The Fukushima crisis “could have been prevented” if TEPCO had carried out simple preventive measures [EPA] Tokyo, Japan - The discovery of radioactive contamination in “shiitake” mushrooms grown in Manazuru town, Kanagawa prefecture, some 300 km away from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, has raised public clamour for compensation. Soon after the discovery, on [...]
A year on, frustration dominates in Fukushima Those living closest to damaged nuclear plant deal with daily uncertainty, a year on from the earthquake and tsunami. D. Parvaz Last Modified: 11 Mar 2012 14:36 Email Print Share Send Feedback Fukushima City, Japan - In Fukushima Prefecture, home to the nuclear plant damaged in the March [...]
Japan leaders ‘played down nuclear crisis‘ Investigation reports that government covered-up true scale of Fukushima disaster, and considered Tokyo evacuation. Japanese leaders did not know the extent of the damage in the wake of the nuclear crisis after the massive quake and tsunami hit the Pacific nation even as they tried [...]
Experts say Japan’s tsunami disaster increased reliance on fuel imports due to the loss of nuclear power [Reuters] Tokyo has reported its first trade deficit in more than three decades, explaining the downturn as the result of last year’s devastating earthquake and tsunami that caused an energy crisis, and weak global demand for Japanese exports. The $32bn [...]
Fukushima Fallout: Thousands Protest Against Nuclear Power in Japan – Common Dreams staff Thousands of demonstrators hit the streets of Yokohama, Japan on Saturday afternoon calling for an end to nuclear energy in Japan after the Fukushima March 11, 2011 disaster that sparked the planet’s worst atomic crisis since Chernobyl. The protest began a [...]
“Fukushima,” writes Wasserman, “has taught us that as long as reactors operate, the apocalyptic clock is ticking.” 2012 Is the Year to Finally Bury Nuke Power by Harvey Wasserman The year 2012 has opened with news that Fukushima’s radioactive cloud may already have killed some 14,000 Americans, according to a major study just published [...]
Cordula Meyer/ DER SPIEGEL For months, the 21,000 residents of Namie have lived in trailers and shelters across Japan. By abandoning their homes, they unwittingly fled directly into the path of Fukushima’s radiation cloud. As worried and angry as they may be, most just want to return home. Tamotsu Baba is mayor of [...]
Fukushima Nuclear Crisis Far from Resolved Japan Times Editorial Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda on Dec. 16 declared that the stricken reactors at Tokyo Electric Power Co.’s Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant have entered the state of “cold shutdown” and that it has been confirmed that the nuclear crisis has “been resolved”(Shusoku [...]
Published on Thursday, December 22, 2011 by Inter Press Service Mothers Rise Against Nuclear Power in Japan by Suvendrini Kakuchi TOKYO – Japan’s nuclear power industry, which once ignored opposition, now finds its existence threatened by women angered by official opaqueness on radiation from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant after it was struck by an [...]
Not waiting for government help, locals make their own Geiger counters and decontaminate soil [D. Parvaz] Nine months after the worst earthquake and tsunami to ever hit Japan, the rubble is still being cleared, but the issue of nuclear contamination will take decades to deal with. Japan’s government on Wednesday announced that decommissioning the damaged and leaking Fukushima [...]
Returnees fear Fukushima’s invisible touch By Donald KirkMINAMISOMA, Japan – The lugubrious notes of Silent Nightwafted from an outdoor sound system on the near-empty main street to the station of this coastal city on the northern edge of the 20-kilometer “exclusion zone” around the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. The doleful refrain set the tone [...]
Scientists say radiation continues to leak from Japan’s Fukushima nuclear plant even after the March earthquake A major Japanese food manufacturer is recalling 400,000 cans of powdered milk for infants after traces of radiation from Japan’s damaged nuclear plant were detected in the formula. Meiji said on Wednesday it did not know how many of the cans [...]
An article by a political analyst that starts with an unusual question. But if you read the rest it does not seem to be so unusual. Democracy is a hated creature as far as the elite is concerned. At their most charitable the elites see it as only a once every so many years marking [...]
