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Fukushima clean-up mess – a disaster on top of the nuclear disaster

Fukushima-aerial-viewFukushima Cleanup Workers Have Been Dumping Contaminated Debris Into Rivers   http://www.businessinsider.com/fukushima-radiation-cleanup-still-primitive-22-months-after-the-tsunami-2013-1#ixzz2HX4rP6eZ   Michael Kelley | Jan. 8, 2013, After a massive earthquake and subsequent tsunami struck Japan on March 11, 2011, officials promised to use cutting-edge technology from across the globe to mount the most ambitious radiological highly-recommendedcleanup humanity has ever seen.

But it appears that the $11.5 billion, multi-decade effort has become part of the nuclear disaster. Continue reading →

January 9, 2013 Posted by | Fukushima 2013 | 2 Comments

Abuses, deceptions, cover-ups in the Fukushima clean-up operations

exclamation-Citizen journalism also brought to light that workers as young as 18 were sent to the Fukushima site without adequate training. Some reported that they were told to write resumes with fictitious work experience. The new citizen media site 8bit uploaded a video interview with a worker in September who had applied for a job entitled “backup logistics support,” but was actually dispatched to the stricken plant, and exposed to high doses of radiation. (Global Voices, Sept. 20)
liarBack in July, journalists and scientists who undertook to inspect the droids found that the immediate environs of the monitoring posts had been deliberately decontaminated so as to produce low readings. For instance, clean, non-radioactive soil was spread over the ground below the posts so the contamination below would not be registered
Radiation cover-up at Fukushima exposed , WW4 Report,    flag-japanby Bill Weinberg  01/06/2013– Contractors could be illegally dumping radioactive soil, vegetation and water into rivers and open areas near the stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant, Japan’s Environment Ministry admitted Jan. 4. The ministry said it will summon senior officials from companies contracted by the Fukushima Office for Environmental Restoration to answer questions on how they manage contaminated waste following claims of illegal dumping in the coastal town of Naraha, the evacuated village of Iitate, and the inland in the city of Tamura. Under a law passed in the wake of the Fukushima disaster, illegal dumping of contaminated substances may be punishable by up to five years in prison or a fine of up to ¥10 million. “It is very regrettable if that is true,” Fukushima Gov. Yuhei Sato said of the suspected dumping at his first news conference of 2013. (Kyodo, Jan. 5)

The charges came to light when a young worker for one of the contractors, Dai Nippon Construction, alerted the Environment Ministry after repeated complaints to management were apparently met with such replies as “Yeah, yeah, it’s OK. It can’t be helped.” The young man, who was recruited at a job placement center in Tokyo, even reported that contaminated vegetation was being dumped loose, rather than being collected in bags. (Asahi Shimbun, Jan. 4) Local residents also reported witnessing radioactive mud being dumped directly into Fukushima prefecture’s major river, the Abukuma. (Fukushima Diary, Jan. 5) Continue reading →

January 7, 2013 Posted by | civil liberties, Fukushima 2013, Japan, secrets,lies and civil liberties | Leave a comment

Daily 400 tons of underground water flows into Fukushima reactor buildings

water-radiationNHK: Radiation levels increasing at Fukushima plant — “No solution to tainted water” — Hundreds of tons flowing into reactor buildings every day (VIDEO) http://enenews.com/nhk-radiation-levels-increasing-fukushima-plant-solution-tainted-water-hundreds-tons-flowing-reactor-buildings-every-day-video
January 5th, 2013 
 Title: No solution to tainted water at Fukushima plant 
Source: NHK WORLD English
Date: Jan. 4, 2013

No solution to tainted water at Fukushima plant

[…] Each day about 400 tons of underground water has been flowing into reactor buildings […] The water becomes contaminated with radioactive materials.

