts of the state.
Copyright Illinois Radio Network
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102 COMMENTS

derrick
Now we are going to blame Japan for everything?
March 31, 2011 at 8:30 am | Reply | Report comment
Henry Wener
you are right, radiation is repeased from power planfs using coal and gas. Chem 101
April 1, 2011 at 12:20 pm | Reply | Report comment
d gault
“QUINN AND CULLERTON SEEKING WAYS TO TAX RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT FROM JAPAN” – full story at 5:00
April 1, 2011 at 1:33 pm | Reply | Report comment
Cody
nooooo, it’s Bush’s fault!
April 1, 2011 at 2:59 pm | Reply | Report comment
jimballs
No. Blame Sarah Palin
April 1, 2011 at 3:51 pm | Reply | Report comment
hottie
Sarah Palin is hot.
April 1, 2011 at 7:24 pm
joemahma
millllf
April 1, 2011 at 8:00 pm
bloodaxe
REPENT! THE END IS NEAR!!!
April 1, 2011 at 8:57 pm | Reply | Report comment
tom
Per nuclear physicists: There is NO safe levels of radiation exposure; low levels over time is harmful. I would avoid any diary products from affected areas.
April 1, 2011 at 11:59 pm | Reply | Report comment
dumb guy
I’ve never kept a diary, so I guess I’m not affected?
April 2, 2011 at 12:49 am
Bob Roberts
Why not? After all, whatever isn’t Obama’s fault is Japan’s fault – doncha know?
April 2, 2011 at 12:26 am | Reply | Report comment
Terrie
If the shoe fits…
April 1, 2011 at 6:08 am | Reply | Report comment
Howard Stern
Hmm… did the radioactive iodine have slanty eyes?
April 1, 2011 at 6:09 am | Reply | Report comment
tom
Perhaps b/c your viewing them thru slanty eyes….
April 2, 2011 at 12:00 am | Reply | Report comment
glaw
due to the half life of the isotope, there is no I-131 in the environment, except for what was created through fission fragments… thats also why U-235 is so rare, it has decayed since the beginning, and there is little occurring in natural uranium (.7%). So yes, the I-131 being detected WAS created in Japan.
April 1, 2011 at 6:21 am | Reply | Report comment
Ma
And we all need to stay on top of this issue. It’s not going away.
Every day that the radiation spews from Japan’s power plants, it can be carried by the jet stream winds to the United States if the winds are right.
This is a good Austrian site that shows animated Japan disbursement maps:
http://www.zamg.ac.at (go under “Neue Informationen” to find animated maps”)
And Berkeley is doing its own radiation monitoring of milk, water and air in California:
April 1, 2011 at 9:23 am | Reply | Report comment
diane
We already know there must be something wrong with the water or air in Berserkly.
April 1, 2011 at 11:47 am
Jimballs
Does anyone really care about California?
April 1, 2011 at 3:53 pm
jim
Is it possible that the radiation could cleanse the souls of corrupt illinois elected officials and bring change to illinois?
April 1, 2011 at 6:27 am | Reply | Report comment
just one
Its too soon to be joking about this
April 1, 2011 at 11:48 am | Reply | Report comment
Bobbert
…no it isn’t…
April 1, 2011 at 8:15 pm
neocon57
not a bleeping chance!
April 1, 2011 at 2:41 pm | Reply | Report comment
jay
Oh PULEase……………………!!!
“Nothing” will ever change the corrupt politicians
April 1, 2011 at 2:56 pm | Reply | Report comment
Sam
I am with you on that one.
April 1, 2011 at 3:54 pm | Reply | Report comment
tom
Fat chance….nothing short of the Second Coming would make a dent….just look at the president we wound up with in Barry Soetoro, the Indonesian citizen illegal alien so-called president….
