2013 August 22 « nuclear-news

Truth the first casualty in uncontrolled catastrophe at Fukushima

Japanese gamble Armageddon in Last Ditch Fukushima Effort, Whiteout Press, August 20, 2013. Fukushima, Japan. Contrary to what most people think, the 2011 nuclear catastrophe at Fukushima, Japan is not under control. In fact, the danger to mankind is quietly and rapidly rising as the Japanese desperately try to stop the massive radiation contamination still spreading around the globe. Now, officials are taking one drastic step to save the Earth from catastrophe. And it’s so dangerous, they may wipe out half of mankind in the process.

The first casualty of the 2011 Fukushima nuclear meltdown was the truth. Most of the devastating revelations exposed over the past two years were first vehemently denied by Japanese, American and corporate leaders. The truth is, within days of the four nuclear meltdowns, western North America was slammed with a massive dose of radiation that contaminated everything in its path as the world slowly spun and the invisible radiation cloud moved eastward.

Radiation spreading

As detailed by two Whiteout Press articles, one in 2012 and one in 2013, the effects of the Fukushima meltdown are still being felt across the US. …..Americans getting sick

Quietly left out of most news headlines is the fact that 70,000 US military personnel and their families have been invited to join a class action lawsuit against the Fukushima utility company (TEPCO) that owned the power plants and reactors that broke-down after an earthquake struck Japan. The suit seeks $2 billion in damages, most especially for the thousands of US first responders who were stationed in Japan and South Korea at the time. On top of that, hundreds of Alaska Airlines flight attendants have file a complaint citing rampant and mysterious skin lesions and numerous cases of their hair falling out. There have been 280 documented cases of sickened attendants already.

Two of the more eye-opening revelations being disclosed lately include the accusation by environmental activists that independent measurements smuggled out of Fukushima have shown radiation levels ten-times higher than the numbers being released by the US and Japanese governments. Authorities are also hesitant to remind Americans that 100 million tons of radioactive debris continues to wash up on America’s shores. Most heartbreaking were the findings published in March 2013 by the Open Journal of Pediatrics. Test results showed a spike in hypothyroidism in newborns across the western United States……….

For complete details, read the Whiteout Press articles, ‘Fukushima Radiation Poisoning infecting US’ and ‘US Babies suffering Radiation Poisoning from Fukushima’. http://www.whiteoutpress.com/articles/q32013/japanese-gamble-armageddon-in-last-ditch-fukushima-effort/

August 22, 2013 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 2 WORLD, Fukushima 2013, secrets,lies and civil liberties | Leave a comment

BBC Radio shuts up Fukushima Diary author

“The expert” kept on talking. Said, “Fukushima is much much smaller than Chernobyl. You can’t compare.” then I heard the ending music. I was given 0 question to answer.

[Column] The reason why I published only one article today -Invited by BBC and given 0 sec to talk on the radio show http://fukushima-diary.com/2013/08/column-the-reason-why-i-published-only-one-article-today-invited-by-bbc-and-given-0-second-to-talk-on-the-radio-show/ Iori Mochizuki August 21st, 2013 In the quiet morning of 8/21/2013, I was communicating with my readers on Twitter.

Suddenly a lady talked to me if I can be on BBC at 19:30 in JST. After nearly 2 years blank, BBC and some other international media are coming back to cover Fukushima. Since this morning, BBC has been featuring the latest leakage of 300m3 water.

I talked to her on the phone and we arranged the schedule. She was supposed to call me in 2 hours from that time.

She was nice and professional. She asked me what I think about the leakage. I answered this is only the beginning.When she asked me if I trust what government says, I laughed and said obviously no. She asked me why.

I was “Because the government has been saying no meltdown, no meltout was going on. There is no short term health effect etc. Then last year, the chief cabinet secretary of Japan said they didn’t announce Fukushima was having meltdown because he thought everyone was already aware of it.”.

She said, “Sure.”.

It was the radio show “World Have Your Say [URL]“.

We had 30 mins. Japanese commentators found each other on Twitter and we waited for them to call me.

I was supposed to talk on the phone.

