#FukuFighters International Weekly News Round Up 12.27.2019

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The end of the year doesn't mean the end of the #Fukushima news, far from it!  Find out more about the forever problem for yourself, step-by-step:

 

STEP 1 EDUCATE & SAFEGUARD

The debate about what to do with the thousands of gallons of radioactive waste water stored at #Fukushima Daiichi has gone on for years but the ones in charge are edging ever closer to dumping OR evaporation, neither of which is acceptable:

https://apnews.com/e60f93b7f7de2ff7b5b015fb5167dd9b

But there may be a new way to remove some of the radionuclides using shock vibrations, let’s hope it’s put to use there soon:

https://newatlas.com/science/nuclear-reactor-contaminants-removal-waste-water/

STEP 2 EVACUATE #FUKUSHIMA NOW

They’ve been testing beef from #Fukushima Prefecture for radiation since the nuclear disaster began but now they’re cutting back on blanket tests in favor of random ones.  Do you still want to take the risk by eating it?

http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201912240049.html

STEP 3 CONTROL & CONTAIN

TEPCO doesn’t have a plan but rather a roadmap to cleaning up the #FukushimaDaiichi plant site and it’s ever-changing from now until eternity apparently:

https://www.news4jax.com/business/2019/12/27/japan-revises-fukushima-cleanup-plan-delays-key-steps/?outputType=amp

STEP 4 NUCLEAR POWER IS OVER

India’s official view on nuclear energy and its false “safety culture” dangerously mirrors that of Japan’s before #Fukushima happened.  Don’t believe me?  Read this study for yourself and you’ll see:

https://www.academia.edu/37281277/The_Fukushima_Disaster_and_the_Framing_of_Nuclear_Energy_in_India?email_work_card=view-paper

HEY #FUKUFIGHTERS!

Most people never heard the story of Sister Megan Rice and her Plowshares associates who went to jail protesting nuclear bomb building but to me, it’s one of the most important ones in  anti-nuclear history.  Hear the amazing tale from Sister Megan herself in this week’s episode of the Nuclear Hotseat Podcast with Libbe HaLevy:

http://nuclearhotseat.com/2019/12/24/anti-nuclear-peace-nun-sister-megan-rice-of-plowshares/

#FukuFighters International Weekly News Round Up 12.20.2019

幸せな休日!

This holiday season, give the gift of knowledge because the flow of #FukushimaNews is never ending!  Drop these links in your circle's stockings, step-by-step:

 

STEP 1 EDUCATE & SAFEGUARD

TEPCO pays minimal damages in lawsuit to victims of the #FukushimaNuclearDisaster as once again, the nuclear bad guys circle the wagons:

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20191218/p2a/00m/0na/006000c

STEP 2 EVACUATE #FUKUSHIMA NOW

When a New Yorker reporter recently went to #Fukushima to ask if nuclear energy has a future, she found that the reality of the people living there speaks for itself (please note the author of the article is an Abe Fellowship recipient so policy conflict of interest risk exists):

https://www.newyorker.com/news/dispatch/is-nuclear-power-worth-the-risk

STEP 3 CONTROL & CONTAIN

Soil remediation as a result of #FukushimaRadiation shows that we in science- project-on-a-macro-level territory:

https://phys.org/news/2019-12-fukushima-lessons-extraordinary-case-soil.html

STEP 4 NUCLEAR POWER IS OVER

It's the beginning of the end of the nuclear era in Switzerland as they make good on their pledge to take all their reactors offline begins:

https://uk.reuters.com/article/us-swiss-nuclearpower/switzerland-switches-off-nuclear-plant-as-it-begins-exit-from-atomic-power-idUKKBN1YO19J

HEY #FUKUFIGHTERS!

If you missed my #FukuFriday show last week, you missed out on all the presents I gave!  I’ll make it up to you with this one - SUBSCRIBE to Robert Cherwink’s The OCNuke Daily info blog.  It’s free and loaded with tons of global articles about #Fukushima and beyond:

https://paper.li/r_cherwink/1333508288?edition_id=80a91810-2268-11ea-a9ac-0cc47a0d164b#/

#FukuFighters International Weekly News Round Up 12.13.2019

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As the year comes to a close, it's time to reflect on how we're going to shut every nuclear plant down in order to avoid ANOTHER #Fukushima/Chernobyl/Three Mile Island event.  Luckily there's a path to follow, step-by-step:

 

STEP 1 EDUCATE & SAFEGUARD

Blame for the aftermath of the #FukushimaNuclearDisaster has shifted from TEPCO to the J-Gov as courts find the response partially responsible for the bungle job:

https://stockdailydish.com/fukushima-japan-court-finds-government-liable-for-nuclear-disaster/

STEP 2 EVACUATE #FUKUSHIMA NOW

As we creep ever closer to the start of the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, the real stories of recovery aren’t being told but rather washed over in the rush to gold:

https://www.foxsports.com/olympics/story/tokyo-being-billed-as-recovery-olympics-but-not-for-all-121319

STEP 3 CONTROL & CONTAIN

TEPCO Mangles A Fuel Rod At Fukushima Daiichi Reactor 6 - but don’t worry, they’ve got it under control there, right?

http://www.simplyinfo.org/?p=17818

STEP 4 NUCLEAR POWER IS OVER

Whenever the nuclear power industry is ready to get serious about the waste issue, it would be a welcome reprieve from the excuses we’ve gotten during the entirety of the atomic age:

https://www.dw.com/en/what-happens-to-nuclear-waste-from-power-plants/a-51216359

HEY #FUKUFIGHTERS!

