Hmph.. Yet another reason to stop burning #FossilFuels
Seems that the Carbon 14 in the atmosphere is being swamped by the vast amounts of carbon from burning. This is impacting the effectiveness and accuracy of carbon 14 dating.
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20250926-the-natural-clocks-that-can-pinpoint-the-time-of-death
#Carbon14: Another underestimated danger from #nuclear reactors
"There are a number of radionuclides released from nuclear energy facilities. This paper highlights carbon-14 for a number of reasons:
- Carbon-14 is radioactive and is released into air as #methane and #CO2
- Before 2010, carbon-14 releases from nuclear reactors were virtually ignored in the United States. Today only estimates are required and only under certain restrictive circumstances.
- There is no good accounting of releases to date, so its impact on our health, our children’s health, and that of our
#environment remains unknown, yet environmental measurement is possible, but can be challenging under certain
conditions.
- Carbon-14 has a half-life of over 5700 years and the element carbon is a basic building block for life on earth. Therefore, “it constitutes a potential health hazard, whose additional production by #anthropogenic sources of today will result in an increased #radiation exposure to many future generations.”
- Like #tritium, it can collect in the tissues of the fetus at twice the concentration of the tissues in the mother, pointing to its
disproportionate impact on the most vulnerable human lifecycle: the developing child.
The element carbon is found in all organic substances. Carbon is also a primary constituent of #GreenhouseGases that are responsible for #ClimateChange, such as carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane (#CH4). Carbon-14 (c-14) is a radioactive form of
carbon that occurs in nature and is also newly formed in nuclear power processes.
"Carbon-14 is a health concern because it is released from #NuclearPower facilities as radioactive carbon dioxide and methane, traveling readily in the local and global environment.
"Over time, carbon-14 becomes part of organic material including food, and has a half-life of approximately 5,730 years, decaying by a type of radioactive particle called a beta. Its hazardous life is 10-20 times its half-life, meaning that harmful exposure to man-made carbon-14 can last for hundreds of generations. The radioactive carbon forms as a byproduct of fissioning of uranium fuel, through a process called activation. The final step is a chemical reaction between carbon-14 and oxygen or hydrogen, which forms methane or carbon dioxide. The radioactive carbon-14 formed by this process is brand new and would not exist without nuclear fission.
"During its long hazardous life, carbon-14 could be responsible for gross physical or
mental defects, stillbirths and childhood deaths, embryonic and neonatal deaths into the many millions over the life of the isotope.
"These millions could be underestimated five times or more. Carbon-14 could also be responsible for #leukemia, bone and other #cancers."
https://beyondnuclear.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/carbon14FINAL.pdf
#NoNukes #RethinkNotRestart #NoNukesForAI #RenewablesNow! #BeyondNuclear #NuclearIsNotCarbonFree
We Work The Black Seam
"This place has changed for good
Your economic theory said it would
It's hard for us to understand
We can't give up our jobs the way we should
Our blood has stained the #coal
We tunneled deep inside the nations soul
We matter more than pounds and pence
Your economic theory makes no sense
One day in a #nuclear age
They may understand our rage
They build machines that they can't control
And bury the waste in a great big hole
Power was to become cheap and clean
Grimey faces were never seen
Deadly for 12,000 years
Is #Carbon14
We work the black seam together
We work the black seam together
The seam lies underground
Three million years of pressure packed it down
We walk through ancient forest lands
And light a thousand cities with our hands
Your dark satanic mills
Have made redundant all our mining skills
You can't exchange a six-inch band
For all the poisoned streams in cumberland
One day in a nuclear age
They may understand our rage
They build machines that they can't control
And bury the waste in a great big hole
Power was to become cheap and clean
Grimey faces were never seen
Deadly for 12,000 years
Is carbon 14
We work the black seam together
We work the black seam together
And should the children weep
The turning world will sing their souls to sleep
When you have sunk without a trace
The universe will suck me into place
One day in a nuclear age
They may understand our rage
They build machines that they can't control
And bury the waste in a great big hole
Power was to become cheap and clean
Grimey faces were never seen
Deadly for 12,000 years
Is carbon 14
We work the black seam together
We work the black seam together
We work the black seam together
We work the black seam together"
- #Sting, 1985
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egynEo4cIEM
#80sMusic #NoNukes #NoCoal #RethinkNotRestart #DirtyCoal #NuclearWaste #RenewablesNow! #NoNukesForAI #NoCoalForAI
