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TEPCO tried to cover up evidence that earthquake, not tsunami, caused nuclear disaster

 “(TEPCO’s explanation) was absolutely false and seriously obstructed the investigation,” Mitsuhiko Tanaka, a former member of the now-disbanded Diet commission, said in a statement submitted to the chiefs of the two Diet chambers on Feb. 7.

see-this.wayTEPCO suspected of false account to Diet panel http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20130207_19.html

 Video: Japan expert reveals “serious obstruction” at Fukushima — Investigation blocked into whether Reactor 1 was damaged by quake, not tsunami http://enenews.com/govt-panel-member-exposes-fukushima-coverup-tepco-blocked-investigation-reactor-1-damaged-quake-tsunami-video

Title: TEPCO ‘blocked’ nuclear accident investigation: panel member 
Source: Kyodo
Date: February 07, 2013

[Tepco] blocked an attempt by a Diet-appointed panel to enter the No. 1 reactor building at the Fukushima Daiichi complex for an accident investigation last year, saying the unit was “in complete darkness,” which was not true, a member of the panel said Thursday.

The panel members were seeking to determine whether important equipment of the No. 1 reactor had suffered damage as a result of the earthquake on March 11, 2011, before ensuing tsunami ravaged the plant […] Continue reading →

February 9, 2013 Posted by | Fukushima 2013, Japan, Resources -audiovicual, secrets,lies and civil liberties | Leave a comment

Youtube: interview with Japanese mayor, who was forced to resign

YouTubeThe interview of Idogawa Mayor of Futaba Town after his resignation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4RKKjhO5rA

 Mayor: “We would end up dying, polluted to radiation all over” if we returned to Fukushima   http://enenews.com/mayor-dying-polluted-radiation-all-returned-fukushima-video

Title: The interview of Idogawa Mayor of Futaba Town after his resignation
Filmed by: OurPlanet-TV
Edited by: The Fukushima Collective Evacuation Trial Team 
Translated by: World Network for Saving Children from Radiation
Date Published: Feb 7, 2013
Date Filmed: Jan. 24 2013

Katsutaka Idogawa, recently resigned as mayor of Futaba: I wrote the message with the concern that if we returned to Fukushima, believing everything would be alright, we would have no jobs but decontaminating operations.
We would end up dying, polluted to radiation all over.
watch the interview here

February 9, 2013 Posted by | Resources -audiovicual | Leave a comment

Audio: Fukushima nuclear disaster set off by earthquake, not tsunami

as to the mystery of the reactor one building and the possibility
that it was damaged before the tsunami hit, in its report the
parliamentary panel found that there was a possibility that pipes had
burst during the earthquake causing a cooling problem.

Hear-This-wayAUDIO;Tepco lied to Fukushima meltdown investigators
http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/international/radio/program/connect-asia/tepco-lied-to-fukushima-meltdown-investigators/1085944
8 February 2013,   In a further blow to its already battered
credibility, the operator of Japan’s crippled Fukushima nuclear plant
has been caught out misleading investigators appointed by the Japanese
parliament to probe the meltdowns. An audio recording reveals that a
TEPCO official gave false testimony in an apparent bid to stop an
investigation being carried out inside the shattered Reactor One
building. Continue reading →

February 9, 2013 Posted by | Resources -audiovicual | Leave a comment

VIDEO: Radiation an ongoing concern in the city of Fukushima.

YouTubeFukushima NHK Documentary: The Threat Of Invisible Snow  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlnApG4bsz0&feature=player_detailpage#t=470s   5 Feb 2013 “FORWARD” The Threat of Invisible Snow

Radiation contamination is an ongoing concern in the city of Fukushima. A Buddhist priest there is active in decontamination activities. For example, he has allowed temple land to be used for temporary storage of contaminated soil. The program chronicles his efforts, from Spring through Winter.

“Massive fallout spread over large areas and still coats the ground” — Resident: “The rise was unexpectedly fast… I’m shocked, I didn’t think it could get this high”

February 8, 2013 Posted by | Resources -audiovicual | Leave a comment

New model of earthquake predictions – a concern for nuclear reactors

see-this.wayNew model changes earthquake predictions http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=50140461n

Kaku on CBS: “This is a game changer… we may have to rewrite all the textbooks” — Concern about monster quake hitting nuclear plant (VIDEO) http://enenews.com/kaku-cbs-game-changer-rewrite-all-textbooks-concern-about-monster-quake-nuclear-plant-video February 7th, 2013 

 Follow-up to: Gov’t warns of impending quake shortly before M6.9 hit northern Japan — “Make yourself safe, turn off the gas…”

Title: New model changes earthquake predictions

Source: CBS News Video
Date: February 6, 2013

Physics professor Michio Kaku, of the City University of New York: This is a game changer. It means that we may have to rewrite all the textbooks on earthquakes. […]

It’s even more unpredictable. Even an innocent fault off the coast of Fukushima can sustain a 9.0 monster quake, when by rights there should not be a 9.0. In some sense we’re back to the dark ages, realizing that off the coast of the U.S. even an innocent fault may sustain a monster 9.0. […]

Also the citing of nuclear power plants; It means that if a nuclear power plant is near a fault line, and the fault line appears to be innocent, it could actually be storing up energy over many cycles.

