UPDATE:
"Tuesday, June 12, 2012
I for one am extremely angry that we are not being told the truth about the situation at the Daichii nuclear power station at Fukushima Japan. We all know by now about the radioactive fish that were caught off the coast of California, and we are also aware of the radioactive debris that is now washing ashore on the Pacific coast of both Canada and the United States. But there has been few reports coming forward that give a great summary of the situation, and explain the situation in a way that more people can understand, until now....
The fact is again that we have been lied to by our own governments and media, which have been working at trying to create the idea in people that there is nothing to worry about with the situation at Fukushima... The truth is far different....
I want to present the following video, entitled: "Fukushima Update 6-9-2012" in which Dr. Conrad Miller gives an excellent detailed summary of the present situation concerning the ongoing Fukushima nuclear disaster....
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What he was talking about, and what a concerned American is exposed to when he sits down at the table in the morning and cracks open his Boston Globe with his morning coffee:
"Japan’s leader wants nuclear plants restarted; Says economy at risk without nuclear power" by Martin Fackler | new york times, June 09, 2012
TOKYO - In a blunt appeal on national television, Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda asked for his nation’s support Friday in restarting one of Japan’s idled nuclear plants, saying the loss of energy could bring blackouts and economic chaos.
Can you impeach him for insanity in Japan?
In the 10-minute speech, Noda took his case directly to the Japanese people, explaining why he wants to resume operation of at least some of Japan’s 50 commercial reactors, which have all been idled since last year’s nuclear accident in Fukushima....
Noda spoke in stark terms, saying he had concluded that
Japan could not maintain its current living standards without nuclear
power. Responding to the commonly heard argument here that Japan is
currently getting along fine without the plants, he said conservation
measures would not be enough in the approaching summer months to
overcome the loss of the nation’s nuclear plants....
Oh, if only the world had invested the trillions upon trillions upon trillions of dollars in developing solar and other sustainable forms of energy instead of wasting it on war profiteers and Wall Street banks.
Oh, if only the world had invested the trillions upon trillions upon trillions of dollars in developing solar and other sustainable forms of energy instead of wasting it on war profiteers and Wall Street banks.
Well, if the world had invested trillio.... oh, right.
Such appeals are unusual in Japan’s often colorless political world, and Noda’s was seen here as recognition of how the restart issue has polarized his nation.
Yeah, most are against it, leadership is for it.
While many Japanese are now deeply distrustful of their government’s ability to oversee the politically powerful nuclear industry, others worry that power shortages could cost jobs and accelerate the nation’s industrial decline.
Is there a citizen anywhere on this planet who IS NOT?
For weeks, his government has been trying to convince skeptical local leaders to allow a restart of the Ohi plant, which provides power to the heavily urbanized Kansai region, including the cities of Osaka and Kyoto. He has said he wants to restart the Ohi plant first because Kansai faces the most severe potential electricity shortages in Japan during the steamy summer, when air conditioner use surges.
The threat of rolling blackouts seems to have persuaded local leaders to accept at least a temporary restart of the Ohi plant. However, the mayor of Osaka, Toru Hashimoto, who led local opposition, has said he may ask that the plant be turned off again in September, saying he is against a permanent restart until Japan revamps its nuclear oversight.
“Restarting the Ohi plant will solve the problem for now, but it still leaves open the question of what happens in September,’’ said Hiroshi Tasaka, a nuclear policy specialist at Tokyo’s Tama University who advised the previous prime minister, Naoto Kan. “There may be a political showdown if Prime Minister Noda tries to keep the plant on, or restarts other plants, without strengthening regulatory oversight.’’
In his speech, Noda sought to address some of those concerns by explaining measures his government was taking to avoid a repeat of last year’s accident, which was caused when a huge earthquake and tsunami knocked out cooling systems at the Fukushima Daiichi plant, resulting in meltdowns in three reactors.
Is he guaranteeing an earthquake or tsunami won't happen?
