The Fukushima Secrecy Syndrome – From Japan to America | Common Dreams

The Fukushima Secrecy Syndrome – From Japan to America | Common Dreams

"Last month, the ruling Japanese coalition parties quickly rammed through Parliament a state secrets law. We Americans better take notice."

Volunteers Crowdsource Radiation Monitoring to Map Potential Risk on Every Street in Japan

Volunteers Crowdsource Radiation Monitoring to Map Potential Risk on Every Street in Japan

"Safecast is a network of volunteers who came together to map radiation levels throughout Japan after the Fukushima Diiachi nuclear power plant disaster in 2011. They soon realized radiation readings varied widely, with some areas close to the disaster facing light contamination, depending on wind and geography, while others much further away showed higher readings. Safecast volunteers use Geiger counters and open-source software to measure the radiation, and then post the data online for anyone to access."

Volunteers Crowdsource Radiation Monitoring to Map Potential Risk on Every Street in Japan

Protests Grow in Japan: "We Want to Bring Our Message to the World to Stop Nuclear Power Plants"

Mayor of Town That Hosted Fukushima Nuclear Plant Says He Was Told: "No Accident Could Ever Happen"

"We Want To Fight For This Cause": Nuclear Refugees From Fukushima Join Anti-Nuke Protests

Crippled Fukushima Reactor Springs Another Mysterious Leak | Common Dreams

Crippled Fukushima Reactor Springs Another Mysterious Leak | Common Dreams
"Tepco said the amount of radioactive material in the just-found leak is unknown because the radiation in the reactor building is already so high"

Local Chef Takes North Pacific Seafood Off Menu

www.keyt.com/news/local-chef-takes-north-pacific-seafood-off-menu/-/17671600/23950972/-/i0q4a0/-/index.html
"In March 2011, a tsunami triggered by an earthquake rocked the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant, causing radioactive materials to leak."

Japanese Government Approves Revival Plan For Owner Of Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant

www.thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/01/16/3171861/japan-tepco-nuclear-revival/
"On Wednesday Japan’s trade ministry approved a 10-year business plan for Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco), owner of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in northeast Japan that went into meltdown after being devastated by an earthquake and tsunami off Japan’s eastern coast nearly three years ago."

Fukushima Radiation Update

Fukushima Is the World's Ongoing Warning Against Nuclear Energy | Common Dreams

Fukushima Is the World's Ongoing Warning Against Nuclear Energy | Common Dreams
"The impact of nuclear disasters can last for generations. Such man-made devastation offers a lesson to all of us"

For Fukushima's Displaced, a Struggle to Recover Lives Torn Apart by Nuclear Disaster

From Atomic Bombings to Fukushima, Japan Pursues a Nuclear Future Despite a Devastating Past

Shock Doctrine in Japan: Shinzo Abe's Rightward Shift to Militarism, Secrecy in Fukushima's Wake

Radioactive Fish at 124 Times 'Safe' Levels Caught Near Fukushima | Common Dreams

Radioactive Fish at 124 Times 'Safe' Levels Caught Near Fukushima | Common Dreams
"A fish with 124 times the level of radiation deemed safe for food consumption was caught near the ravaged Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan."

Toll of U.S. Sailors Devastated by Fukushima Radiation Continues to Climb | Common Dreams

Toll of U.S. Sailors Devastated by Fukushima Radiation Continues to Climb | Common Dreams
"The roll call of U.S. sailors who say their health was devastated when they were irradiated while delivering humanitarian help near the stricken Fukushima nuke is continuing to soar."

Fukushima Goes Mainstream (VIDEO)

www.samuel-warde.com/2014/01/fukushima-goes-mainstream-video/
"So while the report was a positive step in disseminating information through a widely respected source, it wasn’t all inclusive and, as such, did little to allay my concerns over radiation affecting those of us who live on the West Coast and our far neighbors in Hawaii, who reside in the middle of an ocean that is continuing to be polluted with Fukushima radiation every day."

“Return To Fukushima” Airs This Week

“Return To Fukushima” Airs This Week
"The transfer of nuclear fuel from the storage pool atop the crippled Reactor Unit 4 continues. TEPCO’s website reveals no new details, except for a note stating that the leakages at Unit 3 continue. In other most recent news reports concerning Fukushima, even Japan’s constitution seems to be at stake. The government has reportedly promoted a bill that would veil news transparency and keep further events at the TEPCO plant hidden from world scrutiny. CBS discusses an investigation into an online video of Geiger counter readings five times higher than normal at a beach in San Mateo County, California. Other media outlets vacillate between reassurance and fear."

