A Coverup -California Northwest USA BC Canada under radiation threat as high as Japan

[giovonni]

Leuren Moret - Coverup - California Northwest USA BC Canada under radiation threat as high as Japan

by Alfred Webre

independent scientist Leuren Moret, MA, PhD (ABT) has stated in an exclusive April 4, 2011 interview with reporter Alfred Lambremont Webre that the effects of the tectonic nuclear war against the populations and breadbaskets of North America (Canada, United States, Hawaii, and Mexico) are being intentionally covered up by the administrations of Barack Obama in the United States and Prime Minister Stephen Harper in Canada.

The radiation effect of this false flag global radiation war intensified this week as radiation maps produced by the Norwegian Institute for Air Research (NILU) now confirm that the Midwest of the United States, all of California, the states of Oregon and Washington and the western part of Canada are under a radiation threat with radiation levels as high as that in Japan in areas adjacent to the six units of the Fukushima nuclear power plant that started in melt-down on March 11, 2011.


Note this interview is in two parts
vimeo interview link here:
Part 1

http://vimeo.com/22003021
http://vimeo.com/22003021

Part 2

http://vimeo.com/22003275
http://vimeo.com/22003275

[giovonni]

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http://www.stormsurfing.com/cgi/display_alt.cgi?a=glob_250

[Davidallany]

This is serious, she says that within a year it's going to be allover the world, and that everyone will be affected even the bacteria world wide. I wonder if this is what Charles was talking about regarding the elimination of a big percentage of world population.
Bill, could you confirm this please?

[giovonni]

U.S. Sees Array of New Threats at Japan’s Nuclear Plant http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2011/04/06/world/JP-NUCLEAR/JP-NUCLEAR-articleInline.jpg

By JAMES GLANZ and WILLIAM J. BROAD
Published: April 5, 2011

United States government engineers sent to help with the crisis in Japan are warning that the troubled nuclear plant there is facing a wide array of fresh threats that could persist indefinitely, and that in some cases are expected to increase as a result of the very measures being taken to keep the plant stable, according to a confidential assessment prepared by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
more here... http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/06/world/asia/06nuclear.html?_r=2&hp

[giovonni]

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Y8K7p5aJy-c/TZNkWDQCiRI/AAAAAAAABDg/FLC_gQdVelo/s640/Malaysia-Safe-Nuclear-Radioactive-Mar2011-01.jpg

Fishing Halted in Japan’s Ibaraki After Radioactive Water Contaminates Sea
By Aya Takada - Apr 5, 2011 10:02 PM PT

Fishermen in Ibaraki prefecture, Japan’s fifth-largest seafood producer, halted operations after tainted fish were detected south of Fukushima where radioactive water from a stricken nuclear plant contaminated the sea.

About 96 percent of fishing off the coast of Ibaraki was suspended after sand lance contaminated with higher-than- acceptable levels of cesium were discovered yesterday, said Tomoki Mashiko, assistant director at the fishing policy division of the prefectural government. Fishermen from Ibaraki’s southern port of Hasaki weren’t allowed to ship their products to a market in neighboring Chiba prefecture, he said.

Sushi restaurants and hotels, including Shangri-La Asia’s luxury chain, dropped Japanese seafood from their menus because of radiation fears. A fishing industry group in Fukushima yesterday asked Tokyo Electric Power Co. to stop releasing radioactive water into the sea. Japan exported 565,295 metric tons of fish and other marine products worth 195 billion yen ($2.3 billion) last year.

“We will increase monitoring of marine products to check how much they are affected by radiation,” Mashiko said in an interview today. “Based on the results, we will decide which area and what type of fish are safe for commercial operations.”

Ibaraki produced 191,010 tons of fish worth 20 billion yen ($234 million) in 2008, representing 3.4 percent of total Japanese output, government data show. The detection of contaminated sand lance dealt a blow to fishermen in the region who were recovering from the March 11 earthquake and tsunami and were resuming operations, Mashiko said.
Fishermen Compensation

“We expect Tokyo Electric Power to treat fishermen in the same way as it prepares to compensate farmers for their lost sales because of radioactive contamination,” he said.

The government has restricted vegetable and raw-milk shipments from Fukushima and nearby prefectures after discovering contaminated products through random testing.

Tepco, operator of the nuclear plant damaged by Japan’s biggest quake on record and tsunami, tumbled as much as 19 percent today. The utility may make a preliminary compensation payment of 1 million yen ($12,000) to each household near its crippled Fukushima Dai-Ichi power plant, Kyodo News reported.

The cesium level detected in samples of sand lance caught off the coast of Ibaraki was 526 becquerel per kilogram, higher than Japan’s health ministry standard of 500 becquerel, data from the prefecture showed yesterday.

Testing of sand-lance samples from fishermen’s group in the northern town of Hirakata also showed they contained 4,080 becquerel per kilogram of iodine-131. The government set a radioactive iodine standard for fish at 2,000 becquerel per kilogram yesterday, the same as the limit for vegetables.
Shifting Demand

“Increased discovery of contaminated foods sapped consumer appetite for products made in Fukushima and surrounding areas,” said Takaki Shigemoto, commodity analyst at JSC Corp. in Tokyo. “Demand is shifting to foods from western Japan and overseas.”

India suspended import of food items from Japan for three months or until “credible information” on the radiation hazard is available, the health ministry said yesterday.

Exports of Japanese seafood were canceled by foreign buyers on concern the products may have been tainted by radiation leaking from the nuclear plant, Hiromi Isa, trade office director at Japan’s Fisheries Agency, said last week.

Japan’s total output of marine products reached 5.43 million tons in 2009. Fishing by Fukushima and nearby Miyagi prefectures remain suspended as they have not recovered from damages from the quake and tsunami, according to the agency.

Tokyo Electric Power dumped radioactive water from the Fukushima nuclear plant into the ocean this week to make room to store more toxic liquids that have hampered efforts to restart cooling systems.

Source;
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-04-06/fishing-halted-in-japan-s-ibaraki-after-radioactive-water-contaminates-sea.html

[Humble Janitor]

This is serious, she says that within a year it's going to be allover the world, and that everyone will be affected even the bacteria world wide. I wonder if this is what Charles was talking about regarding the elimination of a big percentage of world population.
Bill, could you confirm this?

I personally hope with every inch of my heart that we will be "saved" from this disaster. Yes, it goes against free will but the people need help in crushing the elites.

[Chrononaut]

Is it possible that al this have to do with the project looking glass and the stargate secret what Dan Burisch was talking about?

Japan Disaster Predicted By Illuminati Card Game

ALERT Ran tons of Numbers and
--- 3-11-11= 322----
--- 3-22-2011= 344 ------ 344 +322? is 666 SO UM WHAT SHOULD WE DO?
COPY AND PASTE MANY PLACES AS POSSIBLE.. INCASE Just TRY not to worry people Put it as a QUESTION to get it out there. TV Peace


The gov wants us dead. obama is a puppet. Rothschilds has our gold. and peoples souls.. Media Could care less about the OIL SPILL!!! STILL NOT GONE! DEAD BIRDS AND SEALIFE DEAD.. NO REPORTS. They have KILLED US NOT BY MISTAKE.
NOW they will HEARD US.. They JUST NEED A HUGE DISASTER AND WE ARE HEARDED.. Thats IF YOU GO. CDC *** YOU FEMA *** YOU , You are Ruining this WORLD FOR A LIE AND A PROMISE TO ANOTHER WORLD! ITS A LIE!
YOU WILL DIE TOO..
Japan Disaster.. and MANY Disasters are ment to be around the same time to end times... and poison us or make us sick. or to heard the people. if its real or not. You go into there hands. You have NO chance.. Up to you and the situation. Peace and love to all. remember LOVE ALL. AMEN!! CROSS CROSS


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAarvPyjkF4

Quote from Truth girl,

I really did not want to believe the recent disaster was the result of a conspiracy, but it was 'in the cards', so to speak.
Either Stephen Jackson has one heck of a crystal ball going, or this was planned waaay in advance.
Or it's just a coincidence, like everything about 9/11, 7/7, the madrid bombings etc that just doesn't add up- or adds up only if you look at it from the ppoit of view of it being a conspiracy.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpWbWrW8oC0&feature=related

[giovonni]

5 April 2011 Last updated at 08:26 ET


Japan quake: Aid worker's diary

Kathy Mueller is working for the International Federation of Red Cross (IFRC) in Japan, which was hit by a devastating earthquake and tsunami on 11 March. This is her account.

http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/52012000/jpg/_52012074_centre.jpg
For those in shelters a return to normal life is more pressing than nuclear fears

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12905581

[giovonni]

6 April 2011 Last updated at 14:15 ET

Japan quake: Nitrogen pumped into nuclear reactor

Workers in Japan have begun injecting nitrogen into one of the reactors at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant to prevent more hydrogen blasts.

http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/52039000/jpg/_52039702_011698284-2.jpg
The process of injecting nitrogen could take several days, engineers say...
more here; http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12992284

[Mystique]

This is the video interview with Dr Christopher Busby re: the Northern part of Japan:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFRXHEeUUPQ&feature=player_detailpage

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFRXHEeUUPQ&feature=player_detailpage

[giovonni]

i found this article on Rense tonight...after reading this i got a very sick feeling...
Could the recent explosions at Japan's Fukushima plant literally been a real smoking gun ?

http://www.rense.com/1.imagesH/fukuclear44.jpg


Is Japan's Elite Hiding A Weapons
Program Inside Nuclear Plants?
By Yoichi Shimatsu

This article first appeared at New America Media
News Analysis, Yoichi Shimatsu, Posted 4-6-11
c. 2011 Yoichi Shimatsu - All Rights Reserved
4-6-11


Confused and often conflicting reports out of Fukushima 1 nuclear plant cannot be solely the result of tsunami-caused breakdowns, bungling or miscommunication. Inexplicable delays and half-baked explanations from Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) and the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) seem to be driven by some unspoken factor.

The smoke and mirrors at Fukushima 1 seem to obscure a steady purpose, an iron will and a grim task unknown to outsiders. The most logical explanation: The nuclear industry and government agencies are scrambling to prevent the discovery of atomic-bomb research facilities hidden inside Japan's civilian nuclear power plants.

A secret nuclear weapons program is a ghost in the machine, detectable only when the system of information control momentarily lapses or breaks down. A close look must be taken at the gap between the official account and unexpected events.

Conflicting Reports

TEPCO, Japan's nuclear power operator, initially reported three reactors were operating at the time of the March 11 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami. Then a hydrogen explosion ripped Unit 3, run on plutonium-uranium mixed oxide (or MOX). Unit 6 immediately disappeared from the list of operational reactors, as highly lethal particles of plutonium billowed out of Unit 3. Plutonium is the stuff of smaller, more easily delivered warheads.

A fire ignited inside the damaged housing of the Unit 4 reactor, reportedly due to overheating of spent uranium fuel rods in a dry cooling pool. But the size of the fire indicates that this reactor was running hot for some purpose other than electricity generation. Its omission from the list of electricity-generating operations raises the question of whether Unit 4 was being used to enrich uranium, the first step of the process leading to extraction of weapons-grade fissionable material.

The bloom of irradiated seawater across the Pacific comprises another piece of the puzzle, because its underground source is untraceable (or, perhaps, unmentionable). The flooded labyrinth of pipes, where the bodies of two missing nuclear workers-never before disclosed to the press- were found, could well contain the answer to the mystery: a lab that none dare name.

Political Warfare

In reaction to Prime Minister Naoto Kan's demand for prompt reporting of problems, the pro-nuclear lobby has closed ranks, fencing off and freezing out the prime minister's office from vital information. A grand alliance of nuclear proponents now includes TEPCO, plant designer General Electric, METI, the former ruling Liberal Democratic Party and, by all signs, the White House.

Cabinet ministers in charge of communication and national emergencies recently lambasted METI head Banri Kaeda for acting as both nuclear promoter and regulator in charge of the now-muzzled Nuclear and Industrial Safety Commission. TEPCO struck back quickly, blaming the prime minister's helicopter fly-over for delaying venting of volatile gases and thereby causing a blast at Reactor 2. For "health reasons," TEPCO 's president retreated to a hospital ward, cutting Kan's line of communication with the company and undermining his site visit to Fukushima 1.

Kan is furthered hampered by his feud with Democratic Party rival Ichiro Ozawa, the only potential ally with the clout to challenge the formidable pro-nuclear coalition

The head of the Liberal Democrats, which sponsored nuclear power under its nearly 54-year tenure, has just held confidential talks with U.S. Ambassador John Roos, while President Barack Obama was making statements in support of new nuclear plants across the U.S.

Cut Off From Communications

The substance of undisclosed talks between Tokyo and Washington can be surmised from disruptions to my recent phone calls to a Japanese journalist colleague. While inside the radioactive hot zone, his roaming number was disconnected, along with the mobiles of nuclear workers at Fukushima 1 who are denied phone access to the outside world. The service suspension is not due to design flaws. When helping to prepare the Tohoku crisis response plan in 1996, my effort was directed at ensuring that mobile base stations have back-up power with fast recharge.

A subsequent phone call when my colleague returned to Tokyo went dead when I mentioned "GE." That incident occurred on the day that GE's CEO Jeff Immelt landed in Tokyo with a pledge to rebuild the Fukushima 1 nuclear plant. Such apparent eavesdropping is only possible if national phone carrier NTT is cooperating with the signals-intercepts program of the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA).

The Manchurian Deal

The chain of events behind this vast fabrication goes back many decades.

During the Japanese militarist occupation of northeast China in the 1930s, the puppet state of Manchukuo was carved out as a fully modern economic powerhouse to support overpopulated Japan and its military machine. A high-ranking economic planner named Nobusuke Kishi worked closely with then commander of the occupying Kanto division, known to the Chinese as the Kwantung Army, General Hideki Tojo.

Close ties between the military and colonial economists led to stunning technological achievements, including the prototype of a bullet train (or Shinkansen) and inception of Japan's atomic bomb project in northern Korea. When Tojo became Japan's wartime prime minister, Kishi served as his minister of commerce and economy, planning for total war on a global scale.

After Japan's defeat in 1945, both Tojo and Kishi were found guilty as Class-A war criminals, but Kishi evaded the gallows for reasons unknown-probably his usefulness to a war-ravaged nation. The scrawny economist's conception of a centrally managed economy provided the blueprint for MITI (Ministry of International Trade and Industry), the predecessor of METI, which created the economic miracle that transformed postwar Japan into an economic superpower.

After clawing his way into the good graces of Cold Warrior John Foster Dulles, Eisenhower's secretary of state, Kishi was elected prime minister in 1957. His protégé Yasuhiro Nakasone, the former naval officer and future prime minister, spearheaded Japan's campaign to become a nuclear power under the cover of the Atomic Energy Basic Law.

American Complicity

Kishi secretly negotiated a deal with the White House to permit the U.S. military to store atomic bombs in Okinawa and Atsugi naval air station outside Tokyo. (Marine corporal Lee Harvey Oswald served as a guard inside Atsugi's underground warhead armory.) In exchange, the U.S. gave the nod for Japan to pursue a "civilian" nuclear program.

Secret diplomacy was required due to the overwhelming sentiment of the Japanese public against nuclear power in the wake of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings. Two years ago, a text of the secret agreement was unearthed by Katsuya Okada, foreign minister in the cabinet of the first Democratic Party prime minister, Yukio Hatoyama (who served for nine months from 2009-10).

Many key details were missing from this document, which had been locked inside the Foreign Ministry archives. Retired veteran diplomat Kazuhiko Togo disclosed that the more sensitive matters were contained in brief side letters, some of which were kept in a mansion frequented by Kishi's half-brother, the late Prime Minister Eisaku Sato (who served from 1964-72). Those most important diplomatic notes, Togo added, were removed and subsequently disappeared.

These revelations were considered a major issue in Japan, yet were largely ignored by the Western media. With the Fukushima nuclear plant going up in smoke, the world is now paying the price of that journalistic neglect.

On his 1959 visit to Britain, Kishi was flown by military helicopter to the Bradwell nuclear plant in Essex. The following year, the first draft of the U.S.-Japan security was signed, despite massive peace protests in Tokyo. Within a couple of years, the British firm GEC built Japan's first nuclear reactor at Tokaimura, Ibaragi Prefecture. At the same time, just after the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, the newly unveiled Shinkansen train gliding past Mount Fuji provided the perfect rationale for nuclear-sourced electricity.

Kishi uttered the famous statement that "nuclear weapons are not expressly prohibited" under the postwar Constitution's Article 9 prohibiting war-making powers. His words were repeated two years ago by his grandson, then Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. The ongoing North Korea "crisis" served as a pretext for this third-generation progeny of the political elite to float the idea of a nuclear-armed Japan. Many Japanese journalists and intelligence experts assume the secret program has sufficiently advanced for rapid assembly of a warhead arsenal and that underground tests at sub-critical levels have been conducted with small plutonium pellets.

Sabotaging Alternative Energy

The cynical attitude of the nuclear lobby extends far into the future, strangling at birth the Japanese archipelago's only viable source of alternative energy-offshore wind power. Despite decades of research, Japan has only 5 percent of the wind energy production of China, an economy (for the moment, anyway) of comparable size. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, a nuclear-power partner of Westinghouse, manufactures wind turbines but only for the export market.

The Siberian high-pressure zone ensures a strong and steady wind flow over northern Japan, but the region's utility companies have not taken advantage of this natural energy resource. The reason is that TEPCO, based in Tokyo and controlling the largest energy market, acts much as a shogun over the nine regional power companies and the national grid. Its deep pockets influence high bureaucrats, publishers and politicians like Tokyo Governor Shintaro Ishihara, while nuclear ambitions keep the defense contractors and generals on its side. Yet TEPCO is not quite the top dog. Its senior partner in this mega-enterprise is Kishi's brainchild, METI.

The national test site for offshore wind is unfortunately not located in windswept Hokkaido or Niigata, but farther to the southeast, in Chiba Prefecture. Findings from these tests to decide the fate of wind energy won't be released until 2015. The sponsor of that slow-moving trial project is TEPCO.

Death of Deterrence

Meanwhile in 2009, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) issued a muted warning on Japan's heightened drive for a nuclear bomb- and promptly did nothing. The White House has to turn a blind eye to the radiation streaming through American skies or risk exposure of a blatant double standard on nuclear proliferation by an ally. Besides, Washington's quiet approval for a Japanese bomb doesn't quite sit well with the memory of either Pearl Harbor or Hiroshima.

In and of itself, a nuclear deterrence capability would be neither objectionable nor illegal- in the unlikely event that the majority of Japanese voted in favor of a constitutional amendment to Article 9. Legalized possession would require safety inspections, strict controls and transparency of the sort that could have hastened the Fukushima emergency response. Covert weapons development, in contrast, is rife with problems. In the event of an emergency, like the one happening at this moment, secrecy must be enforced at all cost- even if it means countless more hibakusha, or nuclear victims.

Instead of enabling a regional deterrence system and a return to great-power status, the Manchurian deal planted the time bombs now spewing radiation around the world. The nihilism at the heart of this nuclear threat to humanity lies not inside Fukushima 1, but within the national security mindset. The specter of self-destruction can be ended only with the abrogation of the U.S.-Japan security treaty, the root cause of the secrecy that fatally delayed the nuclear workers' fight against meltdown

Yoichi Shimatsu, a Hong Kong­based environmental writer, is the former editor of the Japan Times Weekly.

Source;
http://www.rense.com/general93/hid.htm

[giovonni]

Greetings,

Arnie Gundersen is a well known nuclear energy industry whistleblower...

Here is his latest update on Japans Fukushima Plant diaster

http://vimeo.com/22062314

http://vimeo.com/22062314

Here is a link to Arnie's - Fairewinds Associates site, with all his recent reports on this disaster.
http://fairewinds.com/updates

[Hybrid5226]

giovonni

The last couple of days the impact of what is going on in reguards to Fukushima an everything else in the world has had me grieving .

I stayed home from work yesterday an today which I never do .

I'm so sad . I'm sad an I'm angry . I'm angry for the people in Fukushima ,I'm angry for all the people in the Gulf oil spill area , I'm angry for the peoples in Haiti, Libya, Egypt,Yemen , Gaza. I'm sad an angry for the people in Ecuador an what the oil company's are doing to the people there .

I'm tired of people saying there is no good an bad it just is part of the process .
More then anything else I'm tired pist an angry that everyday I have to get out of bed an go to work like everything is ok an that I have to pretend that I give a crap about irrelevent bull**** an smile while I'm doing it .

I feel like I have been attending a funeral over an over an over .

I'm sorry I had to unload .
Peace,Erin

[giovonni]

During the aftermath...watching this is utterly amazing and surreal...this was posted April 6th, 2011.


"Fukushima, Japan - The Japanese government has issued the evacuation order on March 12 for the residents living within the 20 kilometer radius of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant.

Since then, residents have left their homes, and the "no man land" has been out of touch with the rest of the world.

A Japanese journalist, Tetsuo Jimbo, ventured through the evacuation zone last Sunday, and filed the following video report.

He says that, inside the evacuation zone, homes,building, roads and bridges, which were torn down by Tsunami, are left completely untouched, and the herd of cattle and pet dogs, left behind by the owners, wonders around the town while the radiation level remains far beyond legal limits."



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yp9iJ3pPuL8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yp9iJ3pPuL8

[giovonni]

giovonni

The last couple of days the impact of what is going on in reguards to Fukushima an everything else in the world has had me grieving .

I stayed home from work yesterday an today which I never do .

I'm so sad . I'm sad an I'm angry . I'm angry for the people in Fukushima ,I'm angry for all the people in the Gulf oil spill area , I'm angry for the peoples in Haiti, Libya, Egypt,Yemen , Gaza. I'm sad an angry for the people in Ecuador an what the oil company's are doing to the people there .

I'm tired of people saying there is no good an bad it just is part of the process .
More then anything else I'm tired pist an angry that everyday I have to get out of bed an go to work like everything is ok an that I have to pretend that I give a crap about irrelevent bull**** an smile while I'm doing it .

I feel like I have been attending a funeral over an over an over .

I'm sorry I had to unload .
Peace,Erin

Greeting's Erin,

The accumulation of what were all experiencing (in the now) is called a quickening.

You said ~ "I'm tired of people saying there is no good an bad it just is part of the process."

Obviously...we are all going through a learning process of sorts ? Whether good or bad really doesn't matter now; we all know something has gone terribly wrong here on this planet. Just allow the process...your grieving will help the healing. Just take it in- allow it to filter- then clear from you...and just let it all go!

Note ~ this past week (April 3rd) may have been the biggest CME ever recorded ? From what i have gathered from own own experiences and from others ~ these CME's makes one tired and exhausted sometimes even irritable.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtyPZ3dXQhs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtyPZ3dXQhs

Knowing we both live in the same area, and have witnessed some wet and dreary weather these past few weeks... i'm hoping today's (rare) Sun with lift your spirits again ?
Take a well deserved break and go for a walk with your canine this weekend :thumb:

Remember your not alone in all this ~ Much love too All ~ Gio

[Calz]

Hmmm ... if authorities say radiation levels in the rain pose no health threat then why are they closing schools ... and for how long? This is an ongoing event.

S. Korea shuts schools amid Japan radiation fears

TOKYO — Dozens of schools in South Korea closed Thursday amid concerns about radioactive fallout from Japan's nuclear disaster.

Classes were canceled or shortened at more than 150 schools as rain fell across the country.

Authorities said radiation levels in the rain posed no health threat.


http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42469812/ns/world_news-asiapacific/

[giovonni]

:rain:

Note i am close to the mountains > just east of Seattle - i sense we have been getting it quite flat-on > this pass week.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z87CJv4T4_o&feature=player_embedded#at=126
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z87CJv4T4_o&feature=player_embedded#at=126

[giovonni]

During the aftermath...watching this is utterly amazing and surreal...this was posted April 6th, 2011.


"Fukushima, Japan - The Japanese government has issued the evacuation order on March 12 for the residents living within the 20 kilometer radius of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant.

Since then, residents have left their homes, and the "no man land" has been out of touch with the rest of the world.

A Japanese journalist, Tetsuo Jimbo, ventured through the evacuation zone last Sunday, and filed the following video report.

He says that, inside the evacuation zone, homes,building, roads and bridges, which were torn down by Tsunami, are left completely untouched, and the herd of cattle and pet dogs, left behind by the owners, wonders around the town while the radiation level remains far beyond legal limits."



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yp9iJ3pPuL8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yp9iJ3pPuL8

CNN finally covers this amazing video footage -story:

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/2011/04/09/nr.radiation.zone.journalist.cnn?hpt%3DT1

[giovonni]

Low Levels of Ionizing Radiation May Cause Harm

a report from June 29, 2005
WASHINGTON -- A preponderance of scientific evidence shows that even low doses of ionizing radiation, such as gamma rays and X-rays, are likely to pose some risk of adverse health effects, says a new report from the National Academies' National Research Council.
http://www8.nationalacademies.org/onpinews/newsitem.aspx?RecordID=11340


***********

Sunday, April 10, 2011 18:40 +0900 (JST)

TEPCO uses unmanned equipment to remove rubble

http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/10_21.html

[giovonni]

This is a very good aerial (reference) photo of Japan's Fukushima nuclear reactor: radioactive leaks from - 7 April 2011 Last updated at 07:35 ET

As work continues to bring the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant back under control, Reactors 2 and 3, are the most likely sources for the main leaks of radioactivity.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special/world/11/japan_earthquake/feature_inc/img/fukushima_daiichi_976_2.gif

[giovonni]

http://vimeo.com/22209827

http://vimeo.com/22209827

[giovonni]

LEVEL 7

11 April 2011 Last updated at 23:46 ET

Japan: Nuclear crisis level raised to highest level

Japanese authorities have raised the measure of severity of their nuclear crisis to the highest level, officials say.

The decision was taken due to radiation measured at the damaged Fukushima Daiichi power plant, NHK reported.

The highest level for nuclear accidents (seven) had previously only applied to the Chernobyl disaster in 1986.

Meanwhile a 6.3-magnitude earthquake was reported off eastern Japan, the second tremor in as many days.

The aftershocks come a month after a huge quake and tsunami hit Japan, leaving nearly 28,000 dead or missing.
Impact of leaks

An official from the Nuclear Safety Commission of Japan announced that the crisis level at the Fukushima Daiichi plant was being raised in a televised statement, adding that it was a preliminary assessment that was subject to confirmation by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

The level seven signifies a "major accident" with "wider consequences" than the previous level, officials say.

"We have upgraded the severity level to seven as the impact of radiation leaks has been widespread from the air, vegetables, tap water and the ocean," said Minoru Oogoda of Japan's Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency (Nisa), the government's nuclear watchdog.

One official from the Tokyo Electric Power Co (Tepco), which operates the nuclear plant, said that radiation leaks had not stopped completely and could eventually exceed those at Chernobyl, Reuters news agency reported.

However, a nuclear safety agency spokesman told reporters the leaks were still small compared to those at the plant in Ukraine, then part of the Soviet Union.

"In terms of volume of radioactive materials released, our estimate shows it is about 10% of what was released by Chernobyl," he said.

The decision to raise the threat level was made after radiation of 10,000 terabequerels per hour had been estimated at the stricken plant for several hours.

That would classify the crisis at level seven on the International Nuclear and Radiological Event Scale (Ines).

It was not clear when that level had been reached. The level has subsequently dropped to less than one terabequerel an hour, reports said.
Evacuations extended

The severity level of Japan's nuclear crisis has so far been set at five, the same as that of the accident at Three Mile Island in the US in 1979.

Japan has also said it is extending the evacuation zone around the crippled nuclear plant because of radiation concerns.

The zone will be widened to encompass five communities beyond the existing 20-km (12-mile) radius, following new data about accumulated radiation levels, officials said.

Japan's nuclear commission said that according to preliminary results, the cumulative level of external radiation exceeded the yearly limit of 1 millisieverts in areas extending more than 60 kms (36 miles) to the north-west of the plant and about 40 km to the south-southwest.

On Monday, a 7.1-magnitude quake hit north-east Japan, leaving three people dead. It also triggered a brief tsunami warning, and forced workers to evacuate the Fukushima Daiichi plant.

Tuesday's quake rocked buildings in the capital, Tokyo.

There were no immediate reports of fresh damage, though Japan's Narita international airport temporarily closed its runways, and metro and train services were interrupted.

The cooling systems at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant were damaged in last month's disaster and workers have been struggling to prevent several reactors from overheating.

Officials have warned it will be several months before the situation at the nuclear facility is brought fully under control.

Tepco said on Tuesday that a fire had broken out briefly at Reactor 4, before being extinguished.

The official death toll from the disaster is 13,130, while 13,718 remain unaccounted for. More than 150,000 people have been made homeless.


Source;
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-13045341

[giovonni]

Futaba village is located near Fukushima Daiichi Plant and People evacuated after the nuclear accident on March 11th 2011. The radiation level in Futaba-cho is about 30 micro Sievert per hour, which is 30 - 40 times higher that the normal natural background level. You don't risk your live by just staying there for several hours. but it's impossible to live for the time being.

The most contamination are considered Iodine 131 (half-life 8.1 days) and Cesium 134 (half-life 2.06 years ), which radioactivity will disappear in 10 years. But if the area is much contaminated with Cesium 137, it's more serious as the half-life of Cesium 137 is 30 years and it will take 150 years until the radiation level drops to normal.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsioMTnCok0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsioMTnCok0

[giovonni]

tricks & fear mongering...could it be?


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4b0wT6joosU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4b0wT6joosU

[nomadguy]

http://permaculture.org.au/2011/04/12/shock-doctrine-the-rise-of-disaster-capitalism/

Shock Doctrine: The Rise Of Disaster Capitalism

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHrEH5G90wo&feature=player_embedded

[HORIZONS]

If this is for real it does not look good - and I have had a deep sick feeling in my gut the last couple of days -- I feel like I am in a vise grip.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ieu8UHlRxqo&feature=player_embedded

Here is a good site for quick info on this: http://enenews.com/

[giovonni]

Currently -Japan is the worlds third largest economy; the entire world is going to feel the effects of this environmental catastrophe...

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Japan's government downgrades its outlook for growth

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The earthquake and tsunami caused widespread damage to Japan's north-east coast

The Japanese government has downgraded its assessment of the economy in the wake of the devastation caused by last month's earthquake and tsunami.

It said key areas of the economy, including industrial production and exports, would suffer.

It marks the first time in six months that the government has downgraded its assessment.

On Monday, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) cut its forecast for Japanese growth.

"The economy is showing weakness recently due to the influence of the Great East Japan earthquake," the Japanese government said in its monthly economic report.

Downward direction

The damage caused to the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant has seen a shortfall of power supplies in Japan.

That has resulted in rolling blackouts, affecting production at some of the country's biggest companies.

The government has warned of the negative impact of the power shortage.

It has cut its assessment of the country's exports, saying shipments may decline as manufacturers battle to get their production lines back to full capacity.

The Japanese economy had already been struggling to come out of the global financial crisis before the earthquake and tsunami hit its north-east coast.

Analysts say the twin natural disasters have set back that recovery process even further.

"The condition of the economy is no longer flat or at a standstill, but rather the direction is downward," said Shigeru Sugihara, director of macroeconomic analysts at the cabinet office.

Nuclear crisis

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A month after the quake, engineers are still trying to stop Fukushima's reactors from overheating


Japan's problems have been made worse by the uncertainty surrounding the developments at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.

On Tuesday, Japan's Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency raised the severity of the crisis at the plant to level 7.

This level was previously applied to the 1986 Chernobyl disaster in Ukraine.

The move prompted fears that the situation at the Japanese plant may be worsening.

However, Japan's prime minister Naoto Kan has allayed those fears.

"Step by step, the reactors in the Fukushima Daiichi power plant are moving toward stability." Mr Kan said.

"People should not fall into an extreme self-restraint mood. They should live life as normal," he added.

http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/52111000/gif/_52111447_fukushima_excl2_464_3.gif

Source;
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-13058743

[giovonni]

An update from Arnie Gundersen


http://vimeo.com/22352930

http://vimeo.com/22352930

[Etherios]

More Berkley reports ...

http://www.nuc.berkeley.edu/node/2525

[giovonni]

This was just sent to me; it is a very tragic and sad reality to this catastrophe...

Note this video might be difficult to watch for some here.

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"Earlier this April we made our way to Fukushima to do some investigative reporting of the current conditions in the five- to ten-kilometer area around the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant. This is the first in a series of articles where we will report our findings from our time on the ground in Fukushima.

The location for our first story is a ranch in Namie, a town located 10 kilometers from the nuclear plant. Here, instead of the lively sounds of farmers going about their daily work, the air is filled with the desperate cries of abandoned cattle. Going to the barn to investigate, we found that over half the cattle in every pen were dead, and the rest were letting out heartbreaking cries for help as they stood among the corpses.


As of April 11th this ranch falls within the 20 kilometer evacuation zone enacted by the Japanese government, and is considered to be at risk of reaching radioactive levels significantly higher than those of other areas. As a result, the owner and staff of the ranch have all taken refuge elsewhere, leaving no one to provide the cattle food and water.

We can therefore presume that the cattle are dying of thirst and starvation, though the precise cause of the deaths has yet to be determined.

Normally, the cattle are able to use their nose to push a pedal that releases water at a drinking hole in the barn. However, no water came out when we tried for ourselves, suggesting that the water supply has been stopped.

By coincidence, we ran into some residents of Namie who knew of the situation and had prepared water and a little feed for the cows. However, they said they were only on their way to gather belongings from their home to prepare for evacuation, and that they would be leaving the town within the day.

At this rate, the remaining cows will most likely die within a few days unless someone can come to give them food and water regularly—even so, it is unclear when it will be safe for residents of Namie to return to their homes.

We can understand why the staff, fearing radiation poisoning, would flee and feel it unsafe to come back to tend to their cattle. We have no intentions of blaming the farmers, and understand that people must give priority to their own safety. Still, the sight of these abandoned animals was all too tragic.

