Fukishima radioactive water leak 'emergency'

[pallidin]

I agree.

This has the all the hallmarks of becoming the most serious environmental disaster to date(far exceeding the consequences of the BP Gulf of Mexico oil disaster) and, apparently, is likely to get much worse before any effective "containment" can be done.

What's even worse is that "containment" (though obviously highly needed) can not deal with the unpredictable damage of so much radioactive water already released into the ocean and ground water.

I'm not usually a pessimist, but this whole damn event seems really, really bad for the environmental future.

[Drayno]

This is a consequence of humans playing with nuclear energy..

We're so conceited to think this planet exists for us - when we exist because of this planet.

The way the entire world has been handling this is beyond immature..

And this is coming from a twenty year old..

This is going to affect the next several generations - including mine..

[WHO U KIDDIN]

Nuclear crisis reaching critical stage

John Gleeson/Staff Writer

The news coming out of Japan these days is not good.

First, the Japanese government confirmed that the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant has been leaking an estimated 300 tonnes of radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean each day. The leaks have apparently been going on since the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami that caused three reactors in the plant to melt down.

Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) called the situation an emergency and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe called it “an urgent problem.” The consensus among independent scientists is that Tepco, the plant’s operator, is incapable of stopping the discharge into the sea, which it has kept secret for more than two years.

It was discovered after the NRA detected strontium and tritium in a monitoring well at the plant site. When found out, the company apologized.

But it gets worse....

http://www.coastrepo...-critical-stage

TEPCO has been apologizing since Day 1, now what 'good' is it doing us?

Reminds me of BP's Tony Hayward pathetic attempts to apologize for the Gulf spill.

Edited August 23, 2013 by WHO U KIDDIN

[+susieice]

It's unbelievable how world governments are keeping all this vital information from their people. It's most likely in the air that we breathe as well as the food that we eat. Not sure if growing your own would help in this situation. Pennsylvania was detecting elevated levels of elements in the rainwater within a week of the earthquake. I posted the stats back then in a thread we had going. I'm not sure I want to know what it is now. It can be transferred from rain to all plants that livestock eats and contaminate the meat we eat. Also the water we drink.The effects of all this radiation leaking are more widespread than just what happens in the ocean. As for the Gulf, dolphins have been washing up dead all over the New Jersey shore all summer. No one knows why. It makes me cry to think how much damage mankind has caused to the environment. This will take decades...centuries to correct itself, if it can.

[+susieice]

This is a lot scary.

http://www.globalresearch.ca/west-coast-of-north-america-to-be-hit-hard-by-fukushima-radiation/5346470

[jugoso]

This is a lot scary.

http://www.globalres...diation/5346470

Great link with some great graphs. Thanks!

From link

Last year, scientists from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory and 3 scientists from the GEOMAR Research Center for Marine Geosciences showed that radiation on the West Coast of North America could end up being 10 times higher than in Japan:

Lot scary indeed!!

[WHO U KIDDIN]

This is a lot scary.

http://www.globalres...diation/5346470

Great info. Thanks for link!

What's really terrifying are people like Dr. Bonnie Henry declaring that the Pacific Ocean will be able to safely dilute the radioactive waste waters released by Fukushima. Where do people like this come from? Why the denial?

http://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/japan-s-fukushima-nuclear-plant-leaks-what-you-need-to-know-1.1423249

[+susieice]

They are finally admitting this plant is out of control and asking for outside help.

http://rt.com/news/f...-iaea-leak-866/

And it keeps getting better-

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/energy/2013/08/130821-fukushima-latest-leak-how-is-it-different/

Edited August 25, 2013 by susieice

[jugoso]

They are finally admitting this plant is out of control and asking for outside help.

http://rt.com/news/f...-iaea-leak-866/

And only two & a half years after the fact. Well-done!!

[Eldorado]

'An operator at the Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan has said radiation readings are 18 times higher than previously measured.

The staff member said they had found highly radioactive water dripping from a pipe used to connect two coolant tanks and that it had been patched up using tape.

The discovery of the pipe came a day after Tokyo Electric Power Co (Tepco) said it found new radiation hotspots at four sites around coolant tanks, with one reading at 1,800 millisieverts per hour - a dose that would kill a human left exposed to it in four hours.'

Source: http://news.sky.com/...18-times-higher

Edited September 1, 2013 by Eldorado

[+susieice]

I saw the higher radiation readings on the news tonight on 3 different channels. At least now they're reporting something. Of course, no one is supposed to worry. They even said it would kill a human in 4 hours.

