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44% of Fukushima children have thyroid abnormalities – report released

Report: Now over 44% of Fukushima children have thyroid abnormalities in latest tests http://enenews.com/report-now-over-44-of-fukushima-children-tested-have-thyroid-abnormalities February 14th, 2013 a
 Title: Fukushima Thyroid Examination Part 4
Source: FukushimaVoice
Date: Feb. 13, 2013

The Tenth Report of Fukushima Prefecture Health Management Survey was released on February 13, 2013. […]

The results compiled up to January 21, 2013 revealed that 41,947 (44.2%) of 94,975 children had thyroid ultrasound abnormalities. Together with 38,114 children (13,645 or 35.8% had thyroid ultrasound abnormalities) tested in the last half of Fiscal Year Heisei 23 (FYH23) from October 2011 through March 2012, a total of 55,592 (41.8%) of 133,089 Fukushima children have been found to have ultrasound abnormalities.

thyroid-cancer-papillaryThe Fukushima Prefecture Health Management Survey Planning Committee revealed that 10 of 186 eligible for the secondary examination from FYH23 were suspected of having thyroid cancer as a result of the examination. They reported that three of them were confirmed to have papillary carcinoma of thyroid gland and already had surgery. The remaining seven have 80% chance of having cancer based on their biopsy results. […]

The percentage of abnormalities from FYH24 at 44.2% is higher than previous results of 42.7% and 43.1%, and the overall abnormality rate, for FYH23 and FYH24 combined, of 41.8% is higher than the last result of 40%.  The proportion of children with nodules equal to and larger than 5.1 mm and any size cysts have increased. […]
See also: Kyodo: 10 Fukushima children believed to have cancer — 70% female — Several already had surgery for thyroid

February 16, 2013 Posted by | Fukushima 2013, health, Japan | Leave a comment

Low level radiation and bone cancer

radiation-warningStudy: Low radiation levels in atomic bomb survivors could lead to soft-tissue sarcomahttp://www.healio.com/orthopedics/oncology/news/online/%7BF99DF823-6823-4E35-B0A7-53720A8B6195%7D/Study-Low-radiation-levels-in-atomic-bomb-survivors-could-lead-to-soft-tissue-sarcoma Samartzis D. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2013.  February 15, 2013 New results from the prospective, longitudinal Life Span Study of Japanese atomic bomb survivors from Hiroshima and Nagasaki show that low levels of exposure to ionizing radiation may result in soft-tissue sarcoma, and 1 Gy doses nearly doubled the survivors’ sarcoma risk.

“Our study attempts to raise awareness that even moderate levels of ionizing radiation exposure—from medical imaging, radiation therapy, and environmental exposure—can lead to the development of soft-tissue sarcomas,” orthopedic surgeon Dino Samartzis, DSc, MSc, and colleagues wrote in the study.Among 80,180 survivors they analyzed, researchers identified 104 soft-tissue sarcomas, with 4.1 cases observed every 100,000 person-years. The survivors were analyzed against a control group with <0.005 Gy average radiation exposure. Most survivors with sarcoma were diagnosed with leiomyosarcomas (37 cases) or malignant fibrous histiocytomas (11 cases).

The survivors were aged 26.8 years, mean, at the time of the bombings and were diagnosed at age 63.6 years mean, with the majority of cases seen in the uterus or stomach. Though 27 sarcoma cases were confirmed at autopsy and two cases by death certificate, the difference in radiation exposure for these individuals and those diagnosed while still living were not significant.

February 16, 2013 Posted by | health, Japan, radiation, Reference | Leave a comment

France – to phase out nuclear at home, but keen to sell it to India

Hollande-salesTrust our nuclear technology: French president to India Deccan Herald, Mumbai, Feb 15, 2013, (IANS) French President Francois Hollande Friday urged India “to trust” his country’s nuclear technology and extended France’s support to the Indian nuclear power generation programme……

France is helping India construct two nuclear power reactors at the proposed 9,900 MW Jaitapur Nuclear Power Project in Ratnagiri, 400 km south of Mumbai. The project has been facing stiff resistance from locals, NGOs, anti-nuclear groups and some political parties..… Earlier Friday, Hollande met Maharashtra Governor K. Sankaranarayanan, Industry Minister Narayan Rane, Tourism Minister Chhagan Bhujbal and Protocol Minister Suresh Shetty and stressed the importance of nuclear energy.

