Youtube: Meeting with NRC’s Chairman Allison M. Macfarlane
Nuclear Safety Hearing – Pt. 4 – Fukushima Update http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yAaDbyBgzQ&feature=player_detailpage#t=119s Oct 1, 2012 by eon3 California Democratic Senator Boxer is chair of the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works.
On Sept. 12, 2012, she chaired a meeting of her Committee with newly-appointed Chairman Allison M. Macfarlane and the full roster of Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) members. The topic: ‘NRC’s Implementation and Recommendations for Enhancing Nuclear Reactor Safety in the 21st Century.’
This is the final excerpt focusing on Waste Confidence and Consolidation questions.
For viewing efficiency, we have segmented the public video record of the meeting into topic areas and posted them so you can zero in on the issues that interest you.
Fukushima cleanup requires technologies that are not yet invented
AUDIO Top US Nuclear Official: Technologies don’t exist yet to clean up Fukushima site… very difficult to overstate difficulty (VIDEO) http://enenews.com/top-us-nuclear-official-technologies-dont-exist-yet-to-clean-up-fukushima-site-so-theres-a-long-long-way-to-go-with-that-video October 3rd, 2012
Follow-up to: Gundersen: Fill Fukushima reactors with cement and come back in 100 years — It’s too radioactive (VIDEO)
U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works
Uploaded by eon3
Filmed September 12, 2012
Published on Oct 1, 2012
Commissioner William D. Magwood, Nuclear Regulatory Commission: It is very difficult to overstate how difficult the work is going to be at that site. There will need to be new technologies and new methodologies created to be able to enable them to clean the site up and some of these technologies don’t exist yet, so there’s a long way to go with that […] there’s a long, long way to go.
Youtube: the Fukushima story- interviews and background
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LU-Z4VLDGxU “Fukushima, Never Again” tells the story of the Fukushima nuclear plant meltdowns in north east Japan in March of 2011 and exposes the cover-up by Tepco and the Japanese government.
The government said contaminated soil in children’s school grounds was safe and then
when the people found out it was contaminated and removed the top soil, the government and TEPCO refused to remove it from the school grounds.
It also relays how the nuclear energy program for “peaceful atoms” was brought to Japan under the auspices of the US military occupation and also the criminal cover-up of the safety dangers of the plant by TEPCO and GE management which built the plant in Fukushima. It also interviews Kei Sugaoka, the GE nulcear plant inspector from the bay area who exposed cover-ups in the safety at the Fukushima plant and was retaliated against by GE. This documentary allows the voices of the people and workers to speak out about the reality of the disaster and what this means not only for the people of Japan but the people of the world as the US government and nuclear industry continue to push for more new plants and government subsidies. This film breaks
the information blockade story line of the corporate media in Japan, the US and around the world that Fukushima is over.
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Youtube: 75% of Fukushima contaminated with high levels of radioactivity
http://enenews.com/75-land-fukushima-contaminated-high-levels-radioactivityation-be-declared-be-radiation-control-area Mother/Farmer: We found 75% of Fukushima contaminated with high levels of radioactivity — This should be declared a ‘radiation control area’ (VIDEO) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LU-Z4VLDGxU&feature=player_detailpage#t=620s
October 2nd, 2012
By ENENews
“Fukushima, Never Again”
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Published on Oct 2, 2012
Sachiko Sato, Mother/Farmer from Fukushima: Over 75% of Fukushima has radiation over 0.6 microsieverts per hour. This should be declared to be a radiation control area. We found this out by checking the schools where our children go. The result was so high. […] 75% of the land was contaminated with high levels of radiation. We immediately requested the local and Prefectural board of education to evacuate children.
AUDIO: A strategy to manage crippled Fukushima nuclear reactors
Gundersen: Fill Fukushima reactors with cement and come back in 100 years — It’s too radioactive AUDIO http://enenews.com/gundersen-fill-fukushima-reactors-cement-100-years-radioactive-video
October 3rd, 2012
By ENENews
Title Arnie Gundersen on Japan’s post-Fukushima nuclear plans
Source: The BEZ (WBEZ Radio)
Date: Oct. 2, 2012
Fairewinds’ Arnie Gundersen, Nuclear Engineer: The question is do you spend it [$70-100 billion] now and risk high exposures to people for what gain, or do you entomb these plants with concrete and then come back in a hundred years, that’s a question the Japanese have yet to answer.
Host: What would you do?