If you haven’t been over to our website’s Helpful Links section lately, now is the time to get caught up!  The most comprehensive list of #Fukushima related sites on the web is available 24/7 for your resource needs:

http://www.operationsavetheearth.com/helpful-links/

#FukuFighters International Weekly News Round Up 12.06.2019

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Less than a year away from the start of the Summer Olympics in Tokyo and radiation fears show up in real time.  Read all about it and much more step-by-step:

STEP 1 EDUCATE & SAFEGUARD

Falsification of documentation about the #FukushimaNuclearDisaster took place according to the Nuclear Regulatory Agency in Japan, shady much TEPCO?

http://www.ourplanet-tv.org/?q=node/2450

STEP 2 EVACUATE #FUKUSHIMA NOW

Greenpeace Japan finds radiation in areas around the start of the Olympic torch relay so TEPCO has to clean it up.  I wonder how many more times this is going to happen before #Tokyo2020?

http://news.trust.org/item/20191204065654-n7xs5/

STEP 3 CONTROL & CONTAIN

Reactor 1 containment is in question after TEPCO released new photos showing how all the paint on the unit melted off in 2011:

https://www.simplyinfo.org/?p=17803

And robots in Reactor 2 show that high radiation is going to force TEPCO to rethink using robotics to help with the clean up process altogether:

https://insiderfinancial.net/extremely-high-radiation-breaks-down-fukushima-clean-up-robot-at-damaged-nuclear-reactor.html

STEP 4 NUCLEAR POWER IS OVER

In case you were looking for clarification, Pope Francis is AGAINST nuclear power unless safety can be fully guaranteed.  Since that’s technically impossible, you do the math:

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20191127/p2g/00m/0in/004000c

HEY #FUKUFIGHTERS!

Like ‘hibakusha’ survivors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the stories told by the next generation of #Fukushima survivors will resonate for decades to come.  It’s up to us to support those storytellers like this high schooler with a vision in Japan:

https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/backstories/751/

#FukuFighters International Weekly News Round Up 11.29.2019

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The Pope's visit to Japan this week had an anti-nuclear tone which struck a chord with the people but not the nuclear power industry!  Read all about their latest shenanigans this week for yourself, step-by-step:

 

STEP 1 EDUCATE & SAFEGUARD

Nuclear energy providers in Japan picked up a win this week with a pre-start approval for the Onagawa plant that like #FukushimaDaiichi in 2011 was damaged by the tsunami (they still need local support from residents so don’t bet on it going down easy!):

https://af.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idAFKBN1Y10IR

STEP 2 EVACUATE #FUKUSHIMA NOW

Despite claims of safety, the Olympic Committee in Japan has to figure out if they should serve #Fukushima food stuffs at the Games next year in Tokyo or not:

https://japantoday.com/category/national/japan-grapples-with-serving-fukushima-food-at-olympics?

STEP 3 CONTROL & CONTAIN

Each reactor that melted down at #FukushimaDaiichi has it’s own unique set of long-term problems that all began with how things went down during the early days of the disaster.  Case in point - Reactor 2’s venting issues: 

https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20191129_01/

STEP 4 NUCLEAR POWER IS OVER

Mainstream media is always quick to point out how China is so pro-nuke all the time but the reality is they are shifting (like everybody else) to renewable energy solutions more:

https://www.pv-magazine.com/2019/11/15/chinas-nuclear-operator-to-develop-1-gw-solar-field/

HEY #FUKUFIGHTERS!

If you’re on Twitter then you know that’s where a lot of #FukuFighters put out frontline information about the #FukushimaNuclearDisaster all the time.  I always say it’s best to go to the direct sources if you can and now with translatable content, it’s easier than ever to get a fully formed picture of the reality there in Japan versus the cover up version.  Click the link below and follow OurPlanetTV in Japan to be in the know each and every week:

https://twitter.com/OurPlanetTV

#FukuFighters International Weekly News Round Up 11.22.2019

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Consciousness about the #FukushimaNuclearDisaster is growing day by day.  You can keep up with all the latest and help the process along by sharing the information below, step-by-step:

STEP 1 EDUCATE & SAFEGUARD

The J-Gov is going off of ‘estimates’ to determine the safety of contaminated water at the Daiichi site to be released into the Pacific Ocean.  I’d feel a lot better if they had EXACT measurements to go by but how else can they dodge liability later when something goes horribly wrong?

https://japantoday.com/category/national/gov%27t-says-safe-to-release-contaminated-fukushima-water-into-ocean?

STEP 2 EVACUATE #FUKUSHIMA NOW

Pope Francis is visiting Japan this week with a pointed message about nuclear weapon abolishment and will visit folks in #Fukushima as well:

https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-pope-japan/pope-urges-abolition-of-nuclear-weapons-at-nagasaki-ground-zero-idUKKBN1XX0PI

STEP 3 CONTROL & CONTAIN

Your best source to find out the latest status at the #FukushimaDaiichi plant itself isn’t TEPCO, it’s FukuLeaks dot org, a trusted #FukuFighter resource:

http://www.simplyinfo.org/?p=17757

STEP 4 NUCLEAR POWER IS OVER

How we stop nuclear power dead in it’s tracks is by not allowing one more plant to be built.  It’s an international cause that begins with individuals in our communities:

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20191115/p2a/00m/0na/010000c

HEY #FUKUFIGHTERS!

