Wonder if they'll even get to the drawing board with a remediable global
effort on the Fukushima leaks? Eventually, after enough death,
Renewables should succeed, but why not now, while there's still
sufficient life by which to restore vitality? How can such intelligence
be so misguided? Renewables would mean growth and jobs, health and a
future for all life. Must /this /be the ruin of us all, just when we're
on the brink of our finest hour?
For those who remain neutral over the implementation and implications of
the nuclear power industry, please check out the following. Nit-pick
about the facts and factoids, the /provenance/ of course, but don't
ignore the overwhelming issue. Nuclear power is unsafe, and its
"accidents" disastrous and impossible to mitigate or contain.
*Natalia*
October 22, 2013
Fukushima update
Washington Post
<http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/10/22/national/fukushima-no-1-radioactive-water-problems-laid-to-tepco-ineptitude-plague-the-nation/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=fukushima-no-1-radioactive-water-problems-laid-to-tepco-ineptitude-plague#.UmYl1WfYGTc>
- Japan's effort to clean up what remains of the complex is turning into
another kind of disaster.... 400 tons of toxic groundwater is flowing
daily into the Pacific Ocean ... the flow of radioactive water amounts
to a slow-burning environmental disaster with implications for Japan's
wildlife and its food chain.
Xinhua
<http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/indepth/2013-10/21/c_132817910.htm>/-
/The operator of the stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant said
Monday that radioactive material may have flowed into the Pacific Ocean
after barriers around contaminated water storage tanks overflowed
following a heavy downpour. According to Tokyo Electric Power Co.,
radioactive strontium-90 measured at as many as 70 times the regulatory
limit of 10 becquerels per liter, flowed from 11 barriersThe latest
mishap at Fukushima comes one day after the utility said radiation
levels had spiked well above the regulatory limit at numerous sites
following Typhoon Wipha lashing.
http://www.activistpost.com/2013/10/28-signs-that-west-coast-is-being.html
*1.* Polar bears, seals and walruses along the Alaska coastline are
suffering from fur loss and open sores
<http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/04/08/11083494-fur-loss-open-sores-seen-in-polar-bears>...
Wildlife experts are studying whether fur loss and open
sores detected in nine polar bears in recent weeks is widespread and
related to similar incidents among seals and walruses.
The bears were among 33 spotted near Barrow, Alaska, during routine
survey work along the Arctic coastline. Tests showed they had
"alopecia, or loss of fur, and other skin lesions," the U.S.
Geological Survey said in a statement
<http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=3162>.
*2.* There is an epidemic of sea lion deaths
<http://www.zerohedge.com/contributed/2013-03-31/fukushima-radiation-causing-epidemic-dead-and-starving-sea-lions-california>
along the California coastline...
At island rookeries off the Southern California coast, 45 percent of
the pups born in June have died, said Sharon Melin, a wildlife
biologist for the National Marine Fisheries Service based in
Seattle. Normally, less than one-third of the pups would die. It's
gotten so bad in the past two weeks that the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration declared an "unusual mortality event."
*3.* Along the Pacific coast of Canada and the Alaska coastline, the
population of sockeye salmon is at a historic low
<http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/lake-babine-sockeye-fishery-at-risk-of-unprecedented-closure/article13715638/?service=print>.
Many are blaming Fukushima.
*4.* Something is causing fish all along the west coast of Canada to
bleed from their gills, bellies and eyeballs
<http://www.canada.com/investigating+reports+bleeding+herring/8795535/story.html>.
*5.* A vast field of radioactive debris from Fukushima that is
approximately the size of California
<http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2012/03/radioactive-debris-washing-up-on-pacific-coast.html>
has crossed the Pacific Ocean and is starting to collide with the west
coast.
*6.* It is being projected that the radioactivity of coastal waters off
the U.S. west coast could double
<http://environmentalresearchweb.org/cws/article/news/50176> over the
next five to six years.
*7.* Experts have found very high levels of cesium-137
<http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/05/22/national/researchers-find-high-cesium-in-some-pacific-plankton/#.UZu7-GfYGTc>
in plankton living in the waters of the Pacific Ocean between Hawaii and
the west coast.