April 2, 2011 at 12:03 am | Reply | Report comment
kdetreaux
The Iodine is not the big news. The big news is that on every news site, you will see shills for the nuclear industry either minimizing the content of the post or news story, arguing with the poster(s), or posting absolutely ridiculous follow ups.T his phenomena is happing all over the web right now. GE designed five of the reactors and built three. They stand to lose billions in future business if public sentiment turns against them so they pay newsboard shills to create havoc. The big news, is there is no real raw news anymore.
April 1, 2011 at 6:30 am | Reply | Report comment
Tawanda The Avenger
I have noticed that. The shill posts by the industry seems to have the same theme: nuclear energy is safe and ridiculing anyone who disagrees.
Nuclear energy safe ? Sure it is, except when something goes horribly wrong.
April 1, 2011 at 6:39 am | Reply | Report comment
J
This is 100% correct. Since the begging of this disaster there has been a disgustingly transparent attempt to influence public opinion on nuclear power via (obviously biased–payed off reporters?) articles and posts on forums and news sites. I saw one article that actually claimed wind farms have killed more people than Chernobyl–BS! This is so painfully transparent. *and as a side note. Notice how these articles often times try to tie in wind, solar, etc., and say it’s not adequate for our needs. Interesting.*
Machio Kaku, on day 1, said “this cold be a Chernobyl in the making.” He was ridiculed and called stupid. Some anonymous poster said that Kaku has clearly lost all credibility. Another poster repeatedly said: “SHAME. SHAME. SHAME ON YOU [for this nonsense].” Again, BS.
The public (voters) will decide what they like. And the people with interests in nuclear energy trying to persuade us through these obvious methods can only backfire.
April 1, 2011 at 7:14 am
Springer Rider
If you sample an air-conditioner filter, any day of the year, it will exceed the minimum limit for activity. that being 5×10-10 micro-ci/ml. That is normal from naturally occurring decay products from radon. Get a clue before you start calling people shills.
April 1, 2011 at 11:22 am
Mark
Why is this paragraph the last paragraph? Just trying to create fear?
“Patti Thompson of the Illinois Emergency Management Agency says the levels are low: The amount of radiation would have to be 200,000 greater than what was detected to meet the regulatory limit for emission from a nuclear power plant.”
the level was 200,000 times LESS than the regulatory limit. 200,000 times less than the legal limit is not low, is super, super, super, super, super, super, super, super, super, super, super, super, super, super LOW.
April 1, 2011 at 6:44 am | Reply | Report comment
bill
george bush is to blame!!!
April 1, 2011 at 6:54 am | Reply | Report comment
Sam
And don’t forget Fox news and Halliburton!
April 1, 2011 at 3:56 pm | Reply | Report comment
tom
No, Ann Coulter is b/c she declared that nuclear radiation is ‘nutritiious’ for us; she should then move and live in the Fukachima reactors then. She has to date refused to accept Alex Jones all-expense paid trip thru his site at: http://www.infowars.com
I detect great hypocrisy in her voice…what a vile cruel comment.
April 2, 2011 at 12:07 am | Reply | Report comment
JA
I blame Ben Franklin.
April 1, 2011 at 7:07 am | Reply | Report comment
Htos1
Well,then,technically it’s Enrico Fermi’s fault.
April 1, 2011 at 10:50 am | Reply | Report comment
just one
that damn issac newton, or do we blame aristotle?
April 1, 2011 at 11:50 am
Mary Ann Jordan
Okay am I the only one that this doesn’t add up for. Doesn’t it say there are NUCLEAR reactors in ILLINOIS So it seems to me logic would explain the radioactive materials are MORE likely to have come from ILLINOIS and not across the world from Japan. Silly study at best.
April 1, 2011 at 7:34 am | Reply | Report comment
Jason
That may be how it SEEMS to you. But that would only point out your ignorance of the science involved here. Iodine-131 is spewing from Japan and diffusing throughout the northern hemisphere. Right now in the US, it is at levels that are barely detectable. But to say that it is not from Japan really does just show your complete ignorance of the facts. Look at the real data. It speaks for itself. You will not find a nuclear expert that would even consider denying that this if from Japan.
