With the Nuclear Industry and governments trotting out their best public relations folks to offer soothing assurances that the unfolding catastrophe in Japan is nothing more that a few xrays, the articles below indicate otherwise:
Radioactive contamination spreading from damaged Japanese nuclear plant
By Barry Grey
Two weeks after the earthquake and tsunami that devastated northeast Japan, there is mounting evidence that the stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant is emitting radioactivity more widely and at more toxic levels than acknowledged by the Japanese government.
On Friday, following an incident the previous day at the number three reactor in which two workers received nuclear burns, Japanese officials admitted that there could be a leak in the reactor core. During a press conference in Tokyo Friday night, Prime Minister Naoto Kan characterized the situation at the power plant as “grave.” He said: “We are doing our best to prevent a deterioration in the situation, but we are not yet in a position that allows us to be optimistic.”
Edward Lyman, a scientist with the Union of Concerned Scientists, said in a telephone briefing Thursday, “It looks like there are going to be areas considerably further than 12 [miles away from the plant] that may require significant decontamination or condemnation.”
RADIOACTIVE IODINE RELEASES FROM JAPAN’S FUKUSHIMA DAIICHI REACTORS MAY EXCEED
THOSE OF THREE MILE ISLAND BY OVER 100,000 TIMES
Institute Calls for More Intensive Contingency Planning by Japanese Authorities;
U.S. Should Move as Much Spent Fuel as Possible to Dry Storage to Reduce Most Severe Risks and Suspend Licensing and Relicensing during Review
The Nuclear Nightmare Continues
By Alex Smith
Ecoshock.info
Interview with world-famous anti-nuclear campaigner Dr. Helen Caldicott on the Fukushima Japan nuclear accident
Alex Smith: As Japan suffers multiple reactor accidents, with radiation of the land and sea, sadly, one woman is vindicated again. Dr. Helen Caldicott is a physician, author, and speaker known throughout the world for her clear warnings about the dangers of nuclear weapons, and nuclear power.
Helen Caldicott woke us up with the film and book "If You Love This Planet" - now the title of her own weekly radio show.
...follow Helen through her web site, helencaldicott.com, and her weekly radio show at ifyoulovethisplanet.org.
Radioactive contamination spreading from damaged Japanese nuclear plant
By Barry Grey
Two weeks after the earthquake and tsunami that devastated northeast Japan, there is mounting evidence that the stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant is emitting radioactivity more widely and at more toxic levels than acknowledged by the Japanese government.
On Friday, following an incident the previous day at the number three reactor in which two workers received nuclear burns, Japanese officials admitted that there could be a leak in the reactor core. During a press conference in Tokyo Friday night, Prime Minister Naoto Kan characterized the situation at the power plant as “grave.” He said: “We are doing our best to prevent a deterioration in the situation, but we are not yet in a position that allows us to be optimistic.”
Edward Lyman, a scientist with the Union of Concerned Scientists, said in a telephone briefing Thursday, “It looks like there are going to be areas considerably further than 12 [miles away from the plant] that may require significant decontamination or condemnation.”
RADIOACTIVE IODINE RELEASES FROM JAPAN’S FUKUSHIMA DAIICHI REACTORS MAY EXCEED
THOSE OF THREE MILE ISLAND BY OVER 100,000 TIMES
Institute Calls for More Intensive Contingency Planning by Japanese Authorities;
U.S. Should Move as Much Spent Fuel as Possible to Dry Storage to Reduce Most Severe Risks and Suspend Licensing and Relicensing during Review
The Nuclear Nightmare Continues
By Alex Smith
Ecoshock.info
Interview with world-famous anti-nuclear campaigner Dr. Helen Caldicott on the Fukushima Japan nuclear accident
Alex Smith: As Japan suffers multiple reactor accidents, with radiation of the land and sea, sadly, one woman is vindicated again. Dr. Helen Caldicott is a physician, author, and speaker known throughout the world for her clear warnings about the dangers of nuclear weapons, and nuclear power.
Helen Caldicott woke us up with the film and book "If You Love This Planet" - now the title of her own weekly radio show.
...follow Helen through her web site, helencaldicott.com, and her weekly radio show at ifyoulovethisplanet.org.
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