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Earthquakes Rattle Fukushima Region Once More | Common Dreams

Earthquakes Rattle Fukushima Region Once More | Common Dreams
"Once again revealing its perilous geographic location, a pair of earthquakes shook the ground near the damaged nuclear power plant at Fukushima on Tuesday."

Fukushima meltdown? Mystery steam rising over Reactor 3

www.theecologist.org/News/news_round_up/2217953/fukushima_meltdown_mystery_steam_rising_over_reactor_3.html
"Fukushima's Reactor Building 3 exploded on 13th March 2011 as a result of a hydrogen buildup, breaching the building's containment and emitting a huge plume of radiation. The reactor itself is in meltdown.
And now fresh plumes of steam have been seen coming out the structure."

What The Hell Is Happening At Fukushima Reactor 3?

What The Hell Is Happening At Fukushima Reactor 3?
"We know that TEPCO has lied all along, and I don't think our own government is going to tell us even if something is going on (under the law, they have the authority to lie to us in order to prevent panic that would affect the food supply). So it's not unreasonable to assume that whatever's going on, it's usually a lot worse than what the Powers That Be will admit.
Because when corporate interests have become synonymous with those of a nation's government, the safety of the citizens is way down on the priority list."

Homeless People Recruited for Dangerous Fukushima Clean-Up Are then Underpaid and Exploited

www.alternet.org/world/reuters-investigation-finds-homeless-recruited-work-fukushima-nuclear-clean
"The homeless men cleaning up the nuclear disaster end up getting less than minimum wage."

Fukushima Responders Starting To Get Sick

Homeless Japanese Being 'Recruited' To Clean Up Fukushima Disaster | Common Dreams

Homeless Japanese Being 'Recruited' To Clean Up Fukushima Disaster | Common Dreams
"Private labor contractors in Japan are "recruiting" homeless individuals throughout the country, luring them to perform clean-up work in the areas near the destroyed nuclear power plant at Fukushima for less than minimum wage."

Record Radiation: Handling of Fukushima cleanup is 'comedy of errors'

Scientists Link Spike in Thyroid Disease to Fukushima Disaster

Harvey Wasserman Wants You to Know the Truth About Fukushima

Harvey Wasserman Wants You to Know the Truth About Fukushima
"At Fukushima Unit 4, the impending removal of hugely radioactive spent fuel rods from a pool 100 feet in the air presents unparalleled scientific and engineering challenges."

US Sailors: Response to Fukushima Emergency Resulted in Cancer | Common Dreams

US Sailors: Response to Fukushima Emergency Resulted in Cancer | Common Dreams
"U.S. sailors who were part of the emergency response effort in the aftermath of the earthquake and tsunami that led to the Fukushima nuclear meltdown in 2011 are now reporting numerous forms of cancers they say are a direct result of being exposed to radiation fallout from the disaster."

The Permanent Crisis at Fukushima | Common Dreams

The Permanent Crisis at Fukushima | Common Dreams
"Why isn’t the international community making more of a noise about Fukushima? Is it because the big voices on the international stage are all pro-nuclear power themselves?
Sooner or later, for all our sakes, our leaders are going to have to get their hands dirty at Fukushima."

Japan's Deadly New 'Fukushima Fascism' | Common Dreams

Japan's Deadly New 'Fukushima Fascism' | Common Dreams
"Fukushima continues to spew out radiation. The quantities seem to be rising, as do the impacts.

The site has been infiltrated by organized crime.

There are horrifying signs of ecological disaster in the Pacific and human health impacts in the U.S.

But within Japan, a new State Secrets Act makes such talk punishable by up to ten years in prison."

Leaky Fukushima Tanks Were Built With Illegal Labor

Leaky Fukushima Tanks Were Built With Illegal Labor
"Storage tanks at the Fukushima nuclear plant like one that spilled almost 80,000 gallons of radioactive water this year were built in part by workers illegally hired in one of the poorest corners of Japan, say labor regulators and some of those involved in the work."

