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."
Thursday, October 31, 2013
Wednesday, October 30, 2013
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"."
"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"."
Tuesday, October 29, 2013
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."
"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"
"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"
Monday, October 28, 2013
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
"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"
"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)"
"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."
"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."
"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."
"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"
“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."
"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."
"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."
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."
"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."
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