February 16, 2013 Posted by | France, India, marketing | Leave a comment

In the secrecy of North Korea, it is now immune from attack

flag-N-KoreaNorth Korea now immune from attack BY:GREG SHERIDAN, FOREIGN EDITOR The Australian  February 16, 2013  “……..The truth is, Western intelligence knows very little about what goes on inside North Korea, especially inside the head of Pyongyang’s bombastic young dictator, Kim Jong-un.

No one watches North Korea more closely than Seoul. But in the 1980s and 90s Seoul was famous for producing faulty intelligence on the North.

I have interviewed the past four South Korean presidents. The only one I found convincing on North Korea was Lee Myung-bak, who leaves office on February 25. He said that on critical North Korea issues: “We don’t have accurate information.”……..

The North Koreans claim their new nuclear device is miniaturised, which implies they could put it on their missiles. This is probably untrue. US intelligence believes Pyongyang is still a few years away from this, but Washington is aware of the limitations of its intelligence…..  A decade ago I broke a story about the Pentagon’s contingency plans to strike North Korea militarily to prevent it acquiring nuclear weapons. The arguments against such a strike were always very strong and prudence governed Washington’s decision not to act.

That may have been the right decision. But now North Korea possesses at least several nuclear devices and is immune from attack. …. Kim is capricious, self-indulgent and probably suffers a serious personality disorder, but so far he is making three vastly more powerful nations dance to his tune. In a strategy paradoxically born of weakness, it is the power of the bomb, ruthlessly applied.

February 16, 2013 Posted by | North Korea, politics international | Leave a comment

More nuclear test plans by North Korea

North Korea tells China of preparations for fresh nuclear test – source By Benjamin Kang Lim BEIJING  Feb 15, (Reuters) – North Korea has told its key ally, China, that it is prepared to stage one or even two more nuclear tests this year in an effort to force the United States into diplomatic talks, said a source with direct knowledge of the message.

Further tests could also be accompanied this year by another rocket launch, said the source, who has direct access to the top levels of government in both Beijing and Pyongyang. Continue reading →

February 16, 2013 Posted by | North Korea, weapons and war | Leave a comment

France’s President Hollande greeted with anti nuclear protest in India

Hollande-salesAnti-nuclear protesters burn French national flag http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Anti-nuclear-protesters-burn-French-national-flag/articleshow/18508167.cms  Feb 15, 2013 TIRUNELVELI: Anti-nuclear protesters in Idinthakarai burnt the French national flag on Thursday condemning the visit of France’s president Francois Hollande to India.

A large number of men and women, who are staging a prolonged protest against the nuclear plant at Kudankulam, took out a march from Idinthakarai village in Tirunelveli district and burnt the French national flag.

A statement from People’s Movement Against Nuclear Energy (PMANE) said the French flag was burnt to condemn the visit of Hollande to India, to sign a contract pertaining to Jaitapurnuclear project at a time when hundreds of villagers were jailed for staging a protest against the project. The Jaitapur nuclear plant is being built with technological support from France.

This is the first visit of Hollande to India. His two-day visit is expected to end in signing of contracts worth several billions.

February 15, 2013 Posted by | India, opposition to nuclear, politics international | Leave a comment

AUDIO: Medical issues of US navy sailors affected by Fukushima radiation

Hear-This-wayAUDIO “I’ve got people who are bleeding from their behinds, who have sores all over their bodies” -Attorney for U.S. Navy sailors exposed to Fukushima radiation (AUDIO) http://enenews.com/ive-people-bleeding-behinds-sores-all-bodies-attorney-navy-sailors-exposed-fukushima-radiation
  February 12th, 2013 
Title: 70,000 US Service Personnel Exposed To Radiation: Operation Tomodachi 3/11
Source: Nuked Radio with RadChick
Date Published: Feb 9, 2013

Attorney Paul C. Garner, representing U.S. service members who were in Japan after 3/11: Kim Geiseking who was on the Reagan, and she was pregnant at the time and didn’t know it.

Her fetus, her baby is now a couple of years old and doesn’t speak.

