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Fukushima Cover Up: a Play In 2 Acts
Act 1: Japanese Prime Minister Had to Fly In to Fukushima In the Middle of the Night to Get the Scoop from Low-Level Nuclear Workers … Because Tepco Wouldn’t Tell Him the Truth
In this 27-second video, Amy Goodman summarizes her interview with Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan:
We just came from Tokyo. We broadcast for three days from Japan. And we’re going to play the interview I did with the former prime minister, the one in charge at the time [of the Fukushima disaster], Naoto Kan. He said it was extremely difficult to get a straight answer from TEPCO, the Tokyo Electric Power Company, that ran the plants, and he had to fly in. He figured the only place he could get a straight, nonpolitical answer—he flew in the middle of the night to the plant to talk to the workers to figure out whether he had to evacuate 50 million people in Tokyo.
This is not the first time Tepco has been less than honest:
- An official Japanese government investigation concluded that the Fukushima accident was a “man-made” disaster, caused by “collusion” between government and Tepco and bad reactor design
- Tepco knew right after the 2011 accident that 3 nuclear reactors had lost containment, that the nuclear fuel had “gone missing”, and that there was in fact no real containment at all. Tepco has desperately been trying to cover this up for 2 and a half years … instead pretending that the reactors were in “cold shutdown”
- Tepco admitted that it’s known for 2 years that massive amounts of radioactive water are leaking into the groundwater and Pacific Ocean, but covered it up
- Tepco falsely claimed that all of the radiation was somehow contained in the harbor right outside the nuclear plants
- Tepco has substantially under-reported the amount of radiation released at Fukushima
- Tepco – with no financial incentive to actually fix things – has only been pretending to clean it up. And see this
Act 2: U.S.Nuclear Authorities Were Extremely Worried About West Coast Getting Hit By Fukushima Radiation … But Publicly Said It Was Safe
Nuclear expert Ed Lyman - chief scientist at the Union of Concerned Scientists - said:
While the U.S. government was telling the American people there was nothing to fear from Fukushima and that U.S. plants aren’t vulnerable to the same problems, internally, they were—there was a much different story. So we’ve learned from a lot of Freedom of Information Act documents that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the White House were actually very concerned about the potential impact of radiation from Fukushima affecting not only Americans in Tokyo, which was more than a hundred miles away from the plant, but also Americans on the West Coast. And they were furiously running calculations to try to figure out how bad it could get. But there was no sense of this in what they were telling the public.
Indeed, Seattle residents were exposed to dangerous radioactive "hot particles" because the government didn't warn residents:
This is similar to the Japanese government withholding radiation plume data from evacuating Fukushima residents ... which caused them to evacuate to areas of very high radiation.
EneNews rounds up details on the freedom of information act information.
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Rense.com has a section dealing with Fukishima. The fact that we hear absolutely nothing speaks volumes about the gravity of the situation.
The US government, under Barak Hussein Obama's orders, or rather I should say his puppeteers orders, TOOK OUT the Radiation Monitors from Washington state in early April 2011 because "the readings are so high there must be a malfunction" that was their excuse AND they stopped testing milk and other food items also and have NEVER resumed.
They are EVIL, truly, demonically evil, and it coincides with their attempts to disarm the traditional American, Dispossessed Majority, soon to be a minority.
Try Enenews ... it has been aggregating Fuck you Shima news since nearly day one after the initial disaster.
The best place to get information on Fukushima is....right here. The ZH community sweated blood writing about this at the time. Do an archive search, but first chill a case of beer. There is a lot of material, right down to blow-by-blow examinations of the photos and videos as the disaster unfolded.
For a full summary, try this link, by yours truly. jopy.org/jimn.pdf
Key points:
--Radioactive releases far exceed Chernobyl, more like total of atmospheric nuclear tests
--Likely fatalities in the thousands to tens of thousands
--Pacific near US likely to end up around 5-10 times natural background, again similar to above ground nuclear testing impact
--Fish bioaccumulation pathways are wide open; North Pacific fisheries should be closed until testing and risk mitigation regimes are in place and enforcable
--Japanese land and water concentration pathways should be intensively mapped and monitored with independent, international resources made available to the Japanese public; much wider evacuation zones are needed, possibly including Fukushima City (pop. 250,000) and the main north-south freeway in Japan
--The core material should be immediately removed by any means necessary; the site is not tenable from a geological and hydrological standpoint
i agree completely jim. zerohedge has no equal. our lives would be different without all the work of tylers crew and i for one am grateful to have true patriots leading the way thru these dark times. all good men of conscience will find consensus.
Best info on Fukushima on ZH? No way. www.enenews.com. Other sites have even more in-depth coverage. http://pissinontheroses.blogspot.com/ is one. FYI.