Even now, the starving cattle can only wait for whichever comes to greet them first: the humans that abandoned them, or death."


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVAorP4J5L4&feature=uploademail
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVAorP4J5L4&feature=uploademail

[giovonni]

i believe it is important to try and balance all the energies that are swirling around us now;
i hope this post might help do this in regards to my previous post.

Pet rescuers brave Fukushima danger zone
From Kyung Lah and Whitney Hurst, CNN
April 14, 2011 6:19 a.m. EDT
http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/04/13/japan.nuclear.pets/index.html?hpt=C1

[giovonni]

"Dr. Michio Kaku, Theoretical Physicist: Fukishima Daiichi Nuclear Facility is a "Ticking Time Bomb"

The Japanese government is trying to calm fears about radiation levels and food safety in the region around the heavily damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power facility, even as it has raised the severity rating of the crisis to the highest possible level. "Radiation is continuing to leak out of the reactors, the situation is not stable at all," says Dr. Michio Kaku, professor of theoretical physics at the City University Of New York and the City College of New York, in an interview on Democracy Now! April 13. "The slightest disturbance could set off a full scale melt down at three nuclear power stations—far beyond what we saw at Chernobyl."


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrxKqLeZYD0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrxKqLeZYD0

[Rocky_Shorz]

More Berkley reports ...

http://www.nuc.berkeley.edu/node/2525

very important to note...

4/6/2011 20:00 0.26 7.5 ± 0.9 (149) less than MDA 4.7 ± 0.5 (556) 4.9 ± 0.7 (752) less than MDA data

4/11/2011 07:30 0.51 2.0 ± 0.4 (553) less than MDA 1.72 ± 0.18 (1500) 2.0 ± 0.3 (1890) less than MDA data

on the 11th readings went down on grass since the 6th by 2/3...

[giovonni]

In fairness to those living through this nightmare...

Don't let the title of this story confuse you...it is very telling of the pain and suffering these beautiful people are undergoing daily...

Lucky lottery winners in Japan get 5-star treatment


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A statue of Buddha is seen in the city cemetery in the area devastated by the Match 11 earthquake and tsunami in the town of Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, Japan, Thursday, April 14, 2011.


TOKYO — After a month of misfortune, Miwako Ikema finally had some luck.

Out of 700 applicants, she and about 100 others who fled homes near the stricken nuclear power plant in northeast Japan won one of the many lotteries that decide who gets a proper room and who gets left in cold, crowded evacuation centers.

Her prize: private accommodations in the five-star Akasaka Prince Hotel, courtesy of the Tokyo city government.

“We couldn’t really sleep before,” Mrs. Ikema said in an interview, referring to her stays in a series of shelters.

“There were so many crying babies, and people moving around and talking all night. We are lucky to stay here, at least for now. But I want to go home as soon as it is safe to do so.”

In the posh lobby of the Akasaka Prince, not all lottery winners were happy. Farmers who have lived their whole lives on ancestral lands in rural Fukushima now wandered around seemingly disoriented and homesick.

“This is nice, but I don’t really want to be here,” said Yutaka Takahashi, 63, a rice farmer from Nakoso village near the Fukushima nuclear power plant. “I was also growing strawberries, garlic and corn. I need to get back and water my crops.”

Mrs. Ikema and her teen-age daughter share a room on the 17th floor. Her room has a television, hot running water and a view of the Tokyo expressway.

The Tokyo government also provides them with free cafeteria meals, and volunteers help them find information about schools and job centers.

In another lottery, about 100 survivors — out of 1,160 applicants — moved this week into 36 well-equipped temporary units outside an evacuation shelter at a junior high school aboveRikuzen-Takata in northeastern Japan.

Hiroshi Kameyama, mayor of the town of Ishinomaki, told reporters last week that in another lottery 3,145 households applied for 137 temporary homes under construction. Small numbers of temporary shelters are also under construction in other areas of Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima provinces, all areas devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

More than a month after the disaster, the Japanese government is only now starting to put together a supplementary budget of $6 billion to build about 70,000 temporary homes for an estimated 200,000 survivors living in shelters, plus large numbers of evacuees staying with friends or relatives.

At the Akasaka hotel, Mrs. Ikema talked of the stress of trying to rebuild their lives. Many of the 70,000 residents of her town of Minami-Soma have been relocated throughout Japan.

Her neighbors who survived a tsunami that obliterated nearly everything in the city for 6 miles have not been able to return to look for missing relatives amid untouched debris of wrecked cars and demolished buildings.

“I want to go back to get things,” said Mrs. Ikema, who fled by automobile, with only three changes of clothing, after a second explosion at the nuclear plant, about 15 miles south of her home.

“People who still have homes intact there want to go back. Some of our husbands are working there to make money we need to survive. But nobody wants to take their kids near there. It’s too dangerous, especially if it rains.”

Still, more than half of the city’s residents have left, and many of them are now staying at the Akasaka Prince Hotel.

Mrs. Ikema said she is afraid it might be months, even years, before she will ever see Minami-Soma again. She is also suspicious of the information from the government.

“Nobody believes the news,” she said. “We wonder what truth they are hiding.”

Source;
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/apr/15/blucky-lottery-winners-in-japan-get-5-star-treatme/?page=all#pagebreak

[giovonni]

This is very concerning news.. i sense it's best to take this in - and then just let it all go....

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Saturday, April 15, 2011


Fuel rod fragments at bottom of vessels
No meltdown risk if cooling efforts continue


By KANAKO TAKAHARA
Staff writer

Melted fuel rod fragments have sunk to the bottoms of three reactors at the Fukushima No. 1 power plant and could theoretically burn through the pressure vessels if emergency water-pumping operations are seriously disrupted, the Atomic Energy Society of Japan said Friday.

If too many of the melted fuel fragments puddle at the bottom, they can generate enough concentrated heat to bore a hole in the pressure vessel, which would result in a massive radioactive release to the environment..

"It will take at least two or three months ... until the situation of fuel rods is stabilized" said Takashi Sawada, vice chairman of the nuclear body.

The fuel rods are being cooled by tons of water that is being manually injected into the reactors and their spent-fuel pools by truck. But if those operations are interrupted for two or three days by an aftershock or other unforeseen event, the reactors' cores will again be at risk of melting down further, he said.

The nuclear safety committee, consisting of nuclear engineers and academics, compiled the analysis based on the data disclosed by Tokyo Electric Power Co. and the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency, the government's nuclear watchdog. Earlier reports quoting experts giving the same explanation have been circulating in western media for a week.

The fuel rods in reactors 1, 2 and 3 are heavily damaged. Pieces of the rods melted into fragments about 1 cm wide or smaller and drifted to the bottom of the pressure vessels, the committee said.

The fuel rods in reactors 1 and 2 still seem to be partially exposed, but the entire fuel assembly at reactor 3 is believed to be safely submerged, it said.

Meanwhile, radioactive substances have been detected in groundwater and soil on the plant's premises, giving Tepco even more problems..

Tepco said Thursday night that the concentration of radioactive materials detected in groundwater extracted near the turbine buildings of reactors 1 and 2 jumped 17-fold in a week.

Radioactive iodine-131 was 610 becquerels per cubic centimeter, 17 times the amount detected April 6, while cesium-134 was 7.9 becquerels, eight times the amount detected previously. Normally none would be detected.

Tepco said toxic water may be seeping from the nearby reactor 2 turbine building, which is filled with high-level radioactive water. The utility will increase its inspections from once to three times a week.

Tepco also said it detected a small amount of plutonium at two locations 500 meters from the No. 1 reactor. Some 0.16 becquerels per kg and 0.12 becquerels per kg of plutonium-238 were detected in soil collected between March 31 to April 4.

The amount is the same level as those normally detected, Tepco said, suggesting there is no immediate health risk.

The earth also contains radioactive substances that have been falling from the sky since the United States, Russia and other nuclear states carried out atmospheric atomic tests in past decades.

As for the storage pool for spent fuel rods in reactor 4, radioactive iodine and cesium were detected in a water sample extracted Tuesday, but the amount indicated damage to the rods was "not big," NISA said.

According to the results, 220 becquerels per cubic cm of radioactive iodine-131, 88 becquerels of cesium-134 and 93 becquerels of cesium-137 were detected, Tepco said.

On Friday, workers continued efforts to bring the reactors under control and stop radioactive leaks, injecting more nitrogen gas into the No. 1 reactor.

Melted fuel rod fragments have sunk to the bottoms of three reactors at the Fukushima No. 1 power plant and could theoretically burn through the pressure vessels if emergency water-pumping operations are seriously disrupted, the Atomic Energy Society of Japan said Friday.


http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20110416a1.html

[giovonni]

Japan nuclear firm aims to end crisis within nine months

Tepco reveals two-stage process to bring Fukushima plant under control but declines to say when evacuees can return home


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Chair of Japan nuclear operator Tepco, Tsunehisa Katsumata, announces the 'cold shutdown' roadmap


Justin McCurry in Tokyo
Sunday 17 April 2011

The company at the centre of Japan's nuclear crisis says it hopes to bring the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant under control in six to nine months, but cannot say when tens of thousands of people forced to evacuate the area will be able to return home.

In the first indication of how long it will take to stabilise the plant, the Tokyo Electric Power Company [Tepco] revealed on Sunday a two-stage process it hopes will end with the safe "cold shutdown" of the stricken reactors.

Tepco's announcement came as the US secretary of state, Hillary Clinton, arrived in Tokyo to pledge Washington's support for Japan as it recovers from the worst disaster in its postwar history.

"Economically, diplomatically and in so many other ways, Japan is indispensable to global problem-solving," she said. "We are very confident that Japan will recover and will be a very strong economic and global player for years and decades to come."

Clinton pledged steadfast support for Japan in the face of "a multidimensional crisis of unprecedented scope".

Japan and the US announced the creation of a public-private partnership to spearhead reconstruction. "We wish to enhance co-operation between Japan and American businesses," Clinton said.

Tepco officials say the two most urgent tasks are to prevent hydrogen explosions at three of the six reactors, and to secure storage for tens of thousands of tonnes of contaminated water in the turbine buildings.

The firm has been pumping low-level radioactive water into the sea, angering neighbouring China and South Korea.

It says it needs three months to achieve a steady reduction in radiation, and another three to six months to bring levels firmly under control.

"We will do our utmost to curb the release of radioactive materials by achieving a stable cooling state at the reactors and spent fuel pools," Tepco's chairman, Tsunehisa Katsumata, told reporters.

"The company has been doing its utmost to prevent a worsening of the situation. We have put together a roadmap and will put all our efforts into achieving these goals."

The prime minister, Naoto Kan, welcomed Tepco's roadmap as "a small step forward". Earlier, he said in a newspaper editorial that last month's natural disasters and the nuclear crisis presented Japan with "a precious window of opportunity to secure the 'rebirth of Japan' ".

Tepco says plans to stabilise the plant are subject to "various uncertainties and risks", and cannot give a time frame for the return of evacuees.

The trade minister, Banri Kaieda, suggested some residents would be able to return as soon as the the plant was stabilised.

But Katsumata, who admitted he was considering resigning over the crisis, said only that he hopes people will be able to return "as early as possible".

Tepco is to monitor radiation levels in affected towns and villages once the plant is stabilised and liaise with the government about a possible lifting of the evacuation order.

Pressure has mounted on Tepco and the government to give evacuees an idea of when they might be able to return to their homes. At the weekend, Kan was quoted as suggesting they may have to wait up to 20 years. He later insisted he had been misquoted.

"We would like to present the facts to help the government make a judgment and provide an outlook on when evacuees can go home," Katsumata said.


Source;
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/apr/17/japan-nuclear-crisis-nine-months

[Arrowwind]

6 to 9 months? Chernobly, which was not near the mess this is took much longer.

We, as individuals are needing to get agressive in protecing ourselves. Please freely distribute the following information.


Updated 4/17/11 I am in the process of developing this following article for my blog but thought I would put it up here first... open for suggestions.. all the previous articles do not deal with dosages! most people are clueless on dosages... I hope for it to be more user friendly than the previous articles and my sources come from there as well as other places... please check back as I will be updating info again as I gather it.

Updates on this protocol will be made at the following link, not here:
http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?18316-Treatments-for-Nuclear-Contamination&p=197577#post197577

This article is advice given for the detox of radiation. I have excluded sources and research. If you need to know that please proceed on your own. The article is designed to be a quick reference on applications of detox protocols for various forms of radiation.


1. Baking Soda – to protect kidneys by making the uranyl ion less toxic and it will promote the excretion of the uranium carbonate complex. Baking soda is used to clean uranium contaminated soil. Sodium bicarb binds to uranium. It is recommended by the US Army for radiation exposure.

Take orally:
One teaspoon in water in am and pm on an empty stomach.

If inhalation of radioactive materials is a concern the nebulization of baking soda and glutathione is essential. Mix is with sodium chloride water (normal saline) Just use the same equipment for nebulization as used for asthma treatments. Or any air blower or oxygen tank that can connect to a nebulizer. A nebulizer can be purchased from plasmafire.com along with a face mask for applications on children if you think you might need it. Dosages?

There is controversy as to whether Arm and Hammer baking soda is aluminum free. I suggest that you use Bob’s Baking Soda available from www.Iherb.com (http://www.iherb.com/) If you have or can get nothing else use Arm and Hammer, as radiation sickness is much more severe that the traces of aluminum you might receive, which can be detoxed later. My understanding is that baking soda in Europe is aluminum free but double check.

2. Magnesium baths (standard Epsom salts) with a bentonite clay added may be helpful to pull heavy metals out. Use up to one pound each. Bentonite clay is more palatable for oral administration than regular clay products which would be good for poultice or tub bath. Do not do detox baths more than once a day.



2. Lugols Iodine

If you have not been supplementing with Lugols iodine you will have to do a loading dose as most citizens of the US are iodine deficient. Below is the protocol. Excess iodine is readily eliminated from the kidneys. If you have thyroid issues and are on a thyroid hormone you will have to have your thyroid levels checked in 4 to 6 weeks as you likely will need your hormone dosages reduced. Do not fail to do this. If you have Hashimotos disease I strongly recommend that you follow the protocols of Dr Haskin’s from Salt Lake City. He has a book on Hashimoto’s Disease and how to correctly treat it available on www.amazon.com (http://www.amazon.com/) Do not take iodine until you have read this book if you have Hashimoto’s disease.

Lugols loading dose = 8 drops daily for 3 months
12.5mg is maintenance dose after that (2 drops)

15 mg is upper maximum daily dosage after you have completed the loading dose for safety in most cases. That being said I have dosed at 3 drops four to five times a week for 3 years and have done very well.

You can purchase Lugol’s Iodine from Eucador from one of the most reputable distributors I know. Purchase their 15% percent solution and cut it with water,,. 1/3 of the one ounce bottle with water added to make one ounce. This way you will have 3 one ounce bottles of 5% solution for about $15. If you prefer a 7% solution as many of the old time formulas recommend just make two one ounce bottles out of it.
http://www.herbhealers.com/store/other-supplemental-aids (http://www.herbhealers.com/store/other-supplemental-aids)

If cancer should become an issue you will want to look into using baking soda as a treatment as well as some of these products offered by Herbalhealers.com



There are a lot of arguments on which kind of iodine to use. I have chosen Lugol’s iodine based on the research of Drs. Abraham, Flechas, Brownstein, the clinincal experience of Jonathan Wright and others. Edgar Cayce says to use Nascient Iodine. It is up to you. The following protocol is for Lugols iodine.
Remember radioactive iodine has an 8.5 day half life. In 85 days it will be just about nonexistent. Holding harvests for 30 to 60 days before consumption should be sufficient, but I am still unsure on this.. But remember, if there is radioactive iodine present are you sure the other elements like plutonium, cesium and uranium are not there?

Another issue regarding radio active iodine if it is found in your water supply. Authorities state that it is safe to shower in. I disagree. The skin is capable of absorbing many minerals topically, especially when the water temp is hot and your skin pours are open. Many conventional drugs are applied topically in cream forms due to the skins ability to absorb drugs without needing to go through the digestive system. If you must shower or wash at least use cold or very lukewarm water if you suspect radioactive materials in the water. Avoid it if you can.

4. Miso, temphe and sea kelp is very helpful in radioactive iodine protection. Due to the large amounts of these foods Japanese traditionally ate, they had far lower incidences of thyroid cancer than anticipated after the WWII bombing of Japan. Eating a combination of brown rice, seaweed and miso regularly will be helpful. If radiation exposure continues for a long time and sea water comes into question you will have to carefully examine your sources of kelp. The fiber in brown rice will help keep the digestive system moving radiation out. So will buckwheat and flax seed. It is not a good time to get constipated.

Miso soup should be taken daily. Do not boil miso. It is a living food. Have your water under 115 degrees when you mix it up

5. Glutatione – purchase and use Jarrow Whey daily. Eat Lots of broccoli and cauliflower to stimulate glutathione pathways. If exposure is severe IV administration of glutathione with vitamin c and baking soda may be provided by some MDs and some Naturopathic physicians. It may be good to store Jarrow Whey if the meat supply becomes contaminated and you have been relying on meat for your protein source and if you think you are someone who requires above average levels of protein. A combination of beans and rice also provides complete protein complexes, but whey will boost the glutathione system.
Whey: http://www.iherb.com/Search?kw=jarrow+whey (http://www.iherb.com/Search?kw=jarrow+whey)


6. Herbs/plant medicine Cilantro will move heavy metals out of the body into the intestines. Purchase cilantro tincture. East fresh cilanto if you can get it also.. best to stock tincture ahead of time.
Then Use Chlorella to bind the metals in the intestines it and carry it out via the stool. Spirulina is helpful too. If the metal ions are not bound and carried out they tend to be reabsorbed.
Dosages on these will be at least 1000mg daily for chlorella. For spirulina follow package instructions.. If you think you have been seriously dosed with radiation you must consider doubling and tripling all dosages. It must become your daily task with focus.

Other herbs: Aloe Vera internally and topically, cucurmin and ginko biloba orally.
Burdock root and dandelion and milk thistle to stimulate detox of the liver. They are all anti cancer adjunctive herbs.

I have been using Pine Bark Extract for a number of years. It is a powerful anti-oxidant
And I would not leave it out of any regimen. Reverstatrol is another consideration.
Remember, if you are bombarded with radiation, your body, in its developing disease processes will respond with an abundance of free radicals that need to be contended with.
Please see my article on Protandim at:
http://www.healthsalon.org/504/prota...e-aging-clock/ (http://www.healthsalon.org/504/prota...e-aging-clock/)

Change your drinking habits to green or white tea, 2 to 6 cups a day.

7. Supplements

R -Alpha lipoic Acid 600mg with 500mg L Carnatine
If radiation exposure is severe double or triple the dosage. The above is a standard daily dosage for detox of free radicals.


Vitamin D3 is essential and should be supplemented with or without radiation exposure.
If you never have supplemented before take 10,000 IU a day for 2 weeks, then reduce to 5,000 IU daily. It is not yet known if D3 in higher dosages will be helpful for radiation contamination. Search my archives for my D3 article for further information. Radioactive Strontium will deplete vitamin D.
The best product I have found is Biotec 3. found at a good price at
www.vitalady.com (http://www.vitalady.com/) Her own brand is the same product with her lable, a little less expensive.


Vitamin C - Mega dosages of vitamin c will help to maintain internal metabolic stability. There is now a way to make oral administrations of vitamin c at home that will equal in effectiveness IV administration. Also, in pill form, liposomal C is better utilized and you can reach IV levels orally.. www.Livonlabs.com (http://www.livonlabs.com/) is one source, but you can make your own. You can also purchase it at iherb for a better price:
http://www.iherb.com/LivOn-Laboratories-Lypo-Spheric-Vitamin-C-30-Packets-0-2-fl-oz-5-7-ml-Each/25231?at=0 (http://www.iherb.com/LivOn-Laboratories-Lypo-Spheric-Vitamin-C-30-Packets-0-2-fl-oz-5-7-ml-Each/25231?at=0)

This site will teach you how to make homemade Lipsomal Vitamin C that is as bioactive as IV vitamin c.
http://www.pdazzler.com/archives/62 (http://www.pdazzler.com/archives/62)

If you are using oral ascorbic acid learn about administration to bowel tolerance.
go here and put bowel tolerance in their search bar. www.vitamincfoundation.org (http://www.vitamincfoundation.org/)


B complex, to protect the nervous system, which includes all the complex. If dosage is severe consider a B12 injection daily or weekly. If you do a daily injection 1000mcg is required as commonly found in the USA. Request a methylcabalomin form of the vitamin. It may have to be special ordered. Some B12 injections contain other B vitamins such as found in Bedoyecta Tri (10,000 mcg B12, B1 100mg, B6 50mg) which is available in Mexico over the counter. Note the high dosage of B12? This is considered a routine dosage in Mexico. One injection per week.
B12 injections are especially important if you use antacid proton pump inhibitor drugs or have reflux disease in general.

Strontium supplements, one tablet a day of recommended dosage. If you are likely being subjected to radioactive strontium 90 you need to supplement with strontium. Strontium is a mineral that is a component of strong bones and is present in all bone material. If you are deficient in strontium intake your receptor sites will pick up strontium 90 in bone receptor sites and it can cause bone cancer.

Selenium 200mcg a day, should be taken by most people daily anyway to help prevent cancer and it should be taken if you are supplementing with iodine.

Gamma Tocotrienol form of vitamin E complex

8. Highlands Bioplama Cell Salts daily from Iherb

9. Infection: If infection occurs and because radiation can so deplete and damage the immune system some people may end up fighting infections also I recommend all the nutrients above as well as the following to contend with infection. Also avoid sugars, and white flour products as these stress the immune system


Colloidal Silver…
MMS - see www.jimhumble.biz (http://www.jimhumble.biz/) for application instructions
Beta Glucans… I have been very impressed on the ability of this product to activate the immune response system in a balanced way. Solar or NOW I have had experience with and brand are effective. If you can afford it Transfer factor is the Cadillac of products.
Manuka honey for topical infections, abscesse

10. Have rain gear available. Avoid going out in the rain. Cover all body parts. When you return home wash the exterior of your rain gear off. Take a shower if you got wet from the rain.
Rinse your shower out. Dont track into the house. Place newspapers down if necessary.

11. Practice Ti Chi or Q Gong to open your meridians, dissolve blockages, and fortify your immune system.

12. Educate Yourself Further: Dr Loret is a geo-physist and a peace activist as well as a Quaker. She has worked at Livermore Labs and Los Alamos. She is called to counsel on numerous nulcear projects and meetings. I suggest that you view this video with your partner... its a lot to handle alone, but none the less, the information must get out there.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Be0ow...layer_embedded (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Be0ow2Jjs9E&feature=player_embedded)


For further information and other detailed detox info download this free manual www.radiationdetox.com (http://www.radiationdetox.com/)



Iherb ships to UK and perhaps other nations aside from the US. With your first purchase from iherb.com you will receive a $5 discount. Enter the coupon code of BAR 967 on our purchase order.

[giovonni]

thanks for that... <Arrow> my Friend :thumb:

[giovonni]

http://www.rense.com/1.mpicons/smoker.jpg

Smoke Rising From Fukushima Again

Photo From TEPCO Site Cam
http://www.tepco.co.jp/nu/f1-np/camera/index-j.html

[giovonni]

Remote-controlled robots have detected high levels of radiation inside the reactor buildings at the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

The plant operator, Tokyo Electric Power Company, on Monday released radiation data and photos taken by the US-made robots. The company conducted the survey using the robots on Sunday and Monday.

This is the first time the situation inside the buildings has been made public since the March 11th disaster triggered a series of nuclear accidents. Workers have been unable to approach the buildings due to high radiation levels.
TEPCO said the robots surveyed the first floor of the No.1 reactor for about 50 minutes and detected maximum radiation readings of 49 millisieverts per hour.
A person staying in such an environment for 5 hours would be exposed to 250 millisierverts of radiation -- the legal limit for nuclear workers in emergency situations.

The survey inside the No. 3 reactor lasted for about 2 hours, but the plant operator says the robots had difficulty moving around because of the debris. The maximum radiation reading was 57 millisieverts per hour.

The power company says it hopes to find locations where workers can go to carry out decontamination tasks so it can implement its schedule for bringing the troubled plant under control.

On Sunday, the utility presented a schedule for cooling down the reactors and significantly reducing radiation leaks within 6 to 9 months.

Monday, April 18, 2011 18:58 +0900 (JST)

video here;
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/18_27.html

[HORIZONS]

TEPCO official reveals there is “little doubt” plutonium has leaked from Fukushima (VIDEO)
http://enenews.com/tepco-official-reveals-little-doubt-plutonium-leaked-fukushima-video

[giovonni]

http://vimeo.com/22586794
http://vimeo.com/22586794

Fairewinds.com
http://fairewinds.com/

[giovonni]

This video gives an excellent analysis and head-up to whats been happening regarding the misguided use of nuclear power... But i disagree with the final prognosis...

There are many who do not want to face this kind of information, but again i suggest take it in and then let it go...

WE can transmute this by focusing our minds (within our hearts) on what we desire (envision) this world to be like by creating and allowing the mindset change needed.


***********


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMmaduq-5bw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMmaduq-5bw

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19 April 2011 Last updated at 07:07 ET

Chernobyl new radiation shield funding fall short

http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/52237000/jpg/_52237591_011791057-1.jpg
The steel sarcophagus at Chernobyl is nearing the end of its life...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-13124777

[giovonni]

thought this was worthy of noting...
FDA Won't Test Alaska Fish For
Radiation - Don't Worry, Be Happy
By Jeff Rense
4-21-11
http://www.rense.com/general93/curr.htm

[modwiz]

thought this was worthy of noting...
FDA Won't Test Alaska Fish For
Radiation - Don't Worry, Be Happy
By Jeff Rense
4-21-11
http://www.rense.com/general93/curr.htm

I'm sure Jimmy Page and Paul Rogers would have something to say about this.

[giovonni]

http://vimeo.com/22706805
http://vimeo.com/22706805

[Karma Ninja]

I understand the concerns people have and the reassurances from a government and media that have such a terrible history of lying to us mean nothing to me. I live in Eastern Canada, but most of my family are in BC (west coast, nearest Japan) my concerns are with them and I hope they will be alright.

I am a Japanese Canadian who spent a couple of years in Japan (Tokyo) and had visited some of the areas now affected by the tsunami. I know my family is concerned about the radioactive fallout and ocean water...yet I can't help but be reassured by the wonderful healing powers of our beautiful earth. The Pacific ocean and the air above it are vast and deep. The dilution that takes place both in the air and the water makes most of what is coming over here insignificant compared to getting an x-ray at your local dentist. While I also know that no level of radiation is safe, I have traveled to Hiroshima and Nagasaki where atomic bombs were dropped and I am not suffering any ill effects. I am also aware that dozens of nuclear bombs have been detonated and tested in Pacific waters and around the world. Several Nuclear plants have leaked near me here in Ottawa (Chalk River is less than 200km's away and plants along lake Ontario have been leaking) The infrastructure of most countries is sorely neglected and I assume many nuclear plants around the world leak as well. There is and has been a fair amount of radioactive materials in our air for decades. The fallout has been collecting and being buried since then with the sands and dusts of time. This will happen for my dear Japan in due time too.

The Japanese are strong and have an amazing ability to band together when things get tough. As a species we will prevail and move on from this...none of what I have said prior to this will soothe the worries of people in Japan and neighbouring countries who are in a much more direct path of the radiation. I only can pray that they will not suffer and that the situation is brought under control as soon as possible. We will see an increase in cancers in the areas closest to Japan and possibly around the world...but we will also survive. Let's not let fear and scaremongering dominate our lives.

With all due respect, there is no way the title of this article is true. There is too much dilution that takes place for that to be the case. While I am no expert or scientist, I have watched many credible reports and scientists confirm what I state here.

Pray for Japan and it's neighbours. Take precautions if you feel it is necessary (better safe than sorry) and live in peace...

[giovonni]

thank you Karma Ninjal, for expressing your opinion here...
i do not have any problems with your compelling remarks and positive attitude, but with all due respect to your conclusion that "there is no way the title of this article is true," this is only your opinion my friend. You need to give us a little more here than just that; especially at the stage - this catastrophic world event has taken. The Japanese press corp (itself), are even questioning the reports being released in regards to this possible dire situation? Note, i have held back on posting many things (here). that are being reported in the world news feeds daily. i am an optimist, but also a realist, and also living in the Seattle area. i always use discernment, but now we need full disclosure of the truth - in order for the healing process to proceed on this planet.

Note- you definitely have my full support in regards to your final words... "Pray for Japan and it's neighbours. Take precautions if you feel it is necessary (better safe than sorry) and live in peace..." May our collective consciousness minds commence the healing :thumb:

[Karma Ninja]

Thanks to you as well for keeping up with the news out of Japan and please understand that my concerns are with you and your family as well. I love Seattle and have visited...it is beautiful as are it's people. I have also seen how the mainstream media has almost moved on from this as though it was yesterdays news. You are vigilant and I appreciate that very much.

I don't mean to downplay the seriousness of the disaster and maybe if I told you I have reached out to my family, in the Izu peninsula just south of Tokyo, and offered them refuge in my home and the homes of my family members here in Ottawa, you would understand how fully I appreciate this grave situation. I have spent many sleepness nights worrying for the people of Japan. As in my previous post, I do offer reassurances beyond my opinion that might ease our stresses with regards to our personal safety. I know how the US and Canadian governments are almost not even testing the air and water for radiation, so it is hard to fully comprehend how much is wafting across the Pacific. Independent universities and scientists are showing elevated levels of radiation on our coasts. I have never seen a report that says the levels come even remotely close to the groundwater and rain in Japan itself. I also know that if a speck of plutonium or cesium were to land in our salads our lives would be changed forever. I would never want to downplay how serious that is to you or anyone else. Please forgive me if my opinion offended you.

What I meant is with thousands of miles between the disaster and us there has to be a significant dilution of the materials. Air and water currents swirl and materials fall into the ocean and sink into it's depths. Winds blow in all directions and for some of the time much of the fallout has been heading away from our coasts and towards Korea. Therefore I can't see how we are "under radiation threat as high as Japan".

To put it lightly it is akin to saying the odor from a fart be smelled across a football field as powerfully as right at the scene of the crime. ;) Please know that I pray for your safety and all who you love as well.

[Martin]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sakN2hSVxA

If it only were farts, right?

MfG

Martin

[giovonni]

For those outside the US ~ it should be noted there was an unprecedented 241 + tornados this past week recorded!
http://www.accuweather.com/blogs/news/story/48503/historic-tornado-outbreak-3-da-1.asp

Scientist Leuren Moret: Radiation war intensifies with HAARP tornadoes in USA


Seattle exopolitics http://cdn2-b.examiner.com/sites/default/files/styles/profile_large/hash/8c/cb/8ccb490a31259876e0123212ab0e95c9.411.jpg
article link here: Examiner.com http://www.examiner.com/exopolitics-in-seattle/scientist-leuren-moret-radiation-war-intensifies-with-haarp-tornadoes-usa#ixzz1KItpLgM6



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgRlYt5DjJY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgRlYt5DjJY

[giovonni]

i meet and befriended a wonderful young fellow American last summer, who moved to Japan last fall to be with his Japanese wife and her family; i know he feels he's in the right place now, but this video story demonstrates the perplexities of this ever unfolding human drama. i found it compelling while contemplating my own possible feelings and reactions?


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oC9kf1-XxW8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oC9kf1-XxW8

[giovonni]

worth the listen...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZmmSSwtuS0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZmmSSwtuS0

[Unified Serenity]

:(
http://www.stormsurfing.com/cgi/display_alt.cgi?a=glob_250

What I find amazing in watching that map is that the clouds take amazing turns away from England and the UK for the most part.

[giovonni]

http://vimeo.com/22833983
http://vimeo.com/22833983

[giovonni]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-3Kf4JakWI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-3Kf4JakWI

[giovonni]

http://vimeo.com/22865967
http://vimeo.com/22865967

[giovonni]

White smoke continues to be emitted from Units 2 and 3...?

Fukushima Nuclear Accident Update Log
Updates of 27 April 2011

Staff Report:
http://www.iaea.org/newscenter/news/tsunamiupdate01.html

[giovonni]

Fukushima still a threat: senior officials
http://www.euronews.net/2011/04/29/fukushima-still-a-threat-senior-officials/

[giovonni]

http://vimeo.com/23186557
http://vimeo.com/23186557

[giovonni]

From: rense.com


No Protection For Fukushima's
'Expendable' Citizens Or Us
By Dr. Ilya Perlingieri © 2011
All Rights Reserved
5-4-11


"The residents of Japan have good cause to mistrust the media, TEPCO officials, and members of their government when it comes to assurances about radiation levels, plutonium dispersal, and the related health risks. Americans also have good cause to mistrust these same sort of assurances issued to American residents." --Lucas W. Hixson, April 23, 2011

Over the past few weeks, Japan, the US, and EU all have issued public statements that confirm the total disregard for safety, protection, and well being of their citizens. In their Orwellian rhetoric, this means harm is the order of the day. The most immediate radiation threats from Fukushima's on-going nuclear nightmare are to all citizens throughout Japan. From the beginning, on March 11, there was no serious evacuation plan. The original 10-mile Fukushima evacuation was worthless. On April 26, the 25th anniversary of Chernobyl's nuclear catastrophe, Physicians for Social Responsibility [PSR], "underscored the ongoing health risks of nuclear energy to the public. [a] clear reminder that standard evacuation zones cannot protect the public from a nuclear accident."(1)

PSR also has released "a new interactive Evacuation Zone Map" to give us a clear picture of continuing nuclear dangers. CK THIS SITE!! In the US, more than one-third of the population (111 million) lives within 50 miles of a nuclear reactor [many are old and have serious problems, such as Vermont Yankee; 13 are the same kind as at Fukushima]. "Given the consequences of the Chernobyl and Fukushima disasters; PSR is calling for a major reassessment of contingency plans for nuclear accidents, as well as a full and fair accounting of the data on the impact on public health and the environment."(2) This reassessment is extremely important. Realistically, however, how many years will it take to implement long-overdue REAL emergency plans, when almost nothing was done between Chernobyl's nuclear catastrophe and Fukushima? We don't have years any more.

