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Channel: Kathy Reed
Date: 2014-03-29

Nuclear plant worker dies in accident
A construction worker at the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant has died following the collapse of a concrete foundation of a warehouse.
The plant's operator, Tokyo Electric Power Company, says the man in his 50s was buried by concrete and soil in the accident on Friday afternoon.
The man was among workers reinforcing the warehouse. He was in a 2-meter-deep hole in the ground at the time of the collapse.
He was pulled out of debris and taken to a hospital, but later died.
The warehouse, about 400 meters north of the plant's No. 1 reactor building, is used to store equipment.
The firm says the fatality is the first to occur due to an accident during work at the plant since the 2011 nuclear disaster, and that it is examining safety management at the site.

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Govt. designates preparation zones for megaquakes
The Japanese government has designated areas that need to bolster their preparations for anticipated massive earthquakes and tsunami.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced the designations on Friday, based on advice from the government council on disaster preparedness.
The latest step is in line with 2 pieces of legislation that came into force last year---one for a powerful temblor hitting right underneath Tokyo and the other for a megaquake along the Nankai Trough in waters south of Japan.
A total of 310 municipalities in Tokyo and 9 neighboring prefectures were designated as areas that need to take urgent steps to prepare for a possible Tokyo quake.
707 municipalities spanning 29 prefectures were named as areas that should step up preparation for a Nankai Trough quake. These areas are projected to be hit by tremors with an intensity of 6-minus or more on the Japanese scale of zero to 7 and tsunami with a minimum height of 3 meters.
It is estimated that 139 municipalities in 14 prefectures would be inundated with water within 30 minutes after a Nankai quake. These communities have been given a special status that makes them eligible for greater state support to prepare for possible tsunami.
Basic government plans to mitigate damage from the 2 anticipated megaquakes were also endorsed.
Local governments are expected to use these plans to strengthen their disaster preparedness in the new fiscal year that starts in April.
Disaster Management Minister Keiji Furuya said on Friday that local governments, residents and the private sector must cooperate to fully prepare for disasters.
He urged local authorities in the designated areas to take thorough measures.

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3 Mile Island...35 years later - When will we ever learn?
Kevin Kamps, Beyond Nuclear, joins Thom Hartmann. This Friday marks the 35th anniversary of the Three Mile Island nuclear disaster. More than three decades later - how safe are our nuclear power plants and how much closer are we to a nuclear-free world?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhA0IAE9DUU

Hanford safety 'stand down' after workers sick from vapors
The KING 5 Investigators have found that another Hanford worker was sickened by exposure to unknown vapors on Thursday afternoon in the area of the Hanford Site where underground nuclear storage tanks are housed. This brings to 18 the total number of employees who have needed medical care since last Wednesday due to the inhalation of toxic vapors.
http://www.king5.com/news/investigators/Hanford-workers-sickened-vapors-252778561.html

Japan's Answer to Fukushima: Coal Power
Many Nuclear Plants Are Too Expensive to Retrofit to Meet Tightened Safety Standards
http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304688104579464942892719528

More Confirmed Cases of Fukushima Thyroid Cancer In Children
http://www.wakingtimes.com/2014/03/27/confirmed-cases-fukushima-thyroid-cancer-children/

Concerns Over Measurement of Fukushima Fallout
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/17/world/asia/concerns-over-measurement-of-fukushima-fallout.html?smid=tw-share&_r=1

School Science Project Reveals High Levels Of Fukushima Nuclear Radiation in Grocery Store Seafood
It is inexcusable that the Canadian government is not testing this seafood. It isn't as if they don't know that it is radioactive. Back in 2012, the Vancouver Sun reported that cesium-137 was being found in a very high percentage of the fish that Japan was selling to Canada...
• 73 percent of the mackerel
• 91 percent of the halibut
• 92 percent of the sardines
• 93 percent of the tuna and eel
• 94 percent of the cod and anchovies
• 100 percent of the carp, seaweed, shark and monkfish
So why was radiation testing for seafood shut down in Canada in 2012?
Read more at http://investmentwatchblog.com/school-science-project-reveals-high-levels-of-fukushima-nuclear-radiation-in-grocery-store-seafood/#4JtSW8gY2XRc2M6t.99