A feature film about the #FukushimaNuclearDisaster is coming soon to a screen near you thanks to a new distribution deal and I’m excited that the WHOLE story of those first few days of the crisis is finally going to be shown to everyone.  Once people see the impact the radiation really had on U.S. troops and victims there in Japan, I think attitudes about it are going to change drastically:

https://www.cinra.net/news/20191119-fukushima50

#FukuFighters International Weekly News Round Up 11.15.2019

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With the global tide turned against nuclear energy, their propaganda machine is turned up to 11.  It doesn't change the TRUTH from coming out as you'll see, step-by-step:

 

STEP 1 EDUCATE & SAFEGUARD

Pope Francis is going to Japan specifically to take a stand against nuclear proliferation and weaponry.  This is what leaders do:

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-pope-asia/pope-francis-to-take-anti-nuclear-mission-to-japans-ground-zeros-idUSKBN1XR0BV

STEP 2 EVACUATE #FUKUSHIMA NOW

Run this link thru your Google Chrome browser and read how cancer reoccurrence in #FukushimaPrefecture is just as bad as we’d suspected and how TEPCO is going to paying out on this forever:

http://www.ourplanet-tv.org/?q=node/2405

STEP 3 CONTROL & CONTAIN

Looking for a quick update on how things have been going at #FukushimaDaiichi that you can share with your circles?  Look no further:

https://thebulletin.org/2019/11/an-update-from-fukushima-and-the-challenges-that-remain-there/

STEP 4 NUCLEAR POWER IS OVER

When they say shutting down nukes will take away jobs, they’re not telling the whole story about how REAL green energy is changing the game when it comes to job creation:

https://www.theladders.com/career-advice/this-industry-now-employs-4-of-the-population-outpacing-fossil-fuel-jobs-tenfold

HEY #FUKUFIGHTERS!

When it comes to battling the nuclear powers-that-be, it’s always best to follow the money then squeeze the flow until it stops.  One way you can do this is take note of which Universities support nuclear technology development and putting pressure on them to stop.  After all, they’re selling a false future to the next generation when we should be looking for better, safer alternatives to energy production:

https://universities.icanw.org/universities_list?mc_cid=342f147cab&mc_eid=24bf8de70f

#FukuFighters International Weekly News Round Up 11.08.2019

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Over 3000 days later, the situation in #Fukushima is not good but the tide has turned against nuclear there despite the industry's worst efforts to stay float.  Find out more about it step-by-step:

STEP 1 EDUCATE & SAFEGUARD

In 2011 when the Japanese Women’s Soccer Team pulled off the upset in a scrappy World Cup finals win over Team USA, it was with the spirit of #Fukushima on their backs.  Now they are being asked to literally do it all over again by leading off the #Tokyo2020 Olympics torch relay IN #Fukushima:  

https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2019/11/b6b2dcfae21a-olympics-womens-soccer-champions-being-eyed-to-open-japan-torch-relay.html

STEP 2 EVACUATE #FUKUSHIMA NOW

The folks stuck living close to the #FukushimaDaiichi nuclear plant may not have much to cheer about but at least they can get fried chicken flown in so there’s that:

https://stockdailydish.com/drone-delivers-fried-chicken-to-nuclear-disaster-zone/

STEP 3 CONTROL & CONTAIN

8 years since the #FukushimaNuclearDisaster began and evidence of what I’ve been saying all along has come to light.  Things are getting worse at stricken plant site, not better.  #thanksTEPCO

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20191107/p2a/00m/0na/025000c

https://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0006141950?fp=fda93ff11a716b7448ec76093848fb86

STEP 4 NUCLEAR POWER IS OVER

REAL renewable energy options in Japan are literally replacing nuclear in #Fukushima out of necessity.  If that’s not evidence of STEP 4 becoming a reality I don’t what is:

https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Energy/Fukushima-to-be-reborn-as-2.7bn-wind-and-solar-power-hub

HEY #FUKUFIGHTERS!

It has been 40 years since the #ThreeMileIsland nuclear crisis began and the whole story still remains to be told to this day.  There’s a new documentary that’s trying to raise funds to do just that and we should all get behind it in anyway we can.  Go to their website and see what they’re working on right now:

https://www.accidentscanhappenthefilm.com/

#FukuFighters International Weekly News Round Up 11.01.2019

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One thing that hasn't changed since March 2011 - radiation keeps leaking and news keeps breaking about what's happening at #Fukushima.  Find out more for yourself, step-by-step:

 

STEP 1 EDUCATE & SAFEGUARD

The official word out of Japan says there were 91 radioactive sacks of #Fukushima waste washed away during the typhoon last month.  That’s officially 91 sacks too many!

https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20191103_02/

Speaking of too many, restrictions on food exports to the E.U. are being lifted and I can tell you right now there are things on this list I wouldn’t touch with a 10 foot geiger counter:

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20191030/p2g/00m/0bu/005000c

STEP 2 EVACUATE #FUKUSHIMA NOW

Even with some areas closed off for high radiation, #Fukushima Prefecture struggles on to rebuild from the worst nuclear disaster that is 3000+ days ongoing:

https://www.bbc.com/sport/olympics/50220295

What will things look like there in 20 years though?  Some citizens have done the work to show the reality of the situation today:

http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201911030001.html

STEP 3 CONTROL & CONTAIN

Even Pope Francis knows that this ongoing crisis needs global attention so he’s stepping up to be there for the victims:

https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/pope-francis-to-meet-victims-of-japans-2011-triple-disaster-45424

STEP 4 NUCLEAR POWER IS OVER

Japan pushes for a U.N. resolution to end nuclear weapons but the U.S. isn’t down with that, no surprise why:

https://japantoday.com/category/politics/update1-u.n.-panel-adopts-japan%27s-anti-nuke-resolution-u.s.-abstains?

HEY #FUKUFIGHTERS!

Are you STILL not on @Twitter for some reason?  Oh #FukuFighter, this isn’t 2008!  If you’re not on Twitter yet, how can you keep up with all the latest #Fukushima news?  Please sign up for this free social media app today and start following trusted sources like @fukushima_actu, @wakeupnowbe and @microcarpa1.  Knowledge is power!