Fukushima Crime Syndicate & Nuclear Watch Dogs | Brainwash Update

Leak Forces Shut Down of Fukushima Water Decontamination Unit | Common Dreams

Leak Forces Shut Down of Fukushima Water Decontamination Unit | Common Dreams
"One of the "crucial" units to decontaminate toxic wastewater at the Fukushima nuclear power plant was shut off Sunday after a leak of hydrochloric acid was found."

TEPCO Downplays Huge Risks Involved in Removing Fukushima Fuel Rods

TEPCO Downplays Huge Risks Involved in Removing Fukushima Fuel Rods
"Arnie Gunderson: Agencies overseeing cleanup like the IAEA are biased towards defending and promoting nuclear power."

Debunking the Nuclear Energy Industry's Biggest Myths | Alternet

Debunking the Nuclear Energy Industry's Biggest Myths | Alternet
"The authors set about debunking what they call the eight myths of nuclear power. "

Fukushima's crippled reactors: the risky plan to move fuel rods

www.cbc.ca/news/world/fukushima-s-crippled-reactors-the-risky-plan-to-move-fuel-rods-1.2431190
"TEPCO spokesperson Tatsuhiro Yamagishi told CBC News that along with cesium-137 and cesium-134, the radioactive isotopes contained in the fuel include strontium-90, radium-226, uranium-235, and plutonium-239, which has a half-life of approximately 24,000 years."

Fukushima nuclear disaster is warning to the world, says power company boss

www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/nov/19/uk-government-new-plant-fukushima-nuclear-disaster-warning
"Speaking at his Tokyo corporate headquarters , Naomi Hirose, president of the Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco), which runs the stricken Fukushima plant, said Britain's nuclear managers "should be prepared for the worst" in order to avoid repeating Japan's traumatic experience."

Dump It in the Ocean: TEPCO's Plan for Radioactive Fukushima Water | Common Dreams

Dump It in the Ocean: TEPCO's Plan for Radioactive Fukushima Water | Common Dreams
"A nuclear expert helping with the clean-up at the crisis-stricken Fukushima plant has joined a chorus of voices saying that all the accumulating radioactive waste water must eventually be dumped into the ocean.
Speaking with Australia's ABC, Dale Klein, former head of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and current head of the Nuclear Reform Monitoring Committee hired by plant operator TEPCO, described the situation at the plant as "challenging"."

Fukushima: High-Risk TEPCO Work at Reactor 4 Has Started

Fukushima: High-Risk TEPCO Work at Reactor 4 Has Started
"The process of removing the fuel rods at the Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan has so far been successful. The first of the 22 rod assemblies planned for removal (which contain unspent fuel) have been removed."

Prime Talk: What ideas do the world's scientists and engineers have for Fukushima?

Fukushima fallout: Should the West Coast be concerned?

"Chernobyl Was Transparent Compared to Fukushima": Harvey Wasserman on Ongoing Crisis

"Chernobyl Was Transparent Compared to Fukushima": Harvey Wasserman on Ongoing Crisis
"The operators of Japan's devastated Fukushima nuclear plant have announced plans to remove 400 tons of highly irradiated spent fuel from the site, in an unprecedented operation that began Monday November 18. Nuclear researcher Harvey Wasserman believes that the highly risky procedure, in fact, the entire plant needs to be taken out of the hands of the operators- Tokyo Electric Power (TEPCO)."

Harvey Wasserman: The Fukushima Threat [Excerpt]

Highly Dangerous Fukushima 4 Fuel Removal Begins Monday | Common Dreams

Highly Dangerous Fukushima 4 Fuel Removal Begins Monday | Common Dreams
"The 1,331 used fuel rod assemblies contain radiation equivalent to 14,000 times the amount released in the atomic bomb attack on Hiroshima.
“Full release from the Unit-4 spent fuel pool, without any containment or control, could cause by far the most serious radiological disaster to date,” say independent consultants Mycle Schneider and Antony Froggatt in a recent World Nuclear Industry Status Report."

