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Rescuers risk radiation to save Fukushima dogs

Dog-lovers brave Fukushima nuclear danger zone to save abandoned pets  | Mail Online, By Daily Mail Reporter 14th April 2011 Rescuers have been risking their lives in the nuclear swamp around tsunami-hit Japan’s stricken power plant – to save abandoned dogs.Thousands of animals have starved to death or been abandoned by their owners after the earthquake and tsunami shattered Japan on March 11.

A 20km exclusion zone was put in place around the damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant as deadly radiation spilled into the atmosphere…..In the early hours of Sunday morning, seven volunteers left Tokyo and drove over broken roads and past demolished houses to meet three other volunteers in the ghost town which Minami Soma has become. Some had prepared radiation suits and others wore simple vinyl raincoats…..Japan nuclear crisis: Dog-lovers brave Fukushima danger zone to save abandoned pets | Mail Online

April 15, 2011 Posted by | - Fukushima 2011 | Leave a comment

Europe having a big rethink about nuclear power

The March accident at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has rekindled a long simmering debate in Europe over whether nuclear power – with its expense, its waste and especially its risk – is worth it…..”The first lesson that Europe should learn from the Fukushima accident is the fact that safe nuclear does not exist and that an accident can happen everywhere around the world – on any reactor.”

Europe’s Nuclear Debate at Forefront After Japan Disaster, Voice of America,|Lisa Bryant | Paris April 14, 2011 European concerns about the safety of nuclear power were notched up this week after Japan raised its assessment of the crisis at its Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant to the highest level….. Continue reading →

April 15, 2011 Posted by | EUROPE, politics international | Leave a comment

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