#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/