I gave up on enenews each time I tried to read it, because I could not find a BS-sieve with a fine enough mesh to sift out all that bullcrap without it clogging and bogging all the time, so gave up after a few attempts, with a fair amount of disgust for the site. Having said that, I should add that the thing that's useless about enenews is the comment section, real low-grade stuff. As for the actual news itself, it was ok if you ignored the hyperbole surrounding it.
But I'm with Jim on this, zh covered the topic so much better for general analysis and detail, and all the important stuff got a thorough treatment, with numerous links to far more in-depth stuff. Lapri at EX-SKF was and still is awesome for the nitty-gritty.
Not to be unkind to GW, but unfortunately, the above article, and many on this topic, seem to have no actual new news value, just another predigested hash, or else much ado about not much.
"But I'm with Jim on this, zh covered the topic so much better for general analysis and detail, and all the important stuff got a thorough treatment, with numerous links to far more in-depth stuff. Lapri at EX-SKF was and still is awesome for the nitty-gritty."
This is why I stick with ZH, because there is almost as much info in the comments as there is in the articles. Thank you Element.
Your choice of vague invective leads to the question, is it hyperbole if it's true? GW's article shows the official information is a pattern of minimization, distraction, and stonewalling. Accurate information will therefore be an alternate news source. Accurate information will show up again and again. And, if it's more serious than the anodyne official word, accurate information will look hyperbolic.
And if GW want to keep following something that you smarter people threw down the memory hole, well, there will be nerds to keep listening. Even if we don't get to eat at the jock's table a lunchtime.
Propaganda and confirmation bias, "will show up again and again" too, but accurate information needs no props.
Jocks v Nerds ... really?
Rules of Fight Club
#1: You do not talk about Fight Club.
#2: You do not talk about Fight Club.
#3: If someone says "stop" or goes limp, taps out the fight is over.
#4: Only two guys to a fight.
#5: One fight at a time.
#6: No shirts, no shoes.
#7: Fights will go on as long as they have to.
#8: If this is your first night at Fight Club, you have to fight.
We beat the crap out of topics to remove the concretions of bullshit and see what remains. Do that at enenews and its all concretion of bullshit ... then nothing! ROFL WTF?! Ripped off!!! lol :D
I tried enenews several times, it stank, own it.
Do the beer and archives thing and then get back to us. At the time the expertise was here. Now it is monitored at ZH, because it has been thoroughly covered, and nothing big gets by.
Nothing wrong with those sites, but when the fan is meeting the shit, there is more and better perspective here.
I did the Scotch and HOLY FUCK during.
+1
It is much worse than what they're telling. Not so many sources that report exact radiation numbers, but some bits and pieces that're coming to light paint a very depressing picture.
Don't know if you caught this piece, The Ocean is Broken, written by an Aussie sailor en route throughout The Pacific. Makes a helluva sense if you put into perspective the record number of whales observed near N. America's west coast, the recent morbid and "unexplainable" starfish holocaust and countless older stories about seals, polar bears, I've read even wombats and tasmanian devils are affected by some kind of "skin disease"...
Check out Hatrick Penry, the guy that coined the term Plume-Gate and wrote a book proving 3 full meltdowns happened already within the first week after 11th of March 2009. His evidence came entirely from NRCs released transcripts after being sued under FOIA.
It's sick and fucked-up beyond comprehension and the worst part is we have yet to experienced a lion share of consequences.
(all links open in new windows)
hadn't seen the plume gate stuff, thanks for the links.
you know it doesn't help that the "journalist" spending the most time on this is Alex Jones. It's a brilliant way to discredit what appears to be very real, significant danger, both direct and indirect.
Then again, if he's helping people at least be aware of it, maybe that's a net good.
You're welcome Johnny; this is knowledge that needs to be spread out and it doesn't really matter which way it comes from if it is the truth. You're right about AJ; his sensationalist approach has somewhat damaged the truth movement's credibility, but once in a while he picks up bits that MSM has strict orders to either not report on or hugely downplay. No matter the source, everybody should learn to do their 'due diligence' by double-checking and cross-referencing facts and sources... separating the weed from the chaff, so to speak.
Just noticed my freudian slip in the post above, should say 2011 instead of 2009.
America is doomed is a failed experiment. People got lazy and let the corporations take over, that is the whole story. Once the corporations where legal citizens with more rights than living flesh and blood people then end was of American was set in stone.
The only solution is for the lazy fuctards to get off their colective asses and start over from scratch.
