#FukuFighters International Weekly News Round Up 06.28.2019

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If most people only knew about how bad things really get after a nuclear disaster, there wouldn't be any to begin with!  Find out how we can make that dream a reality step-by-step:

 

STEP 1 EDUCATE & SAFEGUARD

When it comes to the problems at #FukushimaDaiichi, the number one issue has always been about the water.  Here’s a detailed analysis of the problem that you can take to the bank:

https://blog.safecast.org/2018/06/part-1-radioactive-water-at-fukushima-daiichi-what-should-be-done/

STEP 2 EVACUATE #FUKUSHIMA NOW

We knew about the ‘black glass’ problem years ago but now it’s confirmed.  These hot particles are unique to nuclear disasters and have long reaching effects:

https://phys.org/news/2019-06-fukushima-reactor-material-environment.html

STEP 3 CONTROL & CONTAIN

Every time TEPCO thinks it has a good idea about how to do something right or keep people ’safe’ at the disaster site, it forgets that it never has any good ideas:

http://www.simplyinfo.org/?p=17415

http://www.simplyinfo.org/?p=17456

STEP 4 NUCLEAR POWER IS OVER

Helen Caldicott has been calling for the end of the nuclear era for 40 years now and as a physician, she’s been right on the money about the issue that whole time too:

https://independentaustralia.net/environment/environment-display/fukushima-the-nuclear-renaissance-and-the-morrison-government,12834

HEY #FUKUFIGHTERS!

Outreach programs for the victims of #Chernobyl have been in place the whole time since 1986 but rarely get publicized.  Imagine if everyone had known about the extent of the contamination earlier, we could’ve helped so many more along the way.  These are just some examples and ones that we should continue to support.

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/chernobyl-nuclear-disaster-wales-16387045

https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Cuba-Has-Treated-Over-26000-Chernobyl-Nuclear-Disaster-Victims-20170801-0025.html

#FukuFighters International Weekly News Round Up 06.21.2019

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TEPCO says everything is fine in Japan, don't worry about the earthquakes or tsunamis around their nuke plants because what bad could happen?  Find out for yourself, step-by-step:

 

STEP 1 EDUCATE & SAFEGUARD

Earthquakes around Japan’s Niigata region sparked more than just a tsunami scare, how about a #FukushimaDaiichi part 2 scare!?  Thanks TEPCO, you’re words reassure no one:

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/06/20/business/corporate-business/get-fax-right-tepco-workers-accidentally-spark-japan-nuclear-scare/

STEP 2 EVACUATE #FUKUSHIMA NOW

The response from the J-Gov has been consistent at least - minimize the image of #FukushimaRadiation refugees as much as possible and erase them from the conversation that WE are trying to start:

http://www.simplyinfo.org/?p=17423

STEP 3 CONTROL & CONTAIN

The problem with radioactive particles from #FukushimaDaiichi in the area is how long they can stay in the lungs of moms and kids still living there.  A new study shows it could be for decades:

https://fsi.stanford.edu/news/researchers-find-radioactive-particles-fukushima-or-other-nuclear-disasters-could-stay

STEP 4 NUCLEAR POWER IS OVER

So nuclear power is ’safe’ you say still?  Not if you look at it’s long history of F-ups, it doesn’t look safe at all:

https://www.ucsusa.org/nuclear-power/nuclear-power-accidents/history-nuclear-accidents

HEY #FUKUFIGHTERS!

Promoting each other’s works and words is what our focus should always be #FukuFighters!  The more info we can get out there for people to share the better and a go-to person for that is Lonnie Clark who hosts the Age of Fission radio show in Oregon.  If you haven’t subscribed to Lonnie’s YouTube channel yet, you should!  You never know who might turn up on her show to drop wisdom on ya:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgc5id6IRusa1U1dZ6Ctv_w

#FukuFighters International Weekly News Round Up 06.14.2019

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The flow of information from #Fukushima is the same as the flow of radiation from the triple meltdown site, it's constant!  Keep up with the latest step-by-step:

STEP 1 EDUCATE & SAFEGUARD

The original allegory for the atomic age nightmare, Godzilla is back on the big screen but something is missing from the equation - heart and a message, the ingredients to any good kaiju movie!

https://cultmtl.com/2019/06/godzilla-king-of-monsters/

STEP 2 EVACUATE #FUKUSHIMA NOW

Flick on your Google Chrome translator and find out more about the correlation between thyroid cancer cases around #FukushimaPrefecture with this recent study.  Keep in mind that low dose radioactive exposure damages genes over time so the longer kids stay in effected areas, the higher their susceptibility to get sick:

https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jaesjsts/35/2/35_70/_html/-char/en

STEP 3 CONTROL & CONTAIN

Japan is PR pushing the all-clear signal at #FukushimaDaiichi pretty hard these days in the run up to the 2020 Summer Olympics but really, starting the traditional torch relay at the nearby J-Village facility is straight up morbid:

http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201906110001.html

https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1079973/tokyo-2020-reveals-olympic-torch-route-will-begin-in-fukushima

STEP 4 NUCLEAR POWER IS OVER

Now that everyone’s interest has been piqued by the #Chernobyl series on HBO, here comes the usual media downplaying of the facts so get ready to look past just what is just stated and look deeper and research it for yourself:

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/chernobyl-10-burning-questions-still-013247226.html

HEY #FUKUFIGHTERS!