There is no Precautionary Principle in this wrecked scenario. How many more people will develop radiation-induced cancer or die, while they're still working on implementing something? What devastating radioactive harm will come to our children and grandchildren, while officials "debate" what should be done? What kind of continuous delaying propaganda tactics will the nuclear industry pull?

Reactor Workers

As of now, there has been one cover-up after another, putting everyone in danger. So, the reactor's workers were the first to die. Actual numbers of dead clean-up(sic) workers haven't been reported yet. Recruiting ads (not done by TEPCO, but by a maintenance company) for temporary workers do not warn potential employees of any possible nuclear dangers on the job. By sub-contracting this hazardous labor, costs are brought down, and profits soar. Further, "TEPCO and other power companies have always refused to disclose the list of subcontractors."(3) Without any public disclosure or accountability, no one knows who is doing what. There are about 700 workers at Fukushima's radioactive site. At a daily rate of about US$122, this is hardly worth getting cancer and dying. "TEPCO and NISA [Nuclear and Industrial Safety Industry] keep diffusing their usual propaganda to minimized the radiation risks."(4)

These temporary contract day workers, "doing the most dirty and dangerous jobs in the nuclear plants[and] who fall ill, will not even appear in the statistics. What is clear is that the contract laborers are routinely exposed to the highest level of radiation."(5) In addition, this crisis is also exacerbated by two other issues: Firstly, there is a complicated procedure for any temporary workers "who need to apply for occupational hazard compensation."(6) Secondly, doses for radiation exposure have changed and for the worse. On March 14, the Japanese industry of Health and Labor raised "the maximum [radiation] dose for workers to 250 mSv [milli Sieverts] a year" an increase in exposure from the previous 100 mSv.(7) These new figures are also drastically higher than those from the International Commission on Radiological Protection's guidelines stipulating a maximum of 20 mSv a year."(8) In either case, it is obvious that deliberately manipulating exposure levels, to a mostly uninformed public, only increases our perils. www.activistpost.com/2011/04/eu-follows-epa-raises-acceptable.html

Noted nuclear radiation physician Dr. Helen Caldicott has repeatedly said there is NO SAFE LEVEL OF EXPOSURE. Last week, in an online article, she wrote:

"The grave effects of internal emitters are of the most profound concern at Fukushima -as indeed they continue to be at Chernobyl. It is erroneous and misleading to use the term 'acceptable levels of external radiation' in assessing internal radiation doses. To do so is to propagate inaccuracies and to mislead the public worldwide and journalists who are seeking the truth about radiation's hazards."(9)

What is at risk, to the nuclear industry, is not our lives. The risk issues for them are their profits and the future of nuclear energy. We live at a time devoid of ethics; so the corporations involved will do anything to keep it going, even sacrifice our lives for their greed.

Prof. Jobin, also noted that this expansion of allowable radiation dosages may "perhapslimit the number of possible applications for recognition of occupation disease."(10) Corporate accountability is not part of this broken and criminal system. This is a decades-long theme-and-variations: Anything they can get away with they do. Governments comply. A rare exception is University of Tokyo professor Toshiso Kosako. He was hired in March as nuclear safety advisor to the Japanese government. He resigned last Friday April 29, saying: "the prime minister's office and agencies within the government 'have ignored the laws.'"(11)

Conditions at Fukushima, according to Prof. Jobin, are atrocious. A TEPCO employee described "the extremely difficult conditions for intervention [and safety] and the patched together systems they are compelled to use to protect themselves, like wrapping themselves in plastic bags [a worthless attempt], for lack of appropriate protective suits."(12) This is exactly the same corporate modus operandi that BP used in hiring temporary workers throughout the oil-rig catastrophe in the Gulf of Mexico. Workers there had little-to-no protective gear while they cleaned up deadly dispersants; and reporters were either kept away from clean-up sites or threatened if they reported what was actually happening. While BP was barely protecting temporary workers it hired [many of whom are now critically ill or have died], it continues to make repulsive, yet record corporate profits. One year after the Gulf disaster, "BP posted a first-quarter [2011] profit of $7.1 billion, an increase of 17 percent."(13)

Evacuation & Radiation Exposure

Real evacuation for millions of Japanese has never happened. Japanese children, elders, and pregnant women are the most vulnerable. How many women have already had miscarriages or given birth to stillborns, or those with serious deformities? How many women who are still in their first or second trimester of pregnancy will still have to face this kind of life-changing tragedy? There are no mainstream media reports of critical nuclear reproductive dangers. For decades, the media has been silent. The only reports of extreme and tragic birth deformities usually stay in obscure medical journals. The public's right to know about these environmental hazards that affect all our lives never figures into any governmental policy equation.

This also goes for all of us in North America, as the onslaught of invisible ionizing radiation is hitting us 24/7 and we, too, are in danger. Conveniently, EPA's monitoring systems were not working, or REAL daily radiation levels were not reported. There is always some excuse. The exceptions are the following radiation websites. As we have long-term radiation exposure, they are worth posting again:

http://transport.nilu.no/browser/fpv_fuku?fpp=conccol_Xe-133_;region=NH

and www.radiationnetwork.com

If you live anywhere near the Los Angeles, CA, area, here is another monitoring site: www.ustream.tv/channel/live-radiation-monitoring-from-west-la

These sites continue to be very valuable so we know our daily radiation risks. This is a cumulative, but invisible, radiation hazard that goes into our bodies. There also have been numerous reports in alternative news of high rates of Cesium-137 (found in milk, from cattle grazing on radioactive land), Iodine-131 (goes into the thyroid); and Strontium-90 (goes into our bones and teeth). "It is a very complex microscopic assault on living tissue."(14)

Dr. Caldicott continues to remind us all that we cannot "confuse the effects of external and internal [nuclear] radiation."(15) External radiation is what happened when the US dropped bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Internal radiation is what is happening now where radioactive elements continue to enter our bodies: through the air we breathe; and eating from an already highly contaminated food chain; and what is absorbed though our skin [the largest organ in our bodies]. We are now exposed to all of these different avenues of radioactive contamination. We are at the top, as it bio-accumulates up the food chain. As it enters

"the body, these elements - called internal emitters - migrate to specific organs such as the thyroid, liver, bone, and brain, continuously irradiating small volumes of cells with high doses of alpha, beta and/or gamma radiation, and over many years often induce cancer. Further, many remain radioactive in the environment for long periods, posing danger for future generations. The grave effects of internal emitters are of the most profound concern at Fukushima -as indeed they continue to be at Chernobyl. It is erroneous and misleading to use the term 'acceptable levels of external radiation'' in assessing internal radiation doses. To do so is to propagate inaccuracies and to mislead the public worldwide and journalists who are seeking the truth about radiation's hazards." (16)

In addition, there has been little reporting on the repercussions of the deadly nature of the MOX [mixed oxide] plutonium releases from the spent fuel rods stored on this site for 40 years. "According to the Nuclear Information Resource Center (NIRS), this plutonium-uranium fuel mixture is far more dangerous than typical enriched uranium [as] a single milligram (mg) of MOX is as deadly as 2,000,000 mg of normal enriched uranium."(17)

Plutonium-239 has a radioactive half-life of 24,000 years, while Uranium-235's half-life is 700-million years. Multiply that by the 600,000 spent fuel rods at Fukushima's Unit 3 Reactor (no longer under 45-feet of water to keep them cool). Once there wasn't any more cooling water, fusion took place and the destruction of "unit 3 Reactor was the cause of the massive hydrogen explosion."(18)

As Lucas Hixson reported after looking at the hi-resolution photos of Unit 3: "The top of the primary containment vessel, as well as the top of the reactor itself, is simply GONE. Even to a layperson, it is obvious that this means that the huge hydrogen explosion at unit 3 must have occurred in the reactor itself, and that the entire top of the reactor containment vessel was obliterated, ejecting the contents of the core -as well as the spent fuel pool- into the atmosphere. This means, obviously, that significant quantities of plutonium were released, and that the release of radiation from unit 3 alone must be many times higher than has been admitted for the entire complex --Chernobyl pales in comparison. It is apparent that Tepco, the NRC, and the Japanese and American government officials, among others, are participating in a cover-up of the extent and severity of this disaster. This almost certainly applies to the blandly misleading assurances about the harmlessness of the fallout on US soil. The whistle must be blown, loud and clear."(19)

On May 3, another fire also has broken out at Fukushima's Reactor Unit 4, and reported: http://lucaswhitefieldhixson.com/fukushima-daiichi-reactor-4-fire-may-3-2011 There is no containment, and this reactor has both plutonium and uranium: www.scribd.com/doc/50823093/Another-Fire-breaks-out-at-Fukushima-
Daiichi-Reactor-Unit-4-This-one-has-Plutonium-Uranium-too-there-is-no-containment-area

None of this is fixable.

What has been the typical agency response? On April 21, the FDA refused to test Alaska fish for radiation. Both the ocean and air currents coming from Japan are both highly radioactive as they continue to travel around the globe wrecking invisible havoc. No one is safe, while the collusion continues between malfeasant corporate decisions and those officials in charge. None of this is any accident. This is planned incompetence for massive criminal cover-ups.

Despite finding high doses of radiation in our water, soil, milk, and fruits, radiation dose exposure levels have also been increased for both the Japanese and US populations. On May 2, "furious parents in Fukushimadelivered a bag of radioactive playground earth to educational officials in protests" to government changes in radiation exposure.(20)

According to these official changes, "children can now be exposed to 20 times more radiation than was previously permissible."(21) The accompanying photo to this article shows a young schoolgirl wearing a face mask. These paper masks are useless against radiation exposure. Despite high-radiation levels, schools will remain open. "It is estimated than 75 percent of Fukushima's schools may have radiation levels above the old safety level of 1 mSv."(22) Children, who are more vulnerable to cancer and numerous kinds of reproductive damage, will continue to be at more extreme risk. Nonetheless, parents' concerns continue to be ignored.

America has already been contaminated with an assortment of Dante's Inferno of radioactive isotopes. Instead of warning us about exposure dangers, more deception has been handed to us. Both the EU and US have raised "acceptable" radiation levels for food. In the US, Congressional approval is not legally required. So, "the [EPA's] new standards would result in a 'nearly 1,000-fold increase for exposure to Strontium-90, a 3,000 to 100,000-fold hike for exposure to Iodine-131, and an almost 25,000 rise for exposure to radioactive Nickel-63' in drinking water."(23)

According to corrupt officials, it is okay for all of us to eat radioactive contaminated food, day in and day out. Since nothing is accurately tracked, when cancer rates begin to inevitably soar, no one will ever be held accountable. Can we connect the dots? This is all about long-term injury. We cannot trust any official to tell us the truth about chronic radiation exposure. Historically, we never could.

ON March 25, the EU ordinance [#297/22011] implemented these increased exposures to radiation. Instead of banning all food imported from Japan, risks are now double for anyone foolish enough to even consider buying radioactive food. For example, exposure to both Cesium-134 and Cesium-137 have now doubled, including baby foods and formula.

The fact that both the US and EU raised radiation levels is surely not co-incidental. Raising the maximum radiation exposure doses for humans and also for our entire food supply is another way that we are being deliberately duped. It isn't bad enough that the corporate-controlled media lies; it is also pervasive throughout agencies and governments. Manipulating figures or data and juggling toxic exposure levels are more indications that our lives count for nothing. The entire globe continues to be heavily contaminated by on-going radiation levels from Fukushima, from the 600,000 spent fuel rods, the meltdowns of the reactors and release of radioactive elements, and dumping of 11,500 tons of radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean. When are we going to wake up collectively and really see through their lies and deceit? When will we really understand the massive harm to which they continue to subject us? When are we going to hold them accountable?

Source;
http://www.rense.com/general94/noprot.htm

[giovonni]

perhaps it is time for all the world nuclear plants to initiate the commencing of this process...while there's still time ?

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Prime Minister Naoto Kan has asked a utility firm in central Japan to halt operations of all active reactors
at the Hamaoka nuclear power plant, due to the risk of earthquakes.

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/04/01/article-1371793-0B6F7CE700000578-706_634x401.jpg
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/06_34.html

[giovonni]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CAeixB19d4&feature=player_embedded
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CAeixB19d4&feature=player_embedded

[giovonni]

Deadly Silence on Fukushima

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Rw-Ey865rFU/TZROJ3lb1XI/AAAAAAAAAYE/qAQVeE-dYaY/s1600/Fukushima.jpg

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/vivian-norris-de-montaigu/deadly-silence-on-fukushi_b_859241.html

[giovonni]

Rense & Yoichi Shimatsu - Shredding The Deadly Lies Of Fukushima


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3lSLpSHBuY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3lSLpSHBuY

[giovonni]

Fukushima - No Way Out
By TC Burnett
5-11-11

Those of you who have been following me at HawaiiNewsDaily or on my blog may not have been thrilled with my initial assessments back in March - and ongoing - that Fukushima isn't going away.

The reactors can NEVER be placed in 'cold shutdown' because the cores are partially melted together. We are talking about hundreds of tons of fissile material inside reinforced concrete containment vessels. The containment vessels are cracked. They are releasing radiation. Fission excursions are still occurring and no one can go inside those containments for hundreds of years - even if they could get to the fuel.

They continue to pour water on them and drain it off into the ocean because there is nothing else they can do. If they stop pumping water, the genie comes out. If they keep pumping water, it has to go somewhere and that somewhere is the ocean. It is still a stop gap. Those reactor cores cannot be put into 'cold shutdown' or dismantled or entombed. Ever.

They cannot treat as much radioactive water as they have to keep pumping in. No one can. So the radiation is going to come across the Pacific and impact the US and, certainly, Hawaii. Yes, I read that they are going to start treating it or storing it, but the task is impossible. Reactor cores have to be maintained in a 'clean room' environment or the water picks up particles - which then become radioactive - which then irradiate the reactor plumbing - and, eventually, become fuel. That's why they have to keep pumping fresh water in and dumping it out. They cannot recirculate it, even if they manage to get new plumbing installed. The next major earthquake there will begin an extinction event.

I am not going to say 'told you so'. I am going to suggest that people who have the opportunity should consider growing their own food for a variety of reasons. I like aquaponics.

Growing food in enclosed greenhouses protects from fallout and the organic uptake of radionuclides. For my system, I have developed an ion-exchange filter to remove radioactive isotopes from rainwater. I can still use catchment. The water inside the greenhouses; water we need to drink, will be clean.

Consider this. When the economy collapses, as it must, the money people have invested almost anywhere except under their mattresses will be gone. If, instead, you chose to develop an aquaponics farm, in two years you would probably have a continuous supply of non-radioactive food.

We are now at the crossroads. The economic collapse IS coming. The radiation IS coming. I am going to have a radiation-free food source. If you believe you have your money and food supply secured into the future and that we will not devolve into a greenhouse economy, you don't need to worry about it. If you guess wrong, you will have lost both your money and your chance.

It is true that I am a doomsayer and actively prepare for the worst situation I can imagine. If I don't, that's what will happen. If I do, and it doesn't happen, I will still have an active, organic aquaponics enterprise. It is win-win for me when I get it built on whatever scale I can do.

I am going to make fresh food and clean water no matter what anyone else does. It's merely the practical matter of how many people I can feed. In one greenhouse I can produce enough food for myself and the people who help me. With two, I can produce a surplus and feed other people. I envisioned three, but I may have to convert the third one to a water treatment/storage facility. I presently don't have enough land for more than three and I don't have access to more than three greenhouses in any case. I still have to buy them, prep the ground, do the plumbing, dismantle them. move them, re-erect them and build the two-tier infrastructure inside them. Then I have to make them produce. It is happening.

I have friends - maybe a lot of friends - who are investing in silver and gold. You can't eat it. Since no one can eat it, I won't trade you food for it. I'm just saying - the markets are going back up today after what looked like a downward spiral on 3 May. They are fluctuating and confused. That is not a foundation for stability.

One of these days you will look at the clock and it will say "too late".

The live camera link is here :http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FptmoVcgpqg The sound is on. You can listen to the waves gently breaking on the shoreline. You can watch birds fly around the ruins - they don't understand what is happening to them. When earthquakes hit you can watch the camera shake. It all appears very peaceful and tranquil. It's a view of Hell.

Note:
TC Burnett is a guest columnists at Rense.com
Source;
http://www.rense.com/general94/noway.htm

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This is all becoming to dire and depressing. i do not want to foster or feed into this kind of fear any longer.This will be my last post on this subject matter... The earth will heal itself. i truly believe there is a way out from all of this and it involves going inside one's heart and creating a new way of living (vibrating) on this planet. This is the only way to survive what is upon us. Again, i will filter all this and then let all go...

Blessings to all here ~ Gio

[giovonni]

Finally!

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TEPCO admits nuclear meltdown occurred at Fukushima reactor 16 hours after quake

Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) admitted for the first time on May 15 that most of the fuel in one of its nuclear reactors at the Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant had melted only about 16 hours after the March 11 earthquake struck a wide swath of northeastern Japan and triggered a devastating tsunami.

According to TEPCO, the operator of the crippled nuclear power plant, the emergency condenser designed to cool the steam inside the pressure vessel of the No. 1 reactor was working properly shortly after the magnitude-9.0 earthquake, but it lost its functions around 3:30 p.m. on March 11 when tsunami waves hit the reactor.

Based on provisional analysis of data on the reactor, the utility concluded that the water level in the pressure vessel began to drop rapidly immediately after the tsunami, and the top of the fuel began to be exposed above the water around 6 p.m. Around 7:30 p.m., the fuel was fully exposed above the water surface and overheated for more than 10 hours. At about 9 p.m., the temperature in the reactor core rose to 2,800 degrees Celsius, the melting point for fuel. At approximately 7:50 p.m., the upper part of the fuel started melting, and at around 6:50 a.m. on March 12, a meltdown occurred.

On the reason why it took over two months after the earthquake to reveal the information, TEPCO said it had only been able to start obtaining detailed data on the temperature and pressure in the reactor for analysis in early May.

Junichiro Matsumoto, a senior TEPCO official, said, "Because there is similar damage to the fuel rods at the No. 2 and 3 reactors, the bottoms of their pressure vessels could also have been damaged." He said the utility would carry out similar analysis on the two reactors.

Hiroaki Koide, professor of nuclear safety engineering at Kyoto University, was critical of TEPCO.

"They could have assumed that when the loss of power made it impossible to cool down the reactor, it would soon lead to a meltdown of the core. TEPCO's persistent explanation that the damage to the fuel had been limited turned out to be wrong," he said.

Source;
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/news/20110516p2a00m0na028000c.html

[giovonni]

For many in this world it is still very difficult for logic to prevail over their emotional insanity...

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Iran's first nuclear power plant 'goes operational', state radio claims


http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/05/19/article-0-040A3B140000044D-781_468x328.jpg

By Daily Mail Reporter

Last updated at 3:08 AM on 19th May 2011

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1388571/Irans-nuclear-power-plant-goes-operational-state-radio-claims.html#ixzz1MpUqRg2y

[giovonni]

This advisory coming from - France's Institute for Radiological Protection and Nuclear Safety (IRSN)

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70 000 must evacuate around Fukushima
2011-05-24 16:54

Paris - Seventy thousand people living beyond the 20km no-go zone around Fukushima should be evacuated because of radioactivity deposited by the crippled nuclear plant, a watchdog said.

Updating its assessment of the March 11 disaster, France's Institute for Radiological Protection and Nuclear Safety (IRSN) highlighted an area northwest of the plant that lies beyond the 20km zone whose inhabitants have already been evacuated.

Radioactivity levels in this area range from several hundred becquerels per square metre to thousands or even several million bequerels per square metre, the IRSN report, issued late on Monday, said.

Around 70 000 people, including 9 500 children aged up to 14, live in the area, "the most contaminated territory outside the evacuation zone", the agency said.

"These are people who are still to be evacuated, in addition to those who were evacuated during the emergency phase in March," Didier Champion, its environment director, told AFP.

Staying in this area means the inhabitants would be exposed to radiation of more than 10 millisieverts (mSv)in the year following the disaster, according to the IRSN.

Taking precautions

This level is used in French safety guidelines for protecting civilian populations after a nuclear accident. In France, 10 mSv is three times the normal background radiation from natural sources.

"Ten mSV is not a dangerous dose in and of itself, it's more a precautionary dose," said Champion, noting however that this figure that does not include any additional doses from contaminated food or water.

The 10 mSV derives from a calculation of exposure to at least 600 000 becquerels per square metre, emitted by caesium 137 and 134, which are long-lasting radioactive elements.

Of the 70 000 people in the zone identified in the IRSN report, more than 26 000 could be exposed to doses of more than 16mSv in the first year after the disaster.

On May 15, Japan began to evacuate 4 000 residents of the village of Iidate-mura and 1 100 people in the town of Kawamata-cho, 30km from the plant. The two locations had consistently received high amounts of radioactive dust due to wind patterns.

The IRSN report is based on data for radioactivity reported by the Japanese authorities and from US over-flights of the zone.

- AFP

Source;
http://www.news24.com/World/News/70-000-must-evacuate-around-Fukushima-20110524

[Arrowwind]

For those who still think that radiation is not an issue in the USA here is a report from the Idaho Dept of the EPA
this chart shows signficantly elevated radiation levels for Idaho Falls in the months of April and May.
Remember that in this measurement levels above 60 are of concern.
So after Idaho this stuff is moving to the midwest within all storms we have been having

http://www.deq.idaho.gov/radnet_monitoring.cfm

.

[Rocky_Shorz]

let me tell you a secret...

don't be upset about what was just added, be concerned what is considered normal is so high... ;)


back when America dropped bombs on Japan, all of that radiation blew straight across and settled on the US...

this was back in the day people would stand with sunglasses to watch nuke tests.

each test, each mistake... each "acceptable" leak from our clean energy Nuke plants...

all continue to fill the upper atmosphere...

Japan is already moving away from nukes and just went to China to get them to do the same.

this mess might be bad, but it did change the world for the better...

"know nukes"...

[giovonni]

"The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS) held a special ACRS meeting Thursday May 26, 2011 on the current status of Fukushima. Arnie Gundersen was invited to speak for 5 minutes concerning the lessons learned from the Fukushima accident as it pertains to the 23 Mark 1 Boiling Water Reactors (BWR's) in the US and containment integrity. Mr. Gundersen was the first engineer to brief the NRC on the implication of Main Steam Isolation Valve (MSIV) Leakage in 1974, and he has been studying containment integrity since 1972. The NRC has constantly maintained in all of its calculations and reviews that there is zero probability of a containment leaking. For more than six years, in testimony and in correspondence with the NRC, Mr. Gundersen has disputed the NRC's stand that containment systems simply do not and cannot leak. The events at Fukushima have proven that Gundersen was correct. The explosions at Fukushima show that Mark 1 containments will lose their integrity and release huge amounts of radiation, as Mr. Gundersen has been telling the NRC for many years."


http://vimeo.com/24312973
http://vimeo.com/24312973

[giovonni]

the continual cover-up...

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Fukushima’s operators at loss but don’t show it

http://english.ruvr.ru/data/2011/05/30/1251765627/3_Hkg4906902.jpg
audio/story here:
http://english.ruvr.ru/2011/05/30/51015593.html

[giovonni]

whether one likes the source of this interview MSM's (CNN) or even fully trust famed physicist Michio Kaku...
its quite apparent now northern Japan was almost lost to a "100% core melt" in the Fukushima nuclear accident.
Video here;
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/bestoftv/2011/05/31/exp.arena.japan.nuclear.melt.cnn?iref%3Dallsearch

[Artemesia]

This is serious, she says that within a year it's going to be allover the world,
Bill, could you confirm this please?


And what if it is this way...... just keep going.

Why would you want anyone to CONFIRM this? That's tatamount to "affirming" it.

No need for that. Just live from the heart, and keep going, keep going, no matter what. Its really the only way, if you don't see that by now.....

[giovonni]

it is what it is :(

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Land around Fukushima now radioactive dead zone;
resembles target struck by atomic bomb http://www.naturalnews.com/gallery/dir/Radiation/Plant-Radiation-Sign.jpg

Tuesday, May 31, 2011
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
Editor of NaturalNews.

(NaturalNews) It is nothing short of astonishing that the nuclear catastrophe we've all been told was "no big deal" has now escalated into the worst nuclear disaster in the history of human civilization. It's so bad now that soil samples taken from outside the 12-mile exclusion zone (the zone considered safe enough by the Japanese government for schoolchildren to attend school there) are higher than the 1.48 million becquerels a square meter limit that triggered evacuations outside Chernobyl in 1986.

In other words, the radiation level of the soil 12 miles from Fukushima is now higher than the levels considered too dangerous to live in near Chernobyl. This is all coming out in a new research report authored by Tomio Kawata, a fellow at the Nuclear Waste Management Organization of Japan. That same report also reveals that radiation from Fukushima has spread over 230 square miles.

What we're facing here, folks, is a Fukushima dead zone where life will never return to its pre-Fukushima norms.

Radiation levels similar to nuclear bomb test site

Bloomberg is now reporting, "Tetsuya Terasawa said the radiation levels are in line with those found after a nuclear bomb test, which disperses plutonium. He declined to comment further." (http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-...)

One soil sample taking 25 kilometers away from Fukushima showed Cesium-137 exceeding 5 million becquerels per square meter. This level, of course, makes it uninhabitable by humans, yet both the Japanese and U.S. governments continue to downplay the whole event, assuring their sheeple that there's nothing to worry about. By their logic, since all the people are sheeple anyway, as long as the area is safe enough for sheep, it's also safe enough for the human population.

Both Japan and the U.S. have made huge efforts to raise the limits of allowed radiation exposure in foods and beverages. This was, of course, a deceitful tactic to try to reclassify radiation contamination as somehow magically being "safe" by redefining it.

The outright lying and tactics of deception that have been used to try to downplay the severity of the radioactive fallout from Fukushima are nothing less than despicable. In a time when radiation threatens the safety and food supply of hundreds of millions of people, we are getting nothing but a Fukushima whitewash.

Fukushima is now far worse than Chernobyl ever was and yet we're all being told it's no problem and that the government has it all under control. I ask: How is 5 million becquerels per square meter not a problem? It's amazing that we even got this information, considering how frequently TEPCO claims its sensors and meters aren't working (basically any time they get a reading that's "too high").

The Japanese government can't wait to corral the sheeple back onto the radioactive soil, by the way. "Basically, the way in which the current zones have been drawn up aren't a concern in terms of the impact on health," said Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano. "Using Mr. Kawata's report as a guide, we want to do what we can to improve the soil, so people can return as soon as possible." (http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-...)

Barely two weeks ago, TEPCO finally admitted Fukushima suffered multiple core meltdowns in the hours following the tsunami strike (http://www.naturalnews.com/032378_n...) (http://www.naturalnews.com/032437_F...). This was the first time TEPCO openly admitted to something the alternative media had been reporting for months.

What has become perfectly clear in the reporting on Fukushima is that:

• Governments lie to the people
• Mainstream media lies to the people
• Only the alternative media was correct in reporting the severity of the core meltdowns and the release of radioactive material into the environment.

That's why more and more people are turning away from traditional sources of (mis)information and instead relying on the alternative media to get accurate information about world events.

Source;
http://www.naturalnews.com/032568_Fukushima_dead_zone.html

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Here's a consequential story footnote;

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Japanese PM Says He Will Resign Over Fukushima
http://timeecocentric.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/ap110527121146.jpg?w=300&h=170
Naoto Kan, Japan's beleaguered prime minister, has acknowledged for the first time since March 11 that he may step down —
but not until he's done doing what he needs to do...
more here;
http://ecocentric.blogs.time.com/2011/06/02/japanese-pm-says-he-will-resign-over-fukushima/

[Artemesia]

So I was reading the Dane Tops interview from the Camelot Library, and in it he refers to evidence that the UFO 'crashes' and ET presence really accelerated and increased after the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

If so, does this mean there is currently a lot of 'action' going on with the UFO/ET stuff in the government angle of things?

Can anyone substantiate this theory?

I feel like its probably true but going on waaaay under cover. Both with the g-men and with those of us who feel they've been 'contactees'.

Despite the irksome aspects of the Scientology takeover, I sure would like to understand some more of the memory recovery techniques Hubbard used to teach. Feels very relevant to remembering how humanity survived all that radiation once upon a time.

Also, has it ever occured to anyone that the mineral MOLDAVITE, which is sold in rock shops as 'crashed meteorite rock' is probably actually nuclear glass formed in the catastrophes from atlanean or earlier times? When I held a piece its power was not only evident, but this was the message I felt loud and clear. No need to have that as part of my working stone medicine.

[giovonni]

So I was reading the Dane Tops interview from the Camelot Library, and in it he refers to evidence that the UFO 'crashes' and ET presence really accelerated and increased after the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

If so, does this mean there is currently a lot of 'action' going on with the UFO/ET stuff in the government angle of things?

Can anyone substantiate this theory?

I feel like its probably true but going on waaaay under cover. Both with the g-men and with those of us who feel they've been 'contactees'.

Despite the irksome aspects of the Scientology takeover, I sure would like to understand some more of the memory recovery techniques Hubbard used to teach. Feels very relevant to remembering how humanity survived all that radiation once upon a time.

Also, has it ever occured to anyone that the mineral MOLDAVITE, which is sold in rock shops as 'crashed meteorite rock' is probably actually nuclear glass formed in the catastrophes from atlanean or earlier times? When I held a piece its power was not only evident, but this was the message I felt loud and clear. No need to have that as part of my working stone medicine.

Thank you Artimesia for your thoughts ~ we are of like minds :)

Even though i post these continuing (dire) stories...i feel it is a necessary process (for some) to filter these man created abnormalities from our collective minds...

i believe and sense (for those that chose) - that we are becoming fully ripened (within our conscious minds) - to now truly create a new timeline for our ever evolving (transmuting) physical bodies. These visiting cosmic brethren ~ ET's (are only here now) to observe and assist in these processes. As the Earth continues to transmutes upward in her vibration within this huge centrifuge of our (solar systems) current galactic alignment, it is up to those who wish and desire to ascend with her to reciprocate and follow suit by changing their thought behavioral patterns. We are (and will experience) what we think!

[giovonni]

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-IC1QDqwYZdo/TZxAssH_S2I/AAAAAAAAAvk/7o6u5cJthv4/s1600/Aboard+a+boat+pulling+a+barge+with+water+for+Japan %2527s+overheating+Fukushima+nuclear+plant+Thursda y..jpg

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Fukushima Water Has More Radiation Than Released Into Air

Thursday, June 2, 2011 (updated June 3)

from- Bloomberg

June 3 (Bloomberg) -- The water level in basements and trenches at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima plant rose and may contain more radiation than is known to have been released into the atmosphere in the worst nuclear crisis since Chernobyl.

The amount of contaminated water rose to about 105 million liters (28 million gallons) from 100 million liters on May 18, and may start overflowing after June 20, the company known as Tepco said in a statement today. Radiation in the water is estimated at 720,000 terabecquerels, general manager Junichi Matsumoto said at a media briefing in Tokyo.

Tepco has pumped millions of liters of water to cool three reactors that melted down at the Fukushima Dai-Ichi station after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami knocked out power and backup generators, crippling its cooling systems. With Japan's rainy season in full swing, heavy downpours threaten to flood the plant and leak more radiation into the sea, soil and air.

"The risk of overflow is as serious as the meltdown of reactor fuel rods that's already happened," Tetsuo Ito, the head of the Atomic Energy Research Institute at Kinki University in western Japan, said in a phone interview. "Tepco should've acknowledged this risk weeks ago and could've taken any urgent measures."

A water de-contamination unit being built at the plant will start operating after June 15 and an underground tank capable of holding 10 million liters will be ready by the middle of August, Tepco said in today's statement.

Radiation in Atmosphere

Tepco shares fell 6.2 percent today to 286 yen, the lowest level since at least September 1974. The stock has fallen 87 percent since the day before the quake, erasing 3 trillion yen ($37 billion) of the company's market value.

Much of the water poured into reactors and spent-fuel pools has overflowed or leaked into basements, connecting tunnels and services trenches at the plant, which has six reactors housed in separate building.

Japan's Nuclear Safety Commission said on April 12 an estimated 630,000 terabecquerels of radiation had been released into the atmosphere. The country's government the same day raised the severity rating of the nuclear crisis to the highest level on an international scale.

The government aims to release the latest radiation data early next week, Goshi Hosono, a special adviser to Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan, said on June 1.

Failure of cooling systems for reactors and water pools storing spent fuel rods led to explosions and fires at the Fukushima plant, causing radiation leaks that forced the evacuation of more than 50,000 households and contaminated drinking water and food.

Japan's government halted shipments of tea from four prefectures near Tokyo after detecting radioactive cesium that exceeded regulatory limits, the Yomiuri newspaper reported today.

Source;
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2011/06/02/bloomberg1376-LM6ZYZ6KLVR401-2MIA3CI5AS3UT5UNDT0CA9VFJ3.DTL

[giovonni]

Exclusive Arnie Gundersen Interview: The Dangers of Fukushima Are Worse and Longer-lived Than We Think

"I have said it's worse than Chernobyl and I’ll stand by that. There was an enormous amount of radiation given out in the first two to three weeks of the event. And add the wind blowing in-land. It could very well have brought the nation of Japan to its knees. I mean, there is so much contamination that luckily wound up in the Pacific Ocean as compared to across the nation of Japan - it could have cut Japan in half. But now the winds have turned, so they are heading to the south toward Tokyo and now my concern and my advice to friends that if there is a severe aftershock and the Unit 4 building collapses, leave. We are well beyond where any science has ever gone at that point and nuclear fuel lying on the ground and getting hot is not a condition that anyone has ever analyzed."

