ENENEWS Update 12-31-13

[DeSwiss]

Japan (Fukushima)


01:24 PM EST on December 31st, 2013
9 quakes hit same area near Fukushima border in past few hours — New island along ‘Ring of Fire’ south of Tokyo now over 15 times initial size in a month — Professor: “Massive volcanic eruption… We should pay close attention” (VIDEOS)

09:41 AM EST on December 31st, 2013
Forbes: ''This is outrageous'' — Homeless people are being sold to companies and put to work on Fukushima radiation – Gov’t-funded shelter supplying gangsters with workers (VIDEOS)

11:39 PM EST on December 30th, 2013
UPI: Quake rocks northeast Japan — Intensity 5- out of 7 on seismic scale — Mainichi: M5.4 quake jolts eastern Japan — Near Fukushima border, buildings rocked in Tokyo (MAP)

09:23 PM EST on December 29th, 2013
UN Official ‘Astounded’: Homeless are taken to work in Fukushima, ready to die — Pastor: “At end of month, they’re left with no pay” — Police: They end up in debt to employers after food and housing fees deducted (VIDEO)

01:16 PM EST on December 29th, 2013
Gundersen: Nuclear fuel has been moved by groundwater at Fukushima Daiichi — It’s time to walk away from plant for next 100 years once there’s an underground sarcophagus — Much more difficult to contain than Chernobyl (VIDEO)

08:47 PM EST on December 28th, 2013
Steam coming from Fukushima Unit 3 reactor building — Observed multiple times this week

03:57 PM EST on December 28th, 2013
Epidemiologist back from Fukushima: “We’re talking about a sacrifice zone and millions of people live in this area” — Exceeds allowable radiation dose for nuclear workers 40 kilometers from Fukushima plant (VIDEO)

10:32 AM EST on December 28th, 2013
Engineer: 6 experts say nuclear explosion at reactor is possible — NRC: Fukushima Unit 3 explosion had 3 loud bangs, much larger than Unit 1 blast — Tokyo professor’s presentation adds question mark: “Hydrogen explosion of Reactor #3?” (VIDEO)

07:34 PM EST on December 27th, 2013
Radio: Experts warn ocean currents spreading Fukushima contamination across world — Official 4,000 miles away: Radiation in seafood imports increased noticeably; Time for all stakeholders to be on alert (AUDIO)

02:31 PM EST on December 27th, 2013
Reports: Highly significant quantity of fission products are flushed into environment by water used on Fukushima molten fuel, including plutonium and curium — Radioactivity to recirculate for many generations in ocean food chain, meat content will increase with time

10:38 AM EST on December 27th, 2013
Experts: Fukushima disaster victims to include up to 600,000 deaths, over 100,000 still-births, and over 100,000 children with genetic deformations

08:55 AM EST on December 26th, 2013
IAEA Paper: Corium was not cooled in majority of tests using water injected from above, as done at Fukushima — Were studying how to stop molten core from melting through concrete

04:34 PM EST on December 25th, 2013
TV: Fukushima fish making it to stores, loads brought into port daily — Experts: Very, very high cesium levels in sediments; Most fish in area are radiated — Lab: We’ve never found radiation, it’s safe — Tepco: It’s pretty much under control, fences keep pollution out of ocean (VIDEO)

09:26 AM EST on December 25th, 2013
Fukushima Mother: ‘Strange smell’ at start of nuclear disaster — Health of entire family has deteriorated — More people who stayed have died, more kids have leukemia and cancer — All our thyroid exams turned out totally different when tested in Tokyo (VIDEO)

01:58 PM EST on December 23rd, 2013
Previously unpublished map from gov’t scientists shows Fukushima plume already at Alaska coast (PHOTO)

12:26 AM EST on December 23rd, 2013
Japan experts voice alarm over “surge in cancers among young in Fukushima” — Gov’t told to “implement measures now” and be prepared for surge to increase further


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US/Canada


01:17 AM EST on December 31st, 2013
Gundersen: U.S. Navy sailors suffered horrific radiation exposures off Fukushima coast — Massive government cover-up going on for many years (VIDEOS)