The Fukushima Daiichi plant as the tsunami approached. Seawater flooded power lines, causing a meltdown in three of the six reactors. Photograph: Reuters Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant operator ‘ignored tsunami warning’ Tokyo Electric Power rejected report warning the nuclear plant could be at risk from 10-metre high tsunami, media claim reddit this Justin McCurry [...]
Workers arrive at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station in Okuma, Japan. Local elections are being remotely held for the area, although it remains largely deserted. Photograph: David Guttenfelder/AP Japan’s nuclear disaster towns hold remote local elections Evacuated residents from Okuma and Futaba in Fukushima plant exclusion zone ballot for regional assemblies from afar reddit [...]
Two ‘systematic’ acts of brutality and coverup By HIROAKI SATO NEW YORK — When Mark Hatfield, who had served as a U.S. Senator from Oregon for three decades, died in early August, obituaries noted that he was one of the first U.S. soldiers to visit Hiroshima not long after the atomic bombing of the city, [...]
Fukushima protesters urge Japan to abandon nuclear power Protesters gathered in Tokyo to call on the government to abandon nuclear energy following the Fukushima disaster. Photograph: Koji Sasahara/AP Tens of thousands join Fukushima protest march in Tokyo amid continuing fears over radiation reddit this Comments (0) Justin McCurry in Tokyo guardian.co.uk, Monday 19 September [...]
Residents from a village near the Fukushima nuclear plant are checked for radiation exposure after returning briefly to their homes to collect belongings. Photograph: Koichi Kamoshida/EPA Residents who lived close to the damaged Fukushima nuclear plant are to be told their homes may be uninhabitable for decades, according to Japanese media reports. The Japanese prime [...]
The video can be seen at http://english.aljazeera.net/video/asia-pacific/2011/08/20118693514112266.html Anti-nuclear campaigners in Japan are using the 66th anniversary of the atomic bomb in Hiroshima to push the government to abandon nuclear power. The United States dropped an atomic bomb on the city in August, 1945, near the end of the Second World War. By the end of the year, [...]
The cleanup operation continues four months after an earthquake and tsunami damaged the nuclear plant [Reuters] Japan‘s prime minister says he wants the country to learn from its ongoing crisis and become less reliant on nuclear energy. Naoto Kan told a news conference on Wednesday the risk of nuclear energy is too high and he wants to [...]
Japan‘s desperate ‘nuclear gypsies’ Rights groups say country’s poorest people are being exploited to repair Fukushima plant. Last Modified: 30 Jun 2011 20 Economic downturn has forced many of Japan’s poorest people to work at the damaged Fukushima nuclear plant, risking exposure to dangerous levels of radiation. The growing number of so-called nuclear gypsies, who come [...]
Demonstrators pass the headquarters of Tokyo Electric Power Co, the operator of tsunami-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, during an anti-nuclear power protest in Tokyo on Thursday. Photograph: Shizuo Kambayashi/AP Trace amounts of radioactive substances have been found in urine samples taken from children from Fukushima city, raising concerns that residents have been exposed internally [...]
UK government‘s Fukushima crisis plan based on bigger leak than Chernobyl As Japan’s nuclear emergency unfolded, scientists devised a worst case scenario involving issuing iodine pills to Britons The earthquake and tsunami-damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant from the air on 14 March 2011, following a second explosion. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images The British government made [...]
Radiation spike halts Fukushima clean-up Operator of Japan’s stricken nuclear power unable to remove pools of radioactive water at risk of spilling into the sea. Last Modified: 18 Jun 2011 04:53 Email Print The operator of Japan’s stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant has suspended an operation to clean up radioactive water only hours after it had [...]
JUAN GONZALEZ: Almost three months after the earthquake and tsunami that triggered a nuclear disaster in Japan, government officials say they may evacuate more towns affected by radiation. New monitoring data shows “hot spots” of elevated contamination farther away from the stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. The new hot spots were announced after authorities [...]