Host: I thought you were going to come here and make us feel better about earthquakes. […]

Watch the video here

February 8, 2013 Posted by | Resources -audiovicual | Leave a comment

Former judge urges the evacuation of Fukushima’s children

see-this.wayJapanese Judge: Already signs of major health hazard in Fukushima — Kids may end up like those around Chernobyl — Urgent need for evacuation (VIDEO) http://enenews.com/japanese-judge-already-signs-major-health-hazard-fukushima-kids-like-around-chernobyl-urgent-need-evacuation-video

 Title: Statement by the former judge who once stopped a nuclear power plant

Sources: The Fukushima Collective Evacuation Trial Team & World Network for Saving Children from Radiation
 Feb 5, 2013
At 2:00 in
Kenichi Ido, former judge: As I think there is now an urgent need to evacuate the children from the radioactive zones, I have been active as one of the defense lawyers for the Fukushima Collective Evacuation Trial.

I cannot help worrying about the future of children in Fukushima.

There have already been signs of a major health hazard.

Under the current situation, I think the children of Fukushima may fall into a situation like that of the children of Ukraine and Belarus, where only 20% of the children are considered healthy.
Such a danger exists in Fukushima.
Watch the video here

February 7, 2013 Posted by | Resources -audiovicual | Leave a comment

Nuclear waste area has suspicious cluster of cancers and birth defects

see-this.way

Cancer cluster map of St. Louis http://www.ksdk.com/news/article/358520/3/Cancer-map-may-show-enormous-St-Louis-cluster–

 

cancer_cellsTV: “Staggering number of cancers, illnesses, and birth defects” linked to nuclear waste? Over 700 cases found in only four square miles — “There’s something very wrong” (VIDEO) http://enenews.com/tv-staggering-number-cancers-illnesses-birth-defects-linked-nuclear-waste-700-cases-found-only-4-sq-miles-video
   February 1st, 2013
Title: Cancer cluster map of St. Louis
Source: KSDK
Author:  Leisa Zigman
Date: Feb 1, 2013
h/t Anonymous tip

Transcript Excerpts

Anchor: There are radioactive secrets beneath the banks and waters of a north St. Louis County creek that may be linked to a staggering number of cancers, illnesses and birth defects. In four square miles, there are three reported cases of conjoined twins and cancer rates that one data expert says is statistically impossible. […]

Source: KSDK (See .pdf: Illnesses Linked to Manhattan Project Waste CHART)
Janell Wright, class of ’88 McCluer North High School, Accountant and former auditor: “There’s something very wrong.” […]

Leisa Zigman, Reporter: At first she found 30 cases. Within two months, she had data on 200 cases. Now, her maps have more than 700 cases in four square miles […]

Wright: “The children usually came down with brain cancer in the first 15 years of life, in addition, leukemia. In my peer group’s children, there were several children who had to have their thyroid removed before they were 10-years-old.”

Zigman: In the 1940s, Mallinckrodt Chemical Works in downtown St. Louis purified thousands of tons of uranium to make the first atomic bombs. […] 21 acres of airport land became a dumping site where a toxic mixture of uranium, thorium, and radium sat uncovered or in barrels. In the 60s, government documents noted contents from the rusting barrels were seeping into nearby Coldwater Creek. And by the 90s, the government confirmed unsafe levels of radioactive materials in the water. […]
Watch the video here

February 5, 2013 Posted by | health, Resources -audiovicual, USA | 1 Comment

VIDEO: France’s war for uranium and other resources in Mali

see-this.way(Video) Niger uranium plays key role in France’s Mali war: Douglas Degroot Press TV 4 Feb 13, An analyst says maintaining access to the vast uranium resources in Mali’s eastern neighbor Niger, the world’s fifth-largest producer of uranium, has played a key role in the French-led war on Mali.
The comment comes as Thousands of people in Mali have been forced to flee their homes amid the French war, which involved some 3,500 troops on the ground supported by warplanes, helicopters and armored vehicles. 