#FukuFighters International Weekly News Round Up 10.25.2019

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History is doomed to repeat itself without knowledge and understanding of how to change it.  With the links below, you too can learn how we can change history together, step-by-step: 

STEP 1 EDUCATE & SAFEGUARD

If you don’t know what the “Hydrangea” movement in Japan is, now is a good time to find out!  The whole reason why there is an Operation SAVE the Earth at all is because of these "ordinary citizen" heroes:

https://www.politika.io/fr/notice/from-jasmine-to-hydrangea-antinuclear-movement-in-japan-after-the-catastrophe-of-fukushima

STEP 2 EVACUATE #FUKUSHIMA NOW

Read about the real story of those sacks #Fukushima fallout debris lining the countryside in Japan.  The longer we let it all sit, the longer it stays a festering problem:

https://apjjf.org/2019/19/Kirby.html

STEP 3 CONTROL & CONTAIN

Did somebody say ‘data’?  When it comes to the #FukushimaNuclearDisaster, it turns out that real data is in shorter supply than radioactive hot particles in the region!  At least someone is trying to correct that:

http://ens-newswire.com/2019/10/22/highly-radioactive-particles-from-fukushima-mapped/

STEP 4 NUCLEAR POWER IS OVER

What if there was a way to stop a nuclear meltdown before it becomes a China Syndrome-like problem?  New technology may do just that pending more testing!

https://physicsworld.com/a/how-to-stop-a-nuclear-meltdown-by-leavening-the-reactor-core-like-a-loaf-of-bread/

HEY #FUKUFIGHTERS!

Citizen scientists and activists are changing the world more and more every day.  You can not only learn a lot from them, you can join them!  Check out the links at our website to see who is moving the needle towards a world that is nuke-zero:

http://www.operationsavetheearth.com/helpful-links/

#FukuFighters International Weekly News Round Up 10.18.2019

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Super Typhoon Hagibis left devastation and worry in it's wake this week in Japan.  See how it impacts things in #Fukushima Prefecture for yourself, step-by-step:

 

STEP 1 EDUCATE & SAFEGUARD

The top story of the week - Typhoon Hagibis exposes how vulnerable the situation is with radioactive waste storage there in Japan:

https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3795303

STEP 2 EVACUATE #FUKUSHIMA NOW

For those who’ve endured living in #Fukushima Prefecture since 2011, the devastation of last week’s flooding may have been the proverbial last straw:

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-asia-storm-japan/japanese-flood-disaster-frays-resilience-of-elderly-victims-idUSKBN1WV02F

STEP 3 CONTROL & CONTAIN

Cesium-rich micro particles were released during the early days of the #FukushimaNuclearDisaster and only now do we know

https://www.miragenews.com/distribution-and-origin-of-highly-radioactive-microparticles-in-fukushima-revealed/

STEP 4 NUCLEAR POWER IS OVER

Ever wonder what it would REALLY be like if a nuclear bomb went off in your city?  Watch this animatic and see for yourself - everybody loses when that happens:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iPH-br_eJQ

HEY #FUKUFIGHTERS!

Disaster relief efforts for victims of Typhoon Hagibis are underway and international agencies stand at the ready to help.  Click the links below and give what you can to help those in need:

https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/singapore-disaster-relief-agency-mercy-relief-starts-public-fund-raising-drive-for-typhoon

https://www.savethechildren.org/us/what-we-do/emergency-response/typhoon-hagibis-facts-faqs-and-how-to-help

#FukuFighters International Weekly Round Up 10.11.2019

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The typhoon that wreaked havoc on the main island of Japan this week showed how vulnerable we are in the face of climate change.  Find out how the high waters effected things at #Fukushima Daiichi step-by-step:

 

STEP 1 EDUCATE & SAFEGUARD

The state of our nuclear world is examined in this video discussion.  Who’s got the weapons and how can we dismantle them all?

https://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/insidestory/2019/09/hopes-nuclear-free-world-realistic-190926174725740.html

STEP 2 EVACUATE #FUKUSHIMA NOW

A new mini-documentary gives you a snapshot of what things are (still) like in #Fukushima Japan 8 years after the nuclear disaster began:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDvKkG1FTbU

STEP 3 CONTROL & CONTAIN

In case you were wondering about the impact Typhoon Hagibis in Japan would have on the #Fukushima Daiichi plant site, Fukuleaks dotorg has you covered on the latest info about it:

http://www.simplyinfo.org/?p=17640

http://www.simplyinfo.org/?p=17593

STEP 4 NUCLEAR POWER IS OVER

In Germany, they’re liquidating their nuclear assets because they know there is no future on old tech:

https://apnews.com/f8a221a2d68c48fb8a269fa573d9dea7

HEY #FUKUFIGHTERS!