Gundersen: I would entomb them and come back later. […] I would do basically what we’ve done at Chernobyl, which is put a sarcophagus around it. Basically fill them with concrete. I would also then bore under the plants and continually withdraw the groundwater, because there’s still going to be seepage of radioactive material into the ocean and into the groundwater and keep that from seeping out into the environment. […] I just cant justify in my own mind exposing tens of thousands of Japanese workers to high levels of radiation […]
RADIO: Fukushima: thyroid lesions precursor to cancer
Radio: 1 million cancers coming from Fukushima? “We’re seeing that already… Enormous increase in cancer precursor” (VIDEO) http://enenews.com/cancer-precursor-already
October 3rd, 2012 By ENENews
Title:Arnie Gundersen on Japan’s post-Fukushima nuclear plans
Source: The BEZ (WBEZ Radio)
Date: Oct. 2, 2012
Fairewinds’ Arnie Gundersen, Nuclear Engineer: I’m coming up with something on the order a million cancers. We’re seeing that already […] Kids were tested just in the last couple months and almost half of them had thyroid nodules [and cysts]. Normally about 1 to 2% of kids would have thyroid nodules. So we’re seeing an enormous increase in cancer precursor for thyroid cancers.
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The indoor dust in these home is astronomical […] The Japanese essentially live on the floor […] Internal contamination in Japan will be a significant factor. Neither the Japanese government nor the IAEA is taking that into account when they do their numbers.
Radiation leaking out of Louisiana sinkhole
Legal Expert: They applied for permits to dispose of radioactive and other waste in cavern below giant sinkhole… and the material is leaking out (AUDIO)http://enenews.com/legal-expert-applied-permits-dispose-radioactive-other-waste-cavern-below-giant-sinkhole-material-leaking-audio October 2nd, 2012 By ENENews
Baton Rouge’s Morning News
1150 WJBO Radio, October 02, 2012
Stuart Smith, Attorney: It’s very similar to what happened in the Deepwater Horizon [Gulf of Mexico] disaster where these operations are being conducted deep underground in the blind so to speak. They applied for permits to dispose of radioactive and other waste claiming it was safe, now everything is up in the air and the material is leaking into the environment.
Fukushima Daiichi to increase dramatically in several years – “But no one talks about that” (VIDEO)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qu9UbfsOpG0&feature=player_detailpage#t=2430s Interview with Mr. Yastel Yamada about Fukushima
http://enenews.com/japanese-engineer-radiation-doses-fukushima-daiichi-increase-dramatically-several-years-one-talks-about-video Japan Engineer: Radiation doses at Fukushima Daiichi to increase dramatically in several years – “But no one talks about that” (VIDEO)
September 30th, 2012
By ENENews Mr. Yastel Yamada, a retired engineer and founder of the Fukushima Skilled Veterans Corps
Uploaded by: OccupyUkiah
Filmed: July 30, 2012
Uploaded on: Sept. 27, 2012 Mr. Yastel Yamada, a retired engineer and founder of the Fukushima Skilled Veterans Corps: Just after [the Three Mile Island] accident there was some exposure, then in 3-4 years it decreases, then during fuel removal you have much more exposure.
Annual radiation doses at Three Mile Island
That’s quite normal. Meaning as you can imagine, workers work very close to the fuel.
Now we have to consider what will be in Fukushima, this is Tepco’s estimation, they estimate only 5 years [into the future]… they say now last year they needed such number of workers, but now the future necessities are much less. But if you compare, those periods [Tepco’s first 5 years] are only this period [left half of Three Mile Island chart].
After 10 years when the [fuel] debris removal starts, then the exposure to radiation must be serious, but no one talks about that.
Comprehensive study of Fukushima threat: 60 minute video
Paul Currier’s Space: http://paulcurrier.tumblr.com/post/32210303255/this-is-a-60-minute-film-that-may-save-your-life This is a 60 minute film that may save your life. If you, like me, live on 
the West Coast of the USA, it’s probably too late, and you may as well just go on in your ignorance. Then again, if you care about your self or others you love, you may want to spend one hour of your life to grasp the full scope of our common situation.VIDEO: USA making Julian Assange an “enemy of the State”?
