Fukushima Faster Fuel Rod Removal, Blobs Lost, Experimental Radioactive Food update 6/10/13
Channel: onthewaytoextinction
Date: 11/06/2013

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Study: Huge spike in cesium outside Fukushima long after 3/11 — "Incorporation into sediments was almost irreversible"

U.S. nuclear plant leaks into control room — Bed of sand that tank was supposedly resting on "did not exist"

Man dies at U.S. nuclear plant during incident with inflatable castle

State of melted fuel at Fukushima plant unknown — Worker: "We opened the Pandora's box" — Journalist: "We're headed toward a real crisis"

Report: Hope that Louisiana sinkhole could be contained now gone forever after berm collapse — Sobering comparison photos (VIDEO)

Paper: U.S. nuclear site "a true horror story" — Officials should be screaming at top of their lungs in outrage — "Problems could lead to explosions or nuclear reactions" #Hanford

Photo: "Fire broke out at nuclear reactor" — "Plumes of black smoke could be seen from a considerable distance"

California's San Onofre nuclear plant permanently shut down (VIDEO)

Asahi: "Unexpectedly high" number of thyroid cancers in Fukushima children — Experts: Premature to say nuclear disaster played no role

Fairewinds: Radiation levels actually rising in Fukushima — Started going up again last fall (VIDEO)

Japanese Diplomat: We are facing global catastrophe over next 40-100 years because of Fukushima nuclear disaster (VIDEO)

Asahi: Tepco 'failure' may have increased Fukushima radiation release — Concern over 'lethal levels' escaping from ruptured containment vessel

Officials: Giant sinkhole growing in a way "that could not have been predicted"? — "A lot of heads are being put together as we speak"

Watch: New video shows massive section of levee disappeared after days of tremors at Louisiana sinkhole — "Swallowed fairly quickly" overnight Monday

Report: Japanese rice "allegedly caused diarrhea" — Officials told not to send any more donated rice — Locals say gov't is playing with public's health

"Thyroid cancer hits Fukushima" — Japan Official: "We need to take a careful look at it"

Reuters: Another contaminated water leak at Fukushima Daiichi — Nuclear plant in "precarious state"

Kyodo: 27 Fukushima minors with confirmed or suspected thyroid cancer — Almost tripled since last report in February

Officials: Over 400 feet of berm now under water at giant Louisiana sinkhole — Trees sinking up to 10 feet deep (PHOTOS)
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RICE PLANTED IN DECONTAMINATED PADDY IN NAGADORO

People in a village in Fukushima Prefecture have planted rice seedlings in a decontaminated paddy to see if they can resume commercial farming there.

The test planting took place in a 500-square-meter paddy in the Nagadoro District of Iitate Village on Monday.

Nagadoro is the only district in the village listed as uninhabitable for the next 5 years by the central government. Radiation readings top 50 millisieverts per year.

All villagers have evacuated following the 2011 disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.

Last August, decontamination workers removed 5 centimeters of topsoil from the surface of the paddy.
Radioactive cesium in the soil reportedly fell more than 90 percent, from about 20,000 to 1,600 becquerels per kilogram.

Iitate officials plan to harvest rice from the paddy in September. They will dispose of it after analyzing how much cesium the crop contains.

Nagadoro District mayor, Yoshitomo Shigihara, says he is excited about the planting, which is the 1st for the district in 3 years. He says it is tough for farmers to dispose of their produce, but he hopes the test will yield positive results.

Jun. 10, 2013 - Updated 05:44 UTC

FAMILIES OF DECEASED HOSPITAL PATIENTS SUE TEPCO

 The families of hospital patients who died in the confusion of the evacuation from the Fukushima nuclear plant accident have filed a joint lawsuit against the plant operator, Tokyo Electric Power Company.

The lawsuit is being brought by the families of 4 people who were in Futaba Hospital and an adjacent nursing home in Okuma town at the time of the accident. The facilities are about 4 kilometers from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, and within the evacuation zone.

The plaintiffs say their loved ones died because they were stranded in the facilities without necessary medical and nursing services or had to endure a long bus trip to evacuate.

They are demanding about 300,000 dollars each in damages.
The lawyers representing the plaintiffs say that the purpose of the suit is not to get money but to find out why their loved ones lost their lives.

TEPCO officials have declined to comment on the case.

The government says about 230 people were stranded in medical facilities and that 50 of them died during and after evacuation.

Jun. 10, 2013 - Updated 11:21 UTC