Some general rules such as....No corporation may exist for more than 5 years. It may apply for a 5 year extension. It must pay local taxes on all forms of revenue and profit. It is not a person in any shape or form and has no legal rights as one. Profits may not exceed $10 million per year. Profits exceeding the maximum are donated to charities. This keeps competition in the market place and ensures everyone is working or running a business.
Why should corporations exist at all? The entire purpose of the corporation is to limit liability. If corporation destroys half the planet, why should liability be limited to a fraction of the damage done? Case in point, Fukushima. If people were held accountable for their actions, the world would be a better place.
why the threadjack evil peanut?
"I think the American people, honestly, want security over freedom."
This is just what he honestly thinks. Its not a fact that the American people think and no one can help it that Jake Tapper is an idiot who cant think straight.
Never give up.
Radio interview explains our strategy.
http://www.nationallibertyalliance.org/files/radio/14-2-11%20Power%20Hou...
http://www.nationallibertyalliance.org/mission-statement
Jake Tapper is a greedy suckup. He only thinks about himself, so what he thinks shouldn't matter to anyone else who isn't standing between him and the donuts. Caveat suckerz.
CNN is full of it: 60% of Americans Value Privacy Over Anti-Terror Protections
People should stop watching TV. Period.
I did. Do not even own a boob tube. Not even in my mind to buy one at this point. Although I should have one for bad weather days. When it's storming, I turn off this here computer, power down everything, and pull all the plugs. Had a puter zapped once before, even with a good surge protector, it still got fried. Not chancing it again. Almost got caught flat-footed last year when a tornado was headed in my general direction, cause I had no idea since I had no idiot box. Guess that would have made me the idiot, picked up and carted off by a nader since I did not have a t.v.
Yep, but the propaganda axiom: "If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. ...It thus becomes vitally important for the State to use all of its power to repress dissent, for the truth is the mortal enemy of the lie, and thus by extension, the truth is the greatest enemy of the State."
J. Goebbels
Thanks for the current info on Fukushima, George.
"TSA gate rape stops terrorists -- NSA spying keeps you secure -- the American military is a global force for good -- banks deserve to be bailed out -- warrant-less SWAT raids are essential for public safety -- radiation may be good for you (provided it comes from an imploded nuclear plant) -- dissenters and whistle-blowers are traitors."
-- The American Propaganda Machine
Truth is treason in an empire of lies.
Already in the drinking water of Vancouver. You'll know this is real when all those wealthy Hong Kong businessmen give up that expensive real estate overlooking Vancouver island...
And just in case any of you hadn't heard about this thing called "WIPP" out West...
Now you know!
And so what? From the article:
Smith and his colleagues tracked rising levels of cesium-134 at several ocean monitoring stations west of Vancouver in the North Pacific beginning in 2011. By June 2013, the concentration reached 0.9 Becquerels per cubic meter, Smith said. All of the cesium-134 was concentrated in the upper 325 feet (100 m) of the ocean, he said. They are awaiting results from a February 2014 sampling trip.
The U.S. safety limit for cesium levels in drinking water is about 28 Becquerels, the number of radioactive decay events per second, per gallon (or 7,400 Becquerels per cubic meter). For comparison, uncontaminated seawater contains only a few Becquerels per cubic meter of cesium.
I've highlighted the important parts...
We are talking about a difference between 0.9 and 7,400. Are you really that scared?
We are talking about contamination, not just irradiation, meaning the acculumation of radioactive substances in the body, where they provide a nearly steady dose-rate, thereby leading to a steadily rising dose, which in turn gets ever more dangerous. Yes, I am scared - and you'd better be, too.
You are certainly correct regarding contamination, however in the case of Fukushima, the contamination (ie committed dose) has been calculated and is being monitored.
That is why they closed the fisheries located near the site. However, for fish which migrate across the Pacific, it is an entirely different story.
Here's the Abstract from one of the monitoring studies (BTW, the most recent levels monitored are about one-half of those found in this study):
Radioactive isotopes originating from the damaged Fukushima nuclear reactor in Japan following the earthquake and tsunami in March 2011 were found in resident marine animals and in migratory Pacific bluefin tuna (PBFT). Publication of this information resulted in a worldwide response that caused public anxiety and concern, although PBFT captured off California in August 2011 contained activity concentrations below those from naturally occurring radionuclides. To link the radioactivity to possible health impairments, we calculated doses, attributable to the Fukushima-derived and the naturally occurring radionuclides, to both the marine biota and human fish consumers. We showed that doses in all cases were dominated by the naturally occurring alpha-emitter 210Po and that Fukushima-derived doses were three to four orders of magnitude below 210Po-derived doses. Doses to marine biota were about two orders of magnitude below the lowest benchmark protection level proposed for ecosystems (10 µGy?h?1). The additional dose from Fukushima radionuclides to humans consuming tainted PBFT in the United States was calculated to be 0.9 and 4.7 µSv for average consumers and subsistence fishermen, respectively. Such doses are comparable to, or less than, the dose all humans routinely obtain from naturally occurring radionuclides in many food items, medical treatments, air travel, or other background sources.
