#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/

#FukuFighters International Weekly News Round Up 07.12.2019

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The more you know about what's going on at #FukushimaDaiichi, the more you can share with your circles step-by-step:

 

STEP 1 EDUCATE & SAFEGUARD

Initial projections had #FukushimaRadiation circulate in the Pacific ocean over the course of several years but a new study shows that the spread of the plume happened a lot faster than that:

http://world.kbs.co.kr/service/news_view.htm?lang=e&Seq_Code=146531

STEP 2 EVACUATE #FUKUSHIMA NOW

Prime Minister Abe’s insistence that everyone return home in #FukushimaPrefecture before the 2020 Olympics in a bid to show how safe it is there is premature at best, wrongheaded at worst:

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/fukushima-residents-return-despite-radiation/

STEP 3 CONTROL & CONTAIN

TEPCO has to pay again as courts rule that they’re not really protecting it’s workers that well at #FukushimaDaiichi:

https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20190626_34/

STEP 4 NUCLEAR POWER IS OVER

Consumer Reports says there is a future for nuclear power - in the decommissioning field!

https://consumerreportsreview.com/nuclear-decommissioning-services-market-2017-2025/

HEY #FUKUFIGHTERS!

With all the earthquakes along the Pacific West Coast this week, it’s time to look at safety concerns about nuclear (something they never do in those disaster movies!)  Leave it to Libbe HaLevy and her Nuclear Hotseat podcast to put things in perspective - when it comes to seismic activity and nuclear, the track record is shaky to say the least!

http://nuclearhotseat.com/2019/07/10/nuclear-earthquake-fears-if-ridgecrest-7-1-quake-had-happened-closer-to-diablo-canyon-nuke-reactors-it-would-have-been-endgame-for-l-a-harvey-wasserman-nh-420/

#FukuFighters International Weekly News Round Up 07.05.2019

 

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Knowing more about the nuclear problems around the world is only going to benefit you and your loved ones in the long run.  Here's where you can learn more, step-by-step:

 

STEP 1 EDUCATE & SAFEGUARD

Russia is finally launching it’s "super safe" floating nuclear power plant but a deadly fire on a top secret nuclear submarine calls into question the timing AND the safety of both:

http://www.telegraphstar.com/first-floating-nuclear-power-plant-before-the-start

https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2019/07/04/russia-confirms-submarine-hit-by-deadly-fire-was-nuclear-powered-a66277

STEP 2 EVACUATE #FUKUSHIMA NOW

Friends of the Earth Japan is still asking questions about how things were mishandled in the early days of the #FukushimaNuclearDisaster and their issues are our issues:

http://www.foejapan.org/en/

STEP 3 CONTROL & CONTAIN

4 years behind schedule, TEPCO is going to try to remove spent fuel rods out of reactor 3’s fuel pool that was heavily damaged during the early days of the disaster:

https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20190704_29/

STEP 4 NUCLEAR POWER IS OVER

The challenges facing nuclear energy in Japan going forward are many and varied.  In the end, it’s the people who will decide what their non-nuclear future will look like:

https://globalriskinsights.com/2019/07/japan-nuclear-energy/

HEY #FUKUFIGHTERS!

Moms and kids especially need to understand how radiation in any form effects their health and lives.  Part of our resource archive includes a Pinterest page that’s specifically designed to help moms become more aware of how they can Educate and Safeguard themselves and their families when it comes to exposure to harmful isotopes.  Bookmark it because I’m always adding new content there:

https://www.pinterest.com/oste8minutes/pins/