I’m not an expert, but experts say the fetus takes up most of the radiation, more than the mother does.

Then I’ve got people who are bleeding from their behinds, who have sores all over their bodies.

More from the U.S. service members:

February 15, 2013 Posted by | Fukushima 2013, health, Resources -audiovicual, USA | Leave a comment

Youtube: Japan’s media censorship of Fukushima radiation news

YouTubeYoutube: How Japanese media censors information about Fukushima nuckear radiation Issues of Radioactive Exposure are Considered Taboo on Japanese Media https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHtbi1Q4aZ8

censorship Watch: Japanese journalists reveal radiation cover-up after Fukushima (VIDEO) http://enenews.com/watch-japanese-journalists-reveal-radiation-cover-up-after-fukushima-video

 Title: Issues of Radioactive Exposure are Considered Taboo on Japanese Media
Source: World Network for Saving Children from Radiation
Date Recorded: Dec. 20, 2012
Date Published: Feb. 13, 2013

Takashi Uesugi, Journalist: I can only write about the reality of nuclear power […]  Anything implying the danger of radiation is not [accepted].

Kazuhiro Haraguchi, former Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications: It is still taboo to talk about radiation exposure […] In June 2011 […] we also demanded the government evacuate at least women and children. […] I think it is the Japanese government [that made it a taboo to discuss radiation exposure].
Watch the video here

February 15, 2013 Posted by | civil liberties, Japan, media, Resources -audiovicual | Leave a comment

Detection of radioactivity in Fukushima child

Video: Fukushima child has radioactivity of 6,000 disintegrations per second inside body http://enenews.com/video-fukushima-child-has-radioactivity-of-6000-disintegrations-per-second-inside-body
   February 12th, 2013  
 Follow-up to: Top Radiation Expert: 50 Bq/kg in humans leads to irreversible lesions in vital organs (VIDEO)

Title: 福島県伊達市の子供のWBCの結果　6000 Bq/Body 検出
Source: FFTV
Author: matufuji1216 さんのチャンネル

Date: Feb 10, 2013

Video Description (Google Translation)

It is a video of a program meeting to consider the aging Fukushima nuclear power plant on February 10, is doing. (Kai radioactivity measurement project to consider the aging Fukushima nuclear power plant) Mr. Kazumasa Aoki is a result of the child’s WBC Date City, Fukushima Prefecture, 6000 Bq* / body is around 7 minutes and 37 seconds talking to have been detected.
Summary Translation by Fukushima Diary

According to citizen’s organization for Fukushima effect, 6,000 Bq/body was measured from a child in Da-te city. The child has been living in Da-te city since 311.

Da-te city government conducted whole body counter test for children. […]

*1 becquerel [Bq] represents a rate of radioactive decay equal to 1 disintegration per second

February 15, 2013 Posted by | Fukushima 2013 | Leave a comment

Many Fukushima labourers cheated out of correct pay

radiation-warningMinistry: Many Fukushima laborers deprived of danger pay
http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201302090067  By
TOSHIO TADA February 09, 2013 The Environment Ministry has admitted
danger pay has not been reaching some laborers entitled to a hefty
flag-japanbonus for their work on decontamination projects near the Fukushima
No. 1 nuclear plant.
Unscrupulous employers likely pocketed the missing cash, but the
ministry says it will neither penalize them nor name and shame them
because that “would have a big adverse effect,” an official in charge
of the matter said. Continue reading →

February 11, 2013 Posted by | employment, Japan | Leave a comment

Thousands ready to picket Kundankulam Nuclear Power Plant

india-antinukeAnti-nuke protesters threaten to picket Kundankulam nuclear power plant http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_anti-nuke-protesters-threaten-to-picket-kundankulam-nuclear-power-plant_1798559, Feb 10, 2013, : Tirunelveli | People’s Movement Against Nuclear Energy, spearheading the agitation against Kundankulam Nuclear Power Plant, today said its supporters would picket the plant if the Centre tries to “suddenly” commission it.