From Chris Martenson
Friday, June 3, 2011

http://media.chrismartenson.com/images/fukushima-radius-343x300.jpg

interview audio and transcript here:
http://www.chrismartenson.com/blog/exclusive-arnie-gundersen-interview-dangers-fukushima-are-worse-and-longer-lived-we-think/58689

[giovonni]

3 nuclear reactors melted down after quake, Japan confirms

June 6, 2011

Tokyo (CNN) -- Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant experienced full meltdowns at three reactors in the wake of an earthquake and tsunami in March, the country's Nuclear Emergency Response Headquarters said Monday.

The nuclear group's new evaluation, released Monday, goes further than previous statements in describing the extent of the damage caused by an earthquake and tsunami on March 11.

The announcement will not change plans for how to stabilize the Fukushima Daiichi plant, the agency said.

Reactors 1, 2 and 3 experienced a full meltdown, it said.

The plant's owner, Tokyo Electric Power Co., admitted last month that nuclear fuel rods in reactors 2 and 3 probably melted during the first week of the nuclear crisis.

It had already said fuel rods at the heart of reactor No. 1 melted almost completely in the first 16 hours after the disaster struck. The remnants of that core are now sitting in the bottom of the reactor pressure vessel at the heart of the unit and that vessel is now believed to be leaking.

A "major part" of the fuel rods in reactor No. 2 may have melted and fallen to the bottom of the pressure vessel 101 hours after the earthquake and tsunami that crippled the plant, Tokyo Electric said May 24.

The same thing happened within the first 60 hours at reactor No. 3, the company said, in what it called its worst-case scenario analysis, saying the fuel would be sitting at the bottom of the pressure vessel in each reactor building.

But Tokyo Electric at the same time released a second possible scenario for reactors 2 and 3, one that estimated a full meltdown did not occur. In that scenario, the company estimated the fuel rods may have broken but may not have completely melted.

Temperature data showed the two reactors had cooled substantially in the more than two months since the incident, Tokyo Electric said in May.

The earthquake and tsunami knocked out cooling systems at Fukushima Daiichi, causing the three operating reactors to overheat. That compounded a natural disaster by spewing radioactive material into the atmosphere.

Tokyo Electric avoided using the term "meltdown," and says it was keeping the remnants of the core cool. But U.S. experts interviewed by CNN after the company's announcement in May said that while it may have been containing the situation, the damage had already been done.

"On the basis of what they showed, if there's not fuel left in the core, I don't know what it is other than a complete meltdown," said Gary Was, a University of Michigan nuclear engineering professor and CNN consultant. And given the damage reported at the other units, "It's hard to imagine the scenarios can differ that much for those reactors."

A massive hydrogen explosion -- a symptom of the reactor's overheating -- blew the roof off the No. 1 unit the day after the earthquake, and another hydrogen blast ripped apart the No. 3 reactor building two days later. A suspected hydrogen detonation within the No. 2 reactor is believed to have damaged that unit on March 15.

CNN's Yoko Wakatsuki and Kyung Lah contributed to this report.

Source;
http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/06/06/japan.nuclear.meltdown/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

[Karma Ninja]

Many thanks to you Gio for keeping up the coverage of this ongoing tragedy on this website. It will be years before this is fully under control and by then so much damage will be done. Let's continue to pray and take the necessary precautions to avoid exposure. Too bad our world has such a short attention span and has moved on from this...

[giovonni]

Fairewinds' chief engineer Arnie Gundersen emphasizes the need to enlarge evacuation zones around US nuclear plants to 50 miles. Reducing US evacuation zones to only 10 miles during a nuclear power accident compromises public safety.


http://vimeo.com/24704313
http://vimeo.com/24704313

[giovonni]

Greenpeace urges Japan to evacuate town's children

http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20110609/capt.photo_1307614194404-1-0.jpg?x=213&y=165&xc=1&yc=1&wc=409&hc=317&q=85&sig=590Km_fE.tOVrb.roDDoDQ--

Widen evacuation zone for children, pregnant women: Greenpeace chief


http://www.france24.com/en/files/imagecache/aef_ct_wire_image_lightbox/images/afp/photo_1307614476517-1-0.jpg?1307673811
Jan Beranek (right), Greenpeace International energy campaign team leader speaks at a Tokyo news conference, watched by Kumi Naidoo (left), Greenpeace International executive director looks on. Greenpeace called on the Japanese government to evacuate children and pregnant women from a town about 60 kilometres from the stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant because of high radiation.


Friday, June 10, 2011

By JUN HONGO
Staff writer

"The government should consider evacuating children and pregnant women from a wider area around the Fukushima No. 1 power plant because radiation levels remain high even outside the 20-km no-go zone, Kumi Naidoo, executive director of Greenpeace International, said Thursday in Tokyo.

Naidoo's team of radiology experts found hot spots that had a maximum hourly reading of 45 microsieverts of radiation alongside a school zone.

While the area likely had high levels of radiation as a result of the landscape or other natural conditions, Naidoo insisted the central government should conduct thorough checks and provide accurate and fast information to local residents.

"Enough lives have been lost already" due to the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and it is not justifiable for the government to neglect the health risks of high radiation in Fukushima, he told reporters at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan.

Naidoo, who arrived in Japan on Sunday, visited Fukushima to meet with heads of local governments and people affected by the March 11 crisis.

During the news conference, Jan Beranek, an expert on radiology from Greenpeace International who joined Naidoo's trip to Fukushima, recommended that the government widen the evacuation zone to at least 60 or 70 km from the power plant.

He said there were parks and public spaces where the level of radiation activity hit 9 microsieverts per hour.

Even some nursery schools that have already undergone a decontamination process had a relatively high reading of 0.5 microsievert per hour, he said. That would translate into an annual exposure of 5 millisieverts, which was the evacuation threshold for Chernobyl, Beranek said.

The government recommends a maximum intake of 1 millisievert a year during normal times, but raises that to 20 millisieverts in times of a nuclear accident.

Beranek recommended that people in Fukushima residing in areas with high levels of radiation wear masks and remain inside their homes.

Radiation from some kinds of particles "is not something that goes away in weeks or months," he said, explaining that some chemical elements can be absorbed into organs and bones.

While expressing concern that the level of decontamination "hasn't been adequate" in Fukushima, Naidoo also said he fears that people there haven't received sufficient information from the central government.

Pointing out that many children living near areas with high levels of radiation are playing outdoors without proper masks, he criticized the government for being "too slow" in explaining the risks of exposure.

Naidoo, a native of South Africa, was named head of the global NGO in November 2009. He is scheduled to take part in a rally in Tokyo against nuclear power on Saturday.

New science policy
Kyodo

The new five-year basic science and technology plan will focus on rebuilding parts of the Tohoku region destroyed on March 11 and on developing energy technology, according to a draft released Thursday by a key government panel.

The Council for Science and Technology Policy's draft program, to be formalized in August, calls for promoting research and development to treat radioactive soil and water and dispose of waste from the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant."

Sources;
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20110610a6.html

http://www.france24.com/en/20110609-greenpeace-urges-japan-evacuate-towns-children?quicktabs_1=1

[Arrowwind]

Nuclear fuel has melted through base of Fukushima plant:

Nuclear fuel has melted through base of Fukushima plant - Telegraph (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/8565020/Nuclear-fuel-has-melted-through-base-of-Fukushima-plant.html)

The nuclear fuel in three of the reactors at the Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear plant has melted through the base of the pressure vessels and is pooling in the outer containment vessels, according to a report by the Japanese government...

[Etherios]

can we please have the fukushima topic back as a stiky and collect info ... it feels that even in this forums we "forgot" about a triple china syndrome event ... so fast. Its so sad...

[giovonni]

The Japanese might be dealing with deadly radiation exposure, but one has to admit they are truly resilient people :thumb:

__________________________________

Back from the dead: Astonishing pictures show how Japan is recovering just three months after tsunami

By Emily Allen

Last updated at 3:58 PM on 10th June 2011

Photo/story link here:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2001984/Japan-tsunami-earthquake-Pictures-recovery-3-months-later.html

[giovonni]

Note - possibly related - many around me (including myself) are currently having serious respiratory problems...

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"Original estimates of xenon and krypton releases remain the same, but a TEPCO recalculation shows dramatic increases in the release of hot particles. This confirms the results of air filter monitoring by independent scientists. Fairewinds' Arnie Gundersen explains how hot particles may react in mammals while escaping traditional detection. Reports of a metallic taste in the mouth, such as those now being reported in Japan and on the west coast, are a telltale sign of radiation exposure."


http://vimeo.com/25002205
http://vimeo.com/25002205

[giovonni]

What do you think ?

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Monday, June 13, 2011
#Fukushima I Nuke Plant: Live Camera Shows Huge Smoke/Steam Enveloping the Reactor Buildings

"Steady streams of smoke/steam out of the Reactors 3 and 4 suddenly started to engulf the entire reactor complex at Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant. It is the TEPCO's live camera footage after 12AM JST on June 14. Watch after 2:00. (h/t whomeco)

Something bad is happening there that we aren't told of."

Source;
http://ex-skf.blogspot.com/2011/06/fukushima-i-nuke-plant-live-camera.html


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sE6050Vhh0&feature=player_embedded
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sE6050Vhh0&feature=player_embedded

[bennycog]

yes gio, something bad has not stopped happening there i think..
false flag or not it is still a terrible thing.. and needs exposure

[giovonni]

Greetings,

For those following the continuing Fukushima nuclear event - here is an important interview with Leuren Moret by Alfred Webre - which discusses the latest updates and also highlights other related issues...

Note - i found this comment posted by a listener in regards to this interview to resonate with my own intuitive take and sentiments on these earth life changing events...

_____________________

"There are also soon to be released technologies that can clear radiation in our bodies and on the planet...we can also do this with our innate spiritual abilities which are waking up for many people now...this is the best of times and the worst of times. Careful not to fall in to the hole that many are promoting which only focuses on the worst case scenarios and 3d physics...

There is a shift in the physics at the particle level of our earth..while I accept that most of what of this vid conveys is true, the ACTUAL result of this radiation will be nowhere near what Leuren or Alfred speak of.We are changing at a cellular level, just as our bodies elements are being re-encrypted so is our planet's body being re-encrypted...effecting the way radiation effects us. Those who are slowest to harmonize with the changes will be most prone to the negative effects of the radiation."
______________________

Uploaded by ExopoliticsTV on Jun 14, 2011


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6L3BHnI1A_Y&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6L3BHnI1A_Y&feature=related

[Flash]

can we please have the fukushima topic back as a stiky and collect info ... it feels that even in this forums we "forgot" about a triple china syndrome event ... so fast. Its so sad...

I agree with this request

[Sierra]

A sticky has been stuck ...

Sierra :)

[giovonni]

From a man i respect and admire utmost futurist Stephan A. Schwartz...

"This catastrophe is just on the edge of being out of control, and it is growing increasingly clear that there is going to be a dead zone in and around these nuclear plants. Also that those of us in the Pacific Northwest are under a much more serious health threat than the government is acknowledging. Of course the media has no time to talk about any of this because for over a week they have been giving us wall-to-wall coverage about Anthony Weiner -- the least substantive but highest sensoid story they could pick"

__________________________________________________ _____________________________

http://www.chinapost.com.tw/news_images/20110619/p05a.jpg

UPDATE 3-Radiation spike halts work at Japan nuclear plant

Sat Jun 18, 2011 3:45am EDT

(Adds govt's safety checks on other nuclear plants)

* Operator hopes to restart the system within week

* Fukushima plant seen running out of storage for polluted water

* Government says other nuclear plants have enough safety measures

By Hideyuki Sano

TOKYO, June 18 (Reuters) - A rise in radiation halted the clean-up of radioactive water at Japan's Fukushimi nuclear power station on Saturday hours after it got under way, a fresh setback to efforts to restore control over the quake-stricken plant.

The power plant has been leaking radiation into the atmosphere ever since the March 11 quake and tsunami and both China and South Korea have expressed concern over the possibility of further leaks into the sea.

Tokyo Electric Power Company , the operator of the Fukushima Daiichi plant, said it expected to resume the clean-up within a week.

The plan hit a new hurdle as Japan marked 100 days since the earthquake and tsunami left left nearly 24,000 dead or missing and knocked out cooling systems at the plant. Buddhist memorial services were held throughout the country on the day when the bereaved traditionally seek closure from grief.

A statement issued by the utility, known as Tepco, said the suspension was prompted by a faster than expected rise in radiation in a part of the system intended to absorb caesium.

"At the moment, we haven't specified the reason," a Tepco spokesman told a news conference. "So we can't say when we can resume the operation. But I'd say it's not something that would take weeks."

The official said teams working at the plant believed the radiation rise could be linked either to sludge flowing into the machinery absorbing caesium or a monitoring error caused by nearby pipes carrying contaminated water.

But a resumption, he said, was critical to deal with the highly radioactive water. Officials say 110,000 tonnes, the equivalent of 40 Olympic swimming pools -- is stored at the plant, 240 km (150 miles) northeast of Tokyo.

"Unless we can resume the operation within a week, we will have problems in disposing of the contaminated water," the official said.

"But if this is caused by the reasons we are thinking, we can resume the operation within a week."

The official said Tepco for the moment foresaw no delay in its overall plan to bring the Fukushima Daiichi plant fully under control by the end of the year.

The plan, derided by some critics as too optimistic, calls for a shutdown of its three unstable reactors by January 2012.

STORING CONTAMINATED WATER

The company is fighting against time as the plant is running out of places to store the contaminated water. Amounts quickly accumulate as the company pumps in vast supplies to cool three reactors that went into meltdown after the tsunami disabled cooling systems.

The cleanup operation is one of many steps to stabilise the reactors. It got under way only late on Friday after being delayed by a series of glitches.

Trade Minister Banri Kaieda, addressing a news conference, said he had told Tepco to resume the cleanup operation while upholding safety standards, but set no deadlines.

He said government inspections showed all nuclear power plants in Japan had adequate safety measures against severe accidents and called on local governments to give the green light to restarting reactors.

Routine maintenance and public concern since the Fukushima accident have left only 19 of 54 reactors still functioning.

"Power shortages are a big problem for the economy. I would like to seek the understanding of people who live near plants so we can restart power plants that are confirmed to be safe," he said.

Nuclear operators always seek local government approval in recognition of the importance of support from residents near the plant -- though such backing is not legally required.

Opposition to nuclear power is growing, with one survey this week saying three-quarters of Japanese voters wanting to see a gradual phase out of nuclear power.

The crisis has prompted the government to go back to "scratch" in considering the future of nuclear power.

Mainichi Shimbun reported on Saturday that Kunio Hiramatsu, mayor of Osaka, Japan's second largest city, said he would make a proposal to Kansai Electric Power , of which the city is a top shareholder, that the company eventually phase out nuclear power. (Reporting by Hideyuki Sano, Tokyo, Editing by Ron Popeski)

Source;
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/06/18/japan-nuclear-idUSL3E7HI01Q20110618

[Flash]

thank you all for the information. I always read what is posted here, it is our genetic code at risk as well as thyroid and all.

[giovonni]

Many here at Avalon have been following this possible U.S. nuclear plant disaster in the making, and it appears the rest of the world seems to be more aware of this story than most Americans ?

__________________________________________________ _____

Inches away from being America's Fukushima: Nuclear plant dangerously close to being engulfed by Missouri floods:

from the UK's Mail Online;
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2005758/Missouri-river-floods-250-residents-evacuated-water-threatens-breach-banks.html


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXk3MP4kYpM&feature=uploademail

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXk3MP4kYpM&feature=uploademail

[tessie999]

I am so thankful for your research and info Gio. This is just not hitting the " out there " news. hummmmmmm

[giovonni]

from the main stream media...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQa2Ivz8i8I&feature=uploademail

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQa2Ivz8i8I&feature=uploademail

[giovonni]

Radioactive water leaks from Japan's damaged plant

http://s3.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20110628&t=2&i=448291609&w=460&fh=&fw=&ll=&pl=&r=2011-06-28T165014Z_01_BTRE75R1ART00_RTROPTP_0_JAPAN

TOKYO | Tue Jun 28, 2011

TOKYO (Reuters) - Tons of radioactive water were discovered on Tuesday to have leaked into the ground from Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant, the latest in a series of leaks at the plant damaged in a March earthquake and tsunami, the country's nuclear watchdog said.

More than three months after the disaster, authorities are struggling to bring under control damaged reactors at the power plant, 240 km (150 miles) north of Tokyo.

About 15 metric tons of water with a low level of radiation leaked from a storage tank at the plant on the Pacific coast, the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency said.

Plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co (Tepco) said it was investigating the cause of the leak which was later repaired.

Vast amounts of water contaminated with varying levels of radiation have accumulated in storage tanks at the plant after being used to cool reactors damaged when their original cooling systems were knocked out by the March 11 disaster.

Dealing with that radioactive water has been a major problem for Tepco, which is trying to use a decontamination system that cleans water so it can be recycled to cool the reactors.

But the system has encountered technical glitches and officials have said the water could spill into the Pacific Ocean unless the system was operating properly.

The system was halted an hour and a half after it started on Monday because of a water leakage.

Tepco fixed the problem and restarted the system on Tuesday afternoon, said Junichi Matsumoto, an official at the utility.

Source;
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/06/28/us-japan-nuclear-idUSTRE75Q1EV20110628

[giovonni]

This is a beautiful heart rendering gesture given with such dignity and love... Bless these brave human beings :(

_______________________________________________

Elderly volunteers to help Fukushima nuclear cleanup

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/images/photos2011/nn20110629n2b.jpg
Old blood: Yasuteru Yamada, 72, interviewed in his office in Tokyo on June 17,
will lead a band of pensioners to the Fukushima No. 1 plant in early July to help
clean up the nuclear disaster.

story here;
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/print/nn20110629n2.html

[sllim11]

the nuclear problems seem to be hitting the "good 'ole us of a"...

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you would think there would be more "news" about this. i mean, REALLY?

[Flash]

California is hit trhough Japan fall out, the biggest producer of fruit/veges for North America, with Florida which was hit with petroleum, 2 nuclear station getting problems where the bread basket of America is, and then New Mexico where the.... is, American please tell me,

Looks as if it is organised food contamination.

[giovonni]

California is hit trhough Japan fall out, the biggest producer of fruit/veges for North America, with Florida which was hit with petroleum, 2 nuclear station getting problems where the bread basket of America is, and then New Mexico where the.... is, American please tell me,

Looks as if it is organised food contamination.

i agree - there are no coincidences :suspicious:

[giovonni]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owVmInVlQRU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owVmInVlQRU

[giovonni]

"A series of disasters, potential disasters, bad news and worrying studies over the course of the past week have brought public attention back to the issue of radiation and its attendant health risks, and further exposed how governmental agencies that are supposed to protect the public have in fact knowingly put the public at risk and even colluded with the very industries they are supposed to be "regulating..."


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcqzDw8eV24

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcqzDw8eV24

[giovonni]

Note this is in the area where i am living...But i have my doubts as to whatever is measured will be reported and disclosed to the local public ?

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_pzJkEZdb5mA/TUa53aS3ssI/AAAAAAAAFVI/QKkfeNY-boo/s1600/xnrd3c.jpg


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Helicopter is part of Department of Energy radiation study

July 5, 2011

By Staff

July 5, 2011

Western Washington residents should not be alarmed as a slow, low-flying helicopter scopes the area from July 11-28.

The helicopter is part of a U.S. Department of Energy aerial survey of the Seattle area. The agency is measuring baseline levels of radiation in order to make a comparison in the event of a nuclear emergency, a King County Office of Emergency Management email states.

The agency intends to measure radiation levels in nearby communities, but no area east of the western shore of Lake Sammamish is scheduled to be included. In order to take the measurements, the helicopter is due to fly at about 300 feet above the ground at about 70 mph.

The study is financed by a U.S. Department of Homeland Security grant and has been in development since 2009, prior to the Fukashima nuclear disaster in Japan, Sammamish Deputy City Manager Lyman Howard said.

Source;
http://www.issaquahpress.com/2011/07/05/helicopter-is-part-of-department-of-energy-radiation-study/

[giovonni]

"Why Fukushima Can Happen Here: What the NRC and Nuclear Industry Dont Want You to Know...

The well-known safety flaws of Mark 1 Boiling Water Reactors have gained significant attention in the wake of the four reactor accidents at Fukushima, but a more insidious danger lurks. In this video nuclear engineers Arnie Gundersen and David Lochbaum discuss how the US regulators and regulatory process have left Americans unprotected. They walk, step-by-step, through the events of the Japanese meltdowns and consider how the knowledge gained from Fukushima applies to the nuclear industry worldwide. They discuss "points of vulnerability" in American plants, some of which have been unaddressed by the NRC for three decades. Finally, they concluded that an accident with the consequences of Fukushima could happen in the US.

With more radioactive Cesium in the Pilgrim Nuclear Plant's spent fuel pool than was released by Fukushima, Chernobyl, and all nuclear bomb testing combined, Gundersen and Lockbaum ask why there is not a single procedure in place to deal with a crisis in the fuel pool? These and more safety questions are discussed in this forum presented by the C-10 Foundation at the Boston Public Library. Special thanks to Herb Moyer for the excellent video and Geoff Sutton for the frame-by-frame graphics of the Unit 3 explosion."

by Fairewinds Associates
http://vimeo.com/user6415562


http://vimeo.com/26231562
http://vimeo.com/26231562

[giovonni]

13 July 2011 Last updated at 06:31 ET

Japan PM Naoto Kan urges nuclear-free future

Japan's Prime Minister Naoto Kan has called for his country to develop into a nuclear-free society, amid rising public anger at the continuing crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi plant.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-14137186


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a follow-up to Post #106

Last night this area had its first significant rain fall in over a month...and guess what ?

i just heard a rare low flying helicopter over head...

i wonder what it's doing up there...

__________________________
From Rense.com ~ "Seattle Area Radiation Testing Results May Be Kept Hidden"
http://www.doh.wa.gov/ehp/rp/rep/aerial.htm

[giovonni]

has the Japanese government written these people ? :(


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFWI1z_i1IQ&feature=email
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFWI1z_i1IQ&feature=email

Nuclear Workers and Fukushima Residents at Risk: Cancer Expert on the Fukushima Situation:
http://japanfocus.org/events/view/100

[thehess]

i just flew to seattle from atlanta, my lungs felt quite a drastic change.. i dont know if this is just me, but it could explain something.. been hacking up phlegm ever since i got here and was perfectly fine before i left

[giovonni]

i just flew to seattle from atlanta, my lungs felt quite a drastic change.. i dont know if this is just me, but it could explain something.. been hacking up phlegm ever since i got here and was perfectly fine before i left

Welcome to the Seattle area...sorry about the rain today :rain:

i imagine though you'll find the temps here much cooler than down in Old Atlanta way :)

http://icons.wunderground.com/webcamramdisk/r/i/richa03/1/current.jpg?1310836011

[giovonni]

From Rense.com
http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTKRi0lFxswLP_8G075QrJ5u_pVeLrsT wNiw5FSfnlgBwZUukZx
Jeff Rense talks with Dr. Bill Deagle
Japan Update 7.11.11
listen here:
http://rense.gsradio.net:8080/rense/special/rense_Deagle_071111.mp3

[giovonni]

In an exclusive ExopoliticsTV interview (released July 17, 2011) with independent scientist Leuren Moret, MA, PhD (ABT) by Alfred Lambremont Webre, JD, MEd, Ms. Moret reveals that the hidden nuclear genocide of babies and children resulting from the March 11, 2011 Fukushima false flag tectonic event can now be documented and is growing.

Leuren Moret also released her court statement as an expert witness in a lawsuit brought to force government officials to evacuate more than 350,000 children from the Fukushima area where they are being forcibly exposed by the government to lethal doses of radiation.
Continue reading on Examiner.com Leuren Moret: Nuclear genocide of babies & children in Japan, U.S., Canada grows - Seattle exopolitics | Examiner.com http://www.examiner.com/exopolitics-in-seattle/leuren-moret-nuclear-genocide-of-babies-children-japan-u-s-canada-grows#ixzz1SUMw7f3D



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z91frvrhris&feature=youtu.be
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z91frvrhris&feature=youtu.be

[Lost Soul]

San Francisco rainwater radiation is 181 times higher than safe levels. Link (http://www.businessinsider.com/san-francisco-rainwater-radiation-181-times-above-us-drinking-water-standard-2011-4)

[giovonni]

i have found these weekly half hour conversations between Jeff Rense and Yoichi Shimatsu, really cut to the chase - in trying to stay abreast in regards to the disastrous situation coming out of Japan.

From rense.com
Listen here/from Monday 18/7/2011
http://rense.gsradio.net:8080/rense/special/rense_Shimatsu%20_071811.mp3

note ~ Yoichi Shimatsu
"Yoichi Shimatsu is a free lance journalist based in Hong Kong. He is former Editor of the Japan Times Weekly. Mr. Yoi is a former Tsinghua University lecturer. He's also Senior Advisor to The 4th Media, the English Website of the April Media Group. He's been regularly writing to several global media outlets including US, China and so on. He's been frequently sitting on CCTV News, Blue Ocean Network TV and other global media outlets in China, Hong Kong and other countries."
source:
http://en.m4.cn/category/yoichi-shimatsu

[giovonni]

From Fairewinds Associates;

"While many radioactive cattle have been discovered large distances from Fukushima, what is more important is where their feed is coming from. "It's not only about the radioactive cattle in Fukushima Prefecture; its also about the radioactive straw the cattle eat that was grown elsewhere". Straw found 45 miles from Fukushima is highly contaminated with radioactive cesium, which is an indication that radiation has contaminated large portions of Northern Japan. More than half a million disintegrations per second in a kilogram of straw are comparable to Chernobyl levels. This proves that the American Nuclear Regulatory Commission was correct when it told Americans to evacuate beyond 50 miles and that the Japanese should have done the same. An Ex-Secretariat of Japan's Nuclear Safety Commission blames this contamination on "Black Rain". Rather than minimize the information the Japanese people receive, Gundersen suggests minimizing their radiation exposure."


http://vimeo.com/26651670
http://vimeo.com/26651670

[giovonni]

"On the 19th of July 2011, people in Fukushima had a meeting with government officals from Tokyo to demand that the government evacuate people promptly in Fukushima and provide financial and logistical support for them. Also, they brought urine of children to the meeting and demanded that the government
test it."


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVuGwc9dlhQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVuGwc9dlhQ

[giovonni]

In continuing with what i initiated and post last week...

note - i have found these weekly half hour conversations between Jeff Rense and Yoichi Shimatsu, really cut to the chase - in trying to stay abreast in regards to the disastrous situation coming out of Japan.

From rense.com
Listen here/from Monday 25/7/2011
http://rense.gsradio.net:8080/rense/special/rense_Shimatsu_072511.mp3

[giovonni]

"Nuclear Power 101: Fairewinds examines the fundamental advantages and disadvantages of splitting atoms to boil water.

Included in this presentation and PowerPoint is a discussion of how nuclear power plants work, how to cool a reactor during an accident, the effect of hot particles when inhaled, and concerns involving the long-term storage of nuclear waste. This presentation took place at the Nuclear Power Conference held at the University of Vermont July 23, 2011."
by Fairewinds Associates


http://vimeo.com/27136326
http://vimeo.com/27136326

[EileenCookies]

No one is escaping. The disasters, man made and other, continue. People are being affected by more than one type of radiation even now. So there is much to consider.

here in Santa Cruz we have EMF radiation off all the smart meters installed (and what ever else is coming our direction). There is no one that is immune from this radiation. We have two meters on our house and I was so sick I ended up in the ER a couple of times before I realized I had to move into our back yard...though I can still feel it there as well. Luckily I am a talented healer and am slowing overcoming some of its effects. But it is a nasty business indeed. The pain level was so high I really wanted out (period). So I have very little fear/concern about anything but my immediate surroundings. It does bring up ones level of consciousness fast (or you could go the other way and go down fast). I am choosing life at present, but feel very little other than just surviving. Guess they figure to get rid of us....period.

[Tane Mahuta]

giovonni

The last couple of days the impact of what is going on in reguards to Fukushima an everything else in the world has had me grieving .

I stayed home from work yesterday an today which I never do .

I'm so sad . I'm sad an I'm angry . I'm angry for the people in Fukushima ,I'm angry for all the people in the Gulf oil spill area , I'm angry for the peoples in Haiti, Libya, Egypt,Yemen , Gaza. I'm sad an angry for the people in Ecuador an what the oil company's are doing to the people there .

I'm tired of people saying there is no good an bad it just is part of the process .
More then anything else I'm tired pist an angry that everyday I have to get out of bed an go to work like everything is ok an that I have to pretend that I give a crap about irrelevent bull**** an smile while I'm doing it .

I feel like I have been attending a funeral over an over an over .

I'm sorry I had to unload .
Peace,Erin

Hi Erin, we are all going through the same situation in one form or another.

I say, let people know how you feel, at the moment it is the best we can do.

Just let it happen & do not allow HATE to replace anger

Love & Light

TM

[giovonni]

i have found these weekly half hour conversations between Jeff Rense and Yoichi Shimatsu, really cut to the chase - in trying to stay abreast in regards to the disastrous situation coming out of Japan.

***********

Now for this week's conversation with updates from Japan - Monday 8.1.11
From http://www.rense.com/
Listen here:
http://rense.gsradio.net:8080/rense/special/rense_Shimatsu_080111.mp3

[Calz]

death in seconds: radiation leaking at Fukushima plant

From Stan Deyo's site:

http://standeyo.com/NEWS/11_Pics_of_Day/110802.pic.of.day.html


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ORIGINAL CAPTION: An image taken by a gamma ray camera showing the bottom of a ventilation stack standing between Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant's No.1 and No.2 reactors. Radiation is exceeding 10 sieverts per hour, a level that could lead to incapacitation or death after just several seconds of exposure - seen here in red. (TEPCO)


*** adding ***


Appears Deyo site got source for photo here:


TOKYO — Pockets of lethal levels of radiation have been detected at Japan's crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in a reminder of the risks faced by workers battling to contain the worst nuclear accident since Chernobyl.

Plant operator Tokyo Electric Power (Tepco) reported on Monday that radiation exceeding 10 sieverts (10,000 millisieverts) per hour was found at the bottom of a ventilation stack standing between two reactors.

Tepco said Tuesday it found another spot on the ventilation stack itself where radiation exceeded 10 sieverts per hour, a level that could lead to incapacitation or death after just several seconds of exposure.


http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43982727/ns/world_news-asia_pacific/

[giovonni]

Thanks for the post Calz ...

looks like those two stacks are really venting...

This next article is very telling about whats blowing in from those North East Pacific winds...

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Japan’s Fukushima catastrophe brings big radiation spikes to B.C.

http://www.straight.com/files/imagecache/wide_article/images/wide/HOR_Rad_GordonEdwards_2276.jpg
Gordon Edwards, president of the Canadian Coalition for Nuclear Responsibility,
says that while radiation coming from Fukushima will lead to higher cancer rates in Canadian, the risk posed to individuals is very small.

read more... http://www.straight.com/article-415211/vancouver/fukushima-brings-big-radiation-spikes-bc?page=0%2C0

[giovonni]

"Lethal Levels of Radiation at Fukushima: What Are the Implications?
TEPCO has discovered locations on the Fukushima plant site with lethal levels of external gamma radiation. Fairewinds takes a close look at how this radiation might have been deposited and how similar radioactive material would have been released offsite."
From Fairewinds Associates


http://vimeo.com/27306360
http://vimeo.com/27306360

[Calz]

From Gilliland email ... Dr. Deagle's radio show interviewing an expert regarding the radiation situation in Japan.

http://podcast.gcnlive.com/podcast/nutri_med/0804112.mp3

[giovonni]

Japan government prepares plan to flee Tokyo

North Asia correspondent Mark Willacy
Updated August 09, 2011 08:30:28

Japan is considering the possibility of creating a back-up capital city in case a major natural disaster, like the March 11 earthquake, strikes Tokyo.

A new panel from Japan's Ministry of Land and Infrastructure will consider the possibility of moving some of Tokyo's capital functions to another big city, like Osaka.

Japan is located on the junction of four tectonic plates and experiences one-fifth of the world's strongest earthquakes and geologists have warned Tokyo is particularly vulnerable to powerful earthquakes.

It is feared if a massive earthquake like the March magnitude 9.0 quake struck Tokyo, it could destroy the country's political and economic base.

Source;
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-08-09/japan-govt-could-flee-tokyo/2830410

[giovonni]

Citizen group wants radiation tests done in Canada following Fukushima nuclear disaster

By Charlie Smith, August 11, 2011

http://www.straight.com/files/imagecache/wide_article/images/wide/Isabel%20Budke%20004.jpg

A Vancouver woman wants Canadian governments held more accountable for protecting public health in the wake of the Fukushima nuclear crisis. In an August 8 interview at the Georgia Straight office, Isabel Budke pointed out that citizens and nongovernmental organizations can exert a great deal more pressure on Health Canada and other regulators to improve monitoring, measuring, and reporting on radiation levels in water, soil, and food...
read more http://www.straight.com/article-419976/vancouver/group-wants-radiation-tests

[giovonni]

"Nuclear Expert: Radioactive Rain-Outs Will Continue For a Year - Even In Western U.S. and Canada - Because Japanese Are Burning Radioactive Materials

Nuclear expert Arnie Gundersen says in a new interview that the Japanese are burning radioactive materials. The radioactivity originated from Fukushima, but various prefectures are burning radioactive materials in their terroritories.

Gundersen says that this radioactivity ends up not only in neighboring prefectures, but in Hawaii, British Columbia, Oregon, Washington and California.

He notes that radioactive rain-outs were documented recently in British Columbia and Oklahoma with geiger counters.