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said more than 5,000 Malian refugees have arrived in Mauritania alone since January 11, when France launched the war under the pretext of halting the advance of the fighters in the African country.

Analysts believe behind the military campaign are Mali’s untapped resources, including oil, gold, as well as the uranium in the region.

Press TV has conducted an interview with Douglas Degroot in Leesburg with the Executive Intelligence Review weekly magazine. A rough transcription of the interview follows. …….

The initial thing it seems to be trying to preserve their access to the uranium in Niger and that’s why they are trying to get Niger and Mali stabilized whether they can even do that of course is also a question ….http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2013/02/04/287299/niger-uranium-plays-key-role-in-mali-war/

February 4, 2013 Posted by | Resources -audiovicual | Leave a comment

Louisiana sinkhole contaminating land, water, air – say residents

see-this.wayTV: ‘Heated’ Meeting on Giant Sinkhole — “This is getting even worse, unbelievable” — “The land is contaminated, water is contaminated, air is contaminated” (VIDEO) http://enenews.com/tv-heated-giant-sinkhole-meeting-this-is-getting-even-worse-unbelievable-the-land-is-contaminated-water-is-contaminated-air-is-contaminated-video

Title: Unanswered questions, frustrations remain after Bayou Corne community meeting
Source: NBC 33
Author: Kris Cusanza
Date: Jan 30, 2012
A community in Assumption Parish meeting got heated after Texas Brine Officials and representatives from it’s contracted companies tried to give an update to residents of Bayou Corne. […]

“I don’t trust anything that we’ve heard so far,” Wallace Cavalier, Bayou Corne resident, exclaimed. “We hear the same thing over and over again. Everything is safe. They have an answer for everything, and they really don’t know nothing. Mother nature is going to have to handle this.” […]

“I don’t see any scientist or anybody in this world correcting this problem,” Cavalier disagreed. “Mother nature is going to have to correct this problem.” […]

“We are tired and this is getting even worse. Unbelievable,” [Kenny Simoneaux, Bayou Corne resident] stated. […]

“The land is contaminated.The water is contaminated. The air is contaminated. It is not a safe place for anyone to live,” Cavalier described. […]
Watch the report here

February 2, 2013 Posted by | Resources -audiovicual | Leave a comment

Video: radiation in bodies of Fukushima evacuees

see-this.wayBBC: Medical tests show exposure to “high levels of radiation” in Fukushima evacuees (VIDEO)http://enenews.com/bbc-medical-tests-show-high-levels-of-radiation-in-fukushima-evacuees-video
  January 30th, 2013
 Title: Tsunami: The Survivors’ Stories (Documentary)
Source: BBC
Upload by: BlueBagBrigade
Date Published: Jan 29, 2013

Fukushima Evacuee: I’m prepared for the fact that probably we [my family] suffered some internal and external radiation exposure. […]

Narrator: He’s had medical tests that show he has been exposed to high levels of radiation.

February 1, 2013 Posted by | Resources -audiovicual | Leave a comment

Deafening silence of the mainstream media about Fukushima

censorshipJournalism Professor: Goebbels would smile in his grave to see how nuclear establishment handled disaster — Lots around world will die from Fukushima contamination (AUDIO) http://enenews.com/journalism-professor-goebbels-would-smile-in-his-grave-to-see-how-nuclear-establishment-handled-fukushima-disaster-audio
January 30th, 2013 
flag-japan Update Here: Jiji: Japan plummets in press freedom list — “Almost zero respect for access to information related to Fukushima… Should sound an alarm” -Group

Hear-This-wayTitle: Nuclear Hotseat #85: Journalist Karl Grossman Reveals 40+ Years of Nuke Media Manipulation
Source:  Nuclear Hotseat

Date: Jan 29, 2013
Karl Grossman, , Professor of journalism at the State University of New York College at Old Westbury: What we’re undergoing now is a huge coverup […]

There’s nothing. When was the last time you read or heard or saw, regarding mainstream media, any information about Fukushima?

Lots of people are going to end up dead, not just in Japan, but all over the world because of the radioactivity released, continuing to be released […]

The media have been basically silent. I mean Joseph Goebbels, the Nazi propaganda minister, would smile in his grave to see how the nuclear establishment has handled, quite successfully, the Fukushima disaster.