Fukushima fixes: Duct tape and wire net instead of bolts and rebar

Fukushima fixes: Duct tape and wire net instead of bolts and rebar
"At this point, I'm surprised it wasn't bubble gum and string!"

Fukushima Fallout Damaged the Thyroids of California Babies » CounterPunch: Tells the Facts, Names the Names

Fukushima Fallout Damaged the Thyroids of California Babies » CounterPunch: Tells the Facts, Names the Names
"A new study of the effects of tiny quantities of radioactive fallout from Fukushima on the health of babies born in California shows a significant excess of hypothyroidism caused by the radioactive contamination travelling 5,000 miles across the Pacific. The article will be published next week in the peer-reviewed journal Open Journal of Pediatrics."

Fukushima Meltdowns: Global Denial At Work

www.opednews.com/articles/1/Fukushima-Meltdowns-Globa-by-William-Boardman-Accident_Chernobyl_Chernobyl_Denial-140104-187.html
"For the near future, what all that means, in effect, is that the world has to accept chronic radiation releases from Fukushima as the price for avoiding another catastrophic release. And even then, it's not a sure thing.
But there's another aspect of Fukushima Unit #3 that's even less reassuring. Unit #3 is the one Fukushima reactor that was running on Mixed oxide fuel, or MOX fuel , in its fuel rods. MOX fuel typically uses Plutonium mixed with one or more forms of Uranium. Using Plutonium in fuel rods adds to their toxicity in the event of a meltdown. In part because Plutonium-239 has a half-life of 240,000 years and can be used to make nuclear weapons of "dirty bombs," its use in commercial reactors remains both limited and controversial . Because it contains Plutonium, MOX fuel is more toxic than other nuclear fuel and will burn at lower temperatures."

Fukushima Worker Says 'Slipshod Work' Done on Storage Tanks | Common Dreams

Fukushima Worker Says 'Slipshod Work' Done on Storage Tanks | Common Dreams
"Plant operator TEPCO has been slammed for mishap after mishap in what has been described as a "permanent crisis" that demands a global take-over."

CEO: Fukushima is very bad, we have a crew in Japan right now; Reports coming out that gov’t covered it up… food around whole region got irradiated, increased problems for people in Tokyo — Host: Really scares me I don’t hear anyone discussing how to stop it (VIDEO)

www.enenews.com/ceo-fukushima-very-bad-crew-japan-reports-coming-govt-covered-food-around-region-irradiated-people-tokyo-increased-problems-video
"Shane Smith, journalist and CEO of VICE (Forbes: ‘One to Watch’ on Forbes 400 list. Est. Net Worth: $400 million): Bad, very bad. […] If you look at Fukushima, it’s a perfect example of the problem with nuclear power. […] The levels of radiation have not f****** gone down. We have a crew there shooting right now. The levels of radiation in the area are through the f****** roof."

Fukushima Disaster: Impacts & Continuing Threats

www.psr.org/assets/pdfs/fukushima-fact-sheet.pdf
"More than two years since the nuclear disaster began at the Fukushima Daiichi reactors, its impact is massive and widespread. It will be decades before the full scope of the impacts of this ongoing disaster is fully understood but significant health, economic, environmental and social consequences are already evident and quantifiable."

Remove TEPCO Before Removing Fuel

Did Underground Explosions Rock Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant?

www.samuel-warde.com/2014/01/underground-explosions-rock-fukushima-power-plant/
"A Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution study conducted in October 2011 concluded that the Fukushima disaster had already released 100 times more radiation into the environment than Chernobyl. It is not far-fetched to say that the damage has increased by astronomical proportions when one considers that 300 tons of radioactive waste has been released into the Pacific Ocean on a daily basis since the disaster occurred on March 11, 2011.
The ramifications of this latest report of explosions have yet to be revealed, but it is safe to say that whatever the news, it won’t be good."

U.S. Sailors Re-File Fukushima Lawsuit "Strange Stream Rising From Reactors"

Fukushima Ghost Towns Struggle to Recover Amid High Radiation Levels | Common Dreams

Fukushima Ghost Towns Struggle to Recover Amid High Radiation Levels | Common Dreams
"Nearly three years after a major earthquake, tsunami and nuclear radiation leak devastated coastal and inland areas of Japan's Fukushima prefecture, 175 miles north-east of Tokyo, Namie has become a silent town of ghosts and absent lives."