Gundersen says that well see another year of radioactive rain-outs, as the Japanese continue to burn radioactive materials.
Cover Up By American and Canadian Governments

Gundersen has a high-level contact in the State Department who says that the U.S. government has decided - within various agencies, including the State Department, FDA, and other agencies - to downplay the dangers from Fukushima. Because of this policy decision, the government is not really testing for radiation.

Gundersen is working with scientists who will publish a paper in the near future definitively debunking Canadian and American health officials' claims that only harmless levels of radiation are being released."

SolarIMG podcast with Arnie Gundersen from Fairewinds
by SolarIMG on August 13th
Liston to this brief podcast interview here:
http://solarimg.org/shows/SolarIMG_podcast_Arnie_Gundersen_130811.mp3

original link sources;

http://georgewashington2.blogspot.com/2011/08/nuclear-expert-because-japanese-are.html

http://solarimg.org/?p=1722

[giovonni]

Note - there was no update last week , but Jeff & Yoichi are back this week :thumb:

i have found these weekly half hour conversations between Jeff Rense and Yoichi Shimatsu, really cut to the chase - in trying to stay abreast in regards to the disastrous situation coming out of Japan.

***********

Now for this week's conversation with updates from Japan - Monday 8.15.11
From http://www.rense.com/
Listen below:
http://rense.gsradio.net:8080/rense/special/rense_Shimatsu_081511.mp3

[giovonni]

For your inspection... Note this comes via dutchsinse's blog...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAUY-Y3Kiek&feature=uploademail

JAUY-Y3Kiek

[giovonni]

It's about time...
________________

West Coast fish to be tested for Fukushima radiation

story /video clip...
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/08/19/bc-salmon-radiation-testing.html

[giovonni]

New Data Supports Previous Fairewinds Analysis, as Contamination Spreads in Japan and Worldwide


http://vimeo.com/28014740
http://vimeo.com/28014740

[giovonni]

Jeff Rense and Yoichi Shimatsu, really cut to the chase - in trying to stay abreast in regards to the disastrous situation coming out of Japan.

***********

Now for this week's conversation with updates from Japan - Monday 8.22,11
From http://www.rense.com/
Listen here:
http://rense.gsradio.net:8080/rense/special/rense_Shimatsu_082211.mp3

[giovonni]

http://vimeo.com/28222223

http://vimeo.com/28222223

[giovonni]

Jeff Rense and Yoichi Shimatsu, really cut to the chase - in trying to stay abreast in regards to the disastrous situation coming out of Japan.

***********

Now for this week's conversation with updates from Japan - Monday 8.29.11
From http://www.rense.com/
Listen below:
http://rense.gsradio.net:8080/rense/special/rense_Shimatsu_082911.mp3

[giovonni]

"Michael Collins runs a radiation detection station in Los Angeles and reveals some interesting facts about contaminated food in the USA."
http://www.enviroreporter.com/radiation-station-stats/

uploaded - Sept. 4, 2011

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=We50AVrTMk8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=We50AVrTMk8

[Calz]

Simulation Map of Cesium-137 Deposition Across the Pacific by CEREA Shows Contamination in US Greater Than That of Western Japan

September 1, 2011

France’s CEREA has the simulation map of ground deposition of cesium-137 from the Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant accident on its “Fukushima” page.

It not only shows Japan but also the entire northern Pacific Rim, from Russian Siberia to Alaska to the West Coast of the US to the entire US.

According to the map, the US, particularly the West Coast and particularly California, may be more contaminated with radioactive cesium than the western half of Japan or Hokkaido.

It looks more contaminated than South Korea or China. Canada doesn’t look too well either, particularly along the border with US on the western half.

From CEREA’s Fukushima page:


Atmospheric dispersion of radionuclides from the Fukushima-Daichii nuclear power plant

CEREA, joint laboratory École des Ponts ParisTech and EdF R&D
Victor Winiarek, Marc Bocquet, Yelva Roustan, Camille Birman, Pierre Tran

Map of ground deposition of caesium-137 for the Fukushima-Daichii accident.

The simulation was performed with a specific version of the numerical atmospheric chemistry and transport model Polyphemus/Polair3D. The parametrisations used for the transport and physical removal of the radionuclides are described in [1,2,3,4].

The magnitude of the deposition field is uncertain and the simulated values of deposited radionuclides could be significantly different from the actual deposition. In particular, the source term remains uncertain. Therefore, these results should be seen as preliminary and they are likely to be revised as new information become available to better constrain the source term and when radionuclides data can be used to evaluate the model simulation results.

9798


Rest of story:

http://theintelhub.com/2011/09/01/simulation-map-of-cesium-137-deposition-across-the-pacific-by-cerea-shows-contamination-in-us-greater-than-that-of-western-japan/

[Calz]

Despite the ongoing efforts to cover up the scope of the disasters, new videos prove that all is not well in Fukushima ... or the BP oil spill site.


A strange flash was observed at the Fukushima nuclear power plant:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=kaUI4Ujzze0#!


http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2011/09/despite-ongoing-efforts-to-cover-up.html

[giovonni]

Jeff Rense and Yoichi Shimatsu, really cut to the chase - in trying to stay abreast in regards to the disastrous situation coming out of Japan.

***********

Now for this week's conversation with updates from Japan - Monday 9.5.11
From http://www.rense.com/
Listen below:
http://rense.gsradio.net:8080/rense/special/rense_Shimatsu_090511.mp3

[Dawn]

Fukishima now rated at 20X the level of the Hiroshima bomb. And, it is headed to into the US and Canada. This update on Fukishima and the worldwide radiation danger from it is dated 8/18/11.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=baya8-agPs4&feature=player_embedded

[giovonni]

This is an amazing and heartfelt -close-up view of what life's really like inside the disaster area...

__________________________________________________ _____

Enson Inoue Reveals Covert Trip to Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant

Since the devastating March 11 earthquake and tsunami, former Shooto heavyweight champion and Pride veteran Enson Inoue has been tireless in his charity efforts, repeatedly traveling to northeast Japan to directly help those in need.

Inoue's work has helped countless people and brought much needed light to the situation in Fukushima and the areas affected by the disasters. This work has been costly though, Inoue sacrificing a gym, his pets and spending an incredible amount of money and time in the process.

On his last trip, Enson Inoue possibly made the greatest sacrifice of all - he risked his life by traveling to one of the most dangerous places on earth.

Speaking exclusively with MMA Fighting, Enson Inoue describes his journey directly into the highly radioactive Fukushima evacuation zone and his covert visit to the the heavily damaged Fukushima power plants.

http://www.blogcdn.com/www.mmafighting.com/media/2011/09/inouemask.jpg
read more and view video below:
http://www.mmafighting.com/2011/09/04/enson-inoue-takes-covert-trip-to-fukushima-nuclear-power-plant/

[giovonni]

Greetings,

i was hoping ~ that perhaps other members would also post new or relevant updates

on this very critical and ongoing environmental disaster whenever inclined - please. :yo:

Blessings Gio

[Gaia]

I have a warm place in my heart for you Gio:)

Goodbye and be well.

Gaia

[giovonni]

Greetings ....

With this tragic situation getting ever worse...
i will commence posting updates again here on Tepcos - Fukushima world nuclear disaster...

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From rense.com

Monday 12/13/2012

Jeff Rense interview's with Yoichi Shimatsu & Michael Collins with recent Fukushima radiation updates:

First up ~ Yoichi Shimatsu reporting from Hong Kong (interview time 30 min)
Listen here: http://rense.gsradio.net:8080/rense/special/rense_Shimatsu_021312.mp3

Also ~ reporting from Southern California Michael Collins (interview time 30 min)
Listen here: http://rense.gsradio.net:8080/rense/special/rense_Collins_021312.m3

Stay posted here for updates to follow :thumb:

[giovonni]

this disaster story has really slipped off the msm media's radar... :(

__________________________________________________ ___

Stricken Fukushima nuclear plant at dire risk of massive new earthquake, scientists warn

By Damien Gayle

Scientists have issued a dire warning that the damaged Fukushima nuclear plant is at risk of a massive new earthquake.

Research using data from more than 6,000 recent tremors has found that last March's disaster has reactivated a seismic fault practically beneath the power station.

Now scientists are telling Japanese authorities to urgently shore up the damaged reactor in expectation of more massive 'quakes...

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2100901/Stricken-Fukushima-Daiichi-nuclear-plant-dire-risk-massive-new-earthquake-scientists-warn.html#ixzz1mVTtNzQO

[giovonni]

This is from last May ~ But it is worthy info to digest in regard to ones dietary needs during this ongoing nuclear disaster...

About Robert Morse N. D.
http://www.robertmorsend.com/history.cfm


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsPd-2prVAY&feature=player_embedded
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsPd-2prVAY&feature=player_embedded

[giovonni]

this is interesting... from News-Canada


Japan's nuclear evacuees denied Canadian refuge

http://storage.canoe.ca/v1/dynamic_resize/sws_path/suns-prod-images/1297237578032_ORIGINAL.jpg?quality=80&size=650x

High levels of radiation around the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant and ongoing leaks of radioactive
material have caused Japanese nationals to seek refuge in Canada...

Read more - http://www.calgarysun.com/2012/02/18/japans-nuclear-evacuees-denied-canadian-refugee

[lightseeker]

Enough with the fear porn people. Yes there are terrible things happening world wide. You chose to create your own reality. If this is what you want you will get it.

[giovonni]

Enough with the fear porn people. Yes there are terrible things happening world wide. You chose to create your own reality. If this is what you want you will get it.

Thanks for your comments lightseeker

As the saying goes 'Denial is not a river in Egypt'...

And unfortunately ~ many of us here are still living in and trying to deal with this terrible 3D world stuff...

My personal advice ~ filter it in and then let it go ... :yes4:

Blessings Gio

[giovonni]

trying to make sense of this madness...

From rense.com

Note for those not up to date on Jeff Rense ~ a few of his former contributors have been attacking him lately...

The latest

Monday 12/20/2012

Jeff Rense interview's with Yoichi Shimatsu & Michael Collins with recent Fukushima radiation updates:

First up ~ Yoichi Shimatsu reporting from Hong Kong
Listen here: http://rense.gsradio.net:8080/rense/special/rense_Shimatsu_022012.mp3

Also ~ reporting from Southern California Michael Collins
Listen here: http://rense.gsradio.net:8080/rense/special/rense_Collins_022012.mp3

__________________________

Also ~ this from the msm print media.
__________________________

Fukushima manager dismisses fears that reactors are overheating again
Takeshi Takahashi says removing melted nuclear fuel will be difficult, but blames overheating fears on faulty thermometer...
Read more with short video statement here:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/feb/20/fukushima-manager-dismisses-fears-overheating

[giovonni]

Into Fukushima's no-man's land

Agence France-Presse February 21, 2012

http://www.canada.com/news/6184323.bin
Japan's Self Defense Force soldiers collect fallen leaves from a gutter as they started decontamination mission in Namie, in Fukushima prefecture, west of the stricken nuclear power plant on December 8, 2011. Fukushima continues to grapple with the fallout from a tsunami that led to fears the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant could suffer a meltdown.

FUKUSHIMA DAIICHI - Every two minutes on the bus ride through the ghost towns surrounding Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, a company guide in a white protective suit holds up a display showing the radiation level. And it is rising.

Passing through the disaster exclusion zone visitors catch sight of houses that look like they could be anywhere in Japan, except for the odd sign that there is no-one to look after them; that no-one has lived here for nearly a year.

Occasionally an animal appears in a garden, left to fend for itself by owners who fled when the plant's nuclear reactors began spewing their poison last March...

Read more - http://www.canada.com/news/Into+Fukushima+land/6184316/story.html

[giovonni]

Greetings ...

i post this here due to the importance and significance of this conference taking place and being recorded ...
And if you have the time and patience to listen to this you might find it informative...

But please note it is a slow listen due to lots of translation pauses.

__________________________________________________ _____

Arnie Gundersen at the Japan National Press Club
by Fairewinds Energy Education


http://vimeo.com/37189735
http://vimeo.com/37189735

[TargeT]

what is important about this? radiation is a weapon of TERROR. it's not as bad as we are told & frankly this fear porn should stop... I live on the west(ish) coast(ish) of alaska. I know IT guys that work with NOAA (http://www.noaa.gov/), they manage many "sensor sites" that include sizemic (mostly) and some radiological sensors...

there hasn't been ANYTHING (significant) here..
http://www.shorstmeyer.com/msj/geo130/elnino/pac1.jpg
and there SHOULD BE (were there a danger of all this crap comming true)

Let this one rest... I sense that there is more to this story than meets the eye & you are not doing anything but pushing an agenda that has been handed to you.



Occasionally an animal appears in a garden, left to fend for itself by owners who fled when the plant's nuclear reactors began spewing their poison last March...



I guess animals are radiation proof, or are they just fear porn proof?

[giovonni]

Thank you for post ~ Targe T

i also live on the west coast in Washington state ...

And from your post ... looks like we agree on this issue. :)

[giovonni]

Please note this thread was requested to be placed as a "sticky' by members of this forum so they could follow information in regards to this subject matter:

Saying that ~ a note to those who 'choose' to view this thread, realize this is all about discernment and filtering what your intuitive self is signaling back at you ...

Information on the status of the Fukushima nuclear plant disaster is far from satisfactory and most lacking in my opinion...

So in regards to news items posted here...

As i stated before ~ 'My personal advice ~ filter it in and then let it go' ...

giovonni

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http://fukushimafive.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/cropped-screen-shot-2012-02-21-at-6-54-48-pm.jpg

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Fukushima Update ~ Tracking Japan's nuclear crisis
__________
Here's a site with recent news post items on this subject matter:
http://fukushima.greenaction-japan.org/


Also __________________________________________________ _____________


Fukushima Revisited
As Fukushima Goes, So Goes Japan
Here's an interesting site from The Fukushima Five ...
who "came together to collaborate and share knowledge, information and data regarding the event known as Fukushima."
http://fukushimafive.wordpress.com/2012/02/21/as-fukushima-goes-so-goes-japan/

[Ascension]

trying to make sense of this madness...

[QUOTE]Note for those not up to date on Jeff Rense ~ a few of his former contributors have been attacking him lately...


From what I understand about this feud between Rense and Makow...it is about Makow's support of Jim Stone's theory on sabotage at Fukishima. I don't understand Rense's sudden and complete disassociation from conspiracy theory surrounding the tsunami. Jim Stone has presented a well-documented presentation of possible sabotage at his website http://www.jimstonefreelance.com/fukushima.html. Rense is calling people with alternate theories about Fukishima "idiots" when this should be right up his ally. He often posts controversial material and frequently leans towards implicating Israel. But in this case, he is vehemently attacking anyone who suggests alternative theories, even to the point of alienating and angering a long-time contributor/editor, Henry Makow.

Makes me wonder now about Rense's motives and agenda.

While I agree that this information should not be censored on Jeff's site, I do not agree with Makow's method of retaliation. Slinging mud back and forth makes them both look juvenile and unprofessional.

[giovonni]

trying to make sense of this madness...

[QUOTE]Note for those not up to date on Jeff Rense ~ a few of his former contributors have been attacking him lately...


From what I understand about this feud between Rense and Makow...it is about Makow's support of Jim Stone's theory on sabotage at Fukishima. I don't understand Rense's sudden and complete disassociation from conspiracy theory surrounding the tsunami. Jim Stone has presented a well-documented presentation of possible sabotage at his website http://www.jimstonefreelance.com/fukushima.html. Rense is calling people with alternate theories about Fukishima "idiots" when this should be right up his ally. He often posts controversial material and frequently leans towards implicating Israel. But in this case, he is vehemently attacking anyone who suggests alternative theories, even to the point of alienating and angering a long-time contributor/editor, Henry Makow.

Makes me wonder now about Rense's motives and agenda.

While I agree that this information should not be censored on Jeff's site, I do not agree with Makow's method of retaliation. Slinging mud back and forth makes them both look juvenile and unprofessional.

Thank you Ascension ...

For sharing your keen observation and analysis of this drama ~ And note you have summed it quite well. :thumb:

Lately ~ i have noticed lots of erratic and odd behavior being displayed by people in general...
Personally ~ i can only attribute it to the new solar energies bombarding us currently...
In my opinion though, there is no doubt the dynamics of our inter-personal relationships with one another are truly changing.

Blessings Gio

[giovonni]

what is important about this? radiation is a weapon of TERROR. it's not as bad as we are told & frankly this fear porn should stop... I live on the west(ish) coast(ish) of alaska. I know IT guys that work with NOAA (http://www.noaa.gov/), they manage many "sensor sites" that include sizemic (mostly) and some radiological sensors...

there hasn't been ANYTHING (significant) here..
http://www.shorstmeyer.com/msj/geo130/elnino/pac1.jpg
and there SHOULD BE (were there a danger of all this crap comming true)

Let this one rest... I sense that there is more to this story than meets the eye & you are not doing anything but pushing an agenda that has been handed to you.



Occasionally an animal appears in a garden, left to fend for itself by owners who fled when the plant's nuclear reactors began spewing their poison last March...





I guess animals are radiation proof, or are they just fear porn proof?

Please note~ i did not make the above attributed quoted statement ~ It was from my posted news story ...

Targe T ~ Please be careful in how you use quotes from post in making your point and comments :pleasantry:

[Calz]

This has been brought up before ... probably in several places but bears consideration.

One of the sources for vastly divergent opinions on the radiation concerns from the Japan incident have to do with the quality and type of equipment to measure the many different types of ratdiation.

No expert by any means ... but it has been suggested to really have a clear picture of what is going on one would need an *extremely* expensive piece of equipment (or group thereof) well beyond the means of most all individual groups to have possession of.

Sure the various governments would have acess but obvious not be forthcoming with any regative results.

Fulford says he has a geiger counter of sorts and that is why he sure people there are safe. I question whether he has what is needed.

Any thoughts or confirmations on this? Any idea of an *independent* and reliable, trustworthy source that would have access to such?

... or have I been mistaken to believe the logic of those stories?

Cal

[giovonni]

:ear:Cal ... You make a good point ... who can one trust and believe ...?

But ... in my opinion Arnie Gundersen (with his accredited nuclear industry record and experience) gets my single vote. His information and analysis has weathered any public scrutiny so far... But then no one (seems to) have all the information and answers to this disastrous dilemma do they..?





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[modwiz]

I've been supplementing with Lugol's solution KI=potassium/iodine since shortly after the accident. Should help my thyroid if certain situations develop.
Fulford is an intelligent man and perhaps he is creating his own reality. He believes it. You could say he has some literal skin in the game. :p
Rense ended his professional relationship with Ben over this issue. Maybe 'friendlies' are sprinkling zeolite are doing something to help. Whatever we do, not panicking is always a good idea. Do, not do, but don't panic. Very bad for the immune system.

[giovonni]

There is no doubt for me that ones belief in their created thoughts projects ones own reality, but ignoring and allowing these kinds of scenarios to occur is just wrong. Unfortunately, this is happening not just in Japan, but also here in United States and elsewhere...
It is a firm reminder to me of a recent realization i had...

When one can empathetically identify with both the pain and the joy of others...
It then becomes apparent that in the inner world we are not really separated from each other...
So it should be a given then that peace and joy no less than pain and sorrow are shared and collective experiences.
My being conscious of you is intertwined with your being conscious of me.... And that is... all that is real to me ... Blessings Gio

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Japanese authorities concerned about 'lonely deaths'http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/58696000/jpg/_58696327_japan_starvation_dead_logi.jpg

The discovery of three bodies that lay unnoticed for up to two months in an apartment in Japan has raised concern over so-called "lonely deaths"...

Read more - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-17152949

[TargeT]

No expert by any means ... but it has been suggested to really have a clear picture of what is going on one would need an *extremely* expensive piece of equipment (or group thereof) well beyond the means of most all individual groups to have possession of.


NOAA's sensor sites have the best there is, it's set to gather very minute amounts of radiation for data collection purposes (trend forcasting etc..)

this is why I made an absolute statement (which I usually abhor) about our safety (radiologically ).

[giovonni]

No expert by any means ... but it has been suggested to really have a clear picture of what is going on one would need an *extremely* expensive piece of equipment (or group thereof) well beyond the means of most all individual groups to have possession of.


NOAA's sensor sites have the best there is, it's set to gather very minute amounts of radiation for data collection purposes (trend forcasting etc..)

this is why I made an absolute statement (which I usually abhor) about our safety (radiologically ).

Thank you Targe T
And please note ~ You are most welcomed and encouraged in sharing and posting any comments information links etc...
that you feel might be of interest or warranted here. :yo:

[giovonni]

How the Yakuza went nuclear

What really went wrong at the Fukushima plant? One undercover reporter risked his life to find out...
Read more- http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/japan/japan-earthquake-and-tsunami-in/9084151/How-the-Yakuza-went-nuclear.html

http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/02139/1_2139595b.jpg

[Flash]

Interesting and not surprising. Good read.

Tepco in JApan worked with mafia for a long time to get labour in nuclear plants, it tells you how security is thought of.

In America, nuclear plants and other agencies work iwith another kind of mafia as well, called PtB. Not better at all.

[giovonni]

Greetings ...

Note -this interview is from last month, but worth the listen ...

From Red Ice Radio

Red Ice Radio- Fukushima (Japan) Disaster Update & Radiation fallout


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlPBjanngFc&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlPBjanngFc&feature=related

descriptive:

"Hours 1 and 2 of Henrik Palmgren's interview with James Corbett. He is an independent journalist who has been living and working in Japan since 2004. He has been writing and producing The Corbett Report, an online multi-media news and information source, since 2007. His forthcoming book, Reportage: Essays on the New World Order, will be available for purchase later this year. He returns to Red Ice to give us an update on the Fukushima disaster in the first hour. He shares concerns about the food supply and talks about the Japanese perspective. Then, we discuss media coverage surrounding the Fukushima disaster. Who can we trust? James talks about Japan's political future and the possible globalist agenda to use the disaster to reshape the country. We talk about radiation fallout on land and ocean and the accuracy of death statistics from Japan's radiation. James brings up the "de-CON-tamination" work process in the Fukushima Prefecture. Later, we discuss the strategy of the elite demonizing nuclear power in order to globally control it. The first hour ends on the topic of clean energy and suppressed technologies. In June, The United Nations is holding a conference in Brazil on sustainable development, known as Earth Summit. The objective of the conference is to secure renewed political commitment for sustainable development and to assess the implementation of it. In the second hour for members, we'll talk about what new tactics are on the horizon for the global warming advocators. Corbett reminds us about the Climatic Research Unit email controversy, also known as the "Climategate" scandal in 2009. In November of 2011, hackers released a number of new e-mails held back from the original batch of Climategate e-mails. We'll discuss the manipulation of science, emotionally driven campaigns and the pursuit of more control under the guise of "sustainability." James ends the hour talking about a system crash by design and the time of destabilization, which can be both positive and negative. He mentions WW3 as the war on consciousness."

[giovonni]

For those who would like to book mark this site from James Corbett ~

Fukushima Update
Nuclear News from Japan
http://fukushimaupdate.com/

About
FukushimaUpdate.com went online on October 16, 2011. It is dedicated to providing news and information related to the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in northeastern Japan. With neither a pro- nor anti-nuclear agenda and no axes to grind, Fukushima Update aims to be a one-stop source for reliable, fact-based reporting about the Fukushima situation. In addition to occasional original reporting, the website features editorials, news stories, scientific publications and videos related to the nuclear power industry, nuclear regulation, radiation measurements, and the societal effects of the Fukushima crisis. The mission of this website is to press for greater accountability, transparency and openness from government, regulators, and media with regards to nuclear power and its attendant risks.

Fukushima Update is edited by James Corbett of The Corbett Report. For more infromation on James Corbett’s other reporting, please visit corbettreport.com.

[giovonni]

From the Schwartz Report....

"The Fukushima story is far from over as this report makes clear. Japan is going to be struggling with this situation for decades. We on the West Coast, particularly the Pacific Northwest, are being affected as well, and with debris scheduled to arrive here in 2013, it may get worse." S. A. Schwartz

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Fukushima Radiation Detected 400 Miles Away in Pacific Ocean at Levels 1,000 Times Higher Than Previous Readings Learn

ETHAN A. HUFF, Staff Writer - Natural News

The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster is far from over, as new reports explains that water samples taken nearly 400 miles off the coast of Japan in the Pacific Ocean are showing radiation levels of up to 1,000 times higher than previous readings. Presenting their findings at the recent Ocean Sciences Meeting in Salt Lake City, Ut., scientists continued to claim these severely elevated radiation levels are not a significant health or environmental threat.

Back in June 2011, a ship carrying scientists traveled off the eastern coast of Japan collecting water samples at distances of roughly 20 miles to 400 miles from the coast. Upon analysis, these samples were found to contain elevated levels of cesium-137 at ten to 1,000 times higher than levels detected before the Fukushima disaster, which is highly alarming.

Included in the detections was the presence of radioactive silver, which is an obvious product of ...

Read More - http://www.naturalnews.com/035065_Fukushima_radiation_Pacific_Ocean.html

[giovonni]

From reense.com ~ Monday 2/27/2012

Jeff Rense's weekly conversation with his environmental reporter Michael Collins (from Southern Ca.) on the most recent
radiation updates and news from the Tepco Fukushima disaster ...
Listen here:
http://rense.gsradio.net:8080/rense/special/rense_Collins_022712.mp3

[giovonni]

"Even though one year has passed, nothing has really changed” ...

Japan marks quake and tsunami anniversary

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Japan is marking the first anniversary of the devastating earthquake and tsunami which struck the north-eastern coast, leaving 20,000 dead or missing...
Read more with video clip/pictures - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-17326084


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Fukushima-Daiichi: An Accident Waiting to Happen

CCTV Host Margaret Harrington speaks with Maggie and Arnie Gundersen of Fairewinds about Arnie's recent trip to Japan and their report for Greenpeace about the Fukushima Daiichi disaster. The issue of regulatory capture is an issue that Japan and every energy producing country in the world is facing. As the Gundersen’s book Fukushima Daiichi: Truth and Future Prospects, published in Japan, points out, the Japanese people are poised to become energy innovators and world leaders with new technologies, if they choose to break their nuclear power dependency.


http://vimeo.com/38243916
http://vimeo.com/38243916

[giovonni]

For those that are interested ...

‘You can ignore reality, but you cannot ignore the consequences of ignoring reality.’ ~Ayn Rand

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BLOCKBUSTER! FOIA Documents Reveal NRC Cover-Up, Deception Over Fukushima Nuclear Disaster...

Plumegate Tales from the Script: Inside the NRC FOIA Documents… Part 1

Intel Hub
By Tony Muga
March 17, 2012

Intel Hub Note: The Plumegate scandal has not gotten near enough coverage in both the alternative and corporate controlled media. Please send this article as well as our first two articles on Plumegate to your favorite alternative media news outlets...

Read more -
http://theintelhub.com/2012/03/17/plumegate-tales-from-the-script-inside-the-nrc-foia-documents-part-1/

[giovonni]

Greetings ...

Here is a recent (informative) interview By Jeff Rense with Dr. Richard Wilcox Ph.D. ~ who lives in Tokyo, Japan (for twenty years) on the situation in Japan regarding Fukushima and nuclear accident ...
12/3/2012

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DGj28N5a34
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DGj28N5a34

[giovonni]

26 March 2012

From BBC News

Japan left with one nuclear reactor after shutdown http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/59297000/jpg/_59297551_014354403-1.jpg

Japan has shut down another nuclear power station, bringing it a step closer to suspending atomic energy,
following the Fukushima disaster. Only one of the 54 nuclear reactors remains in operation, and it is due to be switched off in May...

Read more - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-17508657

[giovonni]

Tokyo Soil Samples Would Be Considered Nuclear Waste In The US
by Fairewinds Energy Education


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While traveling in Japan several weeks ago, Fairewinds’ Arnie Gundersen took soil samples in Tokyo public parks, playgrounds, and rooftop gardens. All the samples would be considered nuclear waste if found here in the US. This level of contamination is currently being discovered throughout Japan. At the US NRC Regulatory Information Conference in Washington, DC March 13 to March 15, the NRC's Chairman, Dr. Gregory Jaczko emphasized his concern that the NRC and the nuclear industry presently do not consider the costs of mass evacuations and radioactive contamination in their cost benefit analysis used to license nuclear power plants. Furthermore, Fairewinds believes that evacuation costs near a US nuclear plant could easily exceed one trillion dollars and contaminated land would be uninhabitable for generations.


http://vimeo.com/38995781
http://vimeo.com/38995781

[giovonni]

March 31, 2012

Note - here is a current related news item ...

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'Ghost ship' off Canada heralds arrival of tsunami debris

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SEATTLE (Reuters) - An empty Japanese fishing boat drifting off the coast of western Canada could be the first wave of 1.5 million tons of debris heading toward North America from Japan's tsunami last March...

read more here with brief news video:
http://news.yahoo.com/ghost-ship-off-canada-heralds-arrival-tsunami-debris-014556777.html

View some photos:
http://news.yahoo.com/photos/tsunami-debris-slideshow/

[giovonni]

Will also share this here...

Kerry Cassidy's interview with Jim Stone

Note some tech audio problems in the beginning :(

Interview Descriptive:


Apr 4, 2012

This is a live Project Camelot Roundtable discussion with Jim Stone ex-NSA technical analyst who has done a substantial amount of investigation on the Fukushima disaster.

This Livestream was a follow-up to my original interview on my weekly show on American Freedom Radio March 28th. We discussed some additional details with regard to the Fukushima disaster along with photos of reactors 3 & 4 and the fascinating fact that reactor 4 was apparently shut down when it exploded.

http://www.jimstonefreelance.com/fukushima1.html

As a result of his in-depth report getting the truth out about the sabotage behind Fukushima Jim Stone is now on the run and seeking asylum from the U.S. in Mexico. His report reveals the real events behind Fukushima and the possible connection with recent nuclear power plant problems at San Onofre in Southern California and in the Midwest, Chicago area..

What was stunningly revealed is how Israel has the ability, to trigger a nuclear event in any power plant or other industrial facility including oil refineries using the Stuxnet virus now transferable via email, according to Stone. The implications of this for Israel running the world and getting what they want are far reaching. They don't need a suitcase nuke or a bomb...

He also gives his take on 2012 and fills us in on various standard surveillance techniques used by the NSA and in effect since the fifties.

Note: Due to Jim's location and the targeted interference during this discussion you will find the connection fails during the times when we are discussing the most sensitive topics and is fine otherwise.

Kerry Cassidy
Project Camelot

http://projectcamelot.org
http://projectcamelot.tv


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[giovonni]

Thanks Mudra :thumb:

Video Descriptive:


Uploaded by TheBigPictureRT on Apr 6, 2012

Kevin Kamps, Beyond Nuclear, joins Thom Hartmann. California beware! A radioactive wave is headed toward the West Coast of the United States courtesy of the Fukushima nuclear disaster? So with nuclear power still wreaking havoc on the environment - why are the Japanese about to flip on more of their nuclear reactors?


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJISxqqE-oA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJISxqqE-oA

[giovonni]

Some excellent advice...

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The Radiation Warnings You Won’t Get from the Mainstream Propaganda Machine

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The mainstream media and the federal government will soon have the blood of the world on it’s hands.

Radiation from the Fukushima Nuclear Plant disaster in Japan is now actively in the ecosystem all along the North American west coast… even the sea weed is now radiated. The Vancouver Sun reported one year ago that the seaweed tested from waters off the coast of British Columbia were 4 times the amount considered safe. No further test results were released after the initial report...

Read more - http://www.shtfplan.com/headline-news/the-radiation-warnings-you-wont-get-from-the-mainstream-propaganda-machine_04022012

[giovonni]

NEW

Jeff Rense ~ Yoichi Shimatsu's Japan Update
4.9.12
Listen here: http://rense.gsradio.net:8080/rense/special/rense_Shimatsu_040912.mp3

Also

Jeff Rense ~ Michael Collins Radiation Update
4.9.12
Listen here: http://rense.gsradio.net:8080/rense/special/rense_Collins_040912.mp3

Source: http://www.rense.com/

[giovonni]

From MSNBC ~ Rachel Maddow ...

How do you solve a nuclear crisis?

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(video commentary):
http://fukushimaupdate.com/how-do-you-solve-a-nuclear-crisis-video/

[giovonni]

http://projectavalon.net/forum4/images/smilies/ohwell.gif

as the saying goes... you live and you learn ...sometimes ?


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Sunday, April 15, 2012

EDITORIAL
The Titanic and the nuclear fiasco

On the night of April 15, 1912, 100 years ago today, the allegedly unsinkable luxury liner RMS Titanic sank in the North Atlantic after hitting an iceberg. Of the ship's 2,200 passengers, 1,500 lost their lives. Since then the Titanic has become an object lesson, an obsession and the subject of countless books and films.

The theories about why the largest and most expensive ship of its time failed in its promise and dropped to the ocean floor are plentiful and diverse. Investigators, researchers and conspiracy theorists have variously blamed the ship's design, the laxness of the crew, the inferior quality of the ship's rivets and hull steel, the poor design of the watertight compartments, record high tides, ocean mirages and of course, the infamous iceberg. Clearly, though, it was no one single cause, but a "perfect storm" of factors. The disaster would have been mitigated, though, by less arrogance and more precaution.

Presenting technology as completely safe, trustworthy or miraculous may seem to be a thing of the past, but the parallels between the Titanic and Japan's nuclear power industry could not be clearer. Japan's nuclear power plants were, like the Titanic, advertised as marvels of modern science that were completely safe. Certain technologies, whether they promise to float a luxury liner or provide clean energy, can never be made entirely safe.

In both cases, contingencies plans failed: the Titanic carried too few lifeboats; Tokyo Electric Power Co. failed to develop evacuation and backup plans for its Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant. The design, construction, materials and safety checks were all compromised. The main difference is that the catastrophic effects of the Fukushima fiasco are more far-reaching and long lasting. The plant's name has already become synonymous with disaster.