Fukushima nuclear plant may have suffered ‘melt-through’, Japan admits Fuel rods have probably breached containment vessels – a more serious scenario than core meltdown – according to report Share100 Justin McCurry in Tokyo guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 8 June 2011 07.39 BST Article history Japan’s prime minister, Naoto Kan, said transparency about Fukushima was essential to [...]
Japan pledges fresh nuclear safety measures Japan says it was unprepared for nuclear disaster in report due to be submitted to UN’s atomic agency. Last Modified: 07 Jun 2011 16:38 Email Print Share Send Feedback Japan has admitted it was unprepared for a disaster on the scale of the Fukushima nuclear crisis in a report [...]
Fukushima effect: Japan schools take health precautions in radiation zone Schools located near the nuclear plant have removed and buried the topsoil from playgrounds amid concern over the risk to pupils Share10 Justin McCurry in Otama guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 1 June 2011 18.48 BST Article history Children walk across the playground at Oyama primary school, which [...]
There is a video Euronews piece on the latest leaks at Fukushima power plant in Japan You can go to the video presentation which is quite short at http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=6769 Related articles Fukushima reactor water leak risks delaying crisis plan – Reuters (news.google.com) REMEMBER FUKUSHIMA? Workers Discover Exposed Rods, And Damage Worse Than Thought (businessinsider.com) TEPCO now [...]
After bin Laden Hit, U.S. Aides Raise Dubious Hopes for Peace by Gareth Porter, May 09, 2011 Email This | Print This | Share This | Antiwar Forum Barack Obama and top administration officials have taken advantage of the killing of Osama bin Laden to establish a new narrative suggesting the event will pave the way for negotiations [...]
‘Do not cry’: a nurse‘s blog brings comfort to Japan’s tsunami survivors An anonymous blog written by a Japanese nurse as she cared for victims of the tsunami has given strength to survivors and fellow relief workers Share149 Comments (5) Justin McCurry guardian.co.uk, Sunday 8 May 2011 20.29 BST Article history A tsunami survivor is [...]
Tomgram: Andy Kroll, Welcome to the McJobs Recovery Posted by Andy Kroll at 5:50pm, May 8, 2011. [Note for TomDispatch Readers: For those of you who created a wavelet of contributions in response to our offer on Tuesday of a personalized, signed copy of Adam Hochschild’s remarkable new history of World War I, To End All Wars: [...]
An email from Noam Chomsky Noam Chomsky University of Leeds (UCU) – Blog, November 30, 2009 I had a startling experience a few weeks ago. I travelled to Mexico City for talks at the National University, an enormous and very impressive institution with high standards of achievement and scholarship. Entrance is selective, but the university [...]
Apparently there is a Japanese MP who has effectively asked for all the details of what was done at Fukushima. Nothing more would be expected to follow but it seems this has not been the case. This is a detailed interview that covers all aspects of the post earthquake position with the nuclear reactors. If [...]
This is an oldie but a goodie from the Guardian.! George Ikners ikners.com a WordPress site Japanese nuclear workers enter Fukushima reactor Ventilation equipment being connected to try to absorb radiation in Japanese power plant damaged by earthquake and tsunami Share8 Associated Press guardian.co.uk, Thursday 5 May 2011 08.37 BST Article history Fukushima nuclear [...]
Fukushima parents dish the dirt in protest over radiation levels Furious Fukushima parents dump school playground earth that may have radiation levels well above the old safety level Share592 Jonathan Watts in Tokyo guardian.co.uk, Monday 2 May 2011 16.43 BST Article history Parents in Fukushima are angry over rule changes which mean that school [...]
Japan nuclear firm aims to end crisis within nine months Tepco reveals two-stage process to bring Fukushima plant under control but declines to say when evacuees can return home Share69 Justin McCurry in Tokyo guardian.co.uk, Sunday 17 April 2011 12.01 BST Article history Chair of Japan nuclear operator Tepco, Tsunehisa Katsumata, announces the ‘cold shutdown’ [...]
