#FukuFighters International Weekly News Round Up 04.24.2020

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You can choose to believe the mainstream cover-up narrative about #Fukushima radiation OR you can learn more about it yourself.  #FukuFighters know the drill, step-by-step:

 

STEP 1 EDUCATE & SAFEGUARD

Legal loopholes have left the sailors from #OperationTomodachi from getting justice, let alone their day in court.  General Electric dodges another bullet thanks to another court decision against U.S. naval personnel who were there help at #Fukushima:

https://www.courthousenews.com/first-circuit-clears-ge-on-fukushima-nuclear-disaster/

STEP 2 EVACUATE #FUKUSHIMA NOW

The 2020 Olympic Torch relay was supposed to start in #Fukushima but with the Games postponed,  it’s up to YouTuber BirdhairJP to show how radioactive a run that actually would have been for participants:

https://youtu.be/tGa5WBv7FCg

STEP 3 CONTROL & CONTAIN

In 2012, a study showed that plant workers at TEPCO’s stricken #Fukuhsima reactors showed signs of PTSR and psychological distress.  I wonder what it’s like for those workers today, 9 years later:

https://www.ehstoday.com/health/article/21915595/fukushima-workers-experienced-psychological-distress-following-meltdown

STEP 4 NUCLEAR POWER IS OVER

What’s it like living around Chernobyl’s Exclusion Zone?  A new documentary lifts the veil behind the 30 year old nuclear disaster and it’s aftermath in Ukraine:

https://youtu.be/x3wcUbm2gp4

HEY #FUKUFIGHTERS!

Sick of hearing about the radioactive water problem at #Fukushima Daiichi?  Storing the water properly vs. dumping it into the ocean is the way to go but TEPCO and the IAEA have different ideas.  Make your voices heard #FukuFighters by adding your name to the linked petition and let them know it is NOT cool to dump into the already-compromised Pacific Ocean:

http://chng.it/Sqg4xfczFT

#FukuFighters International Weekly News Round Up 04.17.2020

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The threats facing our planet from nuclear fallout are myriad and constant.  Get caught up on all the latest news, step-by-step:

 

STEP 1 EDUCATE & SAFEGUARD

History shows that just because officials say radiation levels are ’normal’ in Kiev after a forest fire near #Chernobyl recently doesn’t make it true:

https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2020/04/18/Air-quality-levels-in-Ukraine-dip-to-moderate-as-fires-continue-to-burn/3201587236075/

STEP 2 EVACUATE #FUKUSHIMA NOW

#Fukushima moms take the problem of radiation protection very seriously.  Here's a snapshot of where sentiment is in a place where it’s a daily reality:

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2020/04/10/national/social-issues/fukushima-mothers-record-radiation/

STEP 3 CONTROL & CONTAIN

The Japanese government is paying lip service to those concerned about the release of radioactive water from #FukushimaDaiichi into the ocean as the decision about what happens next is delayed again:

https://www3.nhk.or.jp/lnews/fukushima/20200413/6050009776.html

STEP 4 NUCLEAR POWER IS OVER

For every study the pro-nuker’s put out to cloud the truth, I can produce dozens of others that state the obvious, the risk alone makes nuclear energy not worth it and until the industry cleans it’s act up, it will continue to be true:

https://www.academia.edu/4091075/Disowning_Fukushima_Managing_the_credibility_of_nuclear_reliability_assessment_in_the_wake_of_disaster?email_work_card=title

https://www.academia.edu/32526372/Articulating_Risk_s_Economic_and_Demographic_Challenges_in_A_Nuclear_Town?email_work_card=view-paper

HEY #FUKUFIGHTERS!

Despite censorship of the facts over the years, Facebook is still a place to find groups that are disseminating the truth about #Fukushima all the time.  Check out #Fukushima Response Campaign and add them to your follow list if you’re signed up for FB already:

https://www.facebook.com/FukushimaResponseCampaign

#FukuFighters International Weekly News Round Up 04.10.2020

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There's more going on in the world than just Covid-19 news.  Take the onging #FukushimaNuclearDisaster for instance - a continuing story 9 years later.  Read all of this week's top stories, step-by-step:

STEP 1 EDUCATE & SAFEGUARD

Proof positive that Japan’s cover up of the #FukushimaNuclearDisaster is a real thing to this day from Reporters Without Borders:

https://rsf.org/en/news/rsf-urges-japan-stop-pressuring-media-fukushima-related-topics

STEP 2 EVACUATE #FUKUSHIMA NOW

The Olympic flame’s stint in #Fukushima was short lived thanks to coronavirus fears. This dashes all hope of a ‘recovery Olympics’ like Japanese authorities had envisioned:

https://news.cgtn.com/news/2020-04-08/Olympic-Flame-display-cancelled-over-virus-concerns-PvXo9jz76U/index.html

STEP 3 CONTROL & CONTAIN

A recent meeting in #Fukushima over how to handle the radioactive waste water situation made it clear there are no easy answers yet:

http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/13283645

A mayor in #Fukushima says the contaminated water stored at the Dai-ichi site should be released near Tokyo instead of #Fukushima Prefecture.  An interesting idea:

https://www.nippon.com/en/news/yjj2020040900690/dump-n-plant-water-outside-fukushima-local-mayor.html

STEP 4 NUCLEAR POWER IS OVER

As the fleet of nuclear plants around the world gets more decrepit with time, the threat of Covid-19 on it’s work force is becoming more and more of a concern:

https://buzzflash.com/articles/terfied-atomic-workers-warn-that-the-covid-19-pandemic-may-threaten-nuclear-reactor-disaster

HEY #FUKUFIGHTERS!

Half of the information I receive every week about #Fukushima comes from newsletters from individuals and organizations doing the good work.  Beyond Nuclear always has an interesting spin on how to stop the nuclear industry’s dirty deeds and I highly recommend their regularly updated content:

https://beyondnuclearinternational.org/join/

#FukuFighters International Weekly News Round Up 04.03.2020

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Just because you're stuck indoors doesn't mean you have to miss out on everything that's STILL going on around the nuclear world we're living in.  Get caught up now, step-by-step:
 

STEP 1 EDUCATE & SAFEGUARD

Anytime a forest fire near a nuclear disaster site happens, radionuclides are reintroduced into the environment.  This just happened again near Chernobyl:

https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-says-fire-extinguished-near-contaminated-site-of-chernobyl-nuclear-disaster/30532240.html

STEP 2 EVACUATE #FUKUSHIMA NOW

It was only a matter of time before the sacks of radioactive waste that were collected in #Fukushima would prove to be a health hazard.  After years of neglect, these bags are now deadly to be around at all:

http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/13228942

STEP 3 CONTROL & CONTAIN

Protective gear is essential in the fight against Covid-19 AND at #FukusimaDaiichi and the supply shortage is worrying on both fronts:

https://www.post-gazette.com/news/world/2020/04/02/Protective-gear-shortage-Fukushima-nuclear-plant-COVID-19-coronavirus/stories/202004020114

STEP 4 NUCLEAR POWER IS OVER

With ’stay at home’ orders across the world, the need for nuclear power safety is more important now than ever that’s why green activists are calling for the shuttering of nuke plants now before illness forces the issue:

https://www.welt.de/newsticker/dpa_nt/infoline_nt/brennpunkte_nt/article206986607/Gruene-fordern-voruebergehende-Abschaltung-von-Atomkraftwerken.html

HEY #FUKUFIGHTERS!

Covid-19’s effect on the nuclear issue gets a good examination in another go-to edition of the Nuclear Hotseat with Libbe HaLevy:

http://nuclearhotseat.com/2020/04/01/covid19-nuclear/