Not long after the Titanic sank, the company that built the ship retrofit its other two sister ships with stronger hulls. Was the company admitting a flaw or just being careful? Or were they being, at last, wise? Given what's at stake, the government, Tepco and the rest of Japan's power companies must act prudently and retrofit the nation's other nuclear power plants with stronger safeguards in the short term and, in the long term, concede that other forms of energy are demonstrably safer.

In an article not long after the Titanic sank, writer Joseph Conrad commented on the tragedy by noting the "chastening influence it should have on the self-confidence of mankind." That lesson should be applied to all "unsinkable" undertakings that might profit a few by imperiling the majority of others.

Source link: http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/ed20120415a1.html

[giovonni]

Heads -up from ducthsinse ...

4/29/2012 -- Japan 'cloud' UPDATE -- Petro-chem or radioactive = West Coast arrival now ...

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Published on Apr 29, 2012 by dutchsinse

Whether it is a petro-chemical cloud or a cloud of vaporized barrels of depleted Uranium... its now on the doorstep of the northwest coast of North America.

Coming ashore anywhere from north Oregon, through Washington State, north to British Columbia.

Here is the full report from 2 days ago: plus the link to multiple radiation monitoring sites:

http://sincedutch.wordpress.com/2012/04/27/4272012-cloud-of-depleted-uranium-...

At this point.. there are some reports of NO damage to the 3400 barrels of depleted uranium stored at this levelled factory.... but I cannot find any pictures (or video) to confirm the barrels undamaged / intact.

Conflicting reports are coming out of the area.... Alexander Higgins covered this fully. As we know from last year at Fukushima.. best not to take the "official word" of "all clear .. nothing to worry about" with a grain of salt.. and understand that a cloud of SOMETHING was released. The question is, do you want to get it on your skin when it rains or drink it after it falls to the earth?

As for the cloud itself... no one is denying a large cloud of SOMETHING blew sky high and burned for hours. It immediately blew off the east coast of Japan with this system we now see coming ashore on the northwest coast ---- Washington State, North Oregon, and British Columbia Canada.

Many people took issue with my warning of this cloud coming, saying NOTHING was in the cloud to worry about. I suppose they are forgetting a chemical factory exploded and its particulate matter was injected into the storm that blew across the pacific.

I don't think vaporized petro-chemicals OR vaporized depleted uranium are good things to get on your skin or ingest. So I put out this warning to pay attention to the radiation monitors and to minimize your exposure to the precipitation that is produced off this storm.

Remember, we're not talking clouds you can see.. its a cloud of small particles mixed in with the coming storm at high altitudes.. it requires the condensation of moisture to trap the particles of (X) and bring them to the ground level.

No doubt SOME chemicals from this factory explosion are going to be in any precipitation falling from this storm. How much? What substances? No one knows.. best to be safe and know this occurred and that it COULD POSSIBLY be in the rain, snow, sleet, hail, or fog.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwLRRgbMx44&feature=uploademail
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwLRRgbMx44&feature=uploademail

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From the Schwartz Report...

"Finally, the truth about nuclear power in Japan, Fukushima, and the U.S. involvement is coming out. And once again it is clear that the citizens of both countries have been systematically lied to for over a generation. This report puts a big part of the story on the table. It will appall you."


United States Circumvented Laws To Help Japan Accumulate Tons of Plutonium


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Monju Nuclear Power Plant

Joseph Trento - National Security News Service

The United States deliberately allowed Japan access to the United States’ most secret nuclear weapons facilities while it transferred tens of billions of dollars worth of American tax paid research that has allowed Japan to amass 70 tons of weapons grade plutonium since the 1980s, a National Security News Service investigation reveals. These activities repeatedly violated U.S. laws regarding controls of sensitive nuclear materials that could be diverted to weapons programs in Japan. The NSNS investigation found that the United States has known about a secret nuclear weapons program in Japan since the 1960s, according to CIA reports.

President Reagan and Vice President Bush

The diversion of U.S. classified technology began during the Reagan administration after it allowed a $10 billion reactor sale to China. Japan protested that sensitive technology was being sold to a potential nuclear adversary. The Reagan and George H.W. Bush administrations permitted sensitive technology ...

Read More - http://www.dcbureau.org/201204097128/national-security-news-service/united-states-circumvented-laws-to-help-japan-accumulate-tons-of-plutonium.html

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There are ways to prepare, we knew a big one was due to happen,we also know that we will get through it (whithin),.well find a way or we will create one.We must no under estimate ourselves in fear.
two minutes on the net and you will find lots of pages to get started.i would suggest that we get going,prepare and dont look back.
a few suggestions:


Preface: This is written for the millions of people around the world who are worried about radiation from the Japanese nuclear reactors. For those who are not worried about radiation from Japan, you can ignore this post, or save it for any future radiation scares closer to home.

How do we protect ourselves against radiation?

It is true that potassium iodide protects against high doses of a certain type of radiation. As the New York Times notes:
Fortunately, an easy form of protection is potassium iodide, a simple compound typically added to table salt to prevent goiter and a form of mental retardation caused by a dietary lack of iodine.

If ingested promptly after a nuclear accident, potassium iodide, in concentrated form, can help reduce the dose of radiation to the thyroid and thus the risk of cancer. In the United States, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission recommends that people living within a 10-mile emergency planning zone around a nuclear plant have access to potassium iodide tablets.

Indeed, virtually all suppliers of potassium iodide have sold out, especially after , the U.S. Surgeon General recommended that West Coast residents stock up.

But as I noted yesterday:

Keep in mind that iodide only protects against one particular radioactive element: radioactive iodine, technically known as iodine-131. Iodine-131 has a half life of only 8.02 days. That means that the iodine loses half of its radioactivity within 8 days.

The government hasn't stockpiled much potassium iodide. As the New York Times notes:

Congress passed legislation in 2002 requiring the federal government to supply potassium iodide capsules to people living within 20 miles of nuclear power plants in the United States.

But the administrations of George W. Bush and Barack Obama have not implemented that provision, saying the law allows for alternatives.

Some states have given pills to people living within 10 miles of nuclear plants, or stockpiled the pills for those people.

But given that the government says that only minute amounts of radiation will hit the United States, and given that iodine-131 has such a short half-life, the whole issue may be moot (many, however, do not trust the government's assurances. See this and this). And taking high doses of potassium iodide can be harmful, especially for people with certain pre-existing medical conditions. So talk to your doctor before taking any.

Other Radiation Dangers

While iodine-131 poisoning can be prevented with potassium iodide, there are no silver bullets for other radioactive isotopes.

As I pointed out yesterday:

The New York Times noted last week that - in addition to iodine-131, the big danger is cesium:

Over the long term, the big threat to human health is cesium-137, which has a half-life of 30 years.

At that rate of disintegration, John Emsley wrote in “Nature’s Building Blocks” (Oxford, 2001), “it takes over 200 years to reduce it to 1 percent of its former level.”

It is cesium-137 that still contaminates much of the land in Ukraine around the Chernobyl reactor.

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Cesium-137 mixes easily with water and is chemically similar to potassium. It thus mimics how potassium gets metabolized in the body and can enter through many foods, including milk.

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The Environmental Protection Agency says that ... once dispersed in the environment ... cesium-137 “is impossible to avoid.”

Cesium-137 is light enough to be carried by the wind a substantial distance.
There is no surefire prevention for cesium-137. As the EPA notes in a discussion entitled " What can I do to protect myself and my family from cesium-137?":

Cesium-137 that is dispersed in the environment, like that from atmospheric testing, is impossible to avoid.
Neither the EPA - nor any other government agency - gives advice on how to minimize the danger from cesium-137 poisoning. Some have theorized about

So does that mean that we're sitting ducks?

Well, the fact that there is no silver bullet (although some have theorized about potential approaches) does not mean that there is nothing we can do.

Some Foods and Herbs May Help

Many foods and herbs have shown efficacy in helping to protect against radiation poisoning. Indeed, antioxidants in general have been found by some studies to reduce the consequences of radiation exposure.

A leading alternative health authority - Dr. Andrew Weil, a medical doctor who runs the Center for Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona - writes today in response to the question of how to protect ourselves against radiation:

I discussed other preventive strategies with Tieraona Low Dog, M.D., director of The Fellowship at the Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine and an expert on botanical health. She said that there is reason to believe that taking two to four grams of curcumin, the active compound in turmeric, can help protect a number of body tissues. In addition, reishi and cordyceps mushrooms can protect bone marrow from toxic assaults, and antioxidants can help the body defend itself from radiation damage. Since radioactive particles may be carried by dust, having a HEPA filter in your home would also be a good idea in the event of a nuclear accident that is close enough to be of concern.
Dr. Tieraona Low Dog is a medical doctor who has impressive credentials in herbal medicine, and who has been tapped to fill a number of health related posts in government.

Retired neurosurgeon Dr. Russell Blaylock - on the editorial staff of the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons - also recommends foods and herbs to help protect us from radiation:

“Most of the health risks are not going to be due to acute radiation poisoning,” he tells Newsmax. “It’s going to be a risk of increased cancer.” …

If radiation does arrive in the United States, people would need “to change their diet. They need to stop eating Western farm products,” Blaylock says. …

Among the supplements he cited, iodine can protect the thyroid gland if taken before the exposure to radiation.

Gingko biloba can be protective even after exposure to radiation. Beta-glucan protects the bone marrow. Curcumin also can offer protection after exposure, particularly against breast cancer. He also suggests garlic extract, ginger, melatonin, and magnesium. …

We understand if all of this sounds a bit flakey, crunchy, woo-woo and hippy-ish.

And none of these are 100% effective even against low doses of radiation.

But there are actually numerous scientific studies backing up the ability of some foods and herbs to help protect us from radiation. Admittedly, some scientific studies are good studies and some are of worthless quality. But the rest of this post will round up some of the scientific literature for your review.

As the Journal of Clinical Biochemical Nutrition noted in 2007:
The results obtained from in vitro and in vivo studies indicate that several botanicals such as Gingko biloba, Centella asiatica, Hippophae rhamnoides, Ocimum sanctum, Panax ginseng, Podophyllum hexandrum, Amaranthus paniculatus, Emblica officinalis, Phyllanthus amarus, Piper longum, Tinospora cordifoila, Mentha arvensis, Mentha piperita, Syzygium cumini, Zingiber officinale, Ageratum conyzoides, Aegle marmelos and Aphanamixis polystachya protect against radiation-induced lethality, lipid peroxidation and DNA damage.
Many inexpensive foods have protective properties against radiation, including:
Garlic (one Indian tribe living in the desert of Nevada used to eat bulbs of raw garlic to help protect against radiation from the above-ground nuclear tests)
Foods rich in beta-carotene
Ginger
Curcurim (and see this) - the active ingredient in turmeric which, in turn, is in yellow curry (available in Indian and Thai dishes).
Many types of seaweed (see this, this and this)
Miso (when it has been "long-fermented", instead of fermented for a shorter time)
Many herbs and supplements available at health food stores and drugstores pharmacies have protective properties against radiation, including:
Vitamin D3
Vitamin E (see this and this; the natural form is probably much healthier for you than the synthetic form)
Panax Ginseng, a traditional "adaptogen" in Chinese medicine (see this and this)
American Ginseng (indeed, one study apparently found American Ginseng helped prevent damage from cesium-137)
Rhodiola, an adaptogen
Holy basil (and see this; also called tulasi; this is the top herb in traditional Ayurvedic - i.e. Indian - medicine)
Chlorella, a blue-green algae (see this and this)
Spirulina, a blue-green algae available at health food stores
Ginko bilboa
Tomato extract (Lycopersicon)
Reishi mushrooms (and see this)
Cordyceps mushroom (and see this)
Magnesium pemoline
Sesamol (an extract from sesame seeds)
Melatonin applied to the skin
Thiol family of antioxidants, such as N-acetyl cysteine, glutathione and thioproline
Beta-glucan (a yeast derivative)
And many herbs commonly available in some parts of the world have protective properties against radiation, including:

Aloe arborescens (commonly known as "Krantz Aloe", a lesser-known member of the aloe family)
Nigella sativa
Centella asiatica
Tinospora cordifolia (known as "guduchi")
Emblica
Note: Just because herbs are "natural" does not mean that they can be swallowed in large doses without side effects. Herbs can have powerful effects, just like medicine. As such, you should treat them with respect and study proper dosage and potential side effects before taking them.

Disclaimer: I am not a doctor or a health professional, and this should not be taken as medical advice. Nothing contained herein is intended to diagnose or treat any condition. You should consult your doctor before making any decisions about whether or not to take any of the foods, herbs, supplements or substances mentioned herein.


another said:


Q
Protection Against Radiation?
The terrible tragedies in Japan - earthquake, tsunami, danger from the release of radiation - are heartbreaking. I'm wondering what precautions can safeguard health if the radiation travels beyond Japan.


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Answer (Published 3/17/2011)
I've been closely following the dreadful events in Japan, and the comments of nuclear and radiation authorities in the United States. The experts view it as unlikely that radiation from the damaged Japanese nuclear reactors will pose a serious health risk elsewhere, even if the situation there worsens. If radioactive particles eventually reach the U.S, the levels will be much too low to be of concern.

I'm aware that many people have been asking their physicians what to do preventively, and that potassium iodide is selling out on the west coast. Potassium iodide is used to protect the thyroid gland from radioactive iodine, which can be released in the air following nuclear accidents and get into water and food. The thyroid concentrates iodine and the radioactive isotope is a known cause of thyroid cancer, even though it has a short half-life and disappears quickly. Saturating the gland with ordinary iodine helps prevent this danger, but the protection lasts only for 24 hours.

You can buy potassium iodide tablets at a drug store to keep on hand in case of nuclear accidents. No prescription is required. Be sure to check the appropriate dosages for you and members of your family (including infants, young children and breastfeeding women) at the website of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). According to the CDC, a single dose is all you need. Should radioactive iodine remain in the environment for more than 24 hours, another dose might be required. But you shouldn’t take any at all unless and until you know that there is an immediate radiation hazard. Potassium iodide helps safeguard against only one type of radiation product, and it only protects the thyroid. More dangerous is radioactive cesium, a chemical element that is absorbed throughout the body and can remain in organs and tissues much longer. Radioactive cesium can also accumulate in some types of vegetation that domestic animals eat; if so, it can contaminate milk and meat. Fortunately, cesium does not travel well - it is larger and heavier than iodine - so any that’s released is likely to fall in the immediate area. Some escaping from the damaged Japanese reactors might be carried by winds out over the Pacific, where, experts hope, it will drop into the water.

I discussed other preventive strategies with Tieraona Low Dog, M.D., director of The Fellowship at the Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine and an expert on botanical health. She said that there is reason to believe that taking two to four grams of curcumin, the active compound in turmeric, can help protect a number of body tissues. In addition, reishi and cordyceps mushrooms can protect bone marrow from toxic assaults, and antioxidants can help the body defend itself from radiation damage. Since radioactive particles may be carried by dust, having a HEPA filter in your home would also be a good idea in the event of a nuclear accident that is close enough to be of concern.

Again, for those of us in the U.S., the expert consensus is that radiation leaks in Japan are not in that category. My suggestion is that in this instance, Americans should pay attention not to themselves, but rather to helping the Japanese overcome a truly hazardous situation that may take years or even decades to resolve. The Charity Navigator's website has detailed information and charity ratings for those wishing to donate to the Japanese relief efforts.

Andrew Weil, M.D.


another:

How to protect yourself against nuclear radiation


Just in case......



In 1945, at the time of the atomic bombing of Japan, Tatsuichiro Akizuki, M.D. was Director of the Department of Internal Medicine at St. Francis's Hospital in Nagasaki. Most patients in the hospital, located one mile from the center of the blast, survived the initial effects of the bomb, but soon after came down with symptoms of radiation sickness from the fallout that has been released.

Dr. Akizuki fed his staff and patients a strict diet of brown rice, miso and tamari soy soup, wakame, kombu and other seaweed, Hokkaido pumpkin, and sea salt and prohibited the consumption of sugar and sweets.

As a result, he saved everyone in his hospital, while many other survivors perished from radiation sickness.
Source: Tatsuichiro Akuziki, M.D. Nagasaki 1945, London Quarter books, 1981. (Brown rice, miso, Sea vegetables, Salt)

In 1968 Canadian researchers reported that sea vegetables contained a polysaccharide substance that selectively bound radioactive strontium and helped eliminate it from the body. In laboratory experiments, sodium alginate prepared from kelp, kombu, and other brown seaweeds off the Atlantic and pacific coasts was introduced along with strontium and calcium into rats. The reduction of radioactive particles in bone uptake, measured in the femur, reached as high as 80%, with little interference with calcium absorption.

The evaluation of biological activity of different marine algae is important because of their practical significance in preventing absorption of radioactive products of atomic fission as well as in their use as possible natural decontaminators.
Source: Y. Tanaka et. Al. " Studies on Inhibition of Intestinal Absorption of Radioactive Strontium", Canadian Medical Association Journal 99: 169-75. (Sea Vegetables)

WHOLE GRAINS PROTECT IN FIVE WAYS

Whole grains help to protect us from the deleterious health effects of radiation exposure in five ways:

1) Grains are low on the food chain. Although they may have been exposed to pollution and radiation, they do not have the concentration of contaminants that is found in meat and large fish, which are at the top of the food chain.

2) Important with respect to radiation protection is the high fiber and phosphorous contents in grains. The binding ability of these substances helps the body to remove poisons.

3) The bulking factor of grains lessens the intestinal transit time and so hasten the elimination of all toxins.

4) Being neither very acid nor very alkaline, grains help us to maintain the middle-range pH that has been found to increase our resistance to radiation.

5) Whole grains provide vitamin B6, which is indispensable for the thymus. In addition, their calcium content guards against uptake of radioactive strontium, and their vitamin E and selenium prevent cellular damage caused by free radicals.


THE FOODS BETTER TO AVOID

1) Refined, genetic modified and processed foods

2) Fatty foods (meat, dairy products)

3) Simple sugars (white sugar), soft drinks

Source: Diet for the Atomic Age by Sara Shannon-Avery Publishing Group Inc., Wayne, New Jersey.

The products mentioned in this message are available in most of the health stores.


another:
Proven Effective Detox Protocols

The therapies described here are widely available as over-the-counter supplements in most countries.

Green stuff and other sea food

In Chernobyl, 5 grams of spirulina for 45 days was used successfully against radiation poisoning. Chlorella algae also has shown radio-protective effects. A study showed that spirulina reduced urine radioactivity levels by 50% after only 20 days and so the Institute of Radiation Safety in Belarus developed a special program to treat 100 children every 20 days with spirulina. Furthermore, the healing occurred during the continuous presence of radiation as well as the presence of radiation contaminated food and water sources. In particular, spirulina given to children with accumulated high doses of radionuclides reduced radioactive cesium. No side effects were registered. Only buy spirulina or chlorella from a certified heavy-metal free source.

Studies on sea vegetables with sodium alginate have shown that they selectively bound with radioactive strontium and eliminated it from the body. Sodium alginate is found in many seaweeds, especially kelp. Sodium alginate binds tightly to such substances as strontium, calcium, barium, cadmium and radium. Some seaweeds are contaminated with lead or arsenic so you only want to consume seaweed that is deep ocean harvested or has been tested to be free of metal toxicity (such as kelp from the west coast of South Africa).

Black and green tea have shown radioprotective effects when taken either before or after exposure to radiation. This anti-radiation effect was observed in several Japanese studies, and studies from China also suggest that the ingredients in tea are radioactive antagonists. Tea catechins are associated with antioxidant properties and can have radio-protective effects when taken both before and after irradiation.

Kelp also has organic iodine which will saturate the thyroid so radioactive iodine will not be absorbed. You can take 1 or 2 tsp or 5 to 10 tablets.

Pectin

Pectin is one of the most effective means of protecting against radiation when consumption of contaminated food becomes unavoidable. Pectin preparations, along with vitamins and minerals, have demonstrated a high efficiency in eliminating incorporated radionuclides. The recommended dose is 5 grams once or twice a day for one month, 4 times a year.
"In 1999 BELRAD together with "Hermes" Hmbh (Munich, Germany) developed a composition of apple pectin additives known as Vitapect® powder, made up of pectin (concentration 18 - 20%) supplemented with vitamins B1, B2, B6, B12, C, E, beta-carotene, folic acid; the trace elements K, Zn, Fe, and Ca; and flavoring. BELRAD has been producing this food additive, which has been approved by the Belarussian Ministry of Health, since 2000.

"The pectin additive Vitapect with clean nutrition appears to be 50% more effective in decreasing the levels of Cs-137 than clean nutrition alone (Nesterenko et al., 2004).

"A clinical study of 94 children, 7 to 17 years of age, divided into two groups according to their initial level of Cs-137 contamination determined by whole body counting (WBC) and given Vitapect orally for 16 days (5 g twice a day) revealed both a significant decrease in incorporated Cs-137 and marked improvement in their electrocardiograms.

"From 1996 to 2007 a total of more than 160,000 Belarussian children received pectin food additives during 18 to 25 days of treatment (5g twice a day). As a result, levels of Cs-137 in children's organs decreased after each course of pectin additives by an average of 30 to 40%.

"Based on long-term experience, the BELRAD Institute recommends that all children living in radioactive contaminated territories receive a quadruple course of oral pectin food additives annually along with their conventional food ration. Eleven years of BELRAD's activities in controlling levels of incorporated Cs-137 in more than 327,000 children has not caused alarm in the population or radiophobia and has led to the spread of knowledge concerning radiation protection and an increased sense of personal responsibility for one's health."

[Nesterenko, A. V., Nesterenko, V. B. and Yablokov, Chernobyl: Consequences of the Catastrophe for People and the Environment.]
Antioxidants and Sulfur Compounds



DMSO is available in various formats.
Sulfur has a long history of use as an antidote for acute exposure to radioactive material. Antioxidants have the capacity to reduce toxic effects of radiation in our bodies. Early research identified sulfur-containing antioxidants as among those with the most beneficial therapeutic effects.

Dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO) is the classical sulfur compound and a powerful anti-oxidant, exactly what we need for detoxification and protection from radiation. A Japanese study showed that even low concentrations of DMSO had radio-protective effects through the facilitation of DNA double-strand break repair, providing protection against radiation damage at all cellular levels in the whole body. The information and experience on DMSO is so fascinating that it can be described only as miraculous. Due to its importance, we have dedicated an entire article to it. See DMSO: The Antidote for Radiation Poisoning.

The use of anti-oxidants such as alpha lipoic acid, Vitamin E, Vitamin C (ascorbic acid), vitamin B, selenium, N-acetylcysteine and other sulfur compounds becomes crucial. It is important to use several of them, as they work best as a team. In addition to that, individual anti-oxidants can act as pro-oxidants when they themselves are oxidized, therefore individual anti-oxidants could enhance the progression of post-irradiation damage to tissues and organs. Several studies have shown the importance of anti-oxidant supplementation to be an effective therapy against radiation hazards.

Alpha Lipoic Acid (ALA) is a crucial supplement. It is water and fat soluble and it is also capable of crossing the blood-brain barrier. This means that it is capable of reaching and preventing damage in our fatty tissues, our brains, and every single organ for that matter. ALA also repairs DNA. It is a good heavy metal chelator, it protects the heart and brain from cell death, stimulates the regeneration of liver tissue and is rapidly absorbed high up into the digestive tract. ALA recycles other antioxidants such as vitamin C, vitamin E, and glutathione which is an indispensable antioxidant for detoxification and is synthesized within the mitochondrion. Glutathione may not reliably be augmented by oral supplementation because it cannot always pass over the mitochondrial membrane, therefore it must be synthesized within the mitochondrion. ALA and its metabolite DHLA provoke the cell to produce significantly higher levels of glutathione (even by 70%). So if the glutathione levels in a cell are kept up to a satisfactory level by ALA, even if the cell is poisoned, the cell will have a better chance of recovering instead of dying. It is of critical importance in order to reduce or reverse radiation-induced oxidative damage after radiotherapy. The recommended dose of ALA is 100mg twice a day with meals, although others have used higher doses of between 300mg and 600mg. A study conducted on some of those who worked on the Chernobyl clean-up operation 10 years after the accident showed that 600 mg of lipoic acid for two months was able to normalize many, but not all, of their lab abnormalities.

The anti-oxidant N-acetyl cysteine (NAC), as a source of glutathione and sulfur, is an excellent supplement to take. Studies have suggested that it might prove efficient in saving individuals exposed to lethal and sub-lethal radiation doses with few or no side effects on individuals exposed to lower doses. It is also widely available. Around 500mg twice a day is a good dose, although some have used with great success around 5 grams of NAC (per day, in a hospital setting) in 7 day cycles in order to detoxify heavy metals.

Other important supplements include magnesium and vitamin C. For more information on the many forms of magnesium and dose recommendation, see here. Calcium and magnesium both help your body to pass off Strontium 90, but make sure to take enough magnesium in order to properly metabolize the levels of calcium.

For vitamin C (ascorbic acid), 1-4 grams as a daily maintenance is a good dose, but during detox or acute exposure, more will probably be required. Vitamin C cannot only protect against radiation but also repair damage from previous exposure. It will also be very handy in case of infections. You can try taking 4 grams of vitamin C 3 times per day. If you have diarrhea or abdominal bloating, cut out one dose. If there are no signs of intestinal "gurgles", you can increase your dose throughout the day.

Consider taking also a good B complex which help to normalize the red and white blood cell count, since the destruction of white blood cells by radiation can last for extended periods of time.

Vitamin E 800-1000 IU per day and selenium 200 mcg per day are also important since radiation studies support evidence for the synergistic effects of vitamin E and Selenium in protecting from oxidative damage.

Zinc has been successfully used to chelate americium-241 from a nuclear accident victim. Natural zinc will also help the body eliminate several toxic heavy metals including cadmium, aluminum and lead. The recommended dose is 50 mg per day. You might want to supplement yourself with a good mineral complex in order to avoid deficiencies or imbalances brought on by increasing your zinc intake.

If there is a deficiency in potassium , radionuclides like cesium-137, cesium-134, potassium-40 and potassium-42, are absorbed through selective uptake. Too much potassium supplementation can be dangerous, so make sure to follow label instructions.

Melatonin, other than being our "sleeping hormone", also has powerful antioxidant properties. Animals subjected to whole-body irradiation and given melatonin exhibited increased survival and the protection against radiation-induced oxidative damage was apparent throughout the body. More importantly, melatonin administered orally results in higher circulating levels and more rapidly increasing tissue concentrations. As soon as an exposure occurs, depending on the wind direction after radiation explosion, people living at a distance could protect themselves by oral administration of melatonin, which can be ingested repeatedly as required.

Curcumin is a naturally occurring compound contained in the spice turmeric. Curcumin has been found to have antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and anti-tumor activity in a variety of animal models of human diseases including radiation-induced pulmonary diseases.

Breathing and meditation techniques



The Éiriú Eolas Healing and Rejuvenation program is a key ingredient in detoxing
The proven and effective Éiriú Eolas program includes well-known stress control techniques that stimulate the vagus nerve, which then activates the parasympathetic system which is a powerful anti-inflammatory system. It also includes well known emotional releasing techniques. It can be applied to improve symptoms associated with breathing difficulties, autoimmune diseases and mood problems. It reduces oxidative stress with an improvement of the overall antioxidant status, and thus it has application in numerous diseases including, chronic radioactive exposure.
There is no question but that social and economic factors are dire for those sick from radiation. Sickness, deformed and impaired children, death of family and friends, loss of home and treasured possessions, loss of work, and dislocation are serious financial and mental stresses. - Alexey V. Yablokov, Vassily B. Nesterenko, and Alexey V. Nesterenko.
During the breathing exercises and the meditation portion of the program, levels of the anti-stress hormones GABA, melatonin, and serotonin are increased, and levels of the stress hormones cortisol and norepinephrine are decreased. Learn more about the many benefits of this program here. The program is available for free at eebreathe.com.

Diet

There are several simple cooking techniques that decrease radionuclides: boil foods several times and discard the water, wash food thoroughly, soak some foods and discard the water, avoid the peels of fruits and vegetables, salt and pickle some foods but throw away the pickling juice! Avoid eating strong broths, use butter, etc.

Remember that another way of boosting your body's detox capabilities and overall anti-oxidant levels is through the foods we eat which then become key to survival in these stressful times. Being on a detox diet is crucial to regaining health in a toxic environment. Our extensive experience and research shows that those on a no grain/low carb (no gluten) and non dairy diet fare MUCH better.

Chronic ailments often involves an imbalanced immune/defense system in which food sensitivities are involved even if they are not the cause of the problem, leading in turn to chronic inflammation - which translates into disease. This is why it is important to undergo an elimination diet in order to balance the body's immune system. Some of our immune cells take 6 months to regenerate, so it can take that much time in order to see results if you are very sick. But often you can see positive results in the first two weeks on an appropriate diet, even when you can't afford any other detox therapies. You can find the diet and how to transition to it here.

Everyone is different and it is only by testing foods that we can discern our individual problematic foods. Having said that, no one should be eating cereals or dairy products or high processed foods because the human system is simply not constructed to digest them properly. What we eat is crucial in recovering our health and it is a great healing medicine when done correctly.

Garlic and onions, being sulfur containing foods, help bind and deactivate both the radioactive isotopes and toxic metals such as cadmium, lead and mercury. The sulfur will help the kidneys and liver detoxify the body.

The most direct way of decreasing radionuclide intake is to avoid foods that are potentially heavily contaminated and to consume foodstuffs with lower levels. However, this is not easy to do because the average level of radionuclide bio-accumulation differs in each region owing to differences in soils, agricultural techniques, etc.

The Chernobyl experience tells us that soaking in water, boiling, salting and pickling foods such as vegetables can decrease the amount of radionuclides in some foods several-fold. Milk always contains high levels of radiation; processed products that reduce contamination levels, such as butter and ghee butter, are safer.

Radionuclide concentrations in the visceral organs of animals are usually significantly higher than in muscle tissue. Among visceral organs the order of decreasing levels of Cs-137 is: lung > kidney > liver > fat.

The Chernobyl experience showed that in contaminated territories the same species of fish taken from rivers and streams have significantly lower radionuclide levels than those from lakes and ponds. Plant feeding fish had three to four times lower radionuclide levels than predatory species (catfish, pike, etc.). Fishes at lower levels of the ocean (crucian, tench, etc.) had several times more contamination than fish which live in the top water layers (small fry, chub, etc.).
It is very important to avoid radionuclides in food and if they are consumed to try to eliminate them from the body as quickly as possible. In a baby, the biological half-life of Cs-137 is 14 days; for a 5-year old it is 21 days; for a 10-year old, 49 days; for teenagers, about 90 days; and for a young male, about 100 days (Nesterenko, 1997).
From the Chernobyl experience, the order of decreasing levels of Cs-137 were: chicken > beef > lamb > pork. Meats from older animals have more radionuclides that meat from younger ones owing to accumulation over time. Bones of young animals have more Sr-90. Eggs: shell > egg-white > yolk.

Pork and fats were not only the safest, they also prove to be a very healthy option for detox and healing purposes. For more information, see 'I have high cholesterol, and I don't care'.

The biological properties of Cs-137 are similar to those of stable potassium and Rubidium, and Sr-90 and Pu are similar to calcium. These properties determine where they concentrate in the body so the use of stable elements may help to decrease the absorption of radionuclides.

Foods rich in potassium include potatoes, beets, raisins, dried apricots, bananas, tea, nuts, lemons, and dried plums. Calcium rich foods include butter and ghee butter, eggs, horseradish, green onions, turnip, parsley, dill, and spinach. Green vegetables, apples, sunflower seeds, black chokeberries are rich in iron; and Rubidium is found in red grapes.

A diet to protect against radioactive contamination should include uncontaminated fruits and vegetables, especially those rich in pectin such as apples to promote the rapid elimination of radionuclides.

Sleeping in Total Darkness

Low melatonin production leaves you not only susceptible to radiation damage, but it also leaves you vulnerable to accelerated aging, depression, weight gain. People with lower levels of melatonin have lower immune/defense function, less antioxidant activity and accelerated cancer cell proliferation, and they also tend to have more unhealthy imbalances in gut bacteria. But sleeping in total darkness is a natural way of enhancing the secretion of melatonin during the night. The room where you sleep has to be completely dark to the point of not been able to see anything. If lights seeps underneath your door, put a towel along the base. Cover your electric clock radio with something. Even the smallest light can decrease melatonin secretion, even if you're not able to see it with your own eyes.

Miscellaneous

Natural zeolites (i.e., those found in volcanogenic sedimentary rocks) is a mineral which possesses attractive properties that contribute directly to their use in the extraction of Cs and Sr from nuclear wastes and the mitigation of radioactive fallout, but also as a dietary supplement for heavy metal detoxification. It also has anti-bacterial properties and it stimulates the immune system. It was used during successfully during Chernobyl.

Organic Germanium (Ge-132) protects cells exposed to cesium-137 without affecting cellular growth or survival. 25 mg to 100 mg per day has been typically used. (My favorite colon cleanser has organic germanium on it).

Activated charcoal has the ability to absorb and neutralize radioactive substances and some toxic materials. Researchers report that 10 grams or 1 tablespoon of charcoal can absorb about 3 to 7 grams of materials.

There are excellent articles out there focusing on iodine, clays, magnesium therapies and sodium bicarbonate. For more information, see:

Treatments for Nuclear Contamination

Iodine Treatments for Radiation Exposure

Greenmedinfo.com - Radioprotective

All this information will help you to not only protect yourself from chronic radiation exposure, but it will also help you to regain your health by improving your mood and mental functions in these crucial and stressful times.

[sirdipswitch]

Did ya'll know that a earthquake, at the bottom of the ocean, won't displace enough water to cause a sunami? But a nuclear blast at the bottom of the ocean will, and will be read on the richter scale as an earthquake. hmm.

love and peace
sirdipswitch

Ps: ain't this game fun?