Australia news is reporting more possible leaks than are known now.

http://www.abc.net.a...kushima/4927684

This is being reported about the US Pacific coast.

http://www.nbcnews.com/science/fukushimas-radioactive-ocean-plume-due-reach-us-waters-2014-8C11050755

Edited September 2, 2013 by susieice

[Eldorado]

'The Japanese government will take prompt, comprehensive steps to clean up the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant amid growing concerns about the plant operator's ability to handle it, the country's prime minister has said.

Shinzo Abe said on Monday that his government will step forward to take all necessary steps to handle the legacy of the March 2011 nuclear disaster. He said the government will draw up a fundamental plan to do so "quickly."'

'Public concern

Al Jazeera's Florence Looi, reporting from Tokyo, said a more detailed plan would be unveiled soon, possibly on Tuesday when Abe chairs a nuclear response meeting. "This could be a plan to hire foreign experts, as Tepco intended, or a timeline for decommissioning the plant," she said.

"That could take forty years, with some experts saying it could run to more than 100 years.

"They have reiterated that they might have no choice but to discharge some of the water into the ocean."

If the water were to be discharged, it would be within the prescribed safe levels of radiation, our correspondent explained.'

Full Article: http://www.aljazeera...2341603840.html

*sigh*

Edited September 2, 2013 by Eldorado

[seeder]

"Radioactive water may contaminate entire Pacific Ocean in 6 years"

with a vid

http://www.arirang.co.kr/News/News_View.asp?nseq=150718

[Drayno]

"Radioactive water may contaminate entire Pacific Ocean in 6 years"

with a vid

http://www.arirang.c...asp?nseq=150718

I scrolled down, read this, and I jerked backwards and my hand almost knocked my mouse into the air.

I kid you not.

[WHO U KIDDIN]

I scrolled down, read this, and I jerked backwards and my hand almost knocked my mouse into the air.

I kid you not.

Jeez, really disturbing news!

Talk about SHTF! God help us!

[Drayno]

Jeez, really disturbing news!

Talk about SHTF! God help us!

I fear for my future... And the future of every one else..

[cacoseraph]

oh for goodness' sake. do any of you realize how big the pacific is? yes, the japanese probably shouldn't harvest seafood from local sources for a while.. but honestly, all the coal energy plants in the world kick out WAY more damaging radioactivity than fukushima! detectable levels are SO far away from harmful levels that the discussion is basically rediculous for USA folk.

The problem isn't nuclear power, it is the lack of oversight on nuclear power. Yes, solar and wind might EVENTUALLY be better for the environment, but currently nuclear is the clear leader for efficiency and actual, deliverable output to sustain the world.

[WHO U KIDDIN]

oh for goodness' sake. do any of you realize how big the pacific is? yes, the japanese probably shouldn't harvest seafood from local sources for a while.. but honestly, all the coal energy plants in the world kick out WAY more damaging radioactivity than fukushima! detectable levels are SO far away from harmful levels that the discussion is basically rediculous for USA folk.

The problem isn't nuclear power, it is the lack of oversight on nuclear power. Yes, solar and wind might EVENTUALLY be better for the environment, but currently nuclear is the clear leader for efficiency and actual, deliverable output to sustain the world.

So you must drink from the same fountain of denial that Canadian scientist Dr. Bonnie Henry and Japanese PM Abe tap.

And all the world's coal plants emit more radiation then Fukushima? What BS is this?

Are you a nuclear scientist or an nuclear industry lobbyist?

Japanese seafood is not the only casualty of this catastrophic event, all nations and peoples in the world will eventually feel the effects of the radiation released by Fukushima.

All the world's oceans are interconnected, the radiation is not going to be limited to just the Pacific it will traverse the globe it's all just a matter of time.

Nuclear Expert: Melted fuel is exiting Fukushima site — Very effective way of it being dispersed to humans far away from plant — Situation is beyond man’s control — 3 or 4 times Chernobyl’s radioactivity available for release

http://enenews.com/n...s-control-audio

Study: Fukushima released 100 quadrillion becquerels of cesium into atmosphere… In just ONE day — About equal to Chernobyl’s total release

http://enenews.com/f...100-quadrillion

Edited September 3, 2013 by WHO U KIDDIN

[seeder]

So you must drink from the same fountain of denial that Canadian scientist Dr. Bonnie Henry and Japanese PM Abe tap.

And all the world's coal plants emit more radiation then Fukushima? What BS is this?

