1954 Radiation Victim Ship
At an Exhibition since 1976
The Atomic Era (L'ère atomique)
Once Japan was divided into scores of local countries, though wholly governed by the Imperial Court in Nara (Yamato) and then in Kyoto before the beginning of rule by samurai 800 years ago. Each country had many shinto shrines integrated into the central shinto regime in the capital.
The Tohoku region of today was once called in large "Mutsu." The leading shrine was called "Shiogama-Jinjya" situated in today's Miyagi Prefecture.
http://www.shiogamajinja.jp/
It is unknown if gods enshrined in the shrine gave warning beforehand to the coming 3/11 Disaster that gravely hit the northeast (Tohoku) region of Honsyu Island of Japan.
For example, Tokyo belongs to an old country called "Musashi" whose leading shrine is however not in Tokyo Prefecture.
SECTION I: Radiation Victim Ship
The wooden ship, Daigo Fukuryu Maru, was built in 1947 as a bonito fishing boat, though it was later converted for a tuna fishing boat to sail to the Central and South Pacific Oceans as far as Indonesian waters. It contributed to feeding the Japanese people in hungry times after WWII. However, a big neclear tragedy hit the ship and its 23 crew members in predawn of March 1, 1954.
In March 1954 the United States carried out a hydrogen bomb test on Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands, located in the Pacific Ocean. The radioactive fallout (small particles of coral reef containing highly radioactive materials) produced by the test fell on a Japanese fishing boat named Daigo Fukuryū Maru (Lucky Dragon No. 5), which was about 160 km from the test site. One of the crewmembers of the contaminated boat died in September of that year.
Note: 100 rads = 1 sievert
Accordingly the crew of Daigo Fukuryumaru received 3 sieverts of radiation, which is fatal. Radiation above 0.5 sieverts per year is said to have a grave influence on the human body.
Castle Bravo was the code name given to the first U.S. test of a dry fuel thermonuclear hydrogen bomb device, detonated on March 1, 1954 at Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands, as the first test of Operation Castle. Castle Bravo was the most powerful nuclear device ever detonated by the United States, with a yield of 15 megatons. That yield, far exceeding the expected yield of 4 to 6 megatons, combined with other factors, led to the most significant accidental radiological contamination ever caused by the United States. Fallout from the detonation — intended to be a secret test — poisoned the islanders who had previously inhabited the atoll and returned there afterwards,[1] as well as the crew of Daigo Fukuryū Maru ("Lucky Dragon No. 5"), a Japanese fishing boat, and created international concern about atmospheric thermonuclear testing.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castle_Bravo
Operation Castle was a United States series of high-energy (high-yield) nuclear tests by Joint Task Force SEVEN (JTF-7) at Bikini Atoll beginning in March 1954. It followed Operation Upshot-Knothole and preceded Operation Teapot.
Operation Castle Schedule (Post BRAVO)
Experiment... Original/Revised date... Original yield... Revised yield
UNION... 11 March 1954/22 April 1954... 3-4 Mt... 5-10 Mt
YANKEE... 22 March 1954/27 April 1954... 8 Mt... 9.5 Mt
NECTAR... 5 April 1954/20 April... 1.8 Mt... 1-3 Mt
ROMEO... 15 April 1954/27 March 1954... 4 Mt... 8 Mt
KOON... 22 April 1954/7 April 1954... 1 Mt... 1.5 Mt
SECTION II: Depleted Uranium
Uranium is heavier than iron and lead. Low-grade uranium can be effective material for a warhead or a cannonball if not a nuclear bomb. But, it still emits radiation.
IAEA
Features: Depleted Uranium
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3. What is Depleted Uranium (DU)?
