Fukushima nuclear crisis continues to unfold

Report: Navy Knew USS Ronald Reagan Was Seriously Contaminated By Fukushima

Report: Navy Knew USS Ronald Reagan Was Seriously Contaminated By Fukushima

"The revelations cast new light on the $1 billion lawsuit filed by the sailors against Tokyo Electric Power."

Japan, U.S. Move to Expand Nuclear Power Programs Despite Contamination at Fukushima & New Mexico

Fukushima Isotopes Arriving on the West Coast?

Lingering Problems At Fukushima Raise Questions About Nuclear Power Safety At Home

Radioactive Fukushima Plume Due to Reach West Coast this Spring | Common Dreams

Radioactive Fukushima Plume Due to Reach West Coast this Spring | Common Dreams

"A radioactive plume released from the Fukushima meltdown is expected to reach the west coast of the U.S. in April, said a panel of researchers in Honolulu Monday. However, without any federal or international monitoring, scientists are bereft of "actual data," guessing at the amount of radiation coming at us."

TEPCO: Fukushima Radiation Was 'Significantly' Undercounted

TEPCO: Fukushima Radiation Was 'Significantly' Undercounted

"It just goes to show you how capable and trustworthy corporate power providers are"

Highly Radioactive Water Overflow at Fukushima | Common Dreams

Highly Radioactive Water Overflow at Fukushima | Common Dreams

"The overflow was discovered Wednesday night, but before the valve was closed the tank is estimated to have spilled 100 metric tons of water containing 230 million becquerels per liter of "beta-emitting radioactive isotopes, including strontium 90"."

US Sailors Sick From Fukushima Radiation File New Suit Against Tokyo Electric Power | Common Dreams

US Sailors Sick From Fukushima Radiation File New Suit Against Tokyo Electric Power | Common Dreams

"The suit includes an infant born with a genetic condition to a sailor who served on the USS Ronald Reagan as radiation poured over it during the Fukushima melt-downs, and an American teenager living near the stricken site. It has also been left open for “up to 70,000 U.S. citizens [who were] potentially affected by the radiation and will be able to join the class action suit.”

Now docked in San Diego, the USS Reagan’s on-going safety has become a political hot potato. The $4.3 billion carrier is at the core of the U.S. Naval presence in the Pacific. Critics say it’s too radioactive to operate or to scrap, and that it should be sunk, as were a number of U.S. ships contaminated by atmospheric Bomb tests in the South Pacific."

Japan's Nuke Regulator: TEPCO Radiation Readings Were Much Too Low

Japan's Nuke Regulator: TEPCO Radiation Readings Were Much Too Low

"From the Department of The Obvious, Japan's nuclear regulator says TEPCO doesn't understand what they're doing. Duh! They were there to make money, not to do their jobs responsibly"

Scientists to Analyze West Coast Kelp for Fukushima Radioactivity | Common Dreams

Scientists to Analyze West Coast Kelp for Fukushima Radioactivity | Common Dreams

"Researchers are set to embark on a project to gather samples of kelp from the U.S. West Coast and analyze them for potential radioactive contamination caused by the Fukushima nuclear disaster unleashed nearly three years ago."

50 Reasons We Should Fear the Worst from Fukushima | Common Dreams

50 Reasons We Should Fear the Worst from Fukushima | Common Dreams

"Japan’s harsh dictatorial censorship has been matched by a global corporate media blackout aimed—successfully—at keeping Fukushima out of the public eye.

But that doesn’t keep the actual radiation out of our ecosystem, our markets … or our bodies.

Speculation on the ultimate impact ranges from the utterly harmless to the intensely apocalyptic .

But the basic reality is simple: for seven decades, government Bomb factories and privately-owned reactors have spewed massive quantities of unmonitored radiation into the biosphere.

The impacts of these emissions on human and ecological health are unknown primarily because the nuclear industry has resolutely refused to study them.

Indeed, the official presumption has always been that showing proof of damage from nuclear Bomb tests and commercial reactors falls to the victims, not the perpetrators.

And that in any case, the industry will be held virtually harmless.

This “see no evil, pay no damages” mindset dates from the Bombing of Hiroshima to Fukushima to the disaster coming next … which could be happening as you read this."

Senate Hearing: Fukushima Task Force Recommendations