April 1, 2011 at 7:47 am | Reply | Report comment
David Hollaz
Is there really a need to attack Mary Ann personally?? If the facts are really on your side, you would not need to preface your remarks with, “that just points out your ignorance.” Since you resort first to an ad hominem attack, you seem not to be so sure the facts really are on your side after all.
April 1, 2011 at 10:17 am
Mike
You like to say “spewing” a lot don’t you?
April 1, 2011 at 12:46 pm
Brent
Jason, why did you call her ignorant then not give a single fACT proving her wrong. I don’t know a lot about the science involved but I’d bet ur not a nuclear scientist either. Just because Japan is leaking nuclear material that automatically means every bit of nuclear radiation found is from them? Are u saying its impossible ANY could be leaking from our own reactors/ if it is truely impossible why even test? Sorry man, ur complete lack of facts or REAL arguments of any kind shows everyone your ignorance. Someone please post some real facts telling us why Japan is the only place this could have come from.
April 2, 2011 at 12:42 am
Htos1
There’s a reason it’s acalled “fallout”.It “falls” out of the sky rapidly,it’s particled that are EXREMELY densely heavy,regardless of their size.
April 1, 2011 at 10:54 am | Reply | Report comment
boB
No one ever questions HOW DO THEY KNOW IT IS FROM JAPAN? We are just being more vigilent now in checking for radiation, so it’s possible it’s from any number of things. Heck, every plane that lands is positive for radiation because of traveling at 35,000 feet.
April 1, 2011 at 8:01 am | Reply | Report comment
Bill
Actually, you can take a sample, use a mass spectrometer, and get the spectral response curve of the I -131 and CS -137 and match it exactly…. EXCEPT WE DO NOT KNOW IF THIS WAS DONE. So your point is still valid.
April 1, 2011 at 8:56 am | Reply | Report comment
Htos1
Can the regular person obtain one that connects to a Mac or PC?I would post readings all with video,
April 1, 2011 at 10:56 am
Scott
boB – Jets are not “positive for radiation”. That may be English, but it doesn’t mean anything. Jets are exposed to radiation. The jets themselves, and the people onboard, are exposed to a dose of radiation. It is conceivable that they could pick up radioactive contamination, but it is unlikely.
Htos1 – a mass spectrometer is not something your everyday person owns. They are quite expensive.
Regardless, based on current events, any I-131 found these days is most likely from Japan.
April 1, 2011 at 1:17 pm
Tim
“Patti Thompson of the Illinois Emergency Management Agency says the levels are low: The amount of radiation would have to be 200,000 greater than what was detected to meet the regulatory limit for emission from a nuclear power plant.”
It seems like anything that needs to be 200,000x greater to REACH a regulatory limit is really small. Why is this even reported?
April 1, 2011 at 8:09 am | Reply | Report comment
Tony
To scare people into turning against Nuclear energy, there’s definitely an agenda here.
April 1, 2011 at 9:36 am | Reply | Report comment
just one
there may be some flame faning but… Invisible cancer accelerating particles in the air water and food.. which you have to eat, you have to drink if youre in the affected region unless you want to be seen really wacky. People expect you to just relax eat tainted food , breath tainted air with no explanation to the public about exactly what it means to us, i skipped physics in school. I sorta understand radioactive decay and quantum mechanics, but do expect us to not be scared?This was supposed to be worst case scenarios stuff
April 1, 2011 at 12:14 pm
roy wilt jr
Are you kidding me. You folks can’t even identify a registered voter nor do you want to. Now you claim to be able to trace radiation to a specific source. REALLY????The most corrupt state in the Union claiming to have unique scientific knowlege??? Come on now.
As the first President from Illonois said, “you can fool some of the people some of the time…” But not all of us are stupid enough to believe this.
