Dr. Caldicott & Kono Taro: Japan's Reaction to Fukushima Nuclear Disaster, 3/4
Channel: rumorecurioso
Date: 06/02/2012

http://ifyoulovethisplanet.org/?p=5593
Posted on January 27, 2012

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This week, Dr. Caldicott speaks with Kono Taro for an in-depth look at Japan's reaction to the Fukushima meltdown. Mr. Kono is Director General of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party's International bureau and a fifth-term Member of the House of Representatives in Japan. He is especially critical of the government's pursuit of a so-called 'closed' nuclear fuel cycle whereby plutonium is extracted from spent fuel by nuclear waste re-processing within Japan. Mr. Kono also opposes the building of new nuclear power plants as the government has not dealt with the nuclear-waste issue. Some of the topics Dr. Caldicott and Mr. Kono discuss are the Japanese government and industry reaction to the Fukushima disaster, how Japanese citizens are dealing with the after-effects of the meltdown, the likelihood of birth defects post-Fukushima, radioactive food, whether Japan will continue to rely on nuclear power, the threat of future earthquakes on the island, whether or not Japan has any interest in building nuclear weapons, and the Chinese military presence in the vicinity of Japan. Relevant to this conversation are the articles 
Japanese Govt Kept Secret Worst-Case Scenario Post-Fukushima
https://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/01/22-4
Cesium from Fukushima plant fell all over Japan
http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201111260001
Fukushima cesium 'equals 168 Hiroshimas'
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/asia-pacific/japan/110825/fukushima-radiation-hiroshima-nuclear
After Fukushima: Enough Is Enough by Helen Caldicott
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/02/opinion/magazine-global-agenda-enough-is-enough.html?_r=3&pagewanted=1&emc=eta1
Fukushima: A Nuclear War without a War: The Unspoken Crisis of Worldwide Nuclear Radiation
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=28870
Women Fight to Save Fukushima's Children
http://www.truth-out.org/women-fight-save-fukushimas-children/1320681047
Japan must say no to nuclear!
http://www.newint.org/features/web-exclusive/2011/12/20/japan-must-say-no-to-nuclear/

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