The main step, he said, was overhauling Japan’s current regulatory oversight, which he admitted had failed to prevent the Fukushima accident. He said his government was moving as quickly as possible to create an independent new nuclear regulatory agency. He was responding to criticism that the current watchdog, the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency, part of the Ministry of Economics, Trade and Industry, is charged with promoting the nuclear industry.
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The public's reaction:
"The Japanese public has been deeply distrustful since last year’s nuclear disaster and revelations that government officials played down the risks of the meltdown. Polls indicate most voters do not believe it is safe to turn the plants back on, despite the consequences for the economy....
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Protesters shouted slogans at an antinuclear rally in front of
Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda’s office in Tokyo. Noda made a direct
appeal to the nation, rare in Japanese politics (Itsuo Inouye/Associated Press)."
Clear now?
And it is NOT JUST PROTESTERS!
"Japan is warned on nuclear energy risk; Says ’11 disaster exposed flaws" by Martin Fackler | New York Times, May 29, 2012
TOKYO - In an unusually stark warning, Japan’s prime
minister during last year’s nuclear crisis told a parliamentary inquiry
Monday that the country should discard nuclear power as too dangerous,
saying the Fukushima accident had pushed Japan to the brink of “national
collapse.’’
And the new guy wants to turn 'em back on!!
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I'm hungry, and it is almost time for lunch:
In a separate development, a study reported Monday found that bluefin tuna carried radioactive contamination from Japan’s crippled nuclear plant to the shores of the United States 6,000 miles away. It was the first time a huge migrating fish has been shown to carry radioactivity such a distance.
No, no tuna for me, thanks.
The study, published online by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, said levels of radioactive cesium were 10 times higher than the amount measured in tuna off the California coast in previous years. That is still far below safe-to-eat limits set by the United States and Japan, but scientists did not expect the nuclear fallout to linger in huge fish because they can metabolize radioactive substances....
Then YOU EAT the fish!
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Related: Restart likely for Japan nuclear plant
And while we are on the subject of government lies:
"Japan sent four aircraft carriers to the tiny Pacific atoll of Midway six months after the attack on Pearl Harbor. Their mission was to draw out and destroy what remained of the US Pacific Fleet. But this time the United States knew about Japan’s plans....
Related: Pearl Harbor - Mother of All Conspiracies
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Does the lying ever end with them?
Also see:
Japanese prime minister shakes up Cabinet
In Japan, phones monitor radiation
How come the Globe doesn't tell you what they recorded?
"Japan minister says he didn’t downplay nuclear accident; Says crisis’ extent misunderstood
What is most frightening of all is the destruction of the food supply (much like in the Gulf of Mexico) and the possibility being raised on blogs that the resulting pressures and problems may result in the psychopathic globe-kickers initiating WWIII to cull the herd.
Clear now?
And it is NOT JUST PROTESTERS!
"Japan is warned on nuclear energy risk; Says ’11 disaster exposed flaws" by Martin Fackler | New York Times, May 29, 2012
And the new guy wants to turn 'em back on!!
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I'm hungry, and it is almost time for lunch:
In a separate development, a study reported Monday found that bluefin tuna carried radioactive contamination from Japan’s crippled nuclear plant to the shores of the United States 6,000 miles away. It was the first time a huge migrating fish has been shown to carry radioactivity such a distance.
No, no tuna for me, thanks.
The study, published online by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, said levels of radioactive cesium were 10 times higher than the amount measured in tuna off the California coast in previous years. That is still far below safe-to-eat limits set by the United States and Japan, but scientists did not expect the nuclear fallout to linger in huge fish because they can metabolize radioactive substances....
Then YOU EAT the fish!
--more--"
Related: Restart likely for Japan nuclear plant
And while we are on the subject of government lies:
"Japan sent four aircraft carriers to the tiny Pacific atoll of Midway six months after the attack on Pearl Harbor. Their mission was to draw out and destroy what remained of the US Pacific Fleet. But this time the United States knew about Japan’s plans....