We often talk about the ’nuclear coverup’ by the media but one aspect of it people don’t know much about is how the powers that be in Hollywood have been involved with that pretty much from the jump.  Hear about it more in this recent Nuclear Hotseat exclusive interview!

http://nuclearhotseat.com/2019/09/18/nuclear-hollywood-exposed-secret-government-film-studio-lookout-mountain-uncovered-in-new-book-kevin-hamilton-ned-ogorman-nh-430/

#FukuFighters International Weekly News Round Up 10.04.2019

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They say the devil is in the details and that is definitely the case when it comes to nuclear energy.  Find out why this week, step-by-step:

 

STEP 1 EDUCATE & SAFEGUARD

Fishery products from previously banned areas in Japan will soon be accepted by the European Union.  Keep that in mind next time you’re traveling:

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/06/business/eu-ease-post-fukushima-restrictions-japanese-food-imports-possibly-yearend/#.XZpnSOdKjOQ

STEP 2 EVACUATE #FUKUSHIMA NOW

Residents displaced by the #FukushimaNuclearDisaster do not accept the acquittal of TEPCO execs in recent court proceedings and have filed an appeal:

http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201910010047.html

STEP 3 CONTROL & CONTAIN

Leave it to a French source to deliver key info about the dire water situation at #FukushimaDaiichi that most other mainstream outlets aren’t reporting:

https://actu.orange.fr/societe/environnement/l-eau-radioactive-de-fukushima-un-casse-tete-pour-le-monde-nucleaire-CNT000001jKaql/photos/un-employe-de-la-compagnie-d-electricite-mesureles-taux-de-radiation-autour-des-citernes-contenant-de-l-eau-contaminee-par-la-radioactivite-a-la-centrale-nucleaire-de-fukushima-le-27-juillet-2018-a-okuma-au-japon-7d72a6d2b387011064608479d7a35059.html

STEP 4 NUCLEAR POWER IS OVER

When Marie Curie died from radiation exposure in France in the 1930’s, the ‘cleaning up’ of all the toxic materials left behind has been an issue ever since.  Nuclear waste is the gift that keeps on giving!  

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-08-28/france-is-still-cleaning-up-marie-curie-s-nuclear-waste?link_id=10&can_id=7fb1049b9f96a61c9bd97c921f488346&source=email-sunflower-newsletter-september-2019&email_referrer=email_606648&email_subject=sunflower-newsletter-september-2019

HEY #FUKUFIGHTERS!

Nuclear issues come up all the time in congress but you never hear about them and that’s by design!  Contact your state representatives via the web and let them know we need a LOT more oversight than what is being proposed in this latest incarnation of the ‘mobile Chernobyl’ bill that’s in the pipeline right now:

https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/2699

#FukuFighters International Weekly News Round Up 09.27.2019

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Protesting on Friday for a better future is a real thing nowadays and it all began in 2011 thanks to a few concerned citizens in Japan who stuck with it week after week. Find out why for yourself, step-by-step:

 

STEP 1 EDUCATE & SAFEGUARD

The lunacy of the #Tokyo2020 continues as the head of the IOC has to try and convince everyone that the food will be safe enough to eat for visiting athletes post-#Fukushima.  He wouldn’t have had to if Turkey had won the bid for the Games now would he? 

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20190924/p2g/00m/0sp/062000c

STEP 2 EVACUATE #FUKUSHIMA NOW

In an effort to show South Korea that it’s ’not that bad’ in #Fukushima Prefecture, they’ve taken to posting ’safe’ numbers at the Japanese embassy:

http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201909260023.html

Maybe they should try posting the REAL numbers as measured by #FukuFighter kienaiyoru:

https://www.youtube.com/user/kienaiyoru/featured

STEP 3 CONTROL & CONTAIN

It’s not just South Korea that’s justifiably concerned about TEPCO’s plan to dump #Fukushima waste water into the Pacific.  Taiwan weighs in on the scandal:

https://www.asiatimes.com/2019/09/article/taiwan-warns-japan-over-radioactive-water-release/

STEP 4 NUCLEAR POWER IS OVER

Corruption within the ranks of the nuclear power industry is slowly strangling it to death.  Soon they won’t even need us to call for their heads because they will have already rolled:

https://japantoday.com/category/business/sales-at-company-linked-to-kansai-electric-surge-on-nuclear-projects?

HEY #FUKUFIGHTERS!

Art inspired by life is one of the greatest gifts mankind has and what happened on 3.11.2011 has inspired many works - paintings, documentaries, songs and theater pieces.  Another new one is coming soon to a boards of North Carolina’s Women’s Theatre Festival so if you’re in the area, don’t miss it!

https://www.broadwayworld.com/raleigh/article/WTF-Presents-WATERS-RISE-20190924

#FukuFighters International Weekly News Round Up 09.20.2019

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Kids all around the world are trying to make the climate safe for everybody but they may not have all the facts about #Fukushima at hand yet.  Here are the top stories of the week, step-by-step:

 

STEP 1 EDUCATE & SAFEGUARD

TEPCO execs getting off the hook for liability in the #FukushimaNuclearDisaster has everyone asking who is going to take responsibility:

https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/backstories/685/

STEP 2 EVACUATE #FUKUSHIMA NOW

Fishermen and residents from #Fukushima know that TEPCO’s water dumping plan will not help them and they don’t like that politics are being played at their expense:

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/sep/16/fukushima-fisherman-fear-for-future-over-release-of-radioactive-water

https://japantoday.com/category/national/%27too-awful%27-anger-at-acquittals-in-fukushima-case?

STEP 3 CONTROL & CONTAIN

The radioactive water issue at the #FukushimaDaiichi plant site is not a new one and calls for independent studies and data regarding the toxicity of the water itself is not forthcoming:

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/apr/13/is-it-safe-to-dump-fukushima-waste-into-the-sea

STEP 4 NUCLEAR POWER IS OVER

40 years after Three Mile Island became a part of our cultural vernacular, it finally closes down.  Now comes the clean up:

https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20190922_03/

HEY #FUKUFIGHTERS!