Exciting news! Nigerian scientists in the UK has developed the world's first carbon-14 diamond battery, capable of powering devices for thousands of years! 🚀🤯 This breakthrough could revolutionize everything from medical implants to space exploration. With a half-life of 5,700 years, these batteries promise a sustainable and safe energy source. Imagine never having to replace your device's battery again! 🌌🔋
#nigerian
#Innovation #Energy #Sustainability #Carbon14 #DiamondBattery #TechRevolution
We Work The Black Seam
by #Sting
"This place has changed for good
Your economic theory said it would
"It's hard for us to understand
We can't give up our jobs the way we should
"Our blood has stained the #coal
We tunneled deep inside the nations soul
"We matter more than pounds and pence
Your economic theory makes no sense
"One day in a #nuclear age
They may understand our rage
They build machines that they can't control
And bury the waste in a great big hole
"Power was to become cheap and clean
Grimey faces were never seen
Deadly for 12,000 years
Is #Carbon14
"We work the black seam together
We work the black seam together
"The seam lies underground
Three million years of pressure packed it down
"We walk through ancient forest lands
And light a thousand cities with our hands
"Your dark satanic mills
Have made redundant all our mining skills
"You can't exchange a six-inch band
For all the poisoned streams in cumberland
"One day in a nuclear age
They may understand our rage
They build machines that they can't control
And bury the waste in a great big hole
"Power was to become cheap and clean
Grimey faces were never seen
Deadly for 12,000 years
Is carbon 14
"We work the black seam together
We work the black seam together
"And should the children weep
The turning world will sing their souls to sleep
"When you have sunk without a trace
The universe will suck me into place
"One day in a nuclear age
They may understand our rage
They build machines that they can't control
And bury the waste in a great big hole
"Power was to become cheap and clean
Grimey faces were never seen
Deadly for 12,000 years
Is carbon 14
We work the black seam together
We work the black seam together
We work the black seam together
We work the black seam together"
- Gordon Sumner, 1985
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmC61VHVZAM
#CoalPower #CoalMining #UraniumMining #NoNukes #NuclearWaste #BlackSeam #AirPollution #MercuryPoisoning #Radiation #HumanFolly
TIL about the "bomb pulse" - when carbon-14 in the earth atmosphere doubled as a result of nuclear bombs and tests in the 1940s, 50s and 60s.
This increase in carbon-14 allows researchers to date human and organic samples precisely, sometimes all the way down to the month. Using the #bombpulse to accurately date samples will end when carbon-14 levels return to baseline.
Around the year 2030 the bomb pulse will die out. Every organism born after this will not bear detectable bomb pulse traces and their cells cannot be dated in this way.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bomb_pulse
👀 💣 ☢️ ☣️ 
someone go tell spuds about #nuclear outcomes and #carbon14
Er, I beg to differ. He looks #French, not #Semitic. IMO, that's #JacquesDeMolay, Grandmaster of the #KnightsTemplar. Long story, which I will not get into here. Suffice it to say, via #Carbon14 dating, the #Shroud came into "existence" some time in the 14th century. Interestingly, and in my belief, not coincidentally, that's when #KingPhilippe of #France had him arrested (October 13, 1307) and later burned at the stake (March 18,1314).
#Japan announces date for #Fukushima #radioactive #water release
August 2023
"As of 8 June 2023, there were 1,335,381 cubic meters of radioactive wastewater stored in tanks, but due to the failure of the #ALPS (Advanced Liquid Processing System) processing technology, approximately 70% of this water will have to be processed again. Scientists have warned that the #radiological risks from the discharges have not been fully assessed, and the biological impacts of #tritium, #carbon14, #strontium90, and #iodine129, which will be released in the discharges, have been ignored.
"The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) endorsed Japan’s plans for discharge. However, the IAEA has failed to investigate the operation of the ALPS, has completely ignored the highly radioactive fuel debris that melted down which continues every day to contaminate ground water – nearly 1000 cubic meters every ten days. Furthermore, the discharge plan has failed to conduct a comprehensive Environmental Impact Assessment, as required by its international legal obligations, given that there is a risk of significant transboundary harm to neighboring countries. The IAEA is not tasked with protecting the global marine environment but it should not encourage a state to violate it."
#IAEALies #TEPCOLies #WaterIsLife #FukushimaIsntOver #FukushimaDaiichi #NoDumping #NuclearPowerPlant #RadioactiveWater
when Radio met Trick
they went logarithmic
with nuclear decay
their love shined
half a lifetime away
#poetry
#radiometry
#dating
#carbon14
#potassium40
#uranium238
#geology
#geochrony
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