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“The number of children and grandchildren with cancer in their bones, with leukemia in their blood, or with poison in their lungs might seem statistically small to some, in comparison with natural health hazards. But this is not a natural health hazard—and it is not a statistical issue. The loss of even one human life, or the malformation of even one baby—who may be born long after we are gone—should be of concern to us all. Our children and grandchildren are not merely statistics toward which we can be indifferent.”

John F. Kennedy, July 26th, 1963

Saturday, December 21, 2013

Fukushima disaster deepens with new errors

From: China Daily

NARAHAJapan - In this farming town in the evacuation zone surrounding the strickenFukushima Daiichi nuclear power plantworkers in surgical masks and rubber gloves arescraping off radioactive topsoil in a desperate attempt to fulfill the government's vow to allowmost of Japan's 83,000 evacuees to returnYetevery time it rainsmore radioactivecontamination cascades down the hillsides.
Thousands of workers and a small fleet of cranes are preparing for one of the latest efforts toavoid a deepening environmental disasterremoving spent fuel rods from the damaged Numberreactor building and storing them in a safer place.
The government announced September 3 that it would spend $500 million on new steps tostabilize the plantincluding an even bigger projectthe construction of a frozen wall to block aflood of groundwater into the contaminated buildingsThe government is taking control of thecleanup from the plant's operatorthe Tokyo Electric Power Company.
The triple meltdown at Fukushima in 2011 is already considered the world's worst nuclearaccident since ChernobylThe new efforts were developed in response to accidents,miscalculations and delays that have plagued the cleanup effortleading to the release ofenormous quantities of contaminated water.
Analysts are beginning to question whether the government and the plant's operatorknown asTepcohave the expertise to manage such a complex crisisThey say Tepco has resorted toquickineffective fixes.
Fukushima disaster deepens with new errors
"Japan is clearly living in denial," said KiyoshiKurokawaa medical doctor who led an investigationlast year into the causes of the accident. "Waterkeeps building up inside the plantand debris keepspiling up outside of it."

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