Deadly radioactive particles are found across Europe, and scientists have no idea where they came from

Spike in the levels of radioactive Iodine-131 in Europe was detected in January
Radioactive particles have moved from Eastern Europe towards the UK
The particles could have come from a nuclear incident or an iodine plant
By Daisy Dunne For Mailonline
PUBLISHED: 14:13 GMT, 20 February 2017 | UPDATED: 14:15 GMT, 20 February 2017

A spike in the levels of dangerous radioactive chemicals has been recorded across Europe.

Air quality stations across the continent detected traces of radioactive Iodine-131 in January - but scientists are yet to work out where the particles came from.

Traces of Iodine-131 were first recorded in Norway and have now been found in Poland, Czech Republic, Germany, France and Spain.

WHY IS IODINE-131 DANGEROUS?

Iodine-131 has a very short half life of just eight days, making it very radioactive.

When it is present in high levels in the environment, it contaminates food.

After it is swallowed it will accumulate in the thyroid.

As it decays, it damages body tissue and can cause thyroid cancer.

However levels present in the atmosphere today are too low to be damaging.

The isotope has a half-life of only eight days, which suggests the particles must have entered the atmosphere after a recent event.

The pattern of movement of the particles suggests they may have originated in Eastern Europe, according to the Norwegian Radiation Protection Authority (NRPA).

'It was rough weather in the period when the measurements were made, so we can't trace the release back to a particular location,' Astrid Liland, head of emergency preparedness at the NRPA, told the Barents Observer.

'Measurements from several places in Europe might indicate it comes from Eastern Europe.

'Increased levels of radioactive iodine in air were made in northern-Norway, northern-Finland and Poland in week two, and in other European countries the following two weeks.'

She said it is difficult to pinpoint where the radioactive material came from.

But it's possible that the particles could have come from an incident at a nuclear reactor.

The compounds may have also come from an Iodine plant. The isotope Iodine-131 is used in medicine to treat to thyroid problems and is produced commercially across Europe.

Iodine-131 can cause harm because it has a very short half life of just eight days, making it very radioactive.

When it is present in high levels in the environment, it can contaminate food and after it is swallowed it accumulates in the thyroid.

As it decays, it damages body tissue and can cause thyroid cancer.

However levels present in the atmosphere today are too low to be damaging, according to Ms Liland.

She said: 'We do measure small amounts of radioactivity in air from time to time because we have very sensitive measuring equipment.

'The measurements at Svanhovd in January were very, very low. So were the measurements made in neighbouring countries, like Finland.

'The levels raise no concern for humans or the environment.'

RADIOAKTIVNI OBLAK IZNAD EUROPE! Znanstvenici zabrinuti; sumnjaju na tajni nuklearni test i farmaceutsku industriju!
Autor: Dnevno.hrUtorak, 21. Veljača 2017. u 15:21

Već se neko vrijeme šuška da je Rusija u tajnosti testirala nuklearno oružje na arktičkom području, navodno u oblasti Novaja Zemlja

Diljem Europe u siječnju ove godine zabilježena je mala, ali zabrinjavajuća stopa radijacije, a znanstvenici cijelo vrijeme bezuspješno pokušavaju otkriti njezin izvor.

Neki sumnjaju da je za sve krivo nuklearno testiranje koje su Rusi izveli na Arktiku, a drugi pak misle da je za opasno zračenje odgovorna farmaceutska industrija, piše Motherboard, a prenosi zabranjeni list.

Francuski nuklearni institut IRSN izvijestio je da su u tragovima detektirali radioaktivni jod-131 u atmosferi iznad sjeverne Norveške, Finske, Poljske, Njemačke, Češke, Francuske i Španjolske. Razina mu je danas u granicama normale, ali stručnjaci su zabrinuti jer ne znaju što je bio uzrok njegovu povećanju.

Norveška agencija za zaštitu od radijacije NRPA potvrdila je zabrinjavajuću informaciju, ali uvjerava kako trenutačno nema opasnosti za čovječanstvo.

Već se neko vrijeme šuška da je Rusija u tajnosti testirala nuklearno oružje na arktičkom području, navodno u oblasti Novaja Zemlja. Radioaktivni jod-131 prvi put otkrili su znanstvenici s dva sveučilišta u Kaliforniji 1938., a kasnije su ga povezali s radioizotopom sličnom iz testiranja atomske bombe koja su 1950-ih proveli Rusi i Amerikanci.

Iste opasne čestice prijetile su i poslije nuklearne katastrofe u Černobilu u Ukrajini 1986. te poslije nesreće u nuklearnoj elektrani Fukushima u Japanu 2011. Ali sporni jod-131 koristi se i u medicinskoj industriji i to za liječenje bolesti i raka povezanih za štitnom žlijezdom.

– S obzirom da je u atmosferi prepoznat samo jod-131, a drugih radioaktivnih sastojaka nije bilo, vjerujemo da mu je izvor u farmaceutskoj industriji jer upravo ona proizvodi radioaktivne lijekove. Ipak, teško je sa sigurnošću potvrditi lokaciju sporne tvornice zbog prebrzog mijenjanja smjera vjetrova koji nose opasne čestice, ali sumnjamo na istočnu Europu – rekla je Astrid Liland iz norveške agencije NRPA.

S njom se slaže i Britansko društvo za zaštitu od radiologije SRP. Zbog radioaktivnog oblaka iznad Europe uzbunu su podignule i Sjedinjene Američke Države pa su 17. veljače na stari kontinent poslale specijaliziranu letjelicu WC-135C Constant Phoenix, koja bi trebala detektirati opasne čestice.

Isti avion nedavno je sudjelovao u ekspediciji iznad korejskog poluotoka nakon nagađanja da je Sjeverna Koreja izvela nuklearna testiranja.

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