Please sign and pass this on. It's about time people woke up to the danger of 
Nuclear power and nuclear weapons. It's about time for people to realize We 
have no way to deal with spent nuclear fuel. Not even a safe way to handle 
depleted uranium. So why is the government trying to open more nuclear power 
plants? Why is the Government of Japan covering up how bad the situation is?


  
 
http://www.change.org/petitions/senators-boxer-and-feinstein-investigate-the-ongoing-danger-from-the-fukushima-nuclear-reactors/
 
Dear Friends, 
 
The situation at Fukushima Daiichi remains dire, partly for administrative 
reasons.  TEPCO, Tokyo Electric Power Co, which owns the plant and is handling 
the containment/cleanup, has subcontracted the job to 400 different companies, 
with no overall project management.  There are 7-8 layers of subcontractors, 
each layer taking a rakeoff from the huge amounts of money being poured into 
the site by the Japanese government.  Although the site was nationalized in 
June 2012, TEPCO remains in charge.  The Skilled Veterans Corps for Fukushima - 
SVCF- has called for a new law removing TEPCO from the job and putting the site 
under national control.  Their petition follows the news item about gangsters, 
who control about a third of the subcontracting companies, we have been told by 
a member of SVCF.
 
Pressure from the US to take care of this is needed, so please sign and 
disseminate the petition above.  The SVCF petition must be printed out and 
mailed in- also very helpful.
 
Peace, Carol Wolman
 
http://enenews.com/asahi-gangsters-cashing-fukushima-disaster-involved-disposal-waste
 
Title: Gangster illegally hired workers for decontamination projects
Source: AJW by The Asahi Shimbun
Author: KENJI OGATA
Date: January 31, 2013
 
    Criminal organizations are cashing in on the disaster that shook Japan 
nearly two years ago by sinking their claws into all aspects of recovery 
operations to skim off handsome profits.
 
    Police have just turned up an instance of a gang member brazenly providing 
laborers to help clean up contaminated areas in Fukushima Prefecture, and 
pocketing part of their wages. [...]
 
    “The recovery operations involve a lot of money, so they are a godsend for 
gangs that have trouble making money due to a police crackdown on gang 
activities,” a gang insider said.
 
    The man said these groups have been involved in the demolition of buildings 
and the disposal of waste in devastated areas. [...]
 
See also: Police make arrest over cleanup workers at Fukushima Daiichi -- Crime 
syndicate "allegedly participated in containment work for the damaged 
facilities"
 
http://lucian.uchicago.edu/blogs/atomicage/files/2013/02/SVCF-Petition.jpg
 
petition】Skilled Veterans’ Corps for Fukushima Appeal to the Government of Japan
 
Work at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear disaster site continues under dangerous 
conditions. The Skilled Veterans’ Corps for Fukushima (SVCF), an incorporated 
public-interest organization of seniors (60 and over), was established to 
volunteer their services, based on engineering and other technical backgrounds, 
in order to reduce radiation exposure for young workers.
 
They are moreover convinced that continuing to entrust the project to TEPCO is 
hardly acceptable as a solution. They have appealed to the Government of Japan 
to turn this into a national project in which the entire process, from bringing 
the disaster under control to decommissioning, as well as worker safety for the 
duration of the process, will be overseen by a unified management.
 
Their proposal has yet to be realized. They are now seeking signatories to a 
petition to be submitted to the Government in mid-March.
 
Please download the petition from the link, print, sign, and mail originals to 
the address given there.  
http://lucian.uchicago.edu/blogs/atomicage/files/2013/02/SVCF-Petition.jpg

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