The first thread that stated the opposite:
[url]http://facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=1248170[/url]
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Nature has removed the text of this story after being notified of problems in the original analysis.
Following discussion with the ZAMG scientists, both bodies concluded that the xenon-133 seen in Japan cannot be directly linked to the North Korean test.
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Well, that is slightly troubling. Hopefully China steps in and does something about them before NK does something rash.
However:
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Following discussion with the ZAMG scientists, both bodies concluded that the xenon-133 seen in Japan cannot be directly linked to the North Korean test.[/quote] This confuses me a bit. Are they saying Japan isn't involved in this or...what?
[QUOTE=Vaught;39659541]Well, that is slightly troubling. Hopefully China steps in and does something about them before NK does something rash.
However:
This confuses me a bit. Are they saying Japan isn't involved in this or...what?[/QUOTE]
The sensor (in Japan) probably detected radiation from nuclear reactors (in Japan) as opposed to radiation from the nuclear test (in Korea)
[QUOTE=scout1;39659586]The sensor (in Japan) probably detected radiation from nuclear reactors (in Japan) as opposed to radiation from the nuclear test (in Korea)[/QUOTE]
Ah, now I understand. Thank you.
It seems you are indeed correct..
Nature have edited an article formally titled: "[I]Correction: Sensors pick up North Korean radioactivity.[/I]" after being informed that it was an incomplete and faulty analysis.
[B][I]Nature has removed the text of this story after being notified of problems in the original analysis.[/I][/B]
Please forgive me for my lapse in observation. :(
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