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Full body radiation checks begin across prefecture while TEPCO, as always, says everything is fine, just fine Meanwhile, in the US, authorities assure us there is no cause for alarm at the flooded nuclear plant in Nebraska, the fire-threatened Los Alamos laboratory, or at the Salem 2 nuclear plant, which is in hot shutdown [...] Plus, their “Safety” agency has more than doubled its estimate of radioactivity released. Given that Tepco and the Japanese government have lied continually and steadily through all of this, is there any reason to believe they are finally telling the whole truth now? Tepco plan to contain radiation at Fukushima. (Not satire) Fukushima reactor 1 has melted down, fuel rods are fully exposed. Reactor 2 was “extremely dangerous right up to the end of March,” say MIT’s Technology Review. There was probably a *nuclear* explosion in Reactor 3. The reactor 4 building is in danger of toppling [...] Following up on earlier reports that the fuel rods in reactor 1 were truly exposed, NHK now reports another speculation from long ago, finally confirmed by official sources, namely that the reactor is now melting down. Those official sources are of course the slithering weasels at Toyko Electric who have lied, evaded, endangered millions, [...] The limit was raised from 1 millisievert a year to 20, which is the maximum annual dose allowed for nuclear workers in Germany but apparently just fine for Japanese regulators who, I’m guessing, don’t have their children in those schools. Ministers have defended the increase in the acceptable safety level from 1 to 20 millisieverts [...] An Associated Press review of Japan’s approach to nuclear plant safety shows how closely intertwined relationships between government regulators and industry have allowed a culture of complacency to prevail. We should be so thankful that U.S. regulators aren’t also bought, sold, and paid for. Oh, wait… Regulators simply didn’t see it as their role to [...] As usual, TEPCO has no clue what is happening or why. Thus the accident level is now the same as Chernobyl was. Plus, another fire broke out at reactor 4. Radiation up to 4 times higher than Chernobyl evac zone found in soil 30 km away from Fukushima; Rice harvest in question All links are from Zero Hedge, who have the consistently best coverage of Fukushima. [...] Tepco to try silt fence to stop radioactive water This after trying trying to pour in concrete then attempting to block the leak with sawdust and newspapers. Look, Tepco is clearly incompetent and has also repeatedly shown clear and reckless disregard for human life. The oceans and air belong to the world. Tepco must [...] Somehow Tepco just got around to discovering an 8 inch crack in a concrete pit at a Fukushima reactor 2 that is leaking radioactive water into the ocean. This came days after radiation levels in the ocean were found to be high and after Tepco initially said it was impossible for water to be leaking [...] |  | ||||
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