Thousands joined the Climate Strike March this week spearheaded by Greta Thunberg and the youth of the world as the demand for action in the fight to save the planet rises.  Their argument is the same as ours - believe the data!  We’ve got the resources to believe in too:

http://www.simplyinfo.org/?p=17552

https://www.fairewinds.org/demystify/russian-nuclear-explosion-what-happened-to-five-nuclear-engineers

#FukuFighters International Weekly News Round Up 09.13.2019

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Mainstream media finally paid attention to the water issue at #FukushimaDaiichi this week but they missed the real stories you need to know about.  Be smarter than the average so-called journalist by clicking the links below, step-by-step:

 

STEP 1 EDUCATE & SAFEGUARD

Here’s the REAL top story of the week, the Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) in Japan is re-opening the case on how the #FukushimaNuclearDisaster was handled from the beginning:

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-japan-fukushima-reinvestigation/japan-regulator-to-re-investigate-fukushima-nuclear-disaster-idUSKCN1VW0PJ

STEP 2 EVACUATE #FUKUSHIMA NOW

Since food from #Fukushima Prefecture is still limited as an export, the local government is trying to start up a new industry, flying cars?

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/09/13/business/fukushima-flying-cars/#.XX6d5pNKjOQ

STEP 3 CONTROL & CONTAIN

Everybody is talking about #Fukushima waste water, 8 years after they SHOULD’VE started talking about it:

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/09/10/national/japan-dump-contaminated-water-fukushima-nuclear-plant-pacific-says-minister/#.XX6Y2ZNKjOQ

STEP 4 NUCLEAR POWER IS OVER

Japan has a new Environment Minister, the son of a former PM who thinks it’s time to talk about decommissioning, not rebuilding it’s nuclear energy fleet:

https://japantoday.com/category/politics/update1-koizumi-seeks-further-innovation-in-japan-to-fight-climate-change?

HEY #FUKUFIGHTERS!

Normally I regard Sputnik News as an outlier for real facts about #FukushimaDaiichi but when the expert they’re interviewing is one of the original #FukuFighters, Christina Consolo that automatically makes it required reading:

https://sputniknews.com/analysis/201909141076799327-fukushima-disaster-puts-japan-in-nuclear-limbo-ahead-of-2020-tokyo-olympics---pundit/

#FukuFighters International Weekly News Round Up 09.06.2019

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STEP 1 EDUCATE & SAFEGUARD

As the trade battle between Japan and South Korea heats up, concerns about #FukushimaRadiation take center stage.  Will the international community step up and listen?

http://www.businesskorea.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=35756

STEP 2 EVACUATE #FUKUSHIMA NOW

Some good news out of Japan finally as 19 year old swimming superstar Rikako Ikee made a public appearance this week while she battles against leukemia.  Let’s hope she bucks the odds and is able to return to the sport she loves and shows that exposure to #FukushimaRadiation doesn’t necessarily mean a death sentence: 

https://japantoday.com/category/sports/swimming-ikee-makes-1st-public-appearance-since-leukemia-diagnosis?

STEP 3 CONTROL & CONTAIN

Radioactive gas was released during the #FukushimaNuclearDisaster?  That’s what Japan’s own NRA is trying to find out at the Daiichi site, 8 years later:

https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20190904_35/

STEP 4 NUCLEAR POWER IS OVER

After years of declining prices and demand, the nuclear industry is now desperate for a lifeline from the U.S. gov’t.  Trump is dumb enough to bail them out too, unless we put a stop to it!

https://news.yahoo.com/nuclear-industry-urges-trump-revive-223323686.html

HEY #FUKUFIGHTERS!

It’s important that we stick together in this fight to end the nuclear era and the best way to do that is to subscribe to each other’s websites, podcasts and blogs.  One that I turn to often is Robert Cherwink’s #OccupyNuclear Daily news blog because he posts a lot of international stuff that normally slips thru the cracks here in the U.S.  It’s super easy to get your daily dose, just click the link below:

https://paper.li/r_cherwink/1333508288#/

#FukuFighters International Weekly News Round Up 08.30.2019

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Young and old alike are starting to understand the gravity of the 70 year nuclear lie.  It's up to all of us to bear witness to the truth about radiation, step-by-step:

 

STEP 1 EDUCATE & SAFEGUARD

The existence of “closed cities” in Russia due to nuclear testing explains a lot about how that country has been handling it’s nuclear “incidents” of late:

https://home.nzcity.co.nz/news/article.aspx?id=296324

STEP 2 EVACUATE #FUKUSHIMA NOW

“Our government has abandoned us” - hear another man’s story of the #FukushimaNuclearDisaster’s tragic aftermath in their hometown of Iitate:

https://www.greenpeace.org/international/story/23925/fukushima-tragedy-the-day-of-black-snow/

STEP 3 CONTROL & CONTAIN

South Korea just released a list of radioactive food including candy and coffee received from Japan over the past 5 years.  Still believe everything is ‘under control’ in #Fukushima?

http://world.kbs.co.kr/service/news_view.htm?lang=e&Seq_Code=147762

STEP 4 NUCLEAR POWER IS OVER

Nobody circles the wagons like the nuclear power industry but now in Japan, the major nuclear vendors have to because of #Fukushima and rising costs:

https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Energy/Japan-takes-tentative-step-toward-jointly-run-nuclear-plants

HEY #FUKUFIGHTERS!