April 1, 2011 at 8:23 am | Reply | Report comment
FlyTom
Not sure who “you people” are, but radiation can be tracked to it’s source via signatures…It is not the same from plant to plant. It is not a ‘unique scientific knowledge’, but rather a well known scientific fact. You need an education.
April 1, 2011 at 11:52 am | Reply | Report comment
Joe
I beleive you are referring to Abraham Lincoln, Roy, who was from Kentucky. Ronald Reagan is the only president from Illinois.
April 1, 2011 at 8:41 am | Reply | Report comment
Tony
He was born in Kentucky but his home was Illinois…stop being a semantical wise ass.
April 1, 2011 at 9:34 am | Reply | Report comment
Bill
THis does NOT even merit a news story… however, I wonder if you could sell potassium Iodide tablets to people gullible enough to worry about it. So, on second thought, the news story is the best marketing possible ! (mark up the cost at least 1000 % on those tablets)
April 1, 2011 at 8:49 am | Reply | Report comment
Tom
Always thought it would be neat to glow in the dark.
April 1, 2011 at 9:00 am | Reply | Report comment
Sam
It’s easy to do. Vodka, bleach and a splash of cranberry. Works every time.
April 1, 2011 at 4:01 pm | Reply | Report comment
Ma
Stay educated on this issue. It’s not going away.
Every day that radiation spews from Japan’s power plants, the jet stream flowing east can carry it to the United States. Learn to read wind maps.
Here is a good Austrian site that shows Japan radiation disbursement maps:
http://www.zamg.ac.at (go under “Neue Informationen” to find animated maps”)
And Berkeley is doing its own radiation monitoring of milk, water and air in California:
It wasn’t just Iodine-131 found in the United States. Cesium 137 has also been found.
April 1, 2011 at 9:08 am | Reply | Report comment
Jah Love
Ron Paul loves this country and the freedoms guaranteed in the Constitution. Anyone against Ron Paul supports Big Govt Tyrany. Long Live the Republic!!
April 1, 2011 at 9:26 am | Reply | Report comment
he2
Ronulans!
Phasers on stun…
April 1, 2011 at 12:12 pm | Reply | Report comment
Sam
LOL!!!!
April 1, 2011 at 4:01 pm
seeker_n
Grass Clippings? Duh, I live in Iowa (next door to Illinois) and there is no grass to clip here. It’s still dormant, so where is this contaminated grass? In a greenhouse?
April 1, 2011 at 9:30 am | Reply | Report comment
LRC
Finally, someone asks the question…I live in PA, not much growing here…Oh wait, maybe the fall-out is causing my grass not to grow…or maybe it’s the stupid snow.
April 1, 2011 at 12:49 pm | Reply | Report comment
joan driscoll
If the Maya are correct, 2012 is either going to be the beginning or the end. Can’t fault them for taking a stand….on both sides to boot. Let’s just sit back and relax. None of us knows what tomorrow may hold, no matter what the prophets say.
April 1, 2011 at 9:41 am | Reply | Report comment
cojonius maximus
We are surrounded by idiots….let’s hava a show of hands….how many out there born between 1950-1962?
During that time, multiple airborne A and H bombs were detonated…aside from Godzilla movies NOTHING HAPPENED
Let us get a bit of perspective…the Japan crisis is tragic it is not apocalyptic for Japan, let alone Will County Illinois
The biggest danger is that environmental morons will destroy the Nuclear Energy industry in the USA asn make us more dependent on Oil
The morons that push wind and solar as immediate alternatives are MORONS or VARMINTS …soon they will offer you big rock candy mountain acerage with cigarette trees and hens that lay soft bolied eggs…
Of course this is the nation that elected a Kenyan Muslim Socialist (best case scenario there ) as President…
We believed him…we will obviously believe anything
April 1, 2011 at 10:03 am | Reply | Report comment
Sam
Lets make a trade with the Japanese! We’ll take all their radioactive waste and they take Obama. We’ll be much safer.