*8.* One test in California found that 15 out of 15
<http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2012/05/absolutely-every-one-of-the-15-bluefin-tuna-tested-in-california-waters-contaminated-with-fukushima-radiation.html>
bluefin tuna were contaminated with radiation from Fukushima.
*9.* Back in 2012, the Vancouver Sun reported that cesium-137 was being
found in a very high percentage
<http://readersupportednews.org/news-section2/343-203/9463-canada-fish-eaters-threatened-by-fukushima-radiation>
of the fish that Japan was selling to Canada...
. 73 percent of mackerel tested
. 91 percent of the halibut
. 92 percent of the sardines
. 93 percent of the tuna and eel
. 94 percent of the cod and anchovies
. 100 percent of the carp, seaweed, shark and monkfish
*10.* Canadian authorities are finding extremely high levels of nuclear
radiation
<http://canadaam.ctvnews.ca/report-raises-fresh-concerns-about-radiation-levels-in-japanese-fish-1.1486514>
in certain fish samples...
Some fish samples tested to date have had very high levels of
radiation: one sea bass sample collected in July, for example, had
1,000 becquerels per kilogram of cesium.
*11.* Some experts believe that we could see very high levels of cancer
along the west coast just from people eating contaminated fish
<http://www.nationaljournal.com/global-security-newswire/nuclear-power-industry-lawmakers-at-odds-over-epa-response-guide-20130923>...
"Look at what's going on now: They're dumping huge amounts of
radioactivity into the ocean --- no one expected that in 2011,"
Daniel Hirsch, a nuclear policy lecturer at the University of
California-Santa Cruz, told /Global Security Newswire/. "We could
have large numbers of cancer from ingestion of fish."
*12.* BBC News recently reported that radiation levels around Fukushima
are "18 times higher <http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-23918882>"
than previously believed.
*13.* An EU-funded study
<http://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/13/1425/2013/acp-13-1425-2013.html>
concluded that Fukushima released up to 210 quadrillion becquerels of
cesium-137 into the atmosphere.
*14.* Atmospheric radiation from Fukushima reached the west coast of the
United States within a few days
<http://news.discovery.com/earth/oceans/fukushima-radioactive-plume-reach-us-130901.htm>
back in 2011.
*15.* At this point, 300 tons
<http://news.yahoo.com/japan-government-joining-efforts-contain-fukushima-toxic-water-033418884.html>
of contaminated water is pouring into the Pacific Ocean from Fukushima
every single day.
*16.* A senior researcher of marine chemistry at the Japan
Meteorological Agency's Meteorological Research Institute says that "30
billion becquerels of radioactive cesium and 30 billion becquerels of
radioactive strontium" are being released into the Pacific Ocean from
Fukushima every single day
<http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201309200053>.
*17.* According to Tepco, a total of somewhere between 20 trillion and
40 trillion becquerels of radioactive tritium
<http://thetruthwins.com/archives/radioactive-water-from-fukushima-is-systematically-poisoning-the-entire-pacific-ocean>
have gotten into the Pacific Ocean since the Fukushima disaster first began.
*18.* According to a professor at Tokyo University, 3 gigabecquerels of
cesium-137 are flowing into the port at Fukushima Daiichi every single
day
<http://enenews.com/mystery-tv-expert-says-oceans-radiation-levels-too-high-to-be-explained-by-only-groundwater-there-must-be-other-routes-for-contamination-thats-flowing-into-pacific-devastating-impact>.
*19.* It has been estimated that up to 100 times
<http://readersupportednews.org/news-section2/343-203/9463-canada-fish-eaters-threatened-by-fukushima-radiation>
as much nuclear radiation has been released into the ocean from
Fukushima than was released during the entire Chernobyl disaster.
*20.* One recent study concluded that a very large plume of cesium-137
from the Fukushima disaster will start flowing into U.S. coastal waters
early next year
<http://news.discovery.com/earth/oceans/fukushima-radioactive-plume-reach-us-130901.htm>...
Ocean simulations showed that the plume of radioactive cesium-137
released by the Fukushima disaster in 2011 could begin flowing into
U.S. coastal waters starting in early 2014 and peak in 2016.