In order to produce fuel for certain types of nuclear reactors and nuclear weapons, uranium has to be "enriched" in the U-235 isotope, which is responsible for nuclear fission. During the enrichment process the fraction of U-235 is increased from its natural level (0.72% by mass) to between 2% and 94% by mass. The by-product uranium mixture (after the enriched uranium is removed) has reduced concentrations of U-235 and U-234. This by-product of the enrichment process is known as depleted uranium (DU). The official definition of depleted uranium given by the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is uranium in which the percentage fraction by weight of U-235 is less than 0.711%. Typically, the percentage concentration by weight of the uranium isotopes in DU used for military purposes is: U-238: 99.8%; U-235: 0.2%; and U-234: 0.001%.
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6. What are the military uses of depleted uranium?
Uranium's physical and chemical properties make it very suitable for military uses. DU is used in the manufacturing of ammunitions used to pierce armour plating, such as those found on tanks, in missile nose cones and as a component of tank armour. Armour made of depleted uranium is much more resistant to penetration by conventional anti-armour ammunitions than conventional hard rolled steel armour plate.
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10. How could uranium and DU be harmful to people? Has DU or uranium been definitely linked to human cancer?
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Like any radioactive material, there is a risk of developing cancer from exposure to radiation emitted by natural and depleted uranium. This risk is assumed to be proportional to the dose received. Limits for radiation exposure are recommended by the International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) and have been adopted in the IAEA's Basic Safety Standards. The annual dose limit for a member of the public is 1 mSv, while the corresponding limit for a radiation worker is 20 mSv. The additional risk of fatal cancer associated with a dose of 1 mSv is assumed to be about 1 in 20,000. This small increase in lifetime risk should be considered in light of the risk of 1 in 5 that everyone has of developing a fatal cancer . It must also be noted that cancer may not become apparent until many years after exposure to a radioactive material.
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13. What are the possible radiation hazards from handling DU projectiles?
The contact dose rate from a DU penetrator is about 2 mSv per hour, primarily from beta particle decay from DU progeny. At this dose rate it is unlikely that prolonged contact with a DU penetrator would lead to skin burns (erythema) or any other acute radiation effect. Nevertheless, the dose that could be delivered from handling of DU ammunitions is such that the exposure and handling time should be kept to a minimum and protective apparel (gloves should be worn). A public information campaign may, therefore, be required to ensure that people avoid handling the projectiles. This should form part of any risk assessment and such precautions should depend on the scope and number of ammunitions used in an area.
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http://www.iaea.org/newscenter/features/du/du_qaa.shtml#q3
It is said that Japanese utility companies, such as Tokyo Electric Power Company that owns Fukushima Daiichi, entrust America with enrichment of uranium (U-238 dominant to U-235 concentrated). Then, the American Government gives U-238 material (with a little U-235 remnants in it) left in the enrichment process to American companies manufacturing depleted uranium weapons.
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There is a very important description in the Bible about deeds Christ Jesus conducted.
He sent His twelve disciples forth by two and two, giving them power over unclean spirits.
He committed His disciples to acts of purification of people. Then, if each pair had really performed the act of miracle on troubled people, great effects should have appeared in Judea. If each pair had healed one person per day, they should have healed 2000 people per year. In 10 years, 20,000 people. In 30 years, 60,000 people. But, Titus Flavius Josephus (A.D. 37 – 100) did not mention any such acts of miracle in his great books, The Jewish War (75 AD) and Antiquities of the Jews (94 AD).
What happened with those disciples of Christ Jesus who were dispatched to the world around A.D. 30?
Were their lives all terminated before they could fully exercise their power? Or were their acts of miracle taken by people as something "ordinary" so that nobody especially spread their spiritual work? Or does it mean that something truly amazing is never told especially if it is so personal?
(Feel like having heard it some time ago...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPIaQIGeTps&feature=related)
Mar 6:5 And he could there do no mighty work, save that he laid his hands upon a few sick folk, and healed them.
Mar 6:6 And he marvelled because of their unbelief. And he went round about the villages, teaching.
Mar 6:7 And he called unto him the twelve, and began to send them forth by two and two; and gave them power over unclean spirits;