April 1, 2011 at 4:04 pm | Reply | Report comment
conservativemom
I take it you mean the bombs we detonated out in the desert that gave John Wayne and the other actors in those westerns cancer? Yup, nothing happened.
Iodine is good for your thyroid anyway. Everyone should be taking 150 mcg of it everyday via normal vitamins, so what’s the big deal in being safe rather than sorry?
April 1, 2011 at 4:52 pm | Reply | Report comment
Djoser
I guess it had nothing to do with the 2 pack a day cigs, the booze, 5 pounds of beef/day and all the other free radicals floating around this great planet. Freaking libs are indeed libtarted.
April 2, 2011 at 5:24 am
jimbob
like we can believe anyone associated to the illinois government… if it was glowing they would still lie to us….
April 1, 2011 at 10:06 am | Reply | Report comment
flyingxk
its the first of april as well,….i hope
April 1, 2011 at 10:13 am | Reply | Report comment
Hank Warren
Useless EPA, yet another violation of our rights. Add it to the list of gov’t violations of our right:
They violate the 1st Amendment by placing protesters in cages, banning books like “America Deceived II” and censoring the internet.
They violate the 2nd Amendment by confiscating guns.
They violate the 4th and 5th Amendment by molesting airline passengers.
They violate the entire Constitution by starting undeclared wars for foreign countries.
Impeach Obama and sweep out the Congress.
(Last link of Banned Book):
http://www.iuniverse.com/Bookstore/BookDetail.aspx?BookId=SKU-000190526
April 1, 2011 at 10:41 am | Reply | Report comment
Htos1
Radioactive iodine has a half-life of eight days.ALL radiation FROM A HIGHLY REFINED MATERIAL is inherently unstable and short lived,PLEASE ignore Rachel Carlson and former soviet bureaucrats.Edify yourself from trusted sources,not the beholden media.I have PERSONALLY witnessed uranium238 in a permutation device,rendered totally inert and useless in four hours.AND it was broadcast,on the msm in 1997.Never heard of it?I’ll bet!
April 1, 2011 at 10:46 am | Reply | Report comment
Joe
Spot on. The nuke industry knows that if this story goes down badly, the uranium-based reactor biz is dead.
April 1, 2011 at 11:11 am | Reply | Report comment
Joe Holiday
Did Al Gore take the readings? Maybe he can sell radiation credits.
April 1, 2011 at 11:28 am | Reply | Report comment
Kevin
Not to worry sheep-Patti Thompson and the rest of the women and feminized men that run this once great country say that everything is OK. So, don’t worry and go back to doing whatever it is that distracts you from reality – la-de-da.;…
April 1, 2011 at 12:46 pm | Reply | Report comment
UisAllChumps
Shills for the airline industry are rampant on the message boards proclaiming how safe air travel is. Could there be a connection to GE, as they make a great deal of the turbines used in the engines? It seems as though there is a tremendous amount of coincidence that GE is behind all of these disasters and that Immelt is in bed with Obama. Kind of reminds me of Cheney and the Haliburton weather machine that created Hurricane Katrina
April 1, 2011 at 1:01 pm | Reply | Report comment
tnmccoy
I think the panic is inane and the danger of Japan’s radiation has been overstated. Despite what some of you claim as half lifes and certain types of radiation, I think the danger is minimal for most of the Country, if not all.
April 1, 2011 at 1:04 pm | Reply | Report comment
HINMATON
since GOD created the world and the universe we might as well put all the blame on HIM!! What is wrong with everyone ? I think it can all be traced back to OBAMA! after all he is from Illinois when he was here he contaminated our political scene and has now sent his FISH PREPARER Rahm here to finish the job.
April 1, 2011 at 1:25 pm | Reply | Report comment
James
It doesn’t necessarily mean it came from Japan. We have nuclear plants here in the US, and we have an airflow pattern above our nation. Don’t unnecessarily create a panic.