Did you know that there’s a mobile app game based on the #FukushimaNuclearDisaster?  Last Battle: Fukushimon is available on most phone platforms to play as treacherous #Fukushima fruit springs to life and must be stopped!  (Why Donald Trump is the protagonist is anyone’s guess tho) Unfortunately there isn’t a way to triumph over TEPCO in the game (yet) but at least you can divert some of your time away from the real work to play and let your peeps know about:

https://www.gamasutra.com/view/pressreleases/349378/The_Fukushima_disaster_inspires_the_game_Last_Battle.php

#FukuFighters International Weekly News Round Up 08.23.2019

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The nuclear issues we're facing are coming to a head, what that means for the planet remains to be seen.  Find out more about it all step-by-step:

 

STEP 1 EDUCATE & SAFEGUARD

South Korea is officially not playing around with Japan anymore about radiation OR the Olympics:

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-08-20/fukushima-radiation-becomes-latest-japan-south-korea-sore-point

Meanwhile the recent nuclear “incident” in Russia just gets weirder and weirder by the day.  Blaming #Fukushima fish for radioisotope detection instead of admitting the truth?

https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/24/europe/russia-fukushima-crabs-intl/index.html

STEP 2 EVACUATE #FUKUSHIMA NOW

While we applaud the need to step up relief efforts for moms in #Fukushima, stopping medical testing altogether just 8 years later seems premature to say the least!

https://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0005952743

STEP 3 CONTROL & CONTAIN

At least one nuclear Greenpeace specialist agrees with us, not all places in #Fukushima are safe for the 2020 Olympic Games:

http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20190821000749

http://www.arirang.co.kr/News/News_View.asp?nseq=242896

STEP 4 NUCLEAR POWER IS OVER

Isn’t it ironic that while tourists are flocking to nuclear sites like #Chernobyl for their vacations, kids from the region are going anyplace but there for theirs:

https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/chernobyl-children-been-visiting-cornwall-3233390

HEY #FUKUFIGHTERS!

Educating our circles about #Fukushima and #Chernobyl is a good start but what about the other nuclear disasters they’ve never heard of?  Check out this report about the Kyshtym disaster and inform everyone that there is a pattern in place when these things happen - a pattern that we have to break:

http://mentalfloss.com/article/71026/kyshtym-disaster-largest-nuclear-disaster-youve-never-heard

#FukuFighters International Weekly News Round Up 08.16.2019

 

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If there's any hope for the future, we have to act now and show the next generations how to follow suit, step-by-step:

 

STEP 1 EDUCATE & SAFEGUARD

Radioactive waste water at #FukushimaDaiichi needs to go somewhere but local Japanese fishermen agree with South Korea, don’t dump it into the sea just yet!

http://www.hani.co.kr/arti/english_edition/e_editorial/905878.html

http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2019/08/356_273826.html

STEP 2 EVACUATE #FUKUSHIMA NOW

To the people in Aomori Prefecture, learn the lesson that the people of #Fukushima had to learn already, DON’T TRUST TEPCO!

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/08/09/business/corporate-business/tepco-three-companies-considering-joint-firm-build-nuclear-power-plant-aomori/#.XVo2mpNKjOQ

STEP 3 CONTROL & CONTAIN

TEPCO can pay it’s shareholders but it can’t pay compensation to families of workers who’ve gotten sick at the Daiichi site, shameful:

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20190812/p2g/00m/0dm/002000c

STEP 4 NUCLEAR POWER IS OVER

Cost vs. demand, that’s where nuclear energy is ultimately failing and will continue to do so as long as we say so:

https://amazingherald.com/nuclear-reactor-construction-market-2/

http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201908120062.html

HEY #FUKUFIGHTERS!

I’ve been supporting Nuclear Hotseat for years with a small donation every month because to me, the content that Libbe HaLevy puts together every week for us is worth it.  If you haven’t offered your support to this #FukuFighter resource yet, you should! Take a listen to this week’s important episode and see why for yourself.

http://nuclearhotseat.com/2019/08/15/russia-nukes-itself-hiroshima-nagasaki-peace-activism-today-tsukuru-fors-lauritsen-setsuko-thurlow-of-ican-nh-425/#prettyPhoto

#FukuFighters International Weekly News Round Up 08.09.2019

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Why wait 33 years for another #Chernobyl style HBO series when you can watch the #FukushimaNuclearDisaster unfold in real time?  We show you how every week, step-by-step:

 

STEP 1 EDUCATE & SAFEGUARD

We’ve been talking about the radioactive waste water at #FukushimaDaiichi for YEARS and now it looks like there’s only 3 years left before we reach the breaking point:

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20190809/p2g/00m/0dm/085000c

STEP 2 EVACUATE #FUKUSHIMA NOW

Another step in the ‘everything’s fine’ narrative in #FukushimaDaiichi is on the farming front.  Notice how the calf in the article’s picture is reluctant to be a part of the propaganda:

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20190725/p2a/00m/0na/011000c

STEP 3 CONTROL & CONTAIN

Piece by piece, the entire site at #FukushimaDaiichi needs to be disassembled.  This smoke stack is just the beginning:

http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201908020037.html

STEP 4 NUCLEAR POWER IS OVER

Someone needs to remind Russia that it’s 2019 not 1986.  Covering up ANY kind of radiation release in the age of TMZ isn’t going to fly:

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2211511-gigantic-mysterious-radiation-leak-traced-to-facility-in-russia/

HEY #FUKUFIGHTERS!

