A FUKUSHIMA SAMPLER 2 MAY 2014 ENENEWS.COM

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      Japan (Fukushima)

  * No plan to stop Fukushima from contaminating Pacific? Tepco adviser
    'doubts' ice…
   
  * AP: "This town is dead"... Locals feel Fukushima plant could explode
    any minute;…
   
  * NHK: Officials admit it may be impossible to stop leaking at
    Fukushima reactors …
   
  * Japan TV: Radioactive release was up to 500 times larger than
    thought for Fukush…
   

      US/Canada

  * State Senator: Fukushima is "damaging the oceans and devastating the
    environment…
   
  * SF Chronicle: "Unbelievable hordes" of fish near California coast;
    Most birds, s…
   
  * "Prestigious group of international scientists" interested in risk
    to West Coast…
   
  * USA Today: Radiation tripled in some albacore tuna off West Coast
    after Fukushim…
   

      World

  * Concerned officials now considering ban on Japan food items --
    Nuclear scientist…
   
  * Former US Official: War in Ukraine could cause disaster worse than
    Chernobyl and…
   
  * Reports: "Experts agree many species of wildlife and fisheries are
    endangered gl…
   
  * BBC: Ukraine "on brink of civil war" -- Gov't: Threats to blow up
    nuclear plants…
   

            Latest Headlines:

09:28 PM EST on May 1st, 2014 | 27 comments

    State Senator: Fukushima is “damaging the oceans and devastating the environment”; An enormous crisis that has no foreseeable resolution
    — U.S. Senator: People are concerned about Fukushima radiation entering our waters, I want to know agencies plan to respond to “issues that may arise”
   

02:04 PM EST on May 1st, 2014 | 80 comments
No plan to stop Fukushima from contaminating Pacific? Tepco adviser ‘doubts’ ice wall can stop groundwater from flooding plant — We’re concerned it may affect ‘environmental protection’ and cause ‘unintended consequences’ (VIDEO)
The 80th comment: 
In the meanwhile Abe starts other nukes. Finitiative infinite.
Shhh! Its secret.
Clinging to one as if it were all, narrow dull and dark.
Why nuclear power in the sun requires of us not to supply fuel from the bowels of Mother Earth ever!
Wendell Berry: In living in this world by his own will and skill, the stupidest peasant or tribesman is more competent than the most intelligent worker or technician or intellectual in a society of specialists.
MH 370 anyone ?
It completely disappeared
And where are the coriums? Disappeared!
And the cumulative effects of modern civilization?
Consider they dont exist as far as modern designs for meeting needs in modern civilization are concerned. Consider the designs frozen as of today! Glaring lacunae leading life to extinction. By the way, what can we expect in May 2014?
A 7.6 MM damquake(Whats this? Well it caused all the catastrophes of modern civilization(MC)) between 13 to 20 May. Probably in China or Fukushima or Indonesia or Philippines or elsewhere on the Pacific Rim or in the Himalayas. The critical question for MC is: Is there money to be netted on and on like the ice wall or the vanishing of it like in the Arctic?   

09:34 AM EST on May 1st, 2014 | 65 comments
    SF Chronicle: “Unbelievable hordes” of fish near California coast;
    Most birds, sea lions, dolphins, whales anywhere — Expert: ‘Off the charts’ pelican population “highly unusual… could reflect breeding failures elsewhere”; “Abnormal ocean conditions” to blame?
   

11:33 PM EST on April 30th, 2014 | 150 comments
    “Prestigious group of international scientists” interested in risk
    to West Coast from Fukushima radioactive plume — “Major concern for public health of coastal communities” — Bioaccumulation potential in region must be understood
   

02:05 PM EST on April 30th, 2014 | 55 comments
    AP: “This town is dead”… Locals feel Fukushima plant could explode any minute; Yearly ‘safe’ radiation levels exceeded “in a matter of a few hours” — TV: “Fukushima evacuees complain of health problems”; Nearly 70% of households affected
   

11:43 AM EST on April 30th, 2014 | 59 comments
    NHK: Officials admit it may be impossible to stop leaking at
    Fukushima reactors — Will be investigating ‘bottom of containment vessels’ for holes — Gov’t asking engineers from outside Japan for help with melted fuel (VIDEOS)
   

09:51 AM EST on April 30th, 2014 | 29 comments
    Japan TV: Radioactive release was up to 500 times larger than
    thought for Fukushima reactor — Surprising surge in radiation levels before explosions — Our understanding of what happened at plant is ‘very limited’ (VIDEO)
   