*21.* It is being projected that significant levels of cesium-137 will
reach every corner of the Pacific Ocean by the year 2020
<http://www.whiotv.com/news/news/world/activist-warns-days-eating-pacific-ocean-fish-are-/nZjdK/>.
*22.* It is being projected that the entire Pacific Ocean will soon
"have cesium levels 5 to 10 times higher
<http://enenews.com/radio-fukushima-daiichi-has-contaminated-the-biggest-body-of-water-on-the-planet-whole-pacific-ocean-likely-to-have-cesium-levels-5-10-times-higher-than-at-peak-of-nuclear-bomb-tests-audio>"
than what we witnessed during the era of heavy atomic bomb testing in
the Pacific many decades ago.
*23.* The immense amounts of nuclear radiation getting into the water in
the Pacific Ocean has caused environmental activist Joe Martino to issue
the following warning
<http://www.whiotv.com/news/news/world/activist-warns-days-eating-pacific-ocean-fish-are-/nZjdK/>...
Your days of eating Pacific Ocean fish are over.
*24.* The Iodine-131, Cesium-137 and Strontium-90 that are constantly
coming from Fukushima are going to affect the health of those living the
the northern hemisphere for a very, very long time. Just consider what
Harvey Wasserman
<http://www.economicpolicyjournal.com/2013/08/the-fukushima-nightmare-gets-worse.html>
had to say about this...
Iodine-131, for example, can be ingested into the thyroid, where it
emits beta particles (electrons) that damage tissue. A plague of
damaged thyroids has already been reported among as many as 40
percent of the children in the Fukushima area. That percentage can
only go higher. In developing youngsters, it can stunt both physical
and mental growth. Among adults it causes a very wide range of
ancillary ailments, including cancer.
Strontium-90's half-life is around 29 years. It mimics calcium and
goes to our bones.
*25.* According to a recent Planet Infowars report
<http://planet.infowars.com/outdoors/california-coastline-becoming-like-dead-zone-fukushima-to-blame>,
the California coastline is being transformed into "a dead zone"...
The California coastline is becoming like a dead zone.
If you haven't been to a California beach lately, you probably don't
know that the rocks are unnaturally CLEAN -- there's hardly any
kelp, barnacles, sea urchins, etc. anymore and the tide pools are
similarly eerily devoid of crabs, snails and other scurrying signs
of life... and especially as compared to 10 -- 15 years ago when one
was wise to wear tennis shoes on a trip to the beach in order to
avoid cutting one's feet on all the STUFF of life -- broken shells,
bones, glass, driftwood, etc.
There are also days when I am hard-pressed to find even a half dozen
seagulls and/or terns on the county beach.
You can still find a few gulls trolling the picnic areas and some of
the restaurants (with outdoor seating areas) for food, of course,
but, when I think back to 10 -- 15 years ago, the skies and ALL the
beaches were literally filled with seagulls and the haunting sound
of their cries both day and night...
NOW it's unnaturally quiet.
*26.* A study conducted last year
<http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11434-012-5171-6> came
to the conclusion that radiation from the Fukushima nuclear disaster
could negatively affect human life along the west coast of North
America from Mexico to Alaska "for decades".
*27.* According to the Wall Street Journal, it is being projected
that the cleanup of Fukushima could take up to 40 years to complete
<http://blogs.wsj.com/japanrealtime/2013/08/15/fukushima-watch-tepco-finally-gets-an-official-cleanup-plan/>.
*28.* Yale Professor Charles Perrow is warning that if the cleanup
of Fukushima is not handled with 100% precision that humanity could
be threatened "for thousands of years
<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/charles-perrow/fukushima-forever_b_3941589.html>"...
Conditions in the unit 4 pool, 100 feet from the ground, are
perilous, and if any two of the rods touch it could cause a
nuclear reaction that would be uncontrollable. The radiation
emitted from all these rods, if they are not continually cool
and kept separate, would require the evacuation of surrounding
areas including Tokyo. Because of the radiation at the site the
6,375 rods in the common storage pool could not be continuously
cooled; *they would fission and all of humanity will be
threatened, for thousands of years*.
Are you starting to understand why so many people are so deeply
concerned about what is going on at Fukushima?
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