Risk of Another Chernobyl or Fukushima Type Accident Plausible, Experts Say
A team of risk experts who have carried out the biggest-ever analysis of nuclear accidents warn that the next disaster on the scale of Chernobyl or Fukushima may happen much sooner than the public realizes. Researchers at the University of Sussex, in England, and ETH Zurich, in Switzerland, have analysed more than 200 nuclear accidents, and – estimating and controlling … Continue reading
Former Japan PM Accuses Current PM Shinzo Abe of Lying over Fukushima ‘Under Control’ Pledge To Secure Olympic Games
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s promise that the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant was “under control” in his successful pitch three years ago for Tokyo to host the 2020 Olympic Games “was a lie”, former premier Junichiro Koizumi said on Wednesday. Koizumi, one of Japan’s most popular premiers during his 2001-2006 term, became an outspoken critic of nuclear energy after a … Continue reading
Japan’s $320 Million Gamble at Fukushima: An Underground Ice Wall
FUKUSHIMA DAIICHI NUCLEAR POWER STATION — The part above ground doesn’t look like much, a few silver pipes running in a straight line, dwarfed by the far more massive, scarred reactor buildings nearby. More impressive is what is taking shape unseen beneath: an underground wall of frozen dirt 100 feet deep and nearly a mile in length, intended to solve … Continue reading
Cancer Overtaking Heart Disease as Europe’s Biggest Killer
Editor’s comment: Could this be a results/effects of all of the nuclear disasters (especially Chernobyl) now starting to make their effects more obvious. If so then we are likely seeing what will be North America’s not so distant future resulting from Fukushima disaster and other home grown disasters quietly on going in the U.S. Cancer is now responsible for more … Continue reading
Fukushima: Highly Radioactive ‘Glass’ Rained on Tokyo — “Significant Consequences For Human Health”
Public Release from Goldschmidt Conference, Jun 26, 2016 (emphasis added): New research shows that most of the radioactive fallout which landed on downtown Tokyo a few days after the Fukushima accident was concentrated and deposited in non-soluble glass microparticles, as a type of ‘glassy soot’. This meant that most of the radioactive material was not dissolved in rain and running … Continue reading
Photographer Sneaks into Fukushima: An “Almost Entirely Lifeless” Post-Apocalyptic World…”IT WAS AMAZING !!!!!”
Facebook post by Keow Wee Loong, Jul 13, 2016 (English edited and emphasis added): Never seen before photo of the fukushima exclusion zone. When i enter the red zone, i can feel a burning sensation in my eyes and thick chemical smell in the air. before i went there the authority told me that i need a special permit to … Continue reading
Radiation Along Fukushima Rivers Up to 200 Times Higher Than Pacific Ocean Seabed
Radioactive contamination in the seabed off the Fukushima coast is hundreds of times above pre-2011 levels, while contamination in local rivers is up to 200 times higher than ocean sediment, according to results from Greenpeace Japan survey work released Thursday. “The extremely high levels of radioactivity we found along the river systems highlights the enormity and longevity of both the … Continue reading
Fukushima Daiichi Decommissioning Takes A Horrible Turn
NHK reports that the decommissioning authority in charge of dealing with the aftermath of the Fukushima disaster is now considering a sarcophagus to entomb the failed reactors rather than attempting to remove the melted fuel, debris and buildings. The authority told NHK they would still consider the two fuel removal techniques but they are adding the sarcophagus option to the … Continue reading
TEPCO Chief Apologizes to Shareholders For “Meltdown” Cover-Up As Problems Rumble On At Fukushima Plant
Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) President Naomi Hirose apologized to the company’s shareholders on Tuesday for it deliberately covering up the fact that reactors at the stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant suffered meltdowns following being hit by an earthquake-triggered tsunami in March 2011. Speaking to 1,200 people at TEPCO’s annual shareholder meeting in Tokyo, Hirose conceded that the then-president … Continue reading
New Report Exposing Coverup Of Fukushima Proves Conspiracy Theorists Right
According to a new report, the Japanese government worked in concert with TEPCO to purposely cover up the meltdown at Fukushima in 2011. “I would say it was a coverup,” Tokyo Electric Power Company President Naomi Hirose announced during a press conference. “It’s extremely regrettable.” Masataka Shimizu, president of TEPCO at the time of the earthquake, tsunami, and subsequent nuclear … Continue reading