Know your environment!  If you live downwind of ANY nuclear facility and there’s a fire like the one in Idaho recently, get out of the area because whether they say so or not, you can count on it being at LEAST a level 2 ’nuclear incident’ with some smoke dispersal that is not good for you or your family!

https://edmdigest.com/news/briefing-idaho-wildfire-inl-evacuations/

#FukuFighters International Weekly News Round Up 08.02.2019

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Understanding how Japan's nuclear issues reverberate along international lines become clear once you get caught up with the #Fukushima news of the week, step-by-step:

 

STEP 1 EDUCATE & SAFEGUARD

With the #TEPCO2020 Olympic Games just around the corner, it’s important to remember that just because you can reopen beach front property near the area, doesn’t mean that you SHOULD:

https://www.news.com.au/world/fukushima-beach-reopens-for-first-time-since-2011-nuclear-disaster/news-story/477af680849a39dc423c9eedbb454924

https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2019/07/8d56a0d6197e-anti-olympics-groups-want-more-attention-put-on-events-downfalls.html

STEP 2 EVACUATE #FUKUSHIMA NOW

Moms in Kyoto are reaching out in a relief effort to kids in the effected areas around #FukushimaDaiichi. Send a donation if you can to their cause at http://minasora.org/:

https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2019/07/21e03971d7ad-mothers-group-in-kyoto-hosts-fukushima-preschoolers-parents-for-retreat.html

STEP 3 CONTROL & CONTAIN

Eventually the entirety of reactors 1-4 will have to be scrapped but you have to start somewhere at #FukushimaDaiichi:

https://japantoday.com/category/national/tepco-starts-dismantling-exhaust-stack-at-crippled-fukushima-plant

STEP 4 NUCLEAR POWER IS OVER

Ukraine is the 7th largest producer of nuclear energy in the world but with a track record of safety that STARTS with #Chernobyl, maybe it should find another way:

https://www.kyivpost.com/business/ukraines-nuclear-power-disasters-may-not-be-over-experts-warn.html?cn-reloaded=1

HEY #FUKUFIGHTERS!

The specter of a renewed Cold War arms race looms larger than ever now that the INF treaty has lapsed between Russia and the U.S.  Understanding this part of the nuclear equation is just as important as knowing how nuclear energy works and both must be dismantled entirely if we’re gong to have a future together at all.

https://youtu.be/Q3cg2UHLyl4

#FukuFighters International Weekly News Round Up 07.26.2019

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The road to REAL understanding of the #FukushimaNuclearDisaster gets twistier every day but the #FukuFighters are here to light your way, step-by-step:

 

STEP 1 EDUCATE & SAFEGUARD

U.S. sailors who took the brunt of #FukushimaRadiation during #OperationTomodachi in 2011 haven’t given up their fight in court for compensation as more and more get sick and die from their service:

https://www.law360.com/appellate/articles/1182111/sailors-ask-9th-circ-to-revive-1b-fukushima-ge-tepco-suit

STEP 2 EVACUATE #FUKUSHIMA NOW

You don’t see the impact this nuclear disaster has had on individual families who've had to evacuate because of it much but it is something they live with every day.  A son returns his father’s ashes to Futaba and remembers what it used to be like when they lived there before 3.11.11.

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20190701/p2a/00m/0fe/017000c

STEP 3 CONTROL & CONTAIN

TEPCO has been wanting to release the radioactive waste water from the Daiichi plant into the Pacific for years now.  Turns out it’ll take years to do it!

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20190725/p2a/00m/0na/012000c

http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201907280040.html

STEP 4 NUCLEAR POWER IS OVER

Mankind pollutes the planet WAY more than it should in general but what does it say about us when the MOST polluted areas on Earth come from nuclear “accidents”:

http://micetimes.asia/the-most-environmentally-polluted-places-on-the-planet-photo/

HEY #FUKUFIGHTERS!

Without a doubt, kids took the biggest hit from the #FukushimaNuclearDisaster in Japan. Between radiation exposure and discrimination from peers after, it’s been a rough 8 years for the 3.11.11 generation but there are relief efforts to help these kids look toward a better future like this one in Australia which we should all support.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-07-28/children-enjoy-nature-after-nuclear-disaster/11348602

#FukuFighters International Weekly News Round Up 07.19.2019

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Elections in Japan are just part of the story this week in #FukushimaNews, get caught up with all the important stories step-by-step:

 

STEP 1 EDUCATE & SAFEGUARD

When the Marshall Islands got bombed during the Pacific nuclear tests in the 1950’s it caused irreparable harm to the environment there and every study is showing worse and worse results over time.

https://abcnews.go.com/US/portions-marshall-islands-radioactivity-chernobyl-fukushima-study/story?id=64414544

Proof that we’re doomed to repeat our own history, the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission is pushing to eliminate safety inspections at nuke plants in THIS country:

http://www.beyondnuclear.org/home/2019/7/17/nrc-reviewing-decades-of-reactor-operating-license-extension.html

STEP 2 EVACUATE #FUKUSHIMA NOW

Who better to tell the story of the heartbreak caused by the #FukushimaNuclearDisaster than by the kids who’ve lived thru it?  They are telling their story in Japan right now via the theatre:

https://beyondnuclearinternational.org/2019/07/14/theatre-for-fukushima-voices-from-the-silence/

STEP 3 CONTROL & CONTAIN

It only took 8 years but TEPCO finally announces that their other #Fukushima nuclear plant damaged by the 3.11.2011 earthquake and tsunami, Daini is officially going to be decommissioned.  

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/07/20/national/tepco-decommission-reactors-fukushima-no-2-nuclear-plant/

STEP 4 NUCLEAR POWER IS OVER

So even though Cameco, a Canadian uranium exporter won a court decision to get paid 40 million dollars by TEPCO and got a sweetheart deal from the Trump administration, their stock prices are flagging because nuclear power is OVER. 

http://sbdirtysouthsoccer.com/2019/07/17/cameco-shares-dip-after-disappointing-payout-in-arbitration/

HEY #FUKUFIGHTERS!

The nuclear fuel cycle is a long and dirty one.  It all starts with uranium mining and if you haven’t heard the story of the Church Rock Navajo yet, now is your chance to learn all about it and share the info!

http://nuclearhotseat.com/2019/07/17/uranium-mining-disaster-special-pt-1-church-rock-at-40-navajo-nation-devastation-continues-chris-shuey-southwest-research-and-information-center-nh-421/