Report: 76 trillion becquerels of Plutonium-239 released from Fukushima — 23,000 times higher than previously announced via ENE News

NISA Mentions “Neptunium-239″ in August 29 Press Conference, EX-SKF, August 28, 2011

[…] The Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency (NISA)’s daily press conference is ongoing (August 29). The NISA spokesman Moriyama mentions neptunium-239′s conversion ratio to plutonium-239 as 1 to 1.

According to the June 6 estimate by the NISA [see chart below] […] Neptunium-239: 7.6×10^13 […]

At a ratio of 1:1, Plutonium-239 releases are also 7.6 x 10^13, or 76 tera(trillion)becquerels.

23,000 higher than previous gov’t estimate

[…] According to the June 6 estimate by the NISA [see chart below]: Plutonium-239: 3.2×10^9 [3.2 billion becquerels] […]

The amount of plutonium-239 has increased 23,000-fold. […]

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