May 30, 2012

The World Nuclear Association has created an educational video “Fukushima and Chernobyl: Myth versus Reality”, which I recommend to everyone. Here’s the link… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ncm8KwxWNg Ex-Prime Minister Naoto Kan is once again apologizing for the...

What about F. Daiichi unit #4?

Are those closest to the Fukushima Daiichi situation overlooking the obvious, or is there something sinister happening? On Saturday, the Yomiuri Shimbun reported Tepco has blamed containment damaged to unit #2 as the major source of radioactive releases on March 15,...

May 28, 2012

(Saturday) Disaster Minister Goshi Hosono has personally inspected the physical integrity of SPF #4. He said he can confirm what Tepco has said about unit #4 SPF for more than 14 months…the internal building itself and new support structures under the bottom off the...

Tokyo shoots itself in the foot again!

Although it seems almost too bizarre to be true, the Tokyo government “angrily” says the WHO report on Fukushima public exposures is an unreal overestimation (Asahi Shimbun). Some of the WHO estimates are greater than the government has published, and Tokyo doesn’t...

May 25, 2012

Tokyo shoots itself in the foot again! Although it seems almost too bizarre to be true, the Tokyo government “angrily” says the WHO report on Fukushima public exposures is an unreal overestimation (Asahi Shimbun). Some of the WHO estimates are greater than the...

May 23, 2012

The World Health Organization says all Japanese Fukushima exposures to the public will not cause cancer. WHO adds that international exposures are so close to natural background that increases in cancers or other health effects are unlikely. WHO used the most...

May 21, 2012

(Saturday) During his testimony before the Diet’s Fukushima investigative panel, former minister Banri Kaieda said, “It took time to get the understanding of the prime minister,” (over an hour) of his responsibilities during a nuclear emergency. On the...

May 18, 2012

Yesterday, Banri Kaieda and Kazuo Matsunaga became the first political officials from the Kan regime to be grilled by the parliamentary Fukushima investigative panel. The testimony is important and has received major coverage by the Japanese Press. Here’s a couple...

May 16, 2012

The story of the Oi town assembly approving nuke restarts continues. This marks the first local approval of restarting nuclear operations since the Fukushima accident. The decision was not made overnight. Oi officials have been meeting since May 7 to discuss the...

May 15, 2012

Urgent : Latest Report on Fukushima Radiation out of Japan A new study on Fukushima radiation exposures and their risks has been released by the Health Physics Society of Japan. Health Physics studies the biological effects of ionizing radiation and methods of its...

May 14, 2012

The residents of Minamisoma are finding they have little support in their tsunami clean-up effort. There are precious few volunteers helping the residents remove rubble left by the giant tidal wave. It seems many potential volunteers decline to help because they fear...

Apocalyptic fantasy gets headlines in Japan

This past week, Doomsday prophecies have spread around the world concerning Spent Fuel Pool #4 at Fukushima Daiichi. Tepco has issued statements contradicting the apocalyptic rumors, but it seems no news media source is listening to them. On Thursday, Asahi Shimbun...

May 11, 2012

Apocalyptic fantasy gets headlines in Japan This past week, Doomsday prophecies have spread around the world concerning Spent Fuel Pool #4 at Fukushima Daiichi. Tepco has issued statements contradicting the apocalyptic rumors, but it seems no news media source is...

May 9, 2012

Fukushima held an un-announced nuclear emergency drill on Monday. The scenario was very similar to what happened on March 11, 2011…a serious earthquake followed by huge tsunami hitting Fukushima Daiichi. The drill was for all municipalities in the prefecture and to...
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