{"id":24909,"date":"2011-03-16T16:21:45","date_gmt":"2011-03-16T16:21:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/gregladen\/2011\/03\/16\/joseph-oehmen-mit-research-sci\/"},"modified":"2011-03-16T16:21:45","modified_gmt":"2011-03-16T16:21:45","slug":"joseph-oehmen-mit-research-sci","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/2011\/03\/16\/joseph-oehmen-mit-research-sci\/","title":{"rendered":"Joseph Oehmen, MIT Research Scientist: &#8220;there was and will *not* be any significant release of radioactivity from the damaged Japanese reactors&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I assume by now you&#8217;ve seen this:  &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/japan-reactors-pose-no-risk-2011-3\">You Can Stop Worrying About A Radiation Disaster In Japan &#8212; Here&#8217;s Why<\/a>&#8220;.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nI repeat, there was and will *not* be any significant release of radioactivity from the damaged Japanese reactors.<\/p>\n<p>By &#8220;significant&#8221; I mean a level of radiation of more than what you would receive on &#8211; say &#8211; a long distance flight, or drinking a glass of beer that comes from certain areas with high levels of natural background radiation&#8230;.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I&#8217;m so glad to hear the situation is under control.  And that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/japan-reactors-pose-no-risk-2011-3\">Business Insider<\/a>, an online journal, is getting us this important information in a timely manner.<\/p>\n<p>Have you also <a href=\"http:\/\/www.salon.com\/news\/japan_earthquake\/index.html?story=\/politics\/war_room\/2011\/03\/15\/josef_oehmen_nuclear_not_worried_viral\">seen this article<\/a>, debunking the above cited item?   If you have, let me know, because it seems to have been removed from it&#8217;s resting place on the intertubes.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>For more information and essays about the Earthquake, Tsunami and Nuclear Reactor problems in Japan <a href=\"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/gregladen\/2011\/03\/japan_quake_tsunami_nuke_news_5.php\">CLICK HERE<\/a>. <\/em> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/scienceblogs.com\/gregladen\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/472\/files\/2012\/04\/i-af727314bb91def34a44e4261c14ccca-PleaseClickOnThisStuff.jpg?w=604\" alt=\"i-af727314bb91def34a44e4261c14ccca-PleaseClickOnThisStuff.jpg\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I assume by now you&#8217;ve seen this: &#8220;You Can Stop Worrying About A Radiation Disaster In Japan &#8212; Here&#8217;s Why&#8220;. I repeat, there was and will *not* be any significant release of radioactivity from the damaged Japanese reactors. By &#8220;significant&#8221; I mean a level of radiation of more than what you would receive on &#8211; &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/2011\/03\/16\/joseph-oehmen-mit-research-sci\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Joseph Oehmen, MIT Research Scientist: &#8220;there was and will *not* be any significant release of radioactivity from the damaged Japanese reactors&#8221;<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"1","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[1423],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5fhV1-6tL","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24909"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24909"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24909\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}