“Thousands of people including children will picket Kundankulam Nuclear Power Plant if the Centre makes efforts to suddenly commission it,” movement coordinator S P Udhayakumar said in a statement here. Continue reading →

February 11, 2013 Posted by | India, opposition to nuclear | Leave a comment

Japan’s government curtails press freedom about Fukushima nuclear situation

censorshipNuclear power and press freedom, Japan Times, FEB 10, 2013 Japan fell
from 22nd place to 53rd in the rankings of press freedom last year,
according to the nonprofit organization Reporters Without Borders.
flag-japanJapan’s plummet was attributed to a single factor — the lack of access
to information related to the disaster at Tokyo Electric Power Co.’s
Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant.

In the past, Japan could be relatively proud of its reputation for
press freedom compared with that of most countries. But being ranked
lower lately than countries such as El Salvador or Haiti is an
embarrassing reminder that press freedom can quickly erode under
pressure from the government and corporations.

In reporting on the serious disaster at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear
power plant, many reporters have met with restricted access, lack of
transparency and even lawsuits. Continue reading →

February 11, 2013 Posted by | civil liberties, Japan, media | Leave a comment

Fukushima nuclear crisis documents to be available on the web

Nuclear crisis info to be put on Web / About 900,000 pages of documents to be digitized, available in about 2 years The Yomiuri Shimbun, 11 Feb 13,The Nuclear Regulation Authority plans to digitize about 900,000 pages of documents related to the Fukushima nuclear crisis, with an eye to making them publicly available online in about two years, it has been learned.

According to NRA officials, some of the material has not been released before, and includes radioactivity monitoring results, how people were irradiated and evacuation plans worked out by local governments.

The project is intended to bring together–and make accessible–the masses of documents stored by ministries and agencies on the crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant.

The digitization will not include material compiled by the plant’s operator, Tokyo Electric Power Co. The officials said these documents do not belong to the government…… http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T130210002924.htm

February 11, 2013 Posted by | Fukushima 2013 | Leave a comment

Legal action by residents of Fukushima, Miyagi, Ibaraki against Japanese govt and TEPCO

NHK: Residents from outside Fukushima to sue gov’t over radioactive contamination — Compensation for health concerns (VIDEO) http://enenews.com/nhk-residents-miyagi-ibaraki-sue-govt-fukushima-contamination-victims-request-compensation-health-concerns-video
Title: Fukushima people to sue govt., TEPCO
Source: NHK
Date: Feb. 8, 2013 
h/t Anonymous tip
[…] About 350 residents of Fukushima, Miyagi, Ibaraki and other prefectures will participate in the [class] action against the national government and Tokyo Electric Power Company.

At a news conference on Friday in Fukushima City, their representatives said they will demand that the defendants reduce the radiation levels of the areas where they have homes to those before the nuclear accident in March 2011.

They will also seek some 550 dollars per plaintiff per month in compensation for health concerns and indirect damage to their businesses. […]

NHK: “Some evacuees are so fed up they’re taking legal action…”

Lawyer: “This case has huge significance because we’re trying to show that blame not only lies with Tepco, but also with the government.”

February 11, 2013 Posted by | Japan, Legal | Leave a comment

What if India had a nuclear disaster?

Tamil terrorists from Sri Lanka are now in India. They are highly resourceful and fully cognizant of the spectacular impact they can create. A terrorist attack on an Indian nuclear plant will dwarf the Chernobyl disaster

A Nuclear Disaster Will Trigger Disintegration of India Lanjaweb,  February 10th, 2013 Dilrook Kannangara According to Gorbachev, the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster has a lot to do in the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. He revealed this in a book he wrote. Previously his Glasnost program was blamed in most part for the fall. But the veteran explains how people demanded more transparency from the government following the disaster which forced the government to come up with the Glasnost program. Obviously economic woes and inevitable change took over the momentum but the trigger could well be the Chernobyl (in the Republic of Ukraine) disaster in April 1986. It highlighted the fallibility of the Union that won most of its wars and its leaders projected to be in total charge.

Triggers Within and Without….. Though India boasts to be the world’s largest democracy, its people hardly enjoy democratic rights. Freedom of expression has been severely curtailed through state controlled or influenced media entities. Dissent on national issues is not tolerated. Old friends including Russia have been marginalised with France and USA emerging as India’s new bedfellows.

A Nuclear Disaster Continue reading →

February 11, 2013 Posted by | India, safety | Leave a comment

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