Greetings!
Is no news really good news? Not when it is no news about the worsening nuclear disaster at Fukushima Daiichi.
The 9.0 magnitude earthquake and following tsunami on March 11 caused an unprecedented world-impacting disaster at the nuclear waste storage and power generating facilities at Fukushima Japan, a disaster that is still unfolding today. We have passed the two month mark and the situation is getting worse, not better.
Why is it that we are hearing nothing? Another example of the failed US media; I’m afraid that those that profit from the mistake that is the nuclear industry have the interest and ability to control the poor excuse for news we receive here in the US. To get any information about Fukushima you’ll need to use foreign media sources.
Reporting indicates the breach and meltdown of three of the six reactor cores and Japanese officials are no closer to resolving the nuclear crisis. New readings show a dramatic increase in radioactive contamination in the sea and land and this problem will only get worse.
Don’t be fooled by those that think dumping radioactivity into the ocean is better than land containment. Dilution is never a good solution for pollution; especially radioactivity.
Tepco’s handling of the crisis will come under closer scrutiny with the arrival in Tokyo of a delegation from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). The UN nuclear inspectors will visit the Fukushima plant and present their findings at a meeting of ministers from IAEA member-states on 20 June.
The Japan Atomic Industrial Forum, an industry group, is currently publishing daily updates of the status of power plants in Fukushima which give detailed information on the condition of each reactor.
I’m hoping that if any good comes from this it is the end of the nuclear industry. Germany is now moving to close all is nuclear plants by 2023, beginning with the oldest plants first.
Make a great day,