Are you a nuclear scientist or an nuclear industry lobbyist?

Japanese seafood is not the only casualty of this catastrophic event, all nations and peoples in the world will eventually feel the effects of the radiation released by Fukushima.

All the world's oceans are interconnected, the radiation is not going to be limited to just the Pacific it will traverse the globe it's all just a matter of time.

Nuclear Expert: Melted fuel is exiting Fukushima site — Very effective way of it being dispersed to humans far away from plant — Situation is beyond man’s control — 3 or 4 times Chernobyl’s radioactivity available for release

http://enenews.com/n...s-control-audio

Study: Fukushima released 100 quadrillion becquerels of cesium into atmosphere… In just ONE day — About equal to Chernobyl’s total release

http://enenews.com/f...100-quadrillion

word up!

.

Edited September 3, 2013 by seeder

[Rafterman]

"Radioactive water may contaminate entire Pacific Ocean in 6 years"

with a vid

http://www.arirang.c...asp?nseq=150718

Didn't snopes address this?

http://www.snopes.com/photos/technology/fukushima.asp

And why is a legit news outlet showing a video of tsunami levels and trying to pass it off as radiation levels?

http://skeptoid.com/blog/2013/09/02/are-your-days-of-eating-pacific-ocean-fish-really-over/

So, yes, Fukushima is a big problem, but can we look at real solutions and take a pass on the fear mongering?

[WHO U KIDDIN]

Didn't snopes address this?

http://www.snopes.co...y/fukushima.asp

And why is a legit news outlet showing a video of tsunami levels and trying to pass it off as radiation levels?

http://skeptoid.com/...sh-really-over/

So, yes, Fukushima is a big problem, but can we look at real solutions and take a pass on the fear mongering?

Fukushima is a not a serious problem it’s a global disaster.

Because some bloggers get their facts wrong or use incorrect graphics to state their point does not lessen the gravity of this situation. The MSM coverage of this disaster from the start has been to cover up the consequences of this never-ending event. Publications like Snopes and Skeptoid continue the deafening silence on this ongoing disaster by completely minimizing its severity and proclaiming business as usual.

The science on the dangers of either high or low levels of alpha, beta or gamma emitters is relatively incomplete. Scientists know that high levels of certain emitters will kill the average person in a matter of hours but the effects on humans of low levels of radiation have never been completely understood or studied.

TEPCO’s half-assed band-aid solutions to contain this disaster from the start have created a true emergency for humanity and our beloved planet Earth. To be concerned about the excessive amounts of radiation being released and its possible effects on our environment and generations to come is not fear-mongering, it is called being aware and making others aware too.

On the other side of the coin we have the self-deniers who credo is ‘so what’.

[+and-then]

If this is a global problem then the nations of the world need to help financially to fix it. If Japan is unable to fix this then the UN or a group of western nations needs to get together and build containment around this thing. I don't believe it's as much an emergency as is being said here but it still needs to be dealt with - sooner better than later.

[Drayno]

Good video. A few years old, but a good perspective.

[WHO U KIDDIN]

Fukushima Petitions ☢ Please Sign and Share!

Japan needs Worldwide Help NOW!

New Petitions September 3, 2013 ☢

Stop Fukushima Radiation - UN Action Needed

https://secure.avaaz.org/en/petition/STOP_FUKUSHIMA_RADIATION_UN_ACTION_NEEDED/

Mobilize the U.N. Security Council to declare Fukushima a global emergency;

http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/mobilize-the-un-security

https://www.facebook...225375674284735

Edited September 10, 2013 by WHO U KIDDIN

[WHO U KIDDIN]

Humankind’s Most Dangerous Moment: Fukushima Fuel Pool at Unit 4.

“This is an Issue of Human Survival.”

The world community must now take charge at Fukushima

We are now within two months of what may be humankind’s most dangerous moment since the Cuban Missile Crisis.

There is no excuse for not acting. All the resources our species can muster must be focussed on the fuel pool at Fukushima Unit 4.

Fukushima’s owner, Tokyo Electric (Tepco), says that within as few as 60 days it may begin trying to remove more than 1300 spent fuel rods from a badly damaged pool perched 100 feet in the air. The pool rests on a badly damaged building that is tilting, sinking and could easily come down in the next earthquake, if not on its own.

Some 400 tons of fuel in that pool could spew out more than 15,000 times as much radiation as was released at Hiroshima....

http://www.globalres...-unit-4/5350779

Edited September 22, 2013 by WHO U KIDDIN