Fukushima is "Unstoppable" & No Prospect for Solution (Nuclear Hotseat #234)
Channel: MsMilkytheclown1
Date: 2015-12-18

Former Official: Fukushima is “unstoppable”… Journalists withholding shocking information… Huge amounts of radiation are pouring out, “very serious” for Pacific Ocean — Plant Chief: “This is something that has never been experienced”… We must invent new science for unprecedented catastrophe http://tinyurl.com/hvd4ygj

Interview with Mitsuhei Murata, former Japanese Ambassador to Switzerland, Nuclear Hotseat with host Libbe HaLevy, Dec 16, 2015: 

    37:45 – Mitsuhei Murata, former Japanese Ambassador to Switzerland: “It’s common knowledge Fukushima is not at all under control.”
    42:45 – Murata: “There is an important findings by a Christian who is engaged in helping people in the disaster area. He made 560 interviews and he has found out that the mothers are extremely worried about the health of children. They say waiting 5 years is the maximum, and even being divorced if necessary, they will emigrate from the actual place. He foresees a large scale movement of residents – evacuations and emigration. He thinks on the occasion of the fifth anniversary — next spring, next March 11th — all data foreign and Japanese journalists have amassed so far will be made public. They must wait for this special occasion, otherwise they couldn’t obtain incomes. This fifth anniversary will be an occasion to disclose this data. This will change completely the atmosphere and he foresees even a social change, just like 3/11 has brought about.”
    44:30 — Murata:  ”We are most seriously worried about the health of children… In Fukushima the government has allowed the residents to come back at 20 millisieverts [per year, compared to Chernobyl's limit of 5 millisieverts per year]… This is most serious humanitarian matter, if we think about the health of children. So I am asserting the evacuation of children is urgently needed.”
    45:30 – Murata: “The most important thing is to let the world know the situation in Fuksuhima is serious. In order to obtain this result, the honorable retreat from Tokyo Olympics is urgently needed — and most effective. I think the whole world needs this because, as you know, it is unstoppable accident. Daily, huge amounts of radiation is coming from the Fukushima site — the Pacific Ocean — there is no prospect for solution. More than 700,000 tons of contaminated water might finally be released into the sea… So the situation of the Pacific Ocean is very serious. That is why I’m asking for an honorable retreat, to cope with the shameful criticism that Japan is now harming the global environment.”

This week’s featured interview Mitsuhei Murata is a career diplomat and former Japanese Ambassador to Switzerland who has been very outspoken in his opposition to Japan’s nuclear policies, especially since Fukushima began in 2011. Recently, his proposal that Japan should seek an “honorable retreat” from the 2020 Olympics because of Fukushima has been gathering international media attention. We learn about the man, how he came to his anti-nuclear position, and what led him to this very public strategy regarding Japan’s intention to host the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo.

Two Very Powerful Videos:
Ground under Fukushima Unit 4 is sinking (More than 30 inches in some areas) Danger of collapse https://youtu.be/vgJOn0Ugltc
and
"A Plea for a Total Ban on Nuclear Energy" by Professor Mitsuhei Murata https://youtu.be/qYOoHfEUmAY

Ambassador Murata’s website:  http://kurionet.web.fc2.com/murata.html or here: http://kurionet.web.fc2.com/murata.html

Counterpunch article by Robert Hunziker featuring Ambassador Murata’s comments on the Olympics:  http://tinyurl.com/zn84vpo

Numnutz of the Week:
Radioactive rice grown in 2013 in Minami-Soma,  declared “not guilty!” of any connection with Fukushima’s leaking, radioactive triple-meltdown only 12 miles/20 km away — this according to Japan’s Nuclear Regulatory Agency (NRA) and the government discontinued the investigation.  BUT – the people, the petition, the City Assembly are pushing back against the nuclear numnutz in power.  Who wins?  Stay tuned…

This Week’s News: 
West Lake Moms under Twitter assault by waste dump owner Republic Services’ paid trolls while the EPA makes excuses (“The dog ate it!”) for not taking control of WWII Manhattan Project nuclear waste and Superfund site.
DUCK! and Cover Reactor Report features reactor cost overruns at Vogtle in GA, steam leak at Peach Bottom near Three Mile Island in PA.
Indian Point 3 driving on expired license only 35 miles from Broadway; at least 10 protesters arrested.
Demonstrations around the world in support of banning the India-Japan Nuclear Agreement.  (For more information, go to:  Nuclear Hotseat #231 – interview with Kumar Sundaram) http://tinyurl.com/gt8gspb
and much much more.

“Honorable Retreat /Tokyo Olympics” – Ambassador Murata Nuclear Hotseat #234 http://tinyurl.com/h778cuk