Dear friends We are in Fukushima city just 60km away from the Fukushima nuclear plant. Now, our children’s physical condition is in danger. We see symptoms such as swollening of the thyroid, nosebleed, diarrhea, cough, asthma, etc.. We, Mothers of those children, believe it is a very serious situation and worries about the effects [...]
June 18th, 2011 | Posted in Fukushima | Read More »
DOE issued a comprehensive uranium management plan in December 2008 that stated that the department would consider selling depleted uranium or re-enriching it to realize best value for the government and that it would begin selling or re-enriching depleted uranium in 2009. However, to date, DOE has not sold or re-enriched any of its depleted [...]
June 18th, 2011 | Posted in Anti-Nuclear | Read More »
Unsafe at Any Dose By HELEN CALDICOTT Published: April 30, 2011 Sydney, Australia SIX weeks ago, when I first heard about the reactor damage at the Fukushima Daiichi plant in Japan, I knew the prognosis: If any of the containment vessels or fuel pools exploded, it would mean millions of new cases [...]
June 18th, 2011 | Posted in Fukushima | Read More »
Kajino Junko Ed M. Koziarski “We landed in Japan on 5/24 to and spent our first three days in Tokyo. There we interviewed representatives of Greenpeace who’ve engaged in independent testing of land and sea contamination. They argue that Japanese authorities have underreported radiation levels, due to some combination of flawed testing methods and an [...]
June 18th, 2011 | Posted in Fukushima | Read More »
[...] AILEEN MIOKO SMITH: Well, there’s incredible concern, especially among parents in Fukushima prefecture. But now spreading is concern among parents in Tokyo, which is quite a far way from Fukushima. Mainly, what’s been happening is that citizens have been monitoring. And after they find high levels, they demand that the local authorities and the [...]
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“IAEA today admitted there is no such thing as ‘safe’ levels of radiation” — Allowable radiation standard based on ‘benefit’, not safety International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) today admitted there is no such thing as “safe” levels of radiation. [...] CAP vice-president Mohideen Abdul Kader told reporters after meeting the IAEA panel that they [...]
June 4th, 2011 | Posted in Fukushima | Read More »