Fukushima

Endless Fukushima Catastrophe

September 16, 2013 Helen Caldicott, www.rt.com Educate! Environment, Fukushima, Nuclear Energy

As we publish this a tremendous storm, tropical storm Man-yi, is hitting the area with rains and a typhoon near the Fukushima plant creating more complications for the clean-up of the facility and raising fears of more catastrophe. As the escape of radiation at Fukushima seems virtually unstoppable, there are still steps that governments all over the world should take to prevent worst case consequences. One of them would be canceling the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo. Scientific estimates predict that the radioactive plume travelling east across the Pacific will likely hit the shores of Oregon, Washington State and Canada early next year. California will probably be impacted later that year. Because the ongoing flow of water from the reactor site will be virtually impossible to stop, a radioactive plume will continue to migrate across the Pacific affecting Hawaii, North America, South America and eventually Australia for many decades.

There is No Way to Stop Fukushima Radioactive Water Leaking Into the Pacific – Expert

August 11, 2013 Evgeny Sukhoi, www.voiceofrussia.com Educate! Fukushima, Nuclear Energy

The rate at which contaminated water has been pouring into the Pacific Ocean from the disabled Fukushima nuclear plant is worse than previously thought, an Industry Ministry official said Wednesday as PM Shinzo Abe pledged to step up efforts to halt the crisis. The Voice of Russia contacted Arnold Gundersen, founder and president of Fairewinds Associates, to discuss the crisis and its possible solutions. The expert suggests radioactive material will continue to leak into the global seas unless the plant is surrounded with a trench filled with zeolite. Even then however, toxic material will still flow into the Pacific through underwater routes.

Video: Fukushima Waste Still Leaking Into the Pacific

August 11, 2013 RT, www.youtube.com Educate! Fukushima, Nuclear Energy

"Most likely the nuclear cores have entered the earth. It's beyond containment right now," says Paul Gunter, director of the Reactor Oversight Project at Reactor.org. It's been two years since an earthquake and tsunami took down a nuclear power plant in Fukushima, Japan, but have any new regulations been installed to prevent future disasters? Paul Gunter speaks with RT's Erin Ade.

Japan Finally Admits The Truth: Emergency At Fukushima

August 8, 2013 Tyler Durden, www.zerohedge.com Educate! Energy, Environment, Fukushima

Tepco is struggling to contain the highly radioactive water that is seeping into the ocean near Fukushima. The head of Japan's NRA, Shinji Kinjo exclaimed, "right now, we have an emergency," as he noted thecontaminated groundwater has breached an underground barrier and is rising toward the surface - exceeding the limits of radioactive discharge. In a rather outspoken comment for the typically stoic Japanese, Kinjo said Tepco's "sense of crisis was weak," adding that "this is why you can't just leave it up to Tepco alone" to grapple with the ongoing disaster. As Reuters notes, Tepco has been accused of covering up shortcomings and has been lambasted for its ineptness in the response and while the company says it is taking actions to contain the leaks, Kinjo fears if the water reaches the surface "it would flow extremely fast," with some suggesting as little as three weeks until this critical point.

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