Some spent fuel rods at Fukushima were damaged before 2011 disaster

www.reuters.com/article/2013/11/14/us-japan-fukushima-removal-idUSBRE9AD0JQ20131114
"Three of the spent fuel assemblies due to be carefully plucked from the crippled Japanese nuclear plant at Fukushima in a hazardous year-long operation were damaged even before the 2011 earthquake and tsunami that knocked out the facility."

Fukushima Workers Say Decontamination Not Working! They're Afraid To Even Wash Their Hands!

'Trust Us': World's Most Perilous Nuclear Operation Set To Begin | Common Dreams

'Trust Us': World's Most Perilous Nuclear Operation Set To Begin | Common Dreams
"the operation to remove the fuel rods from Reactor 4 has nuclear experts sounding every alarm bell they can find in order to draw attention to the potentially devastating results if something goes wrong with the effort."

THE FUKUSHIMA CRISIS COMES TO THE STATES

www.esquire.com/blogs/politics/fukushima-radiation-arrives-in-alaska-111213
"The catastrophe at the Fukushima nuclear power plant -- aka Yesterday's Tragedy -- appears to be ongoing, and Alaska now has become part of the story."

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Ex-Prime Minister: Creating Nuclear-Free Japan Would Be 'Magnificent, Fantastic' | Common Dreams

Ex-Prime Minister: Creating Nuclear-Free Japan Would Be 'Magnificent, Fantastic' | Common Dreams
"Sitting Prime Minister Shinzo Abe should follow the lead of the Japanese people by immediately abandoning nuclear power in the country, closing the existing plants and switching to safer and cleaner renewable energy options, urged two of Japan's former prime ministers on Tuesday."

Trying To Figure Out How To Weatherproof Fukushima

New Radioactive Water Leak Discovered At Fukushima

In Unprecedented Move, Spent Fuel Rods To Be Removed from Fukushima Reactors - Extended

Tepco Strives for Milestone at Fukushima With Fuel Removal

www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-11-08/fukushima-chief-confident-spent-fuel-rods-can-be-removed-safely.html
"“The thing that keeps me up late at night is that they’re getting ready to unload the spent fuel in unit 4,” said Friedlander, who spent 13 years operating U.S. nuclear plants"

Fukushima: In-depth look at potential fallout

www.abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/world_news&id=9317789
"Nuclear Engineer Dr. Arjun Makhijani, president of the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research, confirmed that ocean currents are carrying the radioactive water to the West Coast."

BBC: ‘The real dead zone’ at Fukushima — Monitor went off scale, over 180,000 CPM

www.enenews.com/bbc-the-real-dead-zone-at-fukushima-experts-just-shook-their-heads-when-asked-where-melted-fuel-is-new-rad-monitor-went-off-scale-at-plant-over-180000-cpm-tepco-please-dont-ask-what
"Suddenly the needle started to spike – 1,000 counts per second, then 2,000, 3,000, finally it went off the scale. There, outside the bus, just a few dozen meters away is the real dead zone, a place where it is still far too dangerous for anyone to go. No human has been inside reactor three since the disaster. To do so would be suicide. No-one knows when it will be possible to go in. When I asked the same experts how long it would be until reactors one, two and three could be dismantled, they shook their heads. When I asked them where they thought the melted reactor cores were, they shook their heads again. [Tepco] was happy to show us reactor four, but please do not ask what they intend to do with reactors one, two and three."

Workers At Fukushima Ready To Move Fuel Rods From Damaged Nuclear Reactor

Massive Toxic Japanese Tsunami Island of Trash Headed Toward US

Massive Toxic Japanese Tsunami Island of Trash Headed Toward US
"This is the type of radiation whose long term impact is still unknown.  But one can safely say, it is not something that improves the health of Mother Earth or the people who will come into contact with it.  In this case, individuals on the West Coast of North America are potentially endangered by the breakdown of a nuclear power plant in Japan."

