One of the substances that was found several kilometers from Fukushima was Strontium 90, they also found short lived fission fragments in soil samples.  One has to draw their own conclusions, but my guess is one of the units (2) underwent spontanious uncontrolled fission.   

Pat  

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Seconded for strontium. 

I knew as a kid that we got Strontium 90 from cow milk, but never knew (until I looked it up) that some plants - cabbage, onions, lettuce seem to concentrate strontium.  No wonder there was concern after atmospheric nuclear testing!  Cows were eating garden salads, and passing along the concentrated nuclear fallout to us?

Or, you could have given the hint that strontium chromate went on the REACh Substances of Very High Concern (SVHC) last year,and many industries are having a devil of a time finding an effective non-hazardous anti-corrosive to replace this primer and conversion coating on bare metal.  

Denny



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I think it's Strontium.  I'm old enough to remember the Strontium 90 scares.
Dock

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ubject: [TN] NTC Friday Element Quiz - the Question Hi folks - Here is the Friday Element Quiz Question:
The Question:
This element has four naturally occurring isotopes with none being radioactive. 
abbage contains 45 ppm of this element. A man made radioactive isotope of this lement caused major worldwide pollution concerns in the mid 20th century. 
ertain deep sea creatures incorporate this element into their shells. What lement is being described?

he winner of the weekly element quiz will get the services of Clumpy and loumpios for the week. 
So far Clumpy and Kloumpios have:
Week 1 Lamar Young, SCS Coatings
 accomplished nothing (drank lots of coffee) Week 2 Bev Christian, RIM  conducted REACH material testing Week 3 Drew Meyer, Benchmark Electronics Inc.
 Solderability testing and mowed the lawn Week 4 Ian Fox, Goodrich  had an epic journey of travel Week 4 Gary Ferrari, Garrick Global  unknown Week 5 Fredrick Miller, Astrolab  unknown Week 6 David Nelson, Raytheon  Were tackling dummys for Dallas Cowboys Week 7 Graham Collins, L3 Communications  Cleaned gutters and painted window trim Week 8 Bill Noel, ITT Geospatial Systems Division  unknown Week 9 Steve Gregory of RD Circuits  unknown Week 10 David Bealer of Watchfire Signs  descaled the in-line wash machine! Ouch!
Week 11 Dick Krug of Sparton Corporation  assisted with AS9100 quality management systems requirements audit Week 12 Steve Creswick of Balanced Enterprise Solutions  Acted as Steve's "go fer" due to a broken leg!
Week 13 Gebhard Neifer, Delphi
 conducted a plasma pre treatment Taguchi DOE for a sealing process Week 14 Bev Christian, RIM  assisted with a tin pest investigation/test Week 15 Bev Christian, RIM  assisted Bev shoveling snow Week 16 David Bealer of Watchfire Signs  assisted with reflow profiling Week 17 Brian Ellis, rumored to be retired  assisted with rewiring the house, had a tractor accident and found his cousin loumpios Week 18 Denny Fritz, SAIC  assisted with tin whisker inspection/examinations Week 19 Graham Collins, L3 Communications  assisted with scraping barnacles, boat paint and boat engine maintenance Week 20 Mark Woolley, PTRL Laboratory Avaya  assisted with weather observations (70F to snow) and resolving electrochemical igration failures Week 20 Tom Carroll, Boeing Defense, Space and Security  assisted with commercial aircraft galley inspection Week 21 Brian Ellis, supposedly retired, and Tom Carroll, Boeing Defense, Space nd Security  assisted with root cause corrective action tasks  assisted with nothing but catching up with the family Week 22 Drew Meyer, Benchmark Electronics Inc.
 assisted with metallographic cross-sections and Dye & Pry testing Week 23 Bev Christian, RIM  assisted with a creep corrosion project and the setting up of an oxygen bomb Week 24 Steve Gregory, RD Circuits  unknown Week 25 Ahne Oosterhof, A-Laser  assisted with stencil aperture data analysis and split/stacked firewood Week 26 Scott Post, Delphi  assisted/participated in the Kokomo Airshow Race Event Week 27 Brian Ellis, supposedly retired  assisted with tedious website work and family home cooking Week 28 Nigel Burtt  abandoned Nigel and were rumored to be involved in UK News Corps/News nternational cellphone/journalism/politics scandal Week 29 Richard Stadem,GD-AIS  unknown Week 30 Robert Wolfe, Kimchuk Inc and Graham Naisbitt, Gen3  assisted with a hot tub refurbishment for post work day de-stressing  assisted with SIR and Cleanliness testing Week 31 Bev Christian, RIM Inc, and Denny Fritz, SAIC  assisted with lab testing  assisted with tin whisker investigations Week 32 Steve Mikell, supposedly retired  attempted to provide both US Congress and EU lawmakers "engineered"
olutions
Week 33 Mark Woolley, PTRL Laboratory Avaya  unknown Week 34 Leland Woodall, CSTech Inc.
 assisted with new model qualifications,updating supporting documentation, train gaging, performing cross sections, verifying a new selective soldering rocess, and finally assisted with the development of a plant-wide ountermeasure effectiveness auditing program (Wow, they had to work hard this
eek!)
Week 35 Joe Russeau, Precision Analytical Laboratories  assisted with new equipment preparations Week 36 Patrick Goodyear, PGE  assisted with beach trash collection duty Week 37 Dave Elder, Tait Radio Communications  assisted Dave Hillman with a geography lesson, watch USA vs Irland in World ugby Cup and went skiing.
Week 38 Steve Mikell, supposedly retired  took the week off, and went to see some Tampa Bay Rays games Week 39 Andy Giamis, Commscope  assisted with metallographic cross-sectional analysis of die cast Mg and aught a group of Cub Scouts how to hotwire a tractor Week 40 Gebhard Neifer, Delphi  assisted with a customer audit Week 41 Ian Fox, Aero Engine Controls  assisted with pcb cross-section analysis Week 42 Andy Giamis, Commscope  Andy gave them the week off (BBQ and English ale party) Week 43: 4 winners 
          Bev Christian, RIM
 assisted with testing of phthalates
        Leland Woodall, CSTech Inc.
 assisted with installing a new fuel pump on the tractor, mowing my yard and aking the leaves/pine needles.
       Patrick Goodyear, PGE
 assisted with relaxing on the beach following kelp removal efforts
       Richard Stadem,GD-AIS
 assisted with the qualification of a Radon-fueled Airvac PCBRM 5.2 with its ew 50,000 watt pre-heater and Radon emitting laser reflow head Week 44 Patrick Goodyear, PGE  assisted with sifting sand at the beach looking for sand dollars Week 45 Dock Brown, Medtronic  assisted with the synthesizing a postmodern fusion of Firesign's Department of edundancy Department with Sokol's boundary transgression quantum gravity aradigm shift Week 46 Dock Brown, Medtronic  assisted with ???
       Bev Christian, RIM
 assisted RIM co-ops with research projects Week 47 Graham Collins, L3 Communications  assisted with counterfeit part inspection and snow plow duty Week 48 Mike Fenner, Indium  assisted with automotive repairs and for holiday relaxation