[giovonni]

Leuren Moret: Fukushima-depopulation update; exposes Gen. Albert Stubblebine; offers solutions

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Published on May 15, 2012 by ExopoliticsTV

Leuren Moret: Fukushima-depopulation update; exposes Gen. Albert Stubblebine; offers solutions

In this exclusive wide-ranging May 15, 2012 interview with Alfred Lambremont Webre, independent scientist Leuren Moret, MA, PhD (ABD), updates the viewing audiences on the status of the ongoing Fukushima radiation-depopulation rollout, stating that "Fukushima radiation has taken over our planet." Leuren Moret also exposes inaccuracies in a recent Fukushima "Estimate of the Situation" video by former Gen. Albert S. Stubblebine (U.S. Army, Ret.). Stubblebine has publicly denied his involvement in a secret 1968 - 73 DARPA time travel and teleportation program despite direct eye witness whistleblower testimony to the contrary by Washington State attorney Andrew D. Basiago. Leuren Moret also offers solutions on how humanity can adapt positively to the challenges of this Fukushima radiation false flag depopulation plan, instigated by an international war crimes racketeering organization led by the Dutch and British Monarchs and City of London bloodline families including the Rothschilds.

For updates on Fukushima radiation, see:

EcologyNews: www.ecologynews.com



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZzw7PNsn_Q&feature=uploademail
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZzw7PNsn_Q&feature=uploademail

[Rocky_Shorz]

Did ya'll know that a earthquake, at the bottom of the ocean, won't displace enough water to cause a sunami? But a nuclear blast at the bottom of the ocean will, and will be read on the richter scale as an earthquake. hmm.

love and peace
sirdipswitch

Ps: ain't this game fun?

several earthquakes over the last few years were the equivalent energy of 50,000 nukes...

afraid you need a better calculator... ;)

[Rocky_Shorz]

if you walked out and looked up at this sky, would you think Chemtrail clouds made of Thorium, or Nuke radiation leak from Uranium?

http://i.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/article/1/8/3/126183_v1.jpg

[gigha]

Really don't know Rocky_Shorz but it does look beautiful and terrifying all at the same time. A very unusual combination.

Peace and Love gigha


if you walked out and looked up at this sky, would you think Chemtrail clouds made of Thorium, or Nuke radiation leak from Uranium?

http://i.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/article/1/8/3/126183_v1.jpg

[Rocky_Shorz]

the cool thing is if you climb to the top of the mountain and grab a jar full of the cloud...

you can make your own clouds at home...


http://i.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/article/1/9/3/126193_v1.jpg

[Dawn]

Hi everyone. I've been pretty busy as a Moderator behind the scenes and it has cut into my time to actually read Avalon threads and create posts. Today I found this thread (sorry it took me so long). I've spent some serious time posting on this topic on a related thread and it would be valuable for anyone reading here to go look at the information I've managed to gather.

Basically here's what I discovered.

1) Much of what is used to scare us about Fukishima may be a false flag operation designed to keep us in fear.
2) Most of us are NOT getting enough radiation for maximum good health... so some extra is actually a very good idea for us
3) I have links to videos, radiation monitoring web sites operated by members, and links to books which show that we are apparently being fed a load of 'crap' about radiation and what is truly going on here.
4) despite all that I have found out, I am still in the dark about the future of Fukishima, in fact we all are, because TPTB are not disclosing what is truly going on.

So... without re-writing these posts I am going to put the links to them here in case you would like to check out some of the information I've uncovered for yourself. Knowledge is power!


Link to Radiation Network .com, where private individuals track radiation and post it for public information: http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?44130-Fukushima-is-falling-apart-are-you-ready&p=474110&viewfull=1#post474110

Link to info about Underexposed, What if Radiation is really good for you? (REALLY!): http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?44130-Fukushima-is-falling-apart-are-you-ready&p=474301&viewfull=1#post474301

Link to Video with Nuclear Engieneer M.T. Keshe. This might brighten your perspective a bit: http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?44130-Fukushima-is-falling-apart-are-you-ready&p=474997&viewfull=1#post474997

Link to how to join the private information network with your own Geiger counter and to see what other members are reporting: http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?44130-Fukushima-is-falling-apart-are-you-ready&p=489417&viewfull=1#post489417

Link to Underexposed page I put on the web for us all to see. This information will help you put it all in perspective: http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?44130-Fukushima-is-falling-apart-are-you-ready&p=489430&viewfull=1#post489430

Analysis of radiation in Japan on 5/16/12 showing radiation levels to be surprisingly NOT a problem!: http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?44130-Fukushima-is-falling-apart-are-you-ready&p=489495&viewfull=1#post489495

[Dawn]

As I mentioned in a previous post I now have a Geiger Counter up and running on the following private citizen network: www.radiationnetwork.com We are the 4th site north of the bottom edge of California on the map... right next to the radiation symbol denoting the nearby nuclear plant here on the California coast.

As I've gotten further into understanding this monitoring system which is kept up by volunteers like me, I've found out some interesting things. This is a great page to become familiar with: http://www.radiationnetwork.com/Message.htm. This particular 'non-fear mongering' quote from that site is useful to us all here at Avalon:

Update: 3/11/12, 5:15 P.M. - Fukushima Anniversary - What we have learned...

Reflecting on this 1 year anniversary of the Fukushima disaster, here are a few observations, some of which are obvious, but which still bear repeating, and others not necessarily apparent to the novice in this specialized field of radiation detection:
bullet Even before Fukushima, the Nuclear Age, and the Industrial Revolution, the Earth was, and to this day is being bombarded by cosmic radiation, which constitutes much of what we call background radiation. And given that the human species has survived, and even thrived amidst this radiation, most reasonable thinking people would conclude that normal background radiation is not harmful to your health.
bullet Almost all of the radiation levels that you see being reported on the Radiation Map represent normal background.
bullet The background radiation that does exist is a random event, so it is quite easy to confuse a momentary spike in background for radiation from a specific object or environment, instead. This is a very common mistake among novice users of radiation detectors.
bullet The immediate concern following a reactor meltdown is exposure to high levels of Gamma radiation both at the plant and in the surrounding area.
bullet As it turned out, those high Gamma levels emitted at Fukushima were detectable by most counters from as far away as perhaps 50 miles or even more, so given a similar incident in the US, God forbid, that is what we might expect as an immediate high danger zone.
bullet Having said that, here in the US, 5,000 miles distant from Fukushima, we saw no, to only slightly elevated levels at most, in so called environmental radiation in the air.
bullet The secondary health risk to the general public associated with a meltdown is downstream contamination of soil, food and water. We know from multiple and reliable tests that Japanese soils as far as 200 miles away were significantly contaminated by precipitation-borne radiation from the meltdown.
bullet We also know that at least trace contaminants made their way to parts of the US, presumably riding on the jet stream - this according to government agencies.
bullet We have learned that while Geiger counters are very effective at detecting elevated gamma radiation levels within reasonable distance of a meltdown, that they have limitations beyond that, in part because they are being asked to detect low level radiation in substances that, by definition, are not normally radioactive. The more sensitive models, when used procedurally correct, have a chance at detecting some contaminated foods, but only down to a certain level.
bullet I have learned (and probably should have known this) that rain and snow can be naturally radioactive, due to the presence of naturally occurring Radon gas in the atmosphere, along with oxygen, nitrogen, etc., and that the decaying daughter products of that Radon gas can trigger a radiation detector.
bullet Therefore, it is not enough to determine that captured rainwater is radioactive to then conclude it was made so from the by-products of a melting nuclear fission reactor. One must go a step further and identify the particular isotopes that are emitting the radiation, to determine if they are "foreign".
bullet Specialized equipment and/or radiation collection and concentration processes are needed for that isotope ID, which is beyond the economic and technical means of most people.
bullet Many people in Japan and America (and in the US especially since the volatile 1960's) do not trust the Government to be honest and transparent with the public.
bullet Independent radiation monitoring by the citizens, such as done by the Radiation Network or the Safecast group in Japan, therefore serve a valuable role in society.
bullet Beyond general monitoring, this Network in particular, is designed as an early warning system, capable of alerting the general public within 1 minute of a Fukushima-like disaster, providing we have stations reasonably near the disaster zone.
bullet Something as simple as the process of cooling water, and yet so critical to safe operation of a nuclear reactor, when it fails, starts yet another type of chain reaction of dangerous events. If we are to maintain nuclear power as an energy source, we must learn from the Fukushima example and employ those lessons in making our plants safer, or in certain cases perhaps, justifying closure.

There are other interesting articles available on that page... in particular, there is an article about how radioactive a patient being treated in a medical situation for cancer is (very scary!) and how much radiation you get on an airplane and in the airport terminals. Very interesting read

[Dawn]

And here is a Poor Man's way to analyze rainfall and/or paper air filters to see if radioactive isotopes are present. I have 'bolded' the portion of the quote with information we can use about this topic: (from http://www.radiationnetwork.com/Message.htm)


Update: 3/18/12, 9:00 A.M. - A Poor Man's Radioactive Isotope Identifier

On March 17th, the Nokaoi station in Durham, NC detected an elevated level of radiation high enough to trigger the Alert system on the Radiation Network. He operates an external probe Detector built around the same ultra-sensitive pancake-style GM tube as is used in the Inspector models. In this case, his detector was outdoors on the porch during a severe thunderstorm, protected from the rain.

By now, most of us know that radioactive rainfall can be naturally radioactive due to the decay of Radon gas daughter products brought down by the precipitation. The same principle can apply to a radioactive filter in a building's HVAC system. So how does one determine whether or not the radiation detected by his or her Geiger counter falls into the "natural" category, versus something more sinister? Well, there are a couple of choices:

Invest in specialized equipment of Gamma Spectroscopy, for instance, designed to identify the radiation by isotope, such as the man-made group of Iodine 131, Cesium 137, and Plutonium 239, etc. that are byproducts of nuclear fission, versus the naturally occurring Radon gas daughter products. These analytical systems range in price from $5,000 to $20,000 and require a technical skill level.

Or, for those of us who can not afford such a system, use what I call the Poor Man's Radioactive Isotope Identifier. So what's that? Well, it's the same Geiger counter you used to determine that your rainfall or filter was radioactive in the first place. Huh? That's right - preserve the radioactive sample of rainwater, or the air filter, and then scan it a day later. If the readings have subsided to normal by the next day, that's an indicator that the source of radiation was the short half-lived, naturally occurring Radon gas daughter products. But if the radiation level remains elevated instead, that points to the presence of "foreign" isotope contaminates of I, Sr, Cs, Pu, etc. all of which have longer half-lives, ranging from weeks to millions of years.

So, to use the Nokaoi station as an example, if he captures some of that rainwater from the passing storm, immediately scans it to confirm that the sample is radioactive, then comes back a day later and surveys that same water, finding that the readings remain elevated, then that is bad news. At that point, Nokaoi would be well advised to send the sample to a lab that uses the specialized equipment described above, that could confirm the presence of dangerous, man-made radioactive isotopes.

[TargeT]

very informative dawn thanks for the reading material, I've been skeptical about this with out the information you posted, now its cementing in my mind :)

[onawah]

Wow, Dawn, I would love to believe this reassuring view, but in view of what Bill Ryan and others have posted on this thread:
http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?44568-FUKUSHIMA-Gen.-Bert-Stubblebine-s-Personal-Estimate-of-the-Situation-IMPORTANT
it seems pretty far-fetched.
update: Though I should probably add that I am actually optimistic about the radioactivity problem, since I think that the rising frequencies are going to take care of a lot, and Earth's lifeforms will not be so vulnerable to various toxins, viruses, etc. as we progress into 4D.

As I see it, the question is, how long will that take and how vulnerable are we in the meantime, especially depending on where we are situated in relation to Fukushima and other reactors, etc.

[giovonni]

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Where is Japan’s Missing Plutonium? http://www.csmonitor.com/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/media/content/2012/0601-mideast-iran-nuclear.jpg/12728977-1-eng-US/0601-MIDEAST-IRAN-NUCLEAR.jpg_full_380.jpg


"Twenty-four years ago, in 1988, I was living in Japan for the first time and starting to learn a little about the frightening aspects of Japan’s nuclearization. Back then, a small booklet by a writer who was often described as “just a housewife” had become a powerful catalyst of the anti-nuclear movement. The title and author’s name are lost to me now, and my google searches came up empty. At that time, I read an English translation of it and shared it with some friends. It was horrifying enough to become one of my reasons to go back to Canada, but when years passed without a disaster happening, my good sense subsided and I returned to Japan in 1994.

Back in 1988, I remember talking about the book with friends, and one big question we had was why Japan had no declared nuclear weapons but was also unopposed by the global community in its desire to possess huge stocks of plutonium. Everyone knows the familiar line that Japan is the only country to have experienced an attack with atomic weapons, it has a peace constitution, and it would never allow nuclear weapons on its territory, blah, blah, blah…. But still, why the plutonium?

We were cynical to enough to suggest that Japan really had a secret nuclear weapons program, or had a program which would allow for the rapid development of nuclear weapons. Nonetheless, it was difficult to get anyone to take such a suggestion seriously. Japan had done an excellent job of establishing its image as a peaceful country dedicated to the elimination of nuclear weapons. This is certainly true of a large sector of Japanese society, but government policy and action have never reflected this goal.

It turns out our suspicions were not in the realm of deluded conspiracy theory. A recent study entitled United States Circumvented Laws To Help Japan Accumulate Tons of Plutonium was published on April 9 by the American Public Education Center. This article is long, but well worth the read.

Japan’s allies and the IAEA have had little to say about the fact “that Japan has lost track of more than 70 kilograms of weapons-grade plutonium at its accident plagued Tokai reprocessing plant – enough to make more than 20 nuclear weapons.” When unfavored nations handle enriched uranium or plutonium, they are called to account on every gram of it, and the media reports on transgressions relentlessly, but Japan just seems to have “misplaced” it.

The same hypocrisy goes for missile programs. The article describes how Japan was developing its nuclear industry and simultaneously investing heavily in rocket technology and satellite programs. Every honest observer knows that all rockets are dual use technology. This article by the PEC comes at a good time as we witness this week the hypocritical denunciations of North Korea’s attempt at launching an “aggressive” missile into space. I give no support to the dictatorship of North Korea, but seriously, what do the four surrounding nuclear powers (Russia, China, the US and Japan) think is motivating their enemy to want nuclear weapons and rockets?"

Sources:
Fukushima Updates -
http://fukushimaupdate.com/where-is-japans-missing-plutonium/

Also;
http://www.zimbio.com/Japan+Earthquake+2011/articles/yh0jip5B2p6/Japan+Missing+Plutonium

[giovonni]

What Is the United States Government Waiting For?

http://akiomatsumura.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/apec_bilateralmeetings-300x199.jpg

"This the latest assessment of Fukushima, by one of Japan's leading international figures.

Akio Matsumura is a career diplomat and the founder and Secretary General of the Global Forum of Spiritual and Parliamentary Leaders on Human Survival with conferences held in Oxford, Moscow, Rio de Janeiro, Kyoto, and Konya."
S. A. Schwartz

AKIO MATSUMURA - Akio Marsumura Blog

We continue to post the opinions of many international scientists on the potential global catastrophe that would result from the collapse of Reactor 4 at Fukushima Dai-ichi. The message now is simple and clear-Japan’s government will not act; it is the United States who must step forward-yet no action has been taken.

I was amazed when I heard that one million Japanese had read our article that introduces Ambassador Mitsuhei Murata’s courageous appeal at the public hearing of the House of Councilors of Japan and Robert Alvarez’s famous figure that there is 85 times greater Cesium-137 at Fukushima than at Chernobyl accident. People from 176 nations have visited our blog and Ambassador Murata and Robert Alvarez have been quoted in online and print media in many of them. Despite this global attention, the Japanese government seems to be further from taking action to deal with the growing dangers of ...

Read More - http://akiomatsumura.com/2012/06/what-is-the-united-states-government-waiting-for.html

[TargeT]

good cross reference here:

http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?46819-A-video-they-won-t-want-you-to-see--Galen-Winsor-nuclear-scam-&p=513674#post513674

[giovonni]

Me thinketh it could be much sooner... http://factoryjoe.s3.amazonaws.com/emoticons/emoticon-0112-wondering.gif

If help from our celestial brethren isn't forthcoming ... Let the transmuting begin !

***********

Study: Contaminated water from Fukushima reactors could double radioactivity levels of US coastal waters in 5 years —
“We were surprised at how quickly the tracer spread” (PHOTO & VIDEO)
http://enenews.com/study-contaminated-water-from-fukushima-reactors-could-double-radioactivity-levels-along-us-west-coast-in-5-years-we-were-surprised-at-how-quickly-the-tracer-spread-video

***

Also ~ Here's the latest on this disaster from rense.com:

NEW ~ Jeff Rense talks with Yoichi Shimatsu
Japan Update
7.2.12
Free MP3 - Listen here:
http://rense.gsradio.net:8080/rense/special/rense_Shimatsu_070212.mp3

[giovonni]

will share this here...

The implications from this disaster on all lifeforms on this planet are truly profound...
It is now up to us as honorable and loving human beings in as how it will all be transmuted and played out... ?

***********

Mutant Fukushima Butterflies Reveal Effects of Radiation

http://dingo.care2.com/pictures/causes/2970/2969705.large.jpg

[B]SARAH VRBA - Care2

A team of researchers have revealed that a specific species of local butterfly in Japan have mutated since the Fukushima disaster back in March 2011. The species and the massive changes in physical and genetic development suggest that radiation levels continue to be a threat in the region, and may also serve as indicator of how slowly the breakdown of radioactive materials might be.

After over a year of research, the group published their findings in the scientific journal, Nature, and roundly concluded that, 'radionuclides from the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant caused physiological and genetic damage to this species.” Researchers had already been studying the delicate butterfly species for 10 years prior to the Fukushima incident, because the group of animals is extremely senstive to environmental changes, which could offer a way for scientists to measure environmental changes.

As Prof Otaki, one of the researchers, told the BBC:

We had reported the real-time field evolution of colour patterns of this butterfly in response to global warming before, and [because] this butterfly is found in artificial environments – such as gardens and public parks – this butterfly can monitor human environments.

The BBC notes that scientists collected 144 adult pale grass blue butterflies two months after the disaster from 10 different locations, including Fukushima. Researchers quickly discovered that the butterflies from areas with radiation developed startingly smaller wings and abnormal eye development. The study became even more surprising when scientists bred the butterflies. It was then that they discovered the genetic mutations that had occurred from exposure to radiation.

Researchers noticed that the second generation, bred away from any radioactive exposure, developed strange antannae. Those butterflies bred from the Fukushima area showed a rate of mutation double that of butterflies that were taken from areas without radiation.

The research is coupled with reports that bad practices and radiation cover-ups were central parts of the Fukushima plant operations. Workers were not told of the dangers of radiation and encouraged to work in unsafe conditions. After the plant had a meltdown in March 2011, the government failed to tell people quickly about radiation, safety and resources for the disaster. People have been concerned about the return of nuclear power to the island, after president Yoshihiko Noda decided to restart some plants during the summer months.

The study on butterflies proves that while immediate fears of powerful radiation sickness on humans and animals may not be imminent, the longer effects of nuclear power and meltdown will be felt for generations to come.

Sources: http://www.care2.com/causes/mutant-fukushima-butterflies-reveal-effects-of-radiation.html#ixzz23jklOs4Y

[TargeT]

www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9DsOyWsNp0


so, butterflys are mutating at radioactive levels that are LOWER than those I experience when I hike (on certain trails)... I better start counting my toes and fingers eh? I spent 4 hours at a site that had "back ground" levels around 2x those of the ***. facility grounds are now ( around 18 microSv's I think this is actually 9 times current readings?)


Fukushima plant still emitting 10,000,000 becquerels every hour
http://enenews.com/tepco-admits-radiation-levels-fukushima-increasing-releasing-70000000-bqhr-reactor-3-leaking

OMG 10,000,000 bq EVERY HOUR!??!?!?! OMG OMG OMG...

wait a sec,....

850 R/milli-second ............................ Fatally burned one man: 3 survived same dose.

60,000 R/hr @ 1 minute .....................Kills rats: approx same as UV light from electric arc welder.

7000 R ...............................................Ind ividual medical dose for cancer therapy.

200 R/hour ........................................ Near Chernobyl #4 reactor 1 week after accident (1986)
(one hundredth medical dose for cancer therapy).

1 Sievert .............................................One hundred Roentgen.

60 R/hour ...........................................Human cells OK - self-repair during exposure.

1 R/min @ 1 meter ...................... One Curie (one gram radium) (won’t burn skin).

1 R .................................................. ....One Roentgen (rem) = .01 sievert

Milli-R ................................................. One thousandth Roentgen.

150 milli-R/year ................................. Average natural background exposure from natural sources.

Micro-R (1 μR) ................................... One millionth Roentgen.

60 micro-R/hr .................................... N.E.C. prescribed off-site limit (outside the fence).

25 micro-R/hour ............................... Off-site dose at Three Mile Island #2 one week after “incident.”

20 micro-R/hour ................................ Average natural background radiation.

1 Micro Sievert (1 μSv)...................... One ten thousandth Roentgen.

Nano-Curie ........................................ One billionth Curie.

1 becquerel (Bq)................................ .027 billionth (.000000000027) Curie
5.25 nano-Curies/literIodine-131 ....... Rainwater tested in Portland, OR after Chernobyl.

4.9 nano-Curies/liter Potassium-40 ... Common salad oil in super market.

Pico-Curie ........................................... One trillionth Curie.

5 pico-Curies/liter .............................. Government radium limit for drinking water.

4 pico-Curies/min/ltr of air ..................EPA’s limit for radon in homes.
Galen Winsor

anyone want to do the math, or can we just call this type of stuff fear porn and leave it at that?




The BBC notes that scientists collected 144 adult pale grass blue butterflies two months after the disaster from 10 different locations, including Fukushima

sounds about like the kind of scientific test my hairdresser would come up with..... I bet its government funded.... I could not find a link to the study in question.. could you provide one?

[Paul]

OMG 10,000,000 bq EVERY HOUR!??!?!?! OMG OMG OMG...
:) .

[giovonni]

Thanks ~ TargeT | TegraT

for your post and comments...

Though ~ i do not agree with your comments nor statement referring to this article as "fear porn" ...

And i also suggest you do your own inquiry in regards to the article and study that are provided with the original post link...And report back your findings. http://factoryjoe.s3.amazonaws.com/emoticons/emoticon-0144-nod.gif

Blessings Gio

[TargeT]

I must have missed it at work: http://www.nature.com/srep/2012/120809/srep00570/full/srep00570.html



150 larvae out of 200 were placed in a plastic container and irradiated for 180–280 hours or for 177–387 hours, resulting in a cumulative radiation exposure of 3–55 mSv or 57–125 mSv

125 micro sievert Exposure,,For comparison, a human receives 2,400 micro sievert per year from natural radiation in the form of sunlight, radon, and other sources. One chest CT scan generates 6,900 micro sievert per scan.

See my complete lack of concern?

[giovonni]

From rense.com

8.13.12

The latest on Japan's Nuclear Disaster with Jeff Rense and his colleagues Michael Collins and Yoichi Shimatsu ...

First up ~
Michael Collins with a radiation update from Southern California...
Listen here: http://rense.gsradio.net:8080/rense/special/rense_Collins_081312.mp3

Next ~

Yoichi Shimatsu ~ Japan Update 8.13.12
Listen here: http://rense.gsradio.net:8080/rense/special/rense_Shimatsu_081312.mp3

[giovonni]

The latest from Arnie Gunderson ...

It Could Have Been Worse
by Fairewinds Energy Education
http://www.fairewinds.org/content/it-could-have-been-worse

Descriptive:

About this video

Fairewinds analysis of the triple meltdowns at Fukushima Daiichi determined that other Japanese reactor sites were also in jeopardy because their cooling water systems were destroyed by the same tsunami. In this film, Fairewinds provides evidence that cooling systems for 24 out of 37 diesel generators were shut down by the tsunami and that 14 additional nuclear reactors were impacted. Finally, Fairewinds also recommends that the criteria of the international nuclear accident scale have a Level 8 added. The addition of a Level 8 would reflect the nuclear accident scenario at a multi-reactor site that significantly changes the risk factors to the general public and emergency evacuation procedures.



http://vimeo.com/48550917
http://vimeo.com/48550917

[giovonni]

The latest ~ Fukushima Update
Nuclear News from Japan http://fukushimaupdate.com/wp-content/themes/obscure/timthumb.php?src=http://fukushimaupdate.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/fukushima-plant.jpg&w=608&h=280&zc=1&a=c
Read here - http://fukushimaupdate.com/

[TargeT]

The latest ~ Fukushima Update
Nuclear News from Japan http://fukushimaupdate.com/wp-content/themes/obscure/timthumb.php?src=http://fukushimaupdate.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/fukushima-plant.jpg&w=608&h=280&zc=1&a=c
Read here - http://fukushimaupdate.com/


"Based on current scientific knowledge, we cannot determine a geological formation that would be stable for hundreds of thousands of years. . . . And thus the best possible option is temporary storage," said Harutoshi Funabashi, a professor at Hosei University involved in working out the proposal.

Chernobyl happened in what,, 1986 and its perfectly safe now, there are catfish that are around 4 feet long living in the "cooling pools" where the "spent nuclear rods" are... (and they've been there a while) I'm not too good at math, but that's a little over 20 years ago right?

so what's the worry about hundreds of THOUSANDS of years again? STOP trusting the media, STOP listening to what you are "told" and start looking at the facts & reality of what is going on...

uw0j9hcVtk8

I wonder if those fish are HEALTHIER than regular ones.. like humans are when they are exposed to radiation...



I have always encouraged my kids to play in the dirt to build up their immune systems (all four have had remarkably few health problems in 13-24 years). But I never really thought it would be a good idea for them to play around in a nuclear waste dump. Apparently, there may be a health benefit of exposure to some radiation. This phenomenon is recognized scientifically, apparently, and has a name: "hormesis", which is latin for "that which does not kill you makes you stronger".


http://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=148847


Afraid of Radiation? Low Doses are Good for You

by Donald W. Miller, Jr., MD
Fearful of the harm that radiation can do, the citizens of Sacramento, in a public referendum, had the city shut down its Rando Seco nuclear power plant. The Sacramento Municipal Utility District put up windmills instead, which on a windy day produces 1 percent of the power the nuclear plant did, and built a photovoltaic solar plant that generates one-third of one percent of that power. Eight nuclear power plants have been decommissioned in the U.S. since 1990. None ordered after 1974 were completed, and no orders have been placed for any since 1978. The 103 nuclear reactors in the U.S. that remain operational produce 7.6 percent of the nation's energy, as electricity. There are 442 nuclear power plants worldwide, with 35 under construction — 24 of them in Asia.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NCR), two federal entities charged with addressing radiation safety, hold the view that exposure to any amount of ionizing radiation, no matter how small, is harmful. No amount of radioactivity can be proclaimed safe. Accordingly, the EPA and the NCR have set extremely stringent regulatory limits for public exposure to radiation — 15 and 100 mrem (millirem)/year respectively. This is the level of cleanup radioactive sites have to achieve, for example, before they can be released for public use. The initial limit for radiation exposure was 36 rem (36,000 mrem). With the advent of nuclear-powered ships, where sailors would be in close proximity to nuclear reactors for extended periods of time, it was though prudent to reduce it to15 rem, even though no deaths or injuries were documented under the 36-rem protection limit. (For practical purposes, rad, rem, Sievert, and Grey are interchangeable measures of radiation, where 1 rad = 1 rem, 1 Sievert = 1 Grey, and 100 rad or rem = 1 Sievert or Grey. A millirem — mrem — is 1/1000th of a rem.)

Along with the EPA and NRC, elected government officials, newspaper science writers, TV reporters and journalists, and, consequently, most Americans believe that low doses of radiation are harmful. People have "radiophobia" — the fear that any level of ionizing radiation, no matter how small, is dangerous. Why? For one thing, the news media fosters it because fear sells. Scary stories about the dangers of radiation keep people tuned in. Another reason, which lies deeper in the collective psyche, is that this phobia expresses the deep-seated sense of revulsion that Americans feel over the devastation and loss of life caused by the atomic bombs that its country dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki at the end of World War II. A third, more correctable reason is that the relationship between radiation dose and its biological effects is believed to conform to the "Linear (No-Threshold) Hypothesis," or "model." Regulators use this model to predict the number of cancer deaths that low doses of radiation are assumed to cause and then cite these predictions to justify their draconian radiation safety standards

http://www.lewrockwell.com/miller/miller12.html

[giovonni]

Greetings again TargeT ...

Please note ~ this thread was made into a sticky by the suggestion and consensus of other forum members other than myself. If in some way it distracts or troubles you in reading my posted updates here ~ then my i suggest you ignore the thread ~ Because your post and comments will neither dissuade or prevent me from posting updates here. Also note ~ i do not take any comfort in your premise that all is hunky dory (in regards to these nuclear disasters) and my post here is just fear mongering.

Blessings Gio

[TargeT]

I do not want you to stop updating, both sides of an issue should be represented and since no one is representing the view point I (and many others) hold, I'll offer the counter point to your posts.

"consensus" is a moving target and I feel that I am representing the other side of your coin (which I also feel is a consensus); I do not mean to be disrespectful, I just happen to disagree & have something to offer to the counter point.

presenting only one side of an issue is a basic tenant of propiganda; I hope you don't mind me offering the other point of view; I was interested to read the report on insects you brought up a few posts back & have read most of your other posts in this thread and apreciate them. I did use the word "stop" but not directed at your posting habits.

no animosity here, I just think that those with knowledge have a responsability to do something about it; my contributions here are one of the many steps I am taking ( just wait till I build a LFTR reactor in my back yard... hahaha, just need a better source of thorium than smoke detectors...)

[giovonni]

the latest ~ Fukushima update:
http://fukushimaupdate.com/

http://fukushimaupdate.com/wp-content/themes/obscure/timthumb.php?src=http://fukushimaupdate.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/ohi-nuclear-plant-story-top.jpg&w=608&h=280&zc=1&a=c


Japan Backpedals on “No Nukes” Policy ...

Read more here - http://fukushimaupdate.com/japan-backpedals-on-no-nukes-policy/

[giovonni]

Greetings...

The latest from Jeff Rense with new reports on TEPPCO's Fukushisma Nuclear Disaster ...

Note each segment is approximately 30 minutes:

Yoichi Shimatsu
Japan Update
10.8.12
Free MP3 - Listen here http://rense.com/1.mpicons/audio_icon.gif http://rense.gsradio.net:8080/rense/special/rense_Shimatsu_100812.mp3

Also ~

Michael Collins
Radiation Update
10.8.12
Free MP3 - Listen here http://rense.com/1.mpicons/audio_icon.gif http://rense.gsradio.net:8080/rense/special/rense_Collins_100812.mp3

[giovonni]

Greetings...

The latest from Jeff Rense with new reports on TEPPCO's Fukushisma Nuclear Disaster ...

Note each segment is approximately 30 minutes:

Yoichi Shimatsu
Japan Update
10.15.12
Free MP3 - Listen here http://rense.com/1.mpicons/audio_icon.gif http://rense.gsradio.net:8080/rense/special/rense_Shimatsu_101512.mp3

Also ~

Michael Collins
Radiation Update
10.15.12
Free MP3 - listen here http://rense.com/1.mpicons/audio_icon.gifhttp://rense.gsradio.net:8080/rense/special/rense_Collins_101512.mp3

[giovonni]

Radiation Still Leaking Into Nearby Japanese Waters 18 Months After Quake, Tsunami

Eryn Brown | Los Angeles Times

LOS ANGELES — More than 18 months after a magnitude 9.0 earthquake, 40-foot tsunami and nuclear power plant woes that struck Japan starting March 11, 2011, levels of radioactive cesium 134 and cesium 137 originating from the crippled Fukushima-Daiichi plant remain elevated in some fish and seafood in nearby waters.

That suggests that radiation from the plant is still being released into the ocean, wrote Ken Buesseler, a marine of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Woods Hole, Mass., in a perspective article in Friday's edition of the journal Nature.

Buesseler reviewed data on radionuclides in fish and other seafood that have been compiled by the Japanese Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries since March 23, 2011. Cesium levels were highest in bottom-dwelling fish caught near Fukushima prefecture, and lower in fish who live in the open ocean or closer to the surface, Buesseler reported.

He also noted that cesium levels had not declined, except "perhaps" in surface-dwelling fish. Over time, cesium that accumulates in the muscle tissue of fish should decline at a loss rate of a few percent per day. From this Buesseler reasoned that "there must be a continued source of cesium contamination associated with the seafloor." One possibility could be radionuclides from Fukushima lurking in ocean bottom sediments.

The news was not all dire. The "vast majority" of fish near Fukushima, Buesseler wrote, have radioactive cesium levels below the strict limits for seafood consumption adopted by the Japanese government in April 2012 to assuage consumer fears. And fish that migrate out of the area lose their cesium rapidly.As an example, Buesseler cited the example of bluefin tuna caught off the California coast, which carried minuscule-but-detectable amounts of radioactive cesium all the way across the Pacific.

But to fully understand how much radiation is in fish and seafood near the Fukushima Daiichiplant now and in the future, Buesseler added, studying the marine life caught in the area won't be enough: Scientists will also need to learn more about where the cesium near the ocean floor is coming from and how it collects and accumulates.

©2012 Los Angeles Times

Source link: http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2012/10/25/172641/radiation-still-leaking-into-nearby.html#storylink=cpy

[giovonni]

The latest on the Fukushima disaster ...

http://fukushimaupdate.com/wp-content/themes/obscure/timthumb.php?src=http://fukushimaupdate.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/protest3.jpg&w=608&h=280&zc=1&a=c
Read news updates here - http://fukushimaupdate.com/

[onawah]

i would like to suggest that Target starts his own thread rather than continue in attempting to derail this one.