The Nuclear Hotseat podcast hosted by Libbe HaLevy is celebrating it 8th anniversary this week!  Not only that, this week’s interview is super important - put it on your #FukuFighter must-do list this week:

http://nuclearhotseat.com/2019/06/11/radiophobia-schmadiophobia-the-lie-at-the-heart-of-nuclear-ignorance-majia-nadesan-8th-anniversary-nh-416/

#FukuFighters International Weekly News Round Up 06.07.2019

Rugby World Cup 2019 venues in the hot zone

HBO's hit series on #Chernobyl has sparked international interest in all things nuclear, kinda the same thing we've been doing every week since 2011.  Find out more for yourself, step-by-step:

 

STEP 1 EDUCATE & SAFEGUARD

The church is FINALLY giving voice to the voiceless in #Fukushima:

https://www.anglicannews.org/news/2019/06/voices-of-fukushima-power-plant-explosion-victims-strengthens-call-to-ban-nuclear-energy.aspx

STEP 2 EVACUATE #FUKUSHIMA NOW

The mayor of Okuma town near #FukushimaDaiichi has kept silent about the clean up effort, until now:

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jun/08/fukushima-diary-part-two-overwhelming-kindness-and-a-new-home

STEP 3 CONTROL & CONTAIN

If you do an overlay map of venues for the 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan coming this September, you get an idea of how dangerous some of these stadium spots are in relation to where the radiation from #FukushimaDaiichi landed.  A precursor of what 2020 will look like:

https://www.rugbyworldcup.com/venues

STEP 4 NUCLEAR POWER IS OVER

Fast-breeder nuclear reactors are a costly science experiment, nothing more.  Don’t back congress’s plan to fund them any further!

https://thebulletin.org/2019/06/why-congress-should-say-no-to-yet-another-fast-reactor-dream/#.XPe-4zrk4Mg.twitter

HEY #FUKUFIGHTERS!

Now that you’ve seen the 5-part series on #Chernobyl that HBO and Sky produced recently, find out about relief efforts that have been underway ever since to help out the kids of Ukraine and Belarus.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-48542553

#FukuFighters International Weekly News Round Up 05.31.2019

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We passed day 3000 of the #FukushimaNuclearDisaster this week and the clock keeps ticking.  It's up to us to stop the constant flow of radiation into the ocean step-by-step:

STEP 1 EDUCATE & SAFEGUARD

Just when you thought the 2020 TEPCO Olympics couldn’t get any more absurd, there’s now a plan in place to run the torch right next to Reactor #1 at #FukushimaDaiichi (with or without protection for the actual runner to be determined)

https://www.insidethegames.biz/index.php/articles/1079886/tokyo-2020-olympic-torch-relay-set-to-visit-fukushima-nuclear-complex

STEP 2 EVACUATE #FUKUSHIMA NOW

They were going to take down the radiation monitors in #FukushimaPrefecture until the residents put a stop to it:

https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20190529_34/

STEP 3 CONTROL & CONTAIN

New BBC video shows the long process of burying the tons of radioactive waste generated by the #FukushimaNuclearDisaster in Japan.  I’m sure those 5 layers of plastic sheeting will be enough to last several decades (LOL):

https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-asia-48449084/fukushima-how-to-move-a-mountain-of-radioactive-soil

STEP 4 NUCLEAR POWER IS OVER

The waste issue has been the most overlooked part of the nuclear equation by the industry itself but the next generation of scientists are looking to tackle the challenge head on, finally!

https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/latest-news/meet-the-sheffield-scientist-clearing-up-the-world-s-nuclear-waste-1-9783935

HEY #FUKUFIGHTERS!

There’s a new play out called The Children that is an artistic response to the #FukushimaNuclearDisaster and it’s running in Washington DC thru June 9.  If you’re in the Capitol area and have the opportunity, you should go check it out and bring a friend who doesn’t know too much about the subject:

https://www.broadwayworld.com/washington-dc/article/Photo-Flash-Studio-Theatre-Presents-THE-CHILDREN-20190520