Fukushima Trial Run Begins Dangerous Reactor 4 Clean-Up | Common Dreams

Fukushima Trial Run Begins Dangerous Reactor 4 Clean-Up | Common Dreams
"Preparations to begin the potentially catastrophic decommissioning of the crippled Reactor 4 at the Fukushima nuclear power plant will begin this week with a test run."

Dear Climate Scientists, Please Note the Global Terror at Fukushima Four | Common Dreams

Dear Climate Scientists, Please Note the Global Terror at Fukushima Four | Common Dreams
"Four climate scientists have made a public statement claiming nuclear power is an answer to global warming.

Before they proceed, they should visit Fukushima, where the Tokyo Electric Power Company has moved definitively toward bringing down the some 1300 hot fuel rods from a pool at Unit Four.  

Which makes this a time of global terror. "

Find Out What the Fukushima Fallout is on the West Coast

"TEPCO Faces Tough Questions" They Can't Handle Rainwater! THEY CAN'T HANDLE RAINWATER!!!

Humankind's Most Dangerous Moment?

No To Restarts: Suits Join Japan Nuclear Power Protests | Common Dreams

No To Restarts: Suits Join Japan Nuclear Power Protests | Common Dreams
"With a governmental task force reportedly urging that the grossly inept, widely criticized TEPCO be stripped of the responsibility for shutting down and cleaning up the crippled Fukushima plant - with "a clear and realistic organization" created in its place - business workers in Tokyo have joined the growing nuclear power protests in Japan."

Japan Greenlights 'Perilous' Cleanup at Fukushima's Reactor 4 | Common Dreams

Japan Greenlights 'Perilous' Cleanup at Fukushima's Reactor 4 | Common Dreams
"Regulators with Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority gave the final OK Wednesday for the operator of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant to begin to remove the 1300 spent fuel rods from the badly damaged Unit 4 pool, thus initiating a decommissioning process which anti-nuclear activist Harvey Wasserman describes as "humankind’s most dangerous moment since the Cuban Missile Crisis"."

Crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant needs international help

www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1343139/crippled-fukushima-daiichi-nuclear-plant-needs-international
"Japan has a history of struggling to face up to the past. So, whether it has the crisis at the stricken nuclear plant at Fukushima under control, as it claims, has to be of concern. A disaster like none before could occur if clean-up, stabilisation and decommissioning operations are not handled properly. The series of failures, mistakes and untruths since the earthquake and tsunami caused a meltdown on March 11, 2011, prove the government and operator, Tokyo Electric Power Co., are ill-equipped to deal with the challenges. The threat is global and a global response is urgently needed."

Fukushima: “Usual suspects in Japan are getting richer… at the expense of public safety”

www.americablog.com/2013/10/fukushima-usual-suspects-japan-getting-richer-expense-public-safety.html
"Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) and the Japanese government have done a spectacularly bad job of managing this accident. In large part they haven’t managed it. Rather they’ve extended the Japanese patronage system to benefit from the disaster at the expense of public health, public safety, and the Japanese economy.  As a result, the usual suspects in Japan are getting richer than ever while the real problems not only haven’t been fixed, for the most part they haven’t even been addressed"

Radioactive Rainwater Overwhelms Fukishima Nuclear Plant

The evidence is clear: Fukushima radiation is still tearing up West Coast of USA

www.naturalnews.com/042687_Fukushima_nuclear_plant_radiation_contamination_West_Coast.html
"Particularly on the West Coast of the U.S., a multitude of strange animal deaths, high radiation readings and other recent anomalies suggest that the Fukushima disaster is far from over. It is simply ludicrous, in other words, for anyone to suggest at this point that these Fukushima woes are dwindling, as fresh evidence suggests that quite the opposite is true."