Exposed: U.S. May Have Designated Julian Assange and WikiLeaks an “Enemy of the State Documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Act show WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange may have been designated an “enemy of the state” by the United States. U.S. Air
Force counterintelligence documents show military personnel who contact WikiLeaks or its supporters may be at risk of being charged with “communicating with the enemy” — a military crime that carries a maximum sentence of death. We speak to attorney Michael Ratner, president emeritus of the Center for Constitutional Rights and a legal adviser to Assange and WikiLeaks. [includes rush transcript] GUEST: Michael Ratner, president emeritus of the Center for Constitutional Rights and a legal adviser to Assange and WikiLeaks. http://www.democracynow.org/2012/9/27/exposed_us_may_have_designated_julian#.UGTIboIEhrU.twitter
Youtube – Living Under Drones
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yMOzvmgVhc Living Under Drones Sep 24, 2012 by bravenewfoundation http://www.warcosts.com Since 2004, up to 884 innocent civilians, including at least 176 children, have died from US drone strikes in the North Waziristan region of Pakistan. A new report from the Stanford and New York University law schools finds drone use has caused widespread post-tramatic stress disorder and an overall breakdown of functional society in North Waziristan. In addition, the report finds the use of a “double tap” procedure, in which a drone strikes once and strikes again not long after, has led to deaths of rescuers and medical professionals. Many interviewees told the researchers they didn’t know what America was before drones. Now what they know of America is drones, death and terror. Follow the conversation @WarCosts #UnderDrones
VIDEO: USA militarism in the Pacific – Australia’s role questioned
VIDEO Malcolm Fraser: Australia – US Relations in the Asian Century MELBOURNE, 25 September 2012 – Former Prime Minister of Australia The Right Honorable Malcolm Fraser AC CH has questioned the nature of Australia’s relationship with the United States in a broad-ranging speech to an audience of over 400.
Fraser describes US policy towards China as “containment” and praised the measured response from Beijing:
“China has refused to be provoked, and that is not surprising because they are well aware that this is an election year in the United States. We need to be aware that China can be profoundly measured in international affairs.” http://asialink unimelb.edu.au/video/politics/malcolm_fraser_australia_-_us_relations_in_the_asian_century
Comforting government nuclear propaganda 1952 and 2012
VIDEO: US Gov’t: If exposed to radioactive fallout watch for unknown bruising, nosebleeds, nausea, sore throat, loss of hair, diarrhea — “Make the best of it… don’t be discouraged” http://enenews.com/us-govt-if-exposed-to-radioactive-fallout-watch-for-unknown-bruising-nosebleeds-nausea-sore-throat-loss-of-hair-diarrhea-report-problems-to-doctor-video Title: Fallout: When and How to Protect Yourself Against It
Source: U.S. Government
Uploaded by: TheBestFilmArchives
Date: 1950s
Date Published: Sept 21, 2012
Make the best of it. If there are others with you help them by being as calm as you can and don’t be discouraged. [: Head of Fukushima health study: 100 mSv/yr OK for pregnant moms — “Effects of radiation do not come to people that are happy… They come to people that are weak-spirited”
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If food or water has been contaminated by the dust, internal damage may occur
[…]
If civil defense radio announcements have said that radiation has been high in your section […] watch especially for these developments in the two weeks following exposure:
- Nausea
- Sore throat
- Bruise spots developing without any known reason
- Loss of hair
- Nosebleeds
- Diarrhea
These conditions […] should be reported to a doctor or the nearest first aid station.
Watch the video here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFcRhDtkQyQ
VIDEO: how much radiation was released in the Three Mile Island nuclear accident?
http://www.fairewinds.com/content/three-myths-three-mile-island-accidentKEEP IN MIND THREE MILE ISLAND NUCLEAR POWER PLANT SHUT DOWN AUTOMATICALLY TWO TIMES IN JUST THE LAST MONTH! THE FIRST TIME A HEATING ELEMENT WAS REPLACED AND THIS TIME A PUMP HAD TO BE REPLACED
Three Myths of the Three Mile Island Accident (lecture in 2009)
Nuclear engineer Arnie Gundersen gives a talk on his calculations of the amount of radiation released during the accident at Three Mile Island. Mr. Gundersen’s calculations differ from those of the NRC’s and official industry estimates. Arnie Gundersen was a senior executive in the nuclear industry with over twenty years experience. Mr. Gundersen holds Bachelors and Masters degrees in Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. In 1990 he came forward as a whistleblower and was fired that same year. Over the next several years, his case got a great deal of attention, and he testified before Congress during hearings on ways to protect whistleblowers. Mr. Gundersen is now a prominent nuclear safety expert witness.
Youtube: uranium, thorium danger as wildfire rages in Idaho
RADIOACTIVE WILDFIRE?MUSTANG WILDFIRE IS BURNING THROUGH URANIUM and THORIUM ORE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RKPT5EWbzc Sep 21, 2012 by warning616 BREAKING: The Mustang fire has been burning through old uranium mining sites, and abandoned gold mining sites contaminated with surface radiation—-sending radioactive uranium and thorium into the air within it’s blazing smoke.Which has been drifting Eastward as far as Great Falls— really in just about every direction. * many thanks to my new youtube contact who flashed this to me just about an hour ago. Dios Mio.
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ATTRIBUTION: THIS ARTICLE BY Laura Zuckerman, REUTERS, as carried in the Chicago Tribune.http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-rt-us-usa-wildfiresbre88k063-20120920,…
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