Related: Pearl Harbor - Mother of All Conspiracies
--more--"
Does the lying ever end with them?
Also see:
Japanese prime minister shakes up Cabinet
In Japan, phones monitor radiation
How come the Globe doesn't tell you what they recorded?
"Japan minister says he didn’t downplay nuclear accident; Says crisis’ extent misunderstood
Associated Press, May 28, 2012
TOKYO - The chief government spokesman during Japan’s nuclear crisis testified Sunday that he did not deliberately mislead the public about the extent of the accident. Trade and industry minister Yukio Edano told a parliamentary investigative panel that the government did not fully understand the damage at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant after a massive earthquake and tsunami last year.
Then why put out self-serving lies and reassurances?
Edano has been accused of failing to provide full information about the accident and of downplaying health dangers.
He denied that there was any coverup and said he repeatedly used the phrases “no immediate risk’’ and “just to be safe’’ in his briefings because that is what officials believed at the time.
Means there was one. It's called damage control in the public relations realm.
“I’m sorry for our misjudgment,’’ he said.
Eventually, the government acknowledged that three reactor cores had melted in the worst nuclear accident since Chernobyl.
The parliamentary panel is the only public inquiry into the accident at which top nuclear regulators and officials from the plant’s operator have testified. Naoto Kan, the former prime minister who led disaster management at the height of the crisis, is to testify on Monday.
A separate independent investigation said in a report in February that the government withheld information about the full danger of the disaster from its own people and the United States, causing public distrust and straining relations with Japan’s biggest ally.
They all do it.
Edano said the US government was obviously frustrated by the scattered information provided by Japan and sought to place American nuclear specialists at the prime minister’s office, but he refused, citing Japanese sovereignty. He said the request came through US Ambassador John Roos three days after the disaster hit.
Yeah, I know the feeling every time I flip through a Boston Globe.
“I declined the request,’’ Edano said. “The prime minister’s office is a place to make decisions as a sovereign nation and it was not desirable to have foreign officials stationed there.’’
US doesn't seem to mind when it's dual-national Israeli spies mingling in their midst.
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TOKYO - The chief government spokesman during Japan’s nuclear crisis testified Sunday that he did not deliberately mislead the public about the extent of the accident. Trade and industry minister Yukio Edano told a parliamentary investigative panel that the government did not fully understand the damage at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant after a massive earthquake and tsunami last year.
Then why put out self-serving lies and reassurances?
Edano has been accused of failing to provide full information about the accident and of downplaying health dangers.
He denied that there was any coverup and said he repeatedly used the phrases “no immediate risk’’ and “just to be safe’’ in his briefings because that is what officials believed at the time.
Means there was one. It's called damage control in the public relations realm.
“I’m sorry for our misjudgment,’’ he said.
Eventually, the government acknowledged that three reactor cores had melted in the worst nuclear accident since Chernobyl.
The parliamentary panel is the only public inquiry into the accident at which top nuclear regulators and officials from the plant’s operator have testified. Naoto Kan, the former prime minister who led disaster management at the height of the crisis, is to testify on Monday.
A separate independent investigation said in a report in February that the government withheld information about the full danger of the disaster from its own people and the United States, causing public distrust and straining relations with Japan’s biggest ally.
They all do it.
Edano said the US government was obviously frustrated by the scattered information provided by Japan and sought to place American nuclear specialists at the prime minister’s office, but he refused, citing Japanese sovereignty. He said the request came through US Ambassador John Roos three days after the disaster hit.
Yeah, I know the feeling every time I flip through a Boston Globe.
“I declined the request,’’ Edano said. “The prime minister’s office is a place to make decisions as a sovereign nation and it was not desirable to have foreign officials stationed there.’’
US doesn't seem to mind when it's dual-national Israeli spies mingling in their midst.
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What is most frightening of all is the destruction of the food supply (much like in the Gulf of Mexico) and the possibility being raised on blogs that the resulting pressures and problems may result in the psychopathic globe-kickers initiating WWIII to cull the herd.