February 1, 2013 Posted by | media, Resources -audiovicual, USA | Leave a comment

VIDEO: 55% of Fukushima girls aged 11 to 15 have thyroid abnormalities

see-this.wayLawyer: Thyroid abnormalities in 55% of Fukushima girls tested age 11 to 15 (VIDEO) http://enenews.com/lawyer-thyroid-abnormalities-55-fukushima-girls-tested-age-11-15-video  (English subtitles) 

  Title: The Reality of Fukushima- A Japanese Lawer Speaks at UN
  January 25th, 2013  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fnk5mPAGCZI  (French subtitles) 

Source: WorldNetworkChildren (World Network for Saving Children from Radiation)
Filmed by: Independent Web Journal
Edited by: The Fukushima Collective Evacuation Trial
Date   Jan 25, 2013

Toshio Yanagihara at the United Nations Human Rights Council, NGO Information Meeting: Let me now talk about the actual health condition of the children of Fukushima. On September 11, the thyroid examinations found abnormalities such as nodules or cysts in 43% out of the 42,000 children tested. The numbers for girls are worse. 54% of girls from age 6 to 10 had these abnormalities, and 55% for age 11 to 15.

See also: Gundersen: 20 percent of young girls living in some areas around Fukushima Daiichi will get cancer from radiation over their lifetimes (AUDIO

January 28, 2013 Posted by | Resources -audiovicual | Leave a comment

Japan’s only two operating nuclear reactors to be shut for maintenance in 2013

 Hear-This-wayJapan faces nuclear shutdown for 2nd time since Fukushima — Expert: They’re trying to protect their nation from diseases, death  http://enenews.com/reuters-japan-faces-nuclear-shutdown-for-2nd-time-since-fukushima-expert-trying-to-protect-their-nation-from-diseases-and-death-audio

January 24th, 2013 
 Title: Japan faces nuclear shutdown for second time since Fukushima
Source: Reuters
Author: Aaron Sheldrick
Date: Jan 24, 2013

Japan may face a total nuclear shutdown in the summer for the second time since the March 2011 Fukushima disaster as the country’s two operating reactors close for maintenance and tough new safety checks keep the rest of the fleet offline. […]

The only two of Japan’s 50 nuclear plants operating are both at Kansai Electric Power’s Ohi plant in western Japan, and must be for shut for maintenance [in mid-September 2013] 13 months after resuming commercial operations, according to Japanese law. […]

Title: Japan Contemplates Complete Nuclear Shutdown
Source: Voice of Russia American Edition
Date: Jan 24, 2013

Full broadcast here

January 26, 2013 Posted by | Japan, Resources -audiovicual, safety | Leave a comment

AUDIO: Nuclear Regulatory Commission prevents public participation in nuclear re-licensing process

Hear-This-wayAUDIO http://www.fairewinds.org/content/games-people-play   THE GAMES PEOPLE PLAY In this week’s podcast, Fairewinds looks at how difficult it is for the public to meaningfully participate in the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s licensing process.  Arnie Gundersen was retained by Friends of the Earth to assess major problems at the San Onofre nuclear plant in California that have caused a year long shutdown.  Arnie met with the NRC this week concerning  his analysis of what went wrong and how the problems were foreseeable.  In this podcast, Arnie discusses how the NRC and Southern California Edison deliberately withheld information to make his technical analysis more difficult to accomplish.  Fairewinds taped the meeting, so our podcast listeners can hear for themselves the difficulties Arnie encountered and the games the NRC and Southern California Edison played to prevent his participation.

January 23, 2013 Posted by | Resources -audiovicual | Leave a comment

Films awaken Indian audiences to the dangers of the nuclear industry

logo-uranium-film-festivalUranium Film Festival: Capturing Fallout   Tehelka Blog, 17 Jan 13 Author:  “I am now in this place where you should never come. We call it Onkalo. Onkalo means ‘hiding place’. In my time it is not yet finished, though work began in the 20th century, when I was just a child. Work will be completed in the 22nd century, long after my death. Onkalo must last 100,000 years. Nothing built by man has lasted even a tenth of that timespan.But we consider ourselves a very potent civilisation. If we succeed, Onkalo will most likely be the longest lasting remains of our civilisation. If you, sometime far in the future, find this, what would it tell you about us?”

Thus begins Into Eternity, Danish director Michael Madsen’s documentary about the Onkalo spent nuclear waste repository on the island of Oikiluoto in Finland. In 1994, the legislature amended the Finnish Nuclear Energy Act to specify that all nuclear waste produced in Finland must be disposed of in Finland. The solution was the repository, a deep cavern to be filled with radioactive waste that is designed to hold for ten half lives – in some cases, as long as 250,000 years – the accepted timespan for such waste to be considered safe.

Obvious geological fears aside, the fear that Madsen taps into in this film is that of communicating to future civilisations that the contents of this cavern they would find are very toxic Continue reading →

January 19, 2013 Posted by | Resources -audiovicual | 3 Comments

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