09:58 PM EST on April 29th, 2014 | 92 comments
    USA Today: Radiation tripled in some albacore tuna off West Coast after Fukushima — Bioaccumulating in bones, not only flesh —
    “Additional exposures to plume could further increase radiation
    levels” — NOAA-funded study to expand after ‘significant’ findings
    (AUDIO)
   

10:08 AM EST on April 28th, 2014 | 211 comments

    NY Times in Fukushima: “It’s all lies” from gov’t about radiation —
    They are forcing us to come back and live 10 miles from leaking
    nuclear plant — “This is inhumane” — “I want to run away, but… we have no more money” — Radiation still 300% previous levels
   

08:44 PM EST on April 25th, 2014 | 321 comments
    Energy Journal: Fukushima “an ongoing crisis… an international
    issue, its important we all keep our eye on it… we owe it to the
    Pacific” — Nuclear fuel dropped into sub-basement and melted throug some concrete, no one can get in to see where it is now (AUDIO)
   

07:41 PM EST on April 25th, 2014 | 92 comments
    PBS Reporter Miles O’Brien: “No one likes to see ocean filled with cesium and strontium and so forth” — It’s arriving on West Coast of U.S. as we speak — “Nobody likes the idea of eating cesium from Fukushima” — “Tainted water dumped into Pacific as we speak” (AUDIO)
   

05:43 PM EST on April 25th, 2014 | 52 comments
    TV: Official in Fukushima during 3/11 now suffering many health
    problems as consequence of nuclear catastrophe — “There’s no place I could go for help… hospital refused to treat me” — I asked for blood test since I’m exposed, but they denied it (VIDEO)
   

11:56 AM EST on April 25th, 2014 | 124 comments
    Strange Events in Gov’t WIPP Report: Emergency personnel needed for
    ‘reddish-brown vapors’ observed after ‘unplanned, excessive
    exothermic reaction’ — ‘Filters had an orange tint’ when changed
    hours after radiation release began
   

07:03 AM EST on April 25th, 2014 | 136 comments
    NY Times Reporter: Untold story of Fukushima is the radiation issue, gov’t doesn’t want us talking about it; A lot going on that’s never reported by media — Afraid of being imprisoned under Japan’s new secrecy law; All officials have to do is say the info is secret
    (AUDIO)
   

08:59 PM EST on April 24th, 2014 | 112 comments
    PHOTO: Broken roof bolts directly above WIPP nuclear waste were reported the day before radiation event — Cracks seen in nearby wall
    — “Heaving of bottom” may have taken place below broken bolts
    (VIDEO)
   

03:33 PM EST on April 24th, 2014 | 106 comments
    Gov’t Report: ‘Green burst’ seen at WIPP utility yard just minutes before radiation event began — ‘Popping noise’ heard by facility manager investigating incident
   

01:04 PM EST on April 24th, 2014 | 131 comments
    Journal: “Fukushima has an Ongoing Melt-Out” — “Is this not the worst possible outcome?” — “Nuclear fuel mixing with groundwater and leaking into sea” — “Disaster never seen in human history and imagined only in movies” — Tokyo Paper: “A situation in which massive accidents occur daily”
   

09:17 AM EST on April 24th, 2014 | 79 comments
    Wall St. Journal: Report reveals WIPP containment system leaked radiation — ‘Unfiltered’ plutonium released into environment for 20 days after accident — Something like this “wasn’t supposed to happen for 10,000 years” (VIDEO)
   

12:58 AM EST on April 24th, 2014 | 100 comments
    New data shows spike in babies born missing parts of brain around leaking US nuclear site — Official: We’re really concerned it remains so high, we hoped it would go away — NBC: Many locals say Hanford to blame — CDC Expert: Cases “not focused near Hanford”
    (VIDEO)
   

03:31 AM EST on April 23rd, 2014 | 259 comments
    NBC News: ‘Biblical devastation’ from Fukushima disaster, says
    former official — TV: “When I was mayor, I knew many people who died from heart attacks… many people in Fukushima died suddenly, even young people… Tepco employees also are dying, but everyone is keeping mum about it” (VIDEO)
   

10:54 PM EST on April 22nd, 2014 | 67 comments
    Show Host: I was told not to discuss Fukushima on air, but I did
    anyway –”They didn’t want it talked about a lot, but eventually it
    became undeniable” — “World not rushing to aid Japan because nothing can be done… just getting worse and worse… it’s a horror, it’s a tragedy” (VIDEO)
   

01:18 PM EST on April 22nd, 2014 | 209 comments
    Paper: WIPP workers “not permitted to speak” — “Their jobs won’t ever be the same… will face new paradigm” — Concerns plutonium contaminated surrounding salt — Preparing for radiation levels so high, only robots can be used (VIDEO)
   
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