Learn more: http://www.naturalnews.com/042687_Fukushima_nuclear_plant_radiation_contamination_West_Coast.html#ixzz2j3UlZlHO

Fukushima Petition

www.greenaction-japan.org/modules/wordpress0/index.php?p=111
"Urgent international petition calling for immediate action on the uncontrolled radioactive discharges at Tepco’s Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant"

3 Fukushima reactor cores melted into earth during accident, still missing – 4th could explode

www.americablog.com/2013/10/fukushima-update-three-reactor-cores-melted-earth-accident-tepco-still-charge.html
"Your bottom line — None, some, or all could go up. What does “go up” mean? They could burn (spewing nuclear debris). They could explode (spewing lots of nuclear debris). They could go critical (atom-bomb style)"

Fukushima: A Global Solution to a Global Threat

www.petitionbuzz.com/petitions/fukushima
"Take action today to tell the United Nations and the Japanese Government that the crisis at Fukushima is a global threat that requires an international intervention."

Encountering the Fukushima Daiichi Accident

www.huffingtonpost.com/naoto-kan/japan-nuclear-energy_b_4171073.html
"The accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant was the most severe accident in the history of mankind."

Fukushima’s Radiation Gusher: Could the Entire Pacific Fishery Be Tainted? | Alternet

Fukushima’s Radiation Gusher: Could the Entire Pacific Fishery Be Tainted? | Alternet
"80,000 gallons per day of radioactive water, for 942 straight days, dumped into the Pacific — and counting."

Is Japan’s Abe Honest About Global Help for Fukushima? | Common Dreams

Is Japan’s Abe Honest About Global Help for Fukushima? | Common Dreams
“If you calculate the amount of cesium 137 in the pool” at Unit #4, “the amount is equivalent to 14,000 Hiroshima atomic bombs,” says Hiroaki Koide, assistant professor at the Kyoto University Research Reactor Institute"

The Demand for a Global Take-Over at Fukushima has Hit Critical Mass | Common Dreams

The Demand for a Global Take-Over at Fukushima has Hit Critical Mass | Common Dreams
"Spent fuel rods are the most lethal items our species has ever created. A human standing within a few feet of one would die in a matter of minutes. With more than 11,000 scattered around the Daichi site, radiation levels could rise high enough to force the evacuation of all workers and immobilize much vital electronic equipment."

Fukushima Water Radiation Doubles Overnight | Common Dreams

Fukushima Water Radiation Doubles Overnight | Common Dreams
"Water radiation levels at Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear plant more than doubled in the span of one night to levels 14,000 times the maximum level for safe drinking water, owner TEPCOadmitted Thursday, setting new records for drainage ditch contamination as toxic spills and heavy rains continue to ravage the crippled facility."

Peer Reviewed Study Shows 14,000 U.S. Deaths from Fukushima

World Action Now on Fukushima - Harvey Wasserman

Fukushima is collapsing - the worst is coming...

Fukushima nuclear leaks 18 times worse than we were told - Truthloader

As Fukushima Raises Severity Level, Nuclear Expert Warns Radioactive Leaks Will Only "Get Worse"

Scientist Call For More Radiation Testing Of Fish Caught Off U.S. West Coast

How Long Will Fukushima Be ALLOWED To Continue Dumping Radiation Into The Pacific Ocean?

Fukushima is 1,000x's worse than we thought!

2 YEARS ON Fukushima Nuclear Waste Disposal Towns!? (Full Documentary)

Radiation Of The Pacific Ocean In The Next 10 Years - Japan Nuclear Disaster

Fukushima...a Dire SOS Message

Fuel Removal From Fukushima's Reactor 4 Threatens 'Apocalyptic' Scenario | Common Dreams

Fuel Removal From Fukushima's Reactor 4 Threatens 'Apocalyptic' Scenario | Common Dreams
"An operation with potentially "apocalyptic" consequences is expected to begin in a little over two weeks from now - "as early as November 8" - at Fukushima's damaged and sinking Reactor 4, when plant operator TEPCO will attempt to remove over 1300 spent fuel rods holding the radiation equivalent of 14,000 Hiroshima bombs from a spent fuel storage tank perched on the reactor's upper floor."