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Study: 28% Increase In Thyroid Problems In Babies Born After Fukushima in Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon and Washington
“Elevated airborne beta levels in Pacific/West Coast US States and trends in hypothyroidism among newborns after the Fukushima nuclear meltdown.” Courtesy of Washington’s Blog
Lesson from Fukushima: Media Censorship and Crisis Communications
“This presentation will demonstrate that the Japanese and U.S. Governments withheld vital information from their citizens about the direction and risks of Fukushima radiation plumes and the degree and consequences of radioactive fallout. Second, the presentation will demonstrate that the mainstream news media, including The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times, were complicit […]
Japan urged to send out global SOS over No. 1 plant
Two years after the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami, the herculean task of decommissioning the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant is the subject of growing international involvement Courtesy of Japan Times
Rising doubts about Japan’s official radiation figures
As the two-year anniversary of the world’s second-worst nuclear accident nears, citizen groups are questioning the accuracy of the government’s contamination data for the area around the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant. Courtesy of Fukushima Update
Suicide prompts wife to sue Tepco
“The last words that a Fukushima dairy farmer said to his wife in the Philippines over the phone on the morning of June 10, 2011, was to make sure that she and their children ate well, stayed healthy and didn’t return to Japan.” Courtesy of Japan Times
A Lasting Legacy of the Fukushima Rescue Mission: Part 1
Radioactive Contamination of American Sailors Courtesy of Energy Matters
Former Tepco Chairman Said Questioned in Fukushima Legal Probe
Tsunehisa Katsumata, who served as chairman of the power company known as Tepco until June 2012, was interviewed by investigators probing alleged professional negligence resulting in deaths and injuries connected to the accident, Kyodo reported today. Courtesy of Bloomberg via SimplyInfo
Fukushima debris hits Hawaii
Debris set adrift by the 2011 Japanese tsunami has made its way to Hawaii, triggering concerns over the unknown effects of the radiation it may carry from the meltdown of the Fukushima reactor. Courtesy of RT
Japan to replace nuclear plant with world’s largest wind farm
Officials in Japan have announced plans for building the largest wind farm in the world, ten miles off the coast of Fukushima – site of the nuclear disaster that followed the earthquake and tsunami that struck the island nation in 2011. Projections call for developing a wind farm capable of producing 1 gigawatt of power. […]
No solution to tainted water at Fukushima plant
Nearly 2 years have passed since a massive earthquake and tsunami damaged the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. But since then, no drastic solution has yet been found to manage the plant’s growing amounts of contaminated water. Courtesy of NHK