LINK: http://www.pnas.org/content/110/26/10670.full
Please to read that paper, it is a good introduction to radiation doses, how they are calcuated and what they mean.
um, newsflash: politicians are shameless dicks, who care about nothing but keeping their seats.
Indeed. Every time TEPCO is made to be the villain, the government is pleased.
The government made NPPs possible in Japan, insured them with taxpayer funds, allowed them to run a business assured of profit, wrote and enforced (supposedly) the regulations, and marketed NP as necessary, safe, and good for all of Japan. It was the corruption in the bureaucracy and political class which has caused this disaster.
As bad as TEPCO is, the government has the primary responsibility in the whole mess.
Why do you think all radiation monitoring on the west coast stopped?
http://www.enviroreporter.com/investigations/fukushima/radiation-station...
The first thing that will happen is a complete collapse of the fishing industry.
i will keep to supporting what jim in mn has to say.....
had to edit.... i dont have a qualified opinion thats not a raging rant over this fukushima event.anymore and the tylers do have certain benchmarks of decorum...lol...
zerohedge is the gold standard of information.....nuff sed...
So true! I quit eating tuna(and other fish) not long after FukuShima blew. In a few generations at the rate of spills the world has ben having since WWII no one will die of old age.
Sure they will, because the government will simply revise what constitutes 'old age'; like they do with 'safe levels', 'unemployment', etc.
Eh, much ado about nothing. The levels of radiation recorded in fish from the Pacific are much less than you would get just by eating a banana.
It's all relative.
There are peer reviewed papers on this, which most people seem to be unaware of or cannot understand the math/statistics.
Of course the MSM and the ecoloon sites are all about promoting hysteria and not the facts.
For example: http://www.pnas.org/content/110/26/10670.full
Or http://educate-yourself.org/lte/christopherbiusbyalarmism19nov13.shtml
I don't know what you have been smoking:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/japan/9937319/Record-leve...
Ok, just read http://www.pnas.org/content/110/26/10670.full and digest that (I kinda doubt you read that). This was done on the West Coast.
It measured the levels in tuna, which migrated a few thousand miles over several months as the particles went thru their half-lives.
And look at the hundreds of coutners listed at Radiation network: http://www.radiationnetwork.com/
All at background levels. If there was something going on, these things would be reporting it.
Confirmation bias.
Data mining.
The sad fact is, we can't believe any "news" media, science publication, anymore.
They both are governed by agenda, advertising, and research grant dollars.
Two equally reputable networks or scientists will have opposite opinions.
All we can do is use what information, experience, and logic we have to form our own conclusions.
The facts are:
Just weeks after the nuclear event, acres of crap from Japan had drifted to our shores.
TEPCO has been proven to be lying about the extent of radiation emitted.
There has been increasingly MORE radiation being emitted, over the years since the event.
Our govt mysteriously has no "oceanographic radiation" measuring agency.
Short of everyone buying our own (radiation specific) measuring devices, we never will really know the extent of the damage.
I can't believe there isn't a ZH, disaster prepared, conspiracy theorist, radiation detector armed Californian that can report his findings to us. (then, would we trust his report???)
what is the human half life
for 200 $ Alex...
at what point on the curve?
thinking basic calculus here...bible said humans used to live 600 years, so f(x)=xsquared-1
It's funny. I have four cases of canned tuna which I purchased in 2010 just as a long term protein source if anything went bad. I've quit using them now realizing they have much greater worth then I had originally intended.
Miffed;-)
Ha ha ha.....I have been slowly working my way through the pre 2011 tuna fish I bought for the same reasons.
I like a tuna sandwich with a cup o' coffee.
I like tuna melts and tuna noodle casserole.
These may be the last cans of tuna I get to eat.
....speaking of 'miffed'
lol
me to
7 cans left and i'm a hoader
Him say, "YOU GLOW NOW! Why you here four hour?!"
Damn I was thinking how much for a can of your pre fukushima tuna when I read the second line.
Yes, Mr often bemoans the fact my hair color doesn't match my mental acuity, which,in certain situations, is not advantageous for others.
Miffed;-)
You can also buy European, Atlantic-caught tuna canned in olive oil that is FAR superior to any of the catfood-like tunas canned in the USA --- I recommend the "Ortiz" brand from Spain, but there are others --- which will not only last for two decades or more in the can, but actually improves with age, becoming softer in texture but richer in flavor.