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170,000 flee homes after floods hit Japan, Fukushima nuclear plant safety at risk
170,000 flee homes after floods hit Japan, Fukushima nuclear plant safety at risk A resident is rescued by a rescue helicopter at a residential area flooded by the Kinugawa river, caused by typhoon Etau, in Joso, Ibaraki prefecture, Japan, in this photo taken by Kyodo September 10, 2015. © Kyodo / Reuters Tens of thousands […]
Fukushima: Thousands Have Already Died, Thousands More Will Die
Fukushima: Thousands Have Already Died, Thousands More Will Die Official data from Fukushima show that nearly 2,000 people died from the effects of evacuations necessary to avoid high radiation exposures from the disaster. The uprooting to unfamiliar areas, cutting of family ties, loss of social support networks, disruption, exhaustion, poor physical conditions and disorientation can and […]
The Perfectly Nasty Ocean Storm
The Perfectly Nasty Ocean Storm The oceans of the world are currently experiencing a “perfect storm” that is nasty, real nasty with too much warming, too much acidification, too much CO2, too much fishing, too many chemicals, too much Ag runoff, too much radiation (Fukushima), and too little ice (Arctic Ocean) bringing on too much […]
The Pope’s Letter: Neoliberalism and Fukushima
The Pope’s Letter: Neoliberalism and Fukushima Japan’s Social Disintegration Japanese sociologist and Tokyo Metropolitan University professor, Shinji Miyadai argues that European nations progressed from the communal self-governance of food to the communal self-governance of energy after World War II. Miyadai compares Europe’s post-war developments with those of post-war Japan in his article entitled ‘Pitfalls of […]
Looking Inside Fukushima Prefecture
Looking Inside Fukushima Prefecture An Insider’s Story Because of Japan’s unconscionable open-ended new secrecy law, it is very likely journalism in the nation has turned tail, scared of its own shadow. Nevertheless, glimmers of what has happened, of what is happening, do surface when brave people come forward. On May 22nd 2015 Hiromichi Ugaya, a […]
Is Fukushima Getting Worse?
Is Fukushima Getting Worse? Straight Disaster The Fukushima multiple nuclear disasters continue spewing out hot stuff like there’s no tomorrow. By all appearances, it is getting worse, out-of-control nuclear meltdowns. On June 19th Tepco reported the highest-ever readings of strontium-90 outside of the Fukushima plant ports. The readings were 1,000,000 Bq/m3 of strontium-90 at two locations near […]
What’s Really Going on at Fukushima?
What’s Really Going on at Fukushima? The Real Story Fukushima’s still radiating, self-perpetuating, immeasurable, and limitless, like a horrible incorrigible Doctor Who monster encounter in deep space. Fukushima will likely go down in history as the biggest cover-up of the 21st Century. Governments and corporations are not leveling with citizens about the risks and dangers; similarly, truth itself, as an […]
West Coast of North America to be Slammed by 2016 with 80% As Much Fukushima Radiation As Japan
West Coast of North America to be Slammed by 2016 with 80% As Much Fukushima Radiation As Japan A professor from Japan’s Fukushima University Institute of Environmental Radioactivity (Michio Aoyama) told Kyodo in April that the West Coast of North America will be hit with around 800 terabecquerels of Cesium- 137 by 2016. EneNews notes that […]
Fukushima May Be At Risk Of Imminent “Hydrogen Explosion”
Fukushima May Be At Risk Of Imminent “Hydrogen Explosion” Containers holding contaminated water at the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant are at risk of hydrogen explosions, The Telegraph reports, with 10% of them found to be leaking. The discovery was reported to the Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA), which raised concerns surrounding the potential hazards of accumulated […]
TEPCO Admits Fukushima Is Leaking Again – Over 600x ‘Safe’ Radiation Levels
TEPCO Admits Fukushima Is Leaking Again – Over 600x ‘Safe’ Radiation Levels Having killed a robot by underestimating the level of radiation present in the Fukushima power plant, and after delaying its previous admission of a leak, Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) has quickly admitted that the nuclear plant has sprung another leak. As EFE reports, a small quantity […]
50 Reasons We Should Fear the Worst from Fukushima
50 Reasons We Should Fear the Worst from Fukushima Fukushima’s missing melted cores and radioactive gushers continue to fester in secret. Japan’s harsh dictatorial censorship has been matched by a global corporate media blackout aimed—successfully—at keeping Fukushima out of the public eye. But that doesn’t keep the actual radiation out of our ecosystem, our markets … or […]
“The Chief Of The Fukushima Nuclear Power Station Has Admitted That The Technology Needed To Decommission Three Melted-Down Reactors Does Not Exist, And He Has No Idea How It Will Be Developed”
“The Chief Of The Fukushima Nuclear Power Station Has Admitted That The Technology Needed To Decommission Three Melted-Down Reactors Does Not Exist, And He Has No Idea How It Will Be Developed” Containing Fukushima Is Beyond Current Technology We reported in 2012 that top nuclear experts say that the technology doesn’t yet even exist to clean up Fukushima. Now, […]
Fukushima radiation measured on B.C. shore for 1st time
Fukushima radiation measured on B.C. shore for 1st time Trace cesium detected, but levels far below limit for safe drinking water Trace amounts of radiation from the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan have been detected on North American shores for the first time, but researchers say the amount of radiation is not a concern. Radioactive forms […]
Beyond Iran And Pakistan: 7 Nuclear Wannabes
Beyond Iran And Pakistan: 7 Nuclear Wannabes The meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex in 2011 following the Japanese tsunami forced a major rethink of nuclear power as a safe form of electricity generation. As radiation from the plant spewed into the ocean and nearby communities following an immediate evacuation, the world reaction was […]