I found the program relatively fair in the beginning except for the “coughing” on the background. (Is it normal to catch someone’s coughing on the radio show of BBC ?) and they started leaning to the “safer” side as it went toward the end. Continue reading →

August 22, 2013 Posted by Christina Macpherson | civil liberties, Japan, media, UK | Leave a comment

Slovakian Court Rules that Greenpeace can inspect Enel’s Nuclear Building Project

Enel Nuclear Building Permit Violated Law, Slovak Court Says http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-08-21/enel-nuclear-building-permit-violated-law-slovak-court-says.html By Radoslav Tomek – Aug 21, 2013 Slovakia’s nuclear watchdog violated the law when it issued a building permit for Enel SpA (ENEL)’s 3.7 billion-euro ($5 billion) nuclear project because Greenpeace wasn’t allowed to comment, the Supreme Court ruled.

The Italian utility’s local unit, Slovenske Elektrarne AS, in 2009 began building two new reactors at the Mochovce nuclear power plant after receiving a permit by the Office for Nuclear Supervision. The high court asked the regulator to repeat the proceeding and include Greenpeace, according to the June 27 ruling posted on the office’s website today.

“We wanted to know more about the project, but we were not allowed,” Juraj Rizman, the head of Greenpeace Slovak office, said by phone from the capital Bratislava. “This isn’t a dispute about nuclear energy as such, it’s a dispute about respecting the law and citizens’ right to have a say.” The construction is already facing delays and cost overruns, which Slovenske has attributed to tougher safety standards after the Fukushima nuclear accident. Enel plans to boost generation capacity in the country, which is seeking to regain self-sufficiency in power production following the shutdown of Soviet-era reactors.

The office will restart the proceeding and allow Greenpeace to inspect all documents, Dagmar Zemanova, the spokesman for the regulator, said. The ruling, which can’t be appealed, doesn’t imply work on the project must be halted immediately, she said.

The ruling doesn’t revoke the permit and works on the site can continue, an Enel company spokesperson said.

August 22, 2013 Posted by Christina Macpherson | EUROPE, Legal | Leave a comment

Fukushima, Japan Money over mankind, Fukushima vs Chernobyl

Japanese gamble Armageddon in Last Ditch Fukushima Effort, Whiteout Press, August 20, 2013. “……….As if the situation in Japan wasn’t terrifying enough, RT News and nuclear fallout expert Christina Consolo expose a couple additional horrifying revelations regarding the Fukushima meltdowns, subsequent clean-up, and the desperate plan to stop Armageddon. She begins by describing the response by TEPCO and Japanese authorities as “temporary fixes”. The account describes some of the measures taken as the equivalent of duct tape and band-aids.

Consolo warns that cost-cutting and profits will also play an ominous part, “Cost always seems to be an enormous factor in what gets implemented and what doesn’t.” Comparing Fukushima to Chernobyl, the researcher points out that the Chernobyl meltdown involved a single reactor that had no spent fuel rods stored at the facility.

Each of the Fukushima reactors is also four-times the size of the Chernobyl reactor. And whereas no spent fuel rods were stored at Chernobyl, the Fukushima plants house six roof-top storage pools, two of which are structurally damaged from the earthquake and resulting explosions, fire and saltwater corrosion.

Illustrating the problem with cost-driven safety decisions, the report explains that on-site cooling pools used to be only for temporary storage of spent fuel rods and as a temporary option to help in their transfer to permanent facilities. But as documented by various sources, nuclear power plants around the world now store their own spent rods using unsafe methods to avoid the costs associated with their transfer and permanent storage in a safe environment.

Summing up where mankind is right now in the fight to save humanity from global devastation, the report leaves readers with this final warning, ‘We have three 100-ton melted fuel blobs underground, but where exactly they are located, no one knows. Whatever barriers TEPCO has put in place so far have failed. Efforts to decontaminate radioactive water have failed. Robots have failed. Camera equipment and temperature gauges…failed. Decontamination of surrounding cities has failed. If and when the corium reaches the Tokyo aquifer, serious and expedient discussions will have to take place about evacuating 40 million people.’

For more information, visit RT News. http://www.whiteoutpress.com/articles/q32013/japanese-gamble-armageddon-in-last-ditch-fukushima-effort/

August 22, 2013 Posted by Christina Macpherson | general | Leave a comment

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