Fukushima Watch

Fukushima Watch: Images Confirm Meltdown,

Tokyo Electric Power Co.9501.TO -2.78% said it has confirmed for the first time that the No. 1 reactor at the stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant melted down during the devastating accident four years ago. Tepco said Thursday that x-ray-like images taken inside the reactor showed that nearly all of the nuclear fuel had melted down, and Read More

Lessons From Fukushima Unheeded by Safety Regulators in Europe – Greenpeace,

The European Union’s nuclear industry has failed to draw lessons from the Fukushima plant disaster and adopt safety measures, environmental advocacy group Greenpeace said Monday. MOSCOW (Sputnik) – In March 2011, several reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in Japan suffered a meltdown as a result of a powerful earthquake and a subsequent tsunami. Hundreds of thousands of people Read More

Fukushima Not Even Close To Being Under Control,

Fukushima’s still radiating, self-perpetuating, immeasurable, and limitless, like a horrible incorrigible Doctor Who monster encounter in deep space. Fukushima will likely go down in history as the biggest cover-up of the 21st Century. Governments and corporations are not leveling with citizens about the risks and dangers; similarly, truth itself, as an ethical standard, is at Read More

Is Fukushima Getting Worse?,

by ROBERT HUNZIKER The Fukushima multiple nuclear disasters continue spewing out hot stuff like there’s no tomorrow. By all appearances, it is getting worse, out-of-control nuclear meltdowns. On June 19th Tepco reported the highest-ever readings of strontium-90 outside of the Fukushima plant ports. The readings were 1,000,000 Bq/m3 of strontium-90 at two locations near water Read More

Fukushima Accident,

Following a major earthquake, a 15-metre tsunami disabled the power supply and cooling of three Fukushima Daiichi reactors, causing a nuclear accident on 11 March 2011. All three cores largely melted in the first three days. The accident was rated 7 on the INES scale, due to high radioactive releases over days 4 to 6, Read More

Fukushima: Hawaii-Based Nonprofit Group Says “Every Single Person” They Hosted from Japan Has Had Health Problems,

Interview with Vicki Nelson, founder of Fukushima Friends (nonprofit organization which facilitates trips to Hawaii for Fukushima radiation refugees), Nuclear Hotseat hosted by Libbe HaLevy, Jun 9, 2015 (at 16:30 in): Vicki Nelson, founder of Fukushima Friends (emphasis added): We have a home that’s open for them to come and experience some time of respite and eat Read More

Fukushima Watch: Q&A on Contaminated Water,

Contaminated Water Tuesday marks three years since an earthquake and tsunami in Japan led to the world’s worst nuclear accident since Chernobyl. After a year in which leaks of contaminated water at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear-power plant made headlines, here are some questions and answers on where the issue stands: Q: Is the water problem Read More

Fukushima Watch: Early Data on Thyroid Cancer Released,

From an article in The Wall Street Journal: “A study by researchers in Fukushima prefecture found 57 minors in the prefecture have been diagnosed with thyroid cancer so far and another 46 are showing symptoms that suggest they may also have the disease. Thyroid cancer can be caused by exposure to radiation, but it’s unclear Read More