[KiwiElf]

What is even more saddening (or maddening), is that it appears very little has been done to help the affected Japanese either... so far, one quarter of the money for the relief & rebuilding ($148 billion ) has been siphoned off into "other projects" unrelated to the reconstruction. (Separate thread here... (sorry for self-promotion, but it clearly paints a bigger picture,.. and is ahem,... not as "important" as the elections I guess ;))

http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?51585-Japan-s-tsunami-reconstruction-money-spent-on-unrelated-projects

If I'm not mistaken, this appears to be occurring at an increasingly global level. No sooner does the next big disaster happen somewhere, and the ones preceding it are virtually forgotten, MSM included:

Patterns begin to emerge...
* The government departments of each ALL incredibly slow to respond - if at all,
* Almost blatantly hiding, denying &/or aggressively suppressing ANY negative reporting (I believe that's called "lying" ;))
* Scammers (always the scammers - that's a given) including some elected "leaders"
* Clear evidence of offered help and possible solutions - including Fukishima - being turned away!
* Disaster relief funds in various countries then shortly get caught out: funds "going missing" or being "mis-spent": New Orleans, Chile, Haiti, Pacific Islands, Christchurch, Philipines, etc - the list is rapidly growing (...and now possibly New York/Hurricane Sandy and the possible outcome of the sinkhole growing in Louisiana at an alarming rate):

Where is this going? Am I missing something?:confused:

[TargeT]

i would like to suggest that Target starts his own thread rather than continue in attempting to derail this one.

Offering a different point of view is not derailing. there is one person continually posting in this thread spreading what I have shown to be false fear.

there have been no deaths from radiation in Japan, why would there be any issues here in the US or Canada, I personally think this thread should be closed, but if it continues I will continue to offer a counter point.

[onawah]

Um, let's see--you originally wrote that you think the thread should express both points of view.
And now you say you think the thread should be closed?
And you think there have been no deaths in Japan from radiation.
You claim you have shown fear regarding the dangers of radiation from Fukushima to be false and "fear porn".
I'm no expert, but I would say that kind of thing fits the usual profile of a disinfo campaign, designed to cover up the truth.
I think there are reasons not to worry too much about Fukushima, because I think Gaia herself will eventually clean up the mess as her frequencies rise, and of course, some think that is just pie in the sky delusional optimism.
But I don't claim that there are not clear and present dangers at this time from exposure to radiation, which is lunacy, as far as I'm concerned.
I don't understand your reasoning, and I think it would be to your own benefit to start your own thread and explain it, so no one will have to sift through this thread to find out why you think what you think.

[giovonni]

from Jeff Rense ~ http://rense.com/

The latest on Japan's Nuclear Disaster ...

NEW ~ Michael Collins
Radiation Update
Monday 11.12.12
Free MP3 - Listen here - http://rense.gsradio.net:8080/rense/special/rense_Collins_111212.mp3

Also ~

NEW ~ Yoichi Shimatsu
Japan Update
Monday 11.12.12
Free MP3 - Listen here - http://rense.gsradio.net:8080/rense/special/rense_Shimatsu_111212.mp3

[TargeT]

But I don't claim that there are not clear and present dangers at this time from exposure to radiation, which is lunacy, as far as I'm concerned.

why do you consider it lunacy? what if exposure was actually good for you?

this thread explains how we have been mislead on radiation and its supposed dangers:

http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?46819-A-video-they-won-t-want-you-to-see--Galen-Winsor-nuclear-scam-

it also tells how radiation is actually good for you (especially at the ultra low levels present in Japan)


This thread continues to update an old baseless fear (of radiation), I think its good to monitor the progress but not add words like "threat" especially "threat as high as japan" which clearly has no threat (as time has shown).

[giovonni]

But I don't claim that there are not clear and present dangers at this time from exposure to radiation, which is lunacy, as far as I'm concerned.

why do you consider it lunacy? what if exposure was actually good for you?

this thread explains how we have been mislead on radiation and its supposed dangers:

http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?46819-A-video-they-won-t-want-you-to-see--Galen-Winsor-nuclear-scam-

it also tells how radiation is actually good for you (especially at the ultra low levels present in Japan)


This thread continues to update an old baseless fear (of radiation), I think its good to monitor the progress but not add words like "threat" especially "threat as high as japan" which clearly has no threat (as time has shown).


highlighted text (above) is pure nonsense ... :wacko:

[TargeT]

But I don't claim that there are not clear and present dangers at this time from exposure to radiation, which is lunacy, as far as I'm concerned.

why do you consider it lunacy? what if exposure was actually good for you?

this thread explains how we have been mislead on radiation and its supposed dangers:

http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?46819-A-video-they-won-t-want-you-to-see--Galen-Winsor-nuclear-scam-

it also tells how radiation is actually good for you (especially at the ultra low levels present in Japan)


This thread continues to update an old baseless fear (of radiation), I think its good to monitor the progress but not add words like "threat" especially "threat as high as japan" which clearly has no threat (as time has shown).


highlighted text (above) is pure nonsense ... :wacko:

your statement is based on what? your "feelings" ?

mine is based on research & a book.

This book:
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/21SHMFMK9DL._SL500_AA300_.jpg

Why "All things are poison; nothing is poison." You may not believe the following claims now, but you will after reading this book. * Low levels of radiation don't harm us. * Our fear of tiny traces of radiation stops us from tapping a limitless source of clean energy. * We could improve our health by increasing our exposure to radiation! For one thing, it may well reduce the risk of cancer. Hiserodt reminds us of a cardinal rule of pharmacology: "the poison is in the dose." Just as arsenic and salt are deadly poisons in large enough doses but necessary nutrients in much smaller amounts, copious data have been reported for decades showing that exposure to low levels of radiation (but considerably more than people normally receive) can actually increase one's health (a stimulatory effect called hormesis). Alas, though researchers have scrupulously recorded such data, when it comes to drawing conclusions they too often ignore their findings or treat them as a fluke. This subject that "very few of us understand" may seem intimidating at first, but Ed Hiserodt is the perfect guide -- friendly, clear, knowledgeable, and not a little irreverent. Step by step, he spells out the basic physics, tours the evidence he has spent years pondering, flays flimsy claims, and opens the door to exciting possibilities. Put it this way: if you're worried about the radon in your home... don't be. You'll also learn: What the media hasn't told you about Chernobyl, Three Mile Island... and the survivors of Hiroshima. * What we could do with the radioactive "waste" that we now try to get rid of. * What gravity, sound, heat, light -- and ionizing radiation -- all have in common. * Which is most dangerous: a reactor leak... a pint of salad oil... or a handful of dirt? * How did X-rays help Professor Shrader's Guinea pigs survive the diphtheria bacillus? * Why it's impossible to steal nuclear fuel from a functioning reactor. Sorry, Mr. Terrorist.


http://www.amazon.com/Underexposed-What-Radiation-Actually-Good/dp/0930073355

You see, a part of being open minding is the willingness to challange your strongly held beliefs (and they are JUST THAT, beliefs)


Definition of BELIEF


1

: a state or habit of mind in which trust or confidence is placed in some person or thing


2

: something believed; especially: a tenet or body of tenets held by a group


3

: conviction of the truth of some statement or the reality of some being or phenomenon especially when based on examination of evidence

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/belief

Your demonstrated belief does not appear to fit the definition of the word closely enough.

[modwiz]

But I don't claim that there are not clear and present dangers at this time from exposure to radiation, which is lunacy, as far as I'm concerned.

why do you consider it lunacy? what if exposure was actually good for you?

this thread explains how we have been mislead on radiation and its supposed dangers:

http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?46819-A-video-they-won-t-want-you-to-see--Galen-Winsor-nuclear-scam-

it also tells how radiation is actually good for you (especially at the ultra low levels present in Japan)


This thread continues to update an old baseless fear (of radiation), I think its good to monitor the progress but not add words like "threat" especially "threat as high as japan" which clearly has no threat (as time has shown).

Ben Fulford used to be a regular on Rense until 3/11. Rense gets alot of eyeballs for his Fukushima focus. Ben told him he was being hysterical and that there was no danger and he would be staying in Japan as proof.

Ben has serious skin in the ideas you are putting forth here. I made a similar comment to yours on another forum shortly after 3/11 and got called all kinds of names and things. I spoke of the possibility for positive DNA mutation from the effects of radiation. One brave member, listened to me and was open to considering there might be some merit to my thinking. Especially since the inevitable exposure they feared looked better with a positive attitude.

[giovonni]

i have said more than once, we as humans have been all along transmuting the affects of radiation via the cosmos's, but (in my opinion) i do not feel what is being perpetrated in Fukushma is the same thing with its effects because of the erratic ways the radiation has and apparently continues to be released within our environment... But saying that only time will tell the rest of this story...?

And note again ~ i will continue to post the updates :thumb:

[giovonni]

In fairness and without fear ~ truth to me has always been found in the middle ground ....

Mote ~ Here's a most recent news article study in regards to radiation ...

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Even Low-Level Radioactivity Is Damaging, Scientists Conclude

ScienceDaily (Nov. 13, 2012) — Even the very lowest levels of radiation are harmful to life, scientists have concluded in the Cambridge Philosophical Society's journal Biological Reviews. Reporting the results of a wide-ranging analysis of 46 peer-reviewed studies published over the past 40 years, researchers from the University of South Carolina and the University of Paris-Sud found that variation in low-level, natural background radiation was found to have small, but highly statistically significant, negative effects on DNA as well as several measures of health...

Read more - http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/11/121113134224.htm

[TargeT]

In fairness and without fear ~ truth to me has always been found in the middle ground ....

Mote ~ Here's a most recent news article study in regards to radiation ...

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Even Low-Level Radioactivity Is Damaging, Scientists Conclude

ScienceDaily (Nov. 13, 2012) — Even the very lowest levels of radiation are harmful to life, scientists have concluded in the Cambridge Philosophical Society's journal Biological Reviews. Reporting the results of a wide-ranging analysis of 46 peer-reviewed studies published over the past 40 years, researchers from the University of South Carolina and the University of Paris-Sud found that variation in low-level, natural background radiation was found to have small, but highly statistically significant, negative effects on DNA as well as several measures of health...

Read more - http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/11/121113134224.htm

This is an excelent demonstration of how science has mostly been corrupted when funded in the ways most of it is (Government funding); this looks like possibly the sloppiest most gross missuse of statistical analysis I have ever seen; however the paper it's self is hidden behind a pay site (which I am not willing to pay for at this time) and so hidden from public & hard to review ( http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1469-185X.2012.00249.x/abstract;jsessionid=5BC4E92A9C9CC4CE2ED064299EA8C0 7B.d03t03 )

Collecting statistics from other studies that were held for reasons other than the intended statistic is terrible science. Looking for desired statistics is like looking for a car of similar make as yours while driving down the road, yes you are going to find it & probably think to your self "wow, there's more of these out there than i considered".

since this is not even a study, but a number crunch of other studies with weak statements like: "The frequency of negative effects was beyond that of random chance." which imply that they were close enough to random chance that this statement had to be made, I find it hard to give it much weight.

Of course this is comming from my biased opinion that modern science is used to look for a desired out come, not reality; especially when coming from "univercities".

examples of this are: the Lipid theory (killing millions through the demonization of cholesterol & natural fatty foods, science has repeadedly proven this wrong emperically yet studies continue to slide out of univercities showing that fat is bad and carbs are good).

I've read several of the historical studies from the US and around the world written on radiation exposure, used for the current guidelines; and they are at best very weak, most being based on "hear say" or a select few cases where less than 10 subjects were involved in uncontrolled situations; I assume these are NOT the studies referenced in the above statistical analysis (Note: it is not even a study itself) as they generaly deal with higher doses; it is unfortunate that more information is not presented on the sources (the reference list is even hidden behind a pay site).

This is a not a very good "other side" example from my point of view, surely there is an actual study on this topic?

I'll see if i can find one.

Here MIT does a study (not statistical analysis) on this topic directly:

http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2012/prolonged-radiation-exposure-0515.html

A new look at prolonged radiation exposure

MIT study suggests that at low dose-rate, radiation poses little risk to DNA.

A new study from MIT scientists suggests that the guidelines governments use to determine when to evacuate people following a nuclear accident may be too conservative.

The study, led by Bevin Engelward and Jacquelyn Yanch and published in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives, found that when mice were exposed to radiation doses about 400 times greater than background levels for five weeks, no DNA damage could be detected.

Current U.S. regulations require that residents of any area that reaches radiation levels eight times higher than background should be evacuated. However, the financial and emotional cost of such relocation may not be worthwhile, the researchers say.

“There are no data that say that’s a dangerous level,” says Yanch, a senior lecturer in MIT’s Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering. “This paper shows that you could go 400 times higher than average background levels and you’re still not detecting genetic damage. It could potentially have a big impact on tens if not hundreds of thousands of people in the vicinity of a nuclear powerplant accident or a nuclear bomb detonation, if we figure out just when we should evacuate and when it’s OK to stay where we are.”

Until now, very few studies have measured the effects of low doses of radiation delivered over a long period of time. This study is the first to measure the genetic damage seen at a level as low as 400 times background (0.0002 centigray per minute, or 105 cGy in a year).

“Almost all radiation studies are done with one quick hit of radiation. That would cause a totally different biological outcome compared to long-term conditions,” says Engelward, an associate professor of biological engineering at MIT.

http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2012/prolonged-radiation-exposure-0515.html


Another article (which I view as minorly more significant than the originally quoted article).

Some people went into Hiroshima the first day after dropping of the A-bomb when much but not all of the radiation contaminants had dissipated through wind currents. These persons suffered less cancer, had better lifetime immunity, and enjoyed longer lives than people who visited Hiroshima two or more days after the mushroom cloud, when radiation particles had even further dissipated.4
...
Workers at Los Alamos who worked in factories generating radioactive substances, who followed appropriate safe-handling practices received, on average, a three-fold higher exposure to plutonium than the maximum recommended by the National Council on Radiation Protection. People who worked at Los Alamos in factories generating radioactive substances have had less cancer and better immunity, and lived extended lives.7
The proportion of the total number of such exposed workers who have died has been 57% lower than in the general population, and 43% lower than among Los Alamos workers who were not exposed.8
All this contradicts the "solidly established concept" in environmental health that the effects of toxic agents climb on a continuum of biological change from undetectable effects at the lowest levels of exposure to severe health damage at very high doses. That concept is based on assumption of a straight line from low risk at very low dose radiation to extreme risk at very high doses. But no test that has ever been conducted confirmed its predictions around the lower end.9

http://www.townsendletter.com/Jan2005/dirtybombs0105.htm

[giovonni]

Thanks again ~ Targe T for your posting and contributions to the thread :thumb:

[TargeT]

This study seems to offer both points of view

Whole-body responses to low-level radiation exposure: new concepts in mammalian radiobiology.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17379086

This one looks like a study, but I can't find any data really..( though its from the EPA, so facts are the last thing I'd expect to find... Haha)

http://www.epa.gov/rpdweb00/understand/health_effects.html


This one has some extremely high subject numbers (over 100,000, which is questionable to me) & states as little as 100 microsverts is bad

Low-Level Radiation Exposure Increases Leukemia Risk Says US/Ukraine Study

http://enformable.com/2012/11/low-level-radiation-exposure-increases-leukemia-risk-says-usukraine-study/

So it seems like you can pick and choose your studies on this topic; an unfortunate amount of contradiction seems prevalent

[giovonni]

From Targe T ...


So it seems like you can pick and choose your studies on this topic; an unfortunate amount of contradiction seems prevalent


Having learned this first hand at the university level ... Statistics can be used to support or undercut almost any argument ...

http://factoryjoe.s3.amazonaws.com/emoticons/emoticon-0101-sadsmile.gif Giovonni

[giovonni]

Again ~ from Jeff Rense ~ http://rense.com/

The latest on Japan's Nuclear Disaster ...

NEW ~ Michael Collins
Radiation Update
Monday 11.19.12
Free MP3 - Listen here - http://rense.gsradio.net:8080/rense/special/rense_Collins_111912.mp3

Also ~

NEW ~ Yoichi Shimatsu
Japan Update
Monday 11.19.12
Free MP3 - Listen here - http://rense.gsradio.net:8080/rense/special/rense_Shimatsu_111912.mp3

[giovonni]

An interesting ongoing project in the Ukraine...

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Giant 100-meter sarcophagus constructed at Chernobyl nuclear plant (PHOTOS, VIDEO)
http://rt.com/files/news/chernobyl-new-safe-confinement-773/first-section-structure-exploded-881.jpg
http://rt.com/news/chernobyl-new-safe-confinement-773/

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=en3rQy0Hcq4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=en3rQy0Hcq4

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[giovonni]

Fukushima Update
Tracking Japan's nuclear crisis

http://fukushima.greenaction-japan.org/wp-content/themes/fukushima/images/fukushima-crop.jpg
Read the latest here - http://fukushima.greenaction-japan.org/

[TargeT]

An interesting ongoing project in the Ukraine...

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Giant 100-meter sarcophagus constructed at Chernobyl nuclear plant (PHOTOS, VIDEO)
http://rt.com/files/news/chernobyl-new-safe-confinement-773/first-section-structure-exploded-881.jpg
http://rt.com/news/chernobyl-new-safe-confinement-773/



The construction site has been deployed just 200 meters from the existing sarcophagus.


How come none of those workers have radiation protection suits on? how come there's not even exposure badges there?

the levels that near the reactor are higher than Japan ever got to & its still considered a "no man zone" for living, yet they have crews constructing this megalithic structure?

am I the only one seeing hypocrisy / contradiction here?

This is an interesting statement as well:

The shelter fund established to construct a new sarcophagus for Chernobyl has been sponsored by 28 countries and managed by the European Bank

http://www.ebrd.com/pages/homepage.shtml
President of the bank doesn't seem like a "nice guy"
http://www.ebrd.com/pages/about/who/structure/president.shtml

Why are the FAO and the EBRD promoting the destruction of peasant and family farming?
http://viacampesina.org/en/index.php/main-issues-mainmenu-27/agrarian-reform-mainmenu-36/1295-why-are-the-fao-and-the-ebrd-promoting-the-destruction-of-peasant-and-family-farming


I'm sure this topic deserves more investigation.. lots of questions.

[giovonni]

I'm sure this topic deserves more investigation.. lots of questions.


And ~ i totally agree ~ Targe T :thumb:

And thanks for the link to the bio to this key player in constructing the giant Chernobyl sarcophagus...
Perhaps he should adopt the sir-name 'Rothchild' to his quite distinguished and already knighted and entitled name ~ for his loyal services to the TPTB ?


EBRDPresident Sir Suma Chakrabarti

http://www.ebrd.com/images/heroes/small/people/new/chakrabarti276.jpg

Sir Suma Chakrabarti, born in 1959 in West Bengal, India, is the sixth President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). The Bank’s Board of Governors elected Sir Suma as President of the EBRD for the next four years, from July 3, 2012. He replaces Thomas Mirow, the President since 2008.

Sir Suma has extensive experience in international development economics and policy-making, as well as in designing and implementing wider public service reform.

Most recently he held the position of Permanent Secretary at the British Ministry of Justice and was its most senior civil servant. Prior to this, from 2002, he headed the UK’s Department for International Development -- formerly the Overseas Development Administration (ODA) -- where he worked closely with economies undergoing substantial reform in eastern Europe, the former Soviet Union and the Middle East and North Africa. Sir Suma is notable for playing a key role developing the UK's successful Know-How Fund for Central and Eastern Europe and worked with the European Commission in improving its programmes in the Middle East and North Africa.

Sir Suma also worked in the late 1990s in the UK Treasury, where he was responsible for UK public expenditure, and in the early 2000s in the Cabinet Office, where he led on cross-departmental strategic issues and subsequently the management of the Cabinet agenda.

After studying Politics, Philosophy and Economics at the University of Oxford, Sir Suma took a Masters in Development Economics at the University of Sussex. He also holds honorary doctorates from the Universities of Sussex and East Anglia.

Source page: http://www.ebrd.com/pages/about/who/structure/president.shtml



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hy·poc·ri·sy = a pretense of having some desirable or publicly approved attitude ...


Why did it take 25 years to finally act on this ..?

Obviously it was not considered an immediate concern for the then and now funding countries in regards for containing the Chernobyl nuclear disaster...?

Perhaps ~ there were other determining factors involved... Such as coverups (then) and the even (now) potential prospects for profiteering from this almost forgotten environmental disaster... ?

And ~ i imagine somewhere (presently) there are ongoing meetings of world bankers - multinational corporations and of course the corrupt governmental officials ~ Who are probably devising a fund (scheme) in doing (executing) the same actions in regards to Japan's Fukushima disaster site ?

For who knows what ungodly agendas ~ perhaps were being perpetrated there as well ?

For those out there who weren't aware of this news ?


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-DytapvvlY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-DytapvvlY


Uploaded by RussiaToday on Apr 22, 2011

It was the world's worst nuclear disaster, but 25 years on, the battle to contain it continues. Building a new sarcophagus over the Chernobyl site is the most pressing issue, as a meeting of donor countries is held in Ukraine.

Also ~


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfulqRdDbsg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfulqRdDbsg


Published on Apr 26, 2012 by Arkitekture

A short film based on current conditions in Chernobyl & Pripyat. Please note, I am an amateur documentary filmmaker and this documentary was made on no budget. The only cost involved were just the travel expenses to the Ukraine.

Some frequently asked questions:

Was I exposed to lots of radiation? In short, no. My dosage of radiation would of been about the same as I would have received on a long haul flight. You also get checked for contamination on the way out of the zone.

Did I have to wear any protective clothing? No, but you are not allowed to wear shorts or short sleeve shirts. You must wear long trousers and jumpers, boots or other hard wearing shoes/ Open shoes like sandals are not allowed.

How did I get access to Chernobyl? You can arrange a visit through a company called Solo-East. Google them! A private tour like I took costs $500 a day. I recommend 2-3 days if you can afford it. You will see hardly nothing in just one day. Unfortunately, you are no longer allowed inside buildings.

What camera did I use? It was a Canon 7D with a Canon 17-40mm L & Sigma 10-22mm. Sound was captured with a Sennheiser wireless radio mic and recorded on a Roland R05.

What did you edit this video with? Adobe Premiere CS5 and After Effects CS5

[giovonni]

Friday, Dec. 28, 2012

Eight U.S. sailors sue Tepco for millions for falsely downplaying Fukushima radiation exposure

Bloomberg

Tokyo Electric Power Co. is being sued for tens of millions of dollars by eight U.S. Navy sailors who claim that they were unwittingly exposed to radiation from the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant meltdowns and that Tepco lied about the dangers.

The sailors aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan were involved in the Operation Tomodachi disaster relief operations following the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami that devastated the Tohoku region and led to the nuclear catastrophe, according to their complaint filed in U.S. federal court in San Diego on Dec. 21.

Tepco and the Japanese government conspired to create the false impression that radiation leaking from the Fukushima No. 1 plant didn't pose a threat to the sailors, according to the complaint. As a result, the plaintiffs rushed to areas that were unsafe and too close to the facility, exposing them to radiation, their lawyers said.

The Japanese government was "lying through their teeth about the reactor meltdown" crisis, as it reassured the USS Reagan crew that "everything is under control," the plaintiffs' lawyers said in the complaint. "The plaintiffs must now endure a lifetime of radiation poisoning and suffering."

The sailors are each seeking $10 million in damages, $30 million in punitive damages and a judgment requiring the creation of a $100 million fund to pay for their medical monitoring and treatments.

"We can't comment as we have not received the complaint document yet," Yusuke Kunikage, a Tepco spokesman, said Thursday. "We will consider a response after examining the claim."

In July, the Nuclear Damage Liability Facilitation Fund took control of Tepco in return for a ¥1 trillion capital injection after the disaster left the utility on the brink of bankruptcy. The utility received ¥1.4 trillion in state funds to compensate those affected by the disaster.

Source page: http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20121228a3.html


http://www.stripes.com/polopoly_fs/1.138593.1356662291!/image/1517471752.jpg_gen/derivatives/large_article/1517471752.jpg
Sailors aboard USS Ronald Reagan, floating off the coast of Japan, load humanitarian relief supplies March 22, 2011, into a U.S. Navy Seahawk belonging to Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron 14, piloted by Lt. Cmdr. Ben Van Buskirk and Lt. Victoria Throckmorton. The pilots made several trips into tsunami-damaged towns along the coast to deliver the supplies.
T.D. Flack/Stars and Stripes

[giovonni]

Again ~ from Jeff Rense ~ http://rense.com/

The latest on Japan's Nuclear Disaster ...

NEW ~ Yoichi Shimatsu
Japan Update
Monday - 12/31/12
Free MP3 - Listen here - http://rense.gsradio.net:8080/rense/special/rense_Shimatsu_123112.mp3

Also ~

NEW ~ Michael Collins
Radiation Update
Monday - 12/21/12
Free MP3 - Listen here - http://rense.gsradio.net:8080/rense/special/rense_Collins_123112.mp3

[kyleannmontana]

My friends and I have notice eye irritation here in Montana for about 6 months now. That and respiration issues seem to be a growing problem. I was wondering if all the wildfires were the cause or if radiation pollution is here now too.

[giovonni]

My friends and I have notice eye irritation here in Montana for about 6 months now. That and respiration issues seem to be a growing problem. I was wondering if all the wildfires were the cause or if radiation pollution is here now too.

Thank You ~ kyleannmontana

For sharing and posting this ...

And i do apologies for being long in responding.

What you are experiencing doesn't surprise me. i live just due west of your location in Southern Washington State just under Mt Adams ... i myself as well as friends in Eastern Washington State and nearby Idaho, are also voicing and experiencing similar health issue abnormalities... And i strike it all up to a combination of real radiation plumes (released through rainfall and snow) along with other pollutions blowing in via the Pacific West Coast air flows from Japan and Asia in general...

During this past November 2012 ... i personally experienced continuous (non explainable) nose bleeds ... It did rain up here that entire month ... Note also i have been working outside in all the snowfall we have been getting lately in our region of the country... And as well have been experiencing eye irritation - headaches and sinus swelling problems ... But i also chalk a lot of these health issue problems to the ongoing weather modification (chemtrailing) which definitely affect those with weakened immune systems as well. :(

Blessings Gio

[giovonni]

Again ~ from Jeff Rense ~ http://rense.com/

The latest on Japan's Nuclear Disaster ...

NEW ~ Yoichi Shimatsu
Japan Update
Monday - 1/7/13
Free MP3 - Listen here - http://rense.gsradio.net:8080/rense/special/rense_Shimatsu_010713.mp3
Also ~

NEW ~ Michael Collins
Radiation Update
Monday - 1/7/13
Free MP3 - Listen here - http://rense.gsradio.net:8080/rense/special/rense_Collins_010713.mp3

[giovonni]

with no obvious deformities ...

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Fish caught near crippled Japanese N-plant with 2,500 times the legal limit of radioactivity for human consumption
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2265732/Mike-Murasoi-fish-contaminated-radiation-Fukushima-nuclear-disaster-2-500-times-legal-limit.html

[giovonni]

Title: Fukushima Rescue Mission Lasting Legacy: Radioactive Contamination of Americans
Source: New Jersey Newsroom
Author: ROGER WITHERSPOON
Date: January 31 2013

Over 150 U.S. service members say Fukushima radiation has triggered medical issues —

The Department of Defense has decided to walk away from an unprecedented medical registry of nearly 70,000 American service members, civilian workers, and their families caught in the radioactive clouds blowing from the destroyed nuclear power plants at Fukushima Daiichi in Japan.

The decision to cease updating the registry means there will be no way to determine if patterns of health problems emerge among the members of the Marines, Army, Air Force, Corps of Engineers, and Navy stationed at 63 installations in Japan with their families. In addition, it leaves thousands of sailors and Marines in the USS Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group 7 on their own when it comes to determining if any of them are developing problems caused by radiation exposure.

So far, however, more than 150 service men and women who participated in the rescue mission and have since developed a variety of medical issues – including tumors, tremors, internal bleeding, and hair loss – which they feel were triggered by their exposure to radiation. They do not blame the Navy for their predicament, but are joined in an expanding law suit against the Tokyo Electric Power Company, TEPCO, for providing false information to the US officials about the extent of spreading radiation from its stricken reactors at Fukushima. And the decision by the Defense Department to abandon the registry leaves them on their own. (http://bit.ly/XpfJW5 ) [...]

Statements by service members:

“We stayed about 80 days, and we would stay as close as two miles offshore and then sail away” -Navy Quartermaster Maurice Enis, navigator on the USS Ronald Reagan
“Normal outside radiation exposure is between five and 10 CCPM. And that’s from the sun. At Atsugi [in Kanagawa Prefecture, ~250 kilometers from Fukushima Daiichi], the background readings were between 200 and 300 CCPM in the air. It was all over. The water was radiated. The ground was radiated. The air was radiated.” -Michael Sebourn, senior chief mechanic for the helicopter squadron based at Atsugi
“The rule was if there was anything over a count of 500 you needed special gloves. Over 1,000 CCPM and you needed a Tyvek radiation suit. And if it was over 5,000 you needed an entire outfit – suit, respirator, goggles, and two sets of gloves. You couldn’t put a contaminated radiator back into the helicopters – they had to be replaced. I remember pulling out a radiator and it read 60,000 CCPM.” -Sebourn

Full story here: http://www.newjerseynewsroom.com/nation/a-lasting-legacy-of-the-fukushima-rescue-mission-part-1-radioactive-contamination-of-americ


Related Interview ...

Again ~ from Jeff Rense ~ http://rense.com/

The latest on Japan's Nuclear Disaster ...

NEW ~ Yoichi Shimatsu
Japan Update
Monday - 1/28/13
Free MP3 - Listen here - http://rense.gsradio.net:8080/rense/special/rense_Simatsu_012813.mp3

[giovonni]

From ~ Arnie Gundersen's Fairewinds Energy Education Organization site ...


NOT RETURNING TO NORMAL http://www.fairewinds.org/sites/fairewinds.org/files/imagecache/podcast-node/thumbnail-02-10-2013_0.jpg

What Is Life Like In Northeastern Japan After the Fukushima Daiichi Disaster? Arnie and Kevin talk with Fairewinds board member, Chiho Kaneko, to discuss her recent trip to northeastern Japan. Ms. Kaneko discusses the difficulties of trying to live there surrounded by radioactive contamination, and the psychological pressure people experience as the try to reestablish their lives after the accident...
Listen to the podcast here - http://www.fairewinds.org/content/not-returning-normal

[giovonni]

Radioactive tuna from Fukushima? Scientists eat it up ...

http://www.trbimg.com/img-512c68c0/turbine/la-la-sci-radioactive-tuna-01.jpg-20130225/600

Radiation from the nuclear disaster offers biologists an opportunity to study migrations of fish, turtles and birds across the Pacific. The research could benefit conservation efforts....
Read more - http://www.latimes.com/news/science/la-sci-fukushima-radiation-20130225,0,1220090,full.story

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Also ~ from Jeff Rense ~ http://rense.com/

The latest on Japan's Nuclear Disaster ...

NEW ~ Michael Collins
Radiation Update
Monday - 2/25/13
Free MP3 - Listen here - http://rense.gsradio.net:8080/rense/special/rense_Collins_022513.mp3

And ...

NEW ~ Yoichi Shimatsu
Japan Update
Monday - 2/25/13
Free MP3 - Listen here - http://rense.gsradio.net:8080/rense/special/rense_Shimatsu_022513.mp3

[giovonni]

two years on ... just at the beginning of a long process :(

Published on Mar 11, 2013

"Mass rallies have been held across Japan calling on the government to shun nuclear power. More protests are expected on Monday - exactly two years after a huge earthquake and tsunami triggered the world's worst atomic disaster in 25 years. To assess Japan's recovery and its struggling relationship with nuclear fuel, RT talks to Robert Jacobs - expert in the social and cultural aspects of nuclear technologies, and an Associate Professor at the Hiroshima Peace University."


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZpsFxeBSBw&feature=em-uploademail

[giovonni]

will share this here...

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Is California safe from Fukushima-like nuclear disaster ?

Published on Mar 12, 2013

"Monday marked the two year anniversary of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster in Japan. A massive earthquake caused a tsunami which flooded the powerplant's back up system causing three reactors to melt down and thirteen months ago the Southern California San Onofre nuclear power plant was shut down due to issues with the facilities equipment. RT's Ramon Galindo joins us with the latest information on a report that details the particulars of what went wrong at the San Onofre nuclear plant."


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Of course ... Blame it on the rats ... At this rate perhaps they truly will inherit the earth ...

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From the BBC

Fukushima: Rat linked to outage at Japan nuclear plant ...

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A rat may have caused this week's power outage at Japan's tsunami-hit Fukushima nuclear power plant, says the Tokyo Electric Power Co (Tepco).

The company suspects the rodent may have caused a short-circuit in a switchboard, triggering the power cut.

"We have deeply worried the public, but the system has been restored," Tepco spokesman Masayuki Ono was quoted as saying by AFP news agency.

Two years ago a massive quake-triggered tsunami caused meltdowns at the plant.

The plant was brought under control in December 2011 and Monday's crisis was the first time since then that so many facilities had been affected by electrical failure at the same time, Tepco admits.

The power cut shut down cooling systems for four spent fuel ponds at reactors 1, 3 and 4 on Monday evening, although cooling to the reactors themselves was not affected.

The system cooling water which contained spent - but still highly radioactive - nuclear fuel rods failed and it took engineers some 30 hours to repair the damage.

'Burn marks'

All cooling systems were operational by early Wednesday morning, Tepco said.

It said it found burn marks on a makeshift power switchboard and a 15cm (six-inch) dead animal nearby.

The company released an image of an apparent rodent carcass inside the switchboard unit.

Correspondents say the incident has highlighted the fragility of the rescue operation at Fukushima two years after the meltdowns caused a major release of radiation.

The Japanese government insists that the reactors are in a "cold shutdown" state and no longer releasing high levels of radiation.

But company officials admit they are still using makeshift power systems as they struggle to decommission - or shut down - down the facility, a process expected to take decades.

Source page: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-21867705

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Via - Rense.com

The latest on Japan Nuclear Disaster ...

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