"In 2013, people really interested in radioactive fallout" -- US gov't studying public attention to Fukushima, tracks twitter searches -- NRC FOIA: "Libyan war news should now downgrade Fukushima"

"In 2013, people really interested in radioactive fallout" -- US gov't studying public attention to Fukushima, tracks twitter searches -- NRC FOIA: "Libyan war news should now downgrade Fukushima"

International Business Times, Dec. 11, 2013: In 2013, people were really interested in radioactive fallout from the Fukushima disaster [...] Altmetric factors in both news stories and social media chatter in determining just how popular a scientific paper is. The top-scoring paper, published in the journal Scientific Reports by a pair of Japanese researchers, examined the radioactive cesium contamination of freshwater fish in the areas surrounding the Fukushima nuclear plant.

U.S. Department of Energy, Feb. 2013: Section 4 utilizes data from new sources – social media (Twitter) postings and Google search patterns – to trace the changes in public attention to nuclear issues before, during and after the Fukushima event. […] We use these data to focus on the shifts in public attention that occurred with the onset of the crises at the Fukushima nuclear reactors […] 

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RADCON 4 & 5 alerts - 11-28-2013

RADCON 4 alerts - 11-28-2013

New alerts:

214
Station ID 5:211   Edison, NJ, US
CPM: current 214 Low 125 High 277
Average 152, Deviation 20.8
(CPM of Gamma in energy range 600-800keV)
Last updated: 2013-11-27 22:07:00 GMT+0000


Old alerts:

RADCON 4 alerts for San Francisco and Fresno, CA are still active, with both showing increased radiation levels.  Fresno, CA reporting station, while showing the biggest increase, is still regarded as unreliable, meaning not enough data points are in and alert conditions for RADCON 5, the highest rating, have not been met.

All other alerts, both RADCON 4 and RADCON 5, have been downgraded to RADCON 3 (Elevated) or below.

For further details, please go to www.radiationstation.com, click on the icons on the screen for a particular area.  See also http://www.netc.com/activealerts.php.