A quick survey of news sites results this morning: CNN has no stories on Fukushima; MSN has no stories on Fukushima; Seattle Times, Seattle’s only newspaper has no stories on Fukushima; the New York Times has no stories on Fukushima; the BBC has no stories on Fukushima.
Devastated Fukushima nuclear reactors
A search this morning on Google provided these top three results: (1) Wikipedia discussion of the disaster; (2) A June 2 (today is the 22 of June) IAEA briefing discussing the accident; (3) A March 13 report – March!!! Can’t we get anything more current?
This is pathetic reporting; at best, it shows an incredible lack of coverage, and at worst, a deliberate coverup of a disaster that will cause millions of cases of cancer and birth defects and render much of northern Japan uninhabitable for the rest of time. Not to mention it would be very foolish to eat fish that have been within 500 miles of the site, since the only thing they can do is pump thousands of gallons of water on the melted cores and then let the highly radioactive water run into the sea.
In the States, we have several nuclear reactors on rivers that are flooding, and as in Japan, the backup pumping systems can be lost if flooding damages the diesel generators that operate the pumps during emergency situations. Then you have a meltdown.
I can’t type very much, as my right index finger is still in a splint, so to have your socks scared off, check out Helen Caldicott’s website. She is a doctor and has spent many years treating children who have cancer. She has been an outspoken anti-nuclear advocate. She is for complete nuclear disarmament and shutting down all nuclear power plants.
Listen to her speeches and her weekly radio show; she is intelligent, knowledgable and cares about the future of our plant. If you love this planet is another of her websites; check it out.
We need renewable energy and localization of our resources.
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June 22, 2011 at 5:40 pm
James Aach
Fukushima was, is, and will continue to be a mess.
As an engineer, you might find the following provides some interesting perspective from an engineer who works in the nuclear industry. Entertaining and free anyway…. http://RadDecision.blogspot.com
June 28, 2011 at 1:41 am
Cher Cur
I too cannot believe the lack of reporting on the biggest disaster EVER! At least Arnie Gunderson was giving us the truth but even he hasn’t done an update since July 12. Did somebody get to him? Most people have no clue about any issues regarding this disaster but unfortunately suffer along with the few who actually do know what is going on. Keep on searching and get this information out, we are all going to die either from exposure to radioactive chemicals or poisoned by eating foods and animals at the bottom of the food chain. God help us all!
June 28, 2011 at 2:59 pm
janet
Yes, I kind of alternate between depression, assumung we are all going to die of cancer, or feeling very weird because it LOOKS like there is no problem, and anyone I talk to either is unaware of the danger and the ongoing nature of the disaster, or think that we are far enough away that we are safe. But I found out that in Seattle the radioactivity measured 6, when in Fukishima it was 10 – and no, I don’t recall the units of measure. The point is, the west coast of North America was (is?) measuring 60% of the radioactivity that is in Fukushima.