AMY GOODMAN: Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan tried Tuesday to calm fears about radiation levels and food safety in the region around the heavily damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant. His comments came after Japan raised the severity rating of its nuclear crisis to the highest possible level, heightening concerns about the magnitude of the disaster. [...]
Japan‘s battle for Fukushima is far from over, one month on Several hundred engineers continue struggle to prevent meltdown at nuclear plant but the risks are still immense Share79 Jonathan Watts and Suzanne Goldenberg guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 12 April 2011 21.08 BST Article history Aerial view of Fukushima nuclear plant. A month after the Japan disaster, engineers [...]
There is a tendency to rate disasters so that people seem uninterested unless the latest one is the biggest the worst and the like. Any nuclear event is a major problem even if it only shows up the need for better organisation etc or the need not to use that form of power at all. [...]
If you thought that the Japanese nuclear problem was some sort of beatup like the stupid panellist on a recent TV program try asking the Japanese. They have lifted the danger rating to 7 and now there is the start of real concerns about where in the so called safety zone you live. If we [...]
Japan has upgraded their nuclear problem to: LEVEL SEVEN: Major accident Major release of radioactive material with widespread health and environmental effects, requiring implementation of planned and extended countermeasures. INES – The International Nuclear and Radiological Event Scale What is INES? INES – is a tool for promptly communicating to the public in [...]
When I think back to the idiot on a TV news program who claimed all the nuclear talk from Japan was just a beat up or words to that effect it makes you laugh to read something as serious as this. George Ikners ikners.com Japan upgrades nuclear crisis to same level as Chernobyl Nuclear and [...]
Fukushima: A ‘nuclear sacrifice zone’ Some experts believe Japan’s nuclear disaster could become worse than Chernobyl. Dahr Jamail Last Modified: 08 Apr 2011 15:37 Email Article Print Article Share Article Send Feedback Experts warn that the situation will take months to stabalise and a large area could remain uninhabitable [REUTERS] Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant that [...]
Japan’s Fukushima plant evacuated after new earthquake Powerful 7.1 magnitude quake shook north-east part of country, but fears that it would trigger a tsunami have subsided Share157 Justin McCurry in Sendai guardian.co.uk, Thursday 7 April 2011 20.44 BST Article history Workers at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant were forced to leave the site following a [...]
Japan hit by earthquake and tsunami warning Alert for wave of up to two metres issued for area devastated by last month’s quake Share32 James Meikle guardian.co.uk, Thursday 7 April 2011 16.59 BST Article history Rubble left in Ishinomaki in the wake of the tsunami that hit north-eastern Japan last month. Photograph: Dai Kurokawa/EPA A [...]
‘No safe levels’ of radiation in Japan Experts warn that any detectable level of radiation is “too much”. Dahr Jamail Last Modified: 04 Apr 2011 15:46 Email Article Print Article Share Article Send Feedback According to the US Department of Energy, no level of radiation is so low that it is without health risks [EPA] In a [...]
More excellent material from the Democracy Now site. I hope this does not sound too repetitious but everyone on the net who attempts to put alternate non propaganda views that are not available from mainstream sources, works long and hard for very little reward financially if any at all. These people and organisations deserve your [...]
Japan nuclear plant to release radioactive water into sea Fukushima plant will discharge 11,500 tonnes of water into Pacific to make space for more highly contaminated liquid Share366 Jonathan Watts guardian.co.uk, Monday 4 April 2011 13.54 BST Article history Japanese police outside Tokyo Electric, the operator of the Fukushima nuclear plant where radioactive water is [...]
Been waiting a long time for this. But not surprised. Are you? Think first a Monbiot point of view
The damaged units of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Photograph: AIR PHOTO SERVICE / HO/EPA How did the thinking go? Well he does seems to have been anti-nuclear, with good reason BUT why the change in opinion and then this? The answer is quite simple, at least for me, but trust me that [...]
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