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40 years after Three Mile Island, what have we learned about nuclear that we shouldn't have already? Check out this double-sized issue of the weekly round up and see for yourself, step-by-step:
STEP 1 EDUCATE & SAFEGUARD
Another week, another loss in the courts for TEPCO’s negligence prior to March 11, 2011. The plaintiffs want to appeal for more in damages, can you blame them?
Who better to give perspective on the current state of affairs in Japan post #Fukushima than a reporter who’s actually there? Turn on your translator and read all about it.
STEP 2 EVACUATE #FUKUSHIMA NOW
Another evacuation notice lifted in Japan near #FukushimaDaiichi looks good on paper but the devil is in the details:
“The disappearance of children’s voices is like the lights going out” - the new reality of life in the “hard to return to” areas of #FukushimaPrefecture:
STEP 3 CONTROL & CONTAIN
“The Blob” of radioactive spillage from #Fukushima evidenced in Alaska right on schedule and people wonder why the Pacific ocean’s in such bad shape these days:
The nuts and bolts part of the water problem at #FukushimaDaiichi however is no longer an issue, when to dump the radioactive crap into the ocean is the next question:
STEP 4 NUCLEAR POWER IS OVER
Regrets about promoting nuclear power come few and far between but one individual in Japan is coming to terms with his award winning pro-nuke slogan in the post-#Fukushima age:
Meanwhile Energy Secretary Rick Perry bulldozes forward with exporting nuclear technology to Saudi Arabia, part of his way of co-opting the “New Green Deal”:
HEY #FUKUFIGHTERS!
Keeping connected is the key to our success and as always, the sharing of information is critical to making us all safer. This Wednesday the Nuclear Information and Resource Service is sponsoring a call-in symposium about Three Mile Island at 8pm EST. Knowledge and togetherness is power #FukuFighters, see you there!