April 1, 2011 at 3:56 pm | Reply | Report comment
Sparky
Only in Illinois??? Not anywhere else inbetween Japan and Illinois? Nothing in Montana or Nebraska, just Illinois?
April 1, 2011 at 4:08 pm | Reply | Report comment
asdf
this isn’t even worth reporting….
April 1, 2011 at 5:05 pm | Reply | Report comment
victor
These readings are deffinatly coming from the problem in japan,,,they are being down played so the common ignerant american won`t worry about being contaminated and getting cancer or worse….don`t trust what you eat or buy from japan, they are trying to contain the problem, that`s good, but in the end all the effort will be of no value and a lot of people will die from the radiation….
April 1, 2011 at 6:28 pm | Reply | Report comment
Hunsaker
Another con job by another bunch of pro-government clowns and a company who will now get extended contract money to go “look” for more radiation – boy are we safe or what?
April 1, 2011 at 6:46 pm | Reply | Report comment
Illinois Mutant
ILLINOIS MUTANTS FOR NUCLEAR POWER .)
April 1, 2011 at 6:52 pm | Reply | Report comment
Overtaxed Illinoisan
Illinois is a known world famous sanctuary for elements on the run. This includes Wisconsin & Indiana politicians hiding from their duties, and Japanese radioactive elements. And now that Illinois has eliminated the death penalty we now have open arms for the perpetrators of heinous crimes.
April 1, 2011 at 7:01 pm | Reply | Report comment
Chicken Little
The sky is falling…The sky is falling…….
CBS = Continuous BS.
Get a grip people we are so frigging far away from the radiation source this is a none issue.
April 1, 2011 at 7:02 pm | Reply | Report comment
moutainhiker
The lesson to be learned from this accident ,is that if they ever try to build a nuclear plant ever again, any where on the earth ,we the people from earth need to stand up and stop them from building the plant.
April 1, 2011 at 8:11 pm | Reply | Report comment
Tim Shotts
Wow. Good thing that radioactive iodine didn’t come from any of the 11 reactors in Illinois!!!
April 1, 2011 at 10:12 pm | Reply | Report comment
Annie
Good! Does this mean that the fiilthy politicians, including the Obamas the
Emmanuels, and the Daley’s are now radioactive and will soon die? How wonderful this is! Can’t wait!
April 1, 2011 at 10:25 pm | Reply | Report comment
ma67
This is a problem, a global crisis. The Govt will say there is no harm. BS there is no harm.. The heavy metal particle fallout ends up in the ocean floor and ramifications will be felt throughout the ecological chain. Enjoy the plutonium enhanced “catch of the day” at a restaurant near you. What about the contaminated soil? We have no idea how this will all end up….
April 1, 2011 at 11:20 pm | Reply | Report comment
Cazalicious
I blame global warming, send Al gore to Japan, he will fix it like when he invented the internet.
April 2, 2011 at 2:38 am | Reply | Report comment
JTWilliams
Nooooo, it’s al-QaEDA! The Islamic boogie men are releasing radioactive clouds from their underpants! Obama says give up your rights, and we’ll be safe!
April 2, 2011 at 4:06 am | Reply | Report comment
ted
Instead of ‘flagellating’ this morning, maybe you should have picked up a dictionary so you didn’t embarass yourself by using the wrong word.
Must have been brain flatulence.
April 1, 2011 at 7:35 am | Reply | Report comment
Frank
Melvin
You are a dumb ass.
April 1, 2011 at 8:14 am | Reply | Report comment
Tony
God I was hoping for some self-abuse related sarcasm. I was interested… until the dog. That’s when I knew it. Melvin is an idiot.
April 1, 2011 at 9:09 am | Reply | Report comment
Discerning
Ron Paul wouldn’t stand in the same room as Sarah Palin.
April 1, 2011 at 8:39 am | Reply | Report comment
NoPrisoners
Correction: Sarah Palin wouldn’t be caught in the same room as Ron Paul.
April 1, 2011 at 9:08 am | Reply | Report comment
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