eek 49 Reuven Rokah
 assisted with patent investigations
Week 50 Rex Waygood, Hansatech EMS
 assisted with:
uesday after H&S induction: Solve the EU financial crisis.
ednesday: Provide sufficient information to the TAC to get the EU to permit Pb n solders.
hursday: Win the lottery on my behalf using a single ticket. (I'm not greedy ny win will do) Friday until departure: Enjoy the south of England countryside, Week 51 Bev Christian, RIM  assisted with a hearty meal which will include Canadian bacon and maple syrup  played Settlers of Catan for a while.
 investigate a cure for head on pillow? 
 create a halogen-free epoxy that isn't brittle?
 cure tin whiskers
 Perfect rework techniques for 0.50025s and 0.2 mm pitch 5000 pin BGAs.
Week 52 Dock Brown, Medtronic
 assisted with ????
Week 53 Ian Fox, Aero Engine Controls
 assisted with failure analysis assistance and removal of snow Week 54 Steve Mikell, supposedly retired  assisted with unknown
        Phil Anslow, MBDA Systems
 assisted with in preparation of 3-5year strategy and cooking of Valentine's ay meal for my lovely wife - oh and me!
Week 55 Brian Ellis, not retired and having lots of fun  assisted with video editing of 100+ cassettes and eating wonderful food Week 56 Aleks Lozinsky, Technic Canada  unknown Week 57 Tan Geok Ang, NA  assisted with a tour of Singapore and fun at Clarke Quay Week 58 Gebhard Neifer, Delphi  unknown
  Aleks Lozinsky, Technic Canada
 unknown
Week 59 Rex Waygood, Hansatech EMS
 assisted with preparing for the arrival of a Europlacer Iineo II and some ightseeing Week 60 Torsten Hagge, Kristronics  assisted with car manufacturers EMC requirements, high voltage PTC heaters and elped paint Easter eggs Week 61 Joshua Muonio, Analog Technologies Corp.
 assisted with cutting out lead-free chocolate bunnies with our nitrogen nerted laser system Week 62 ????
 assisted with ????

veryone have a safe week!

ave Hillman
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