[…] the volume of the water is continuing to rise, increasing radiation levels at the plant. […]

The company plans to pump underground water to prevent it from flowing into reactor buildings. It will also install steel walls underground to block contaminated water from leaking into the sea. […]

Watch the video here

January 7, 2013 Posted by | Fukushima 2013 | Leave a comment

Fukushima govt’s new law to force stores to sell local produce?

exclamation-New law to force stores to sell produce from Fukushima? http://enenews.com/report-japan-govt-force-stores-sell-fukushima-food Fukushima Minpo’s Jan. 3, 2013 report on their recent interview with Masako Mori, the ‘minister in charge of dealing with declining number of children’ (elected to the Upper House from District in Fukushima Prefecture), translated by EXSKF:

[…] 

[Mori said] the government will aim to pass the legislation to promote the sale of Fukushima produce and goods, in order to clearly show [to the public] how the national government stands on the issue of baseless rumor damages. It is considered that Mr. Mori’s agency [Consumer Affairs Agency] and related agencies and ministries will decide on the details [of the legislation]. In summary, the legislation would “designate Fukushima Prefecture as the “special zone”, and enable the national government to order retailers to sell locally-produced goods and to extend preferential treatment to retailers who sell such goods in the storefronts”, Ms. Mori explained.

The Constitution guarantees “freedom of commerce”. It remains to be seen whether the legislation can legally force retailers.

[…]

EXSKF adds, “It’s not very clear […] whether this legislation is intended for retailers only in Fukushima, or any retailers anywhere. (The more I read it, it feels the legislation will be for the retailers everywhere in Japan, but not 100% sure.)”

 

January 5, 2013 Posted by | Fukushima 2013 | Leave a comment

Illegal dumping of radioactive material in Fukushima

wastesContaminated soil might have been illegally dumped in Fukushima
http://mainichi.jp/english/english/newsselect/news/20130104p2g00m0dm068000c.html
TOKYO (Kyodo), 4 Jan 13,  — Some Japanese contractors are suspected of flag-japanhaving
illegally dumped radioactively contaminated soil, vegetation and water
into rivers or other places close to the tsunami-hit Fukushima Daiichi
nuclear power plant, the Environment Ministry said Friday. Continue reading →

January 5, 2013 Posted by | Fukushima 2013, Japan, secrets,lies and civil liberties, wastes | 2 Comments

Fukushima government’s efforts to stop study of baby teeth for radiation checks.

exclamation-Fukushima gov’t tried to kill proposal to store baby teeth for future
radiation checks
http://mainichi.jp/english/english/newsselect/news/20121219p2a00m0na016000c.html
FUKUSHIMA — The Fukushima Prefectural Government has tried to kill a
proposal by a local assemblyperson to store local children’s milk
teeth to examine their internal radiation exposure stemming from the
Fukushima nuclear disaster, it has been learned. Continue reading →

January 4, 2013 Posted by | Fukushima 2013, Japan, secrets,lies and civil liberties | Leave a comment

Radiation spread from Fukushima in Northern hemisphere

Almost entire ground-level of Northern Hemisphere covered in radioactive fission product after 3/11 (GRAPHIC) — Study: “The impact of Fukushima radioxenon releases on the worldwide Xe-133 background must be investigated” http://enenews.com/almost-entire-ground-level-northern-hemisphere-covered-radioactive-fission-product-after-311-study-impact-fukushima-radioxenon-releases-worldwide-xe-133-background-be-investigated-graphic
December 31st, 2012 
Title: Analysis of Radionuclide Releases from the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant Accident Part II
Source: Pure and Applied Geophysics
Authors: Pascal Achim, Marguerite Monfort, Gilbert Le Petit, Philippe Gross, Guilhem Douysset, Thomas Taffary, Xavier Blanchard, Christophe Moulin
Date: September 2012

[…] In this study, the emissions of the three fission products Cs-137, I-131 and Xe-133 are investigated.

[…] worldwide industrial Xe-133 background could be modified by Fukushima radioxenon release affecting the performances of the CTBT radionuclide monitoring network.

[…] during the couple of months after the Fukushima Dai-ichi accident, monitoring capabilities of the network could have been affected by the large amount of radioxenon released by the accident. The impact of Fukushima radioxenon releases on the worldwide Xe-133 background must also be investigated. […]..

Full analysis in here

January 3, 2013 Posted by | 2 WORLD, environment, Fukushima 2013 | Leave a comment

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