09:26 PM EST on December 30th, 2013
Former MSNBC host told not to warn people about Fukushima meltdowns: “The official gov’t position is that it’s safe” — “Now go explain that to people who served on the USS Ronald Reagan” (VIDEO)

05:12 PM EST on December 30th, 2013
Lead Researcher: Fukushima pollution may be causing sea star epidemic on West Coast — Sea urchins, sea cucumbers also affected — “Something’s making them susceptible”… “It’s unlike anything we’ve seen”… “Populations go locally extinct overnight, literally”

03:24 PM EST on December 30th, 2013
LA Times: Experts suggest bald eagle deaths are related to Fukushima radiation — Idaho officials reporting similar sickness — “It’s hard to have your national bird in your arms, going through seizures” (AUDIO)

06:29 PM EST on December 29th, 2013
Newspaper: Unprecedented declines in Alaska king salmon… related to impact from Fukushima? No comment, says NOAA biologist — Record low numbers seen in major fishery on Canada’s west coast, “alarming decrease”

09:35 AM EST on December 29th, 2013
‘High Alert’: Mystery illness killing bald eagles in Western U.S. — Wings paralyzed, full blown seizures — Experts: “Very big concern”… “Never seen anything like this”… “We just don’t know what’s going on” (VIDEOS)

12:31 PM EST on December 28th, 2013
Navy Times: Now 70+ men & women report suffering from Fukushima radiation — Testicle removal, optic nerve removal, leukemias, polyps… were in their early 20s with good health (VIDEO)

02:05 AM EST on December 28th, 2013
Experts: Fukushima can’t be excluded as factor in sea stars turning to goo along West Coast; It hasn’t been ruled out — They’re “particularly proficient” at absorbing radioisotopes; 1,000 times more plutonium than fish (AUDIO)

02:19 PM EST on December 25th, 2013
Official: Expect airborne radiation releases from Fukushima to increase — Seafood catches off U.S. Pacific coast more likely to be contaminated than ones far closer to Japan — ‘Gravest danger’ to public is if they eat these products

06:44 PM EST on December 24th, 2013
New model shows U.S. was hit by Fukushima cloud that dispersed little over Pacific — Gundersen: Authorities knew about hot particles and didn’t warn public; Could have worn air masks, instead it’s stuck in their lungs; Helicopters did secret survey along coast (PHOTO & AUDIO)

10:43 PM EST on December 23rd, 2013
6-foot tsunami that hit near New Jersey nuclear plant may be first of its kind in U.S. — People injured, swept out to sea by wave detected as far as Puerto Rico — NOAA said continental shelf may have slumped, now suspects ‘atmospheric event’ (VIDEO)

09:50 AM EST on December 23rd, 2013
Reports: “You can expect an enormous amount of cancers” around Pacific — “We’re all at risk, this radiated water is going to hit right here” in U.S. — We’re at top of food chain, so we get highest radiation dose — 35+ people now suffering cancer after U.S. rescue mission off Fukushima (VIDEO)


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World


09:12 AM EST on December 27th, 2013
Post-Fukushima Report: Concern over Plutonium and Uranium being deposited and re-concentrating far away — Isotopes transfer to land via sea spray, aerosols, flooding — Human exposure by inhalation, food, contact

11:17 PM EST on December 25th, 2013
Russian Experts: Fukushima pollution spreads all over Earth, clearly a large amount of fish, seaweeds, and everything in ocean has been polluted — These products are the main danger for mankind as they can end up being eaten by people on a massive scale

09:04 PM EST on December 22nd, 2013
NY Post: Snow falling on Navy ship caused by Fukushima radioactive steam… “Is that aluminum foil I taste?” — Sailor: People were defecating on themselves in hallways from excruciating diarrhea — Officer: We saw radiation 300 times ‘safe’ levels (VIDEO)

[NYC_SKP]

1. "ENEnews" is not a reliable source. They misrepresent themselves and the facts.

They sow fear and uncertainty. A lot of their links are broken or go to other unreputable sites.

ENEnews represents itself to be a new source dedicated to energy, energy sources, generation, news about energy.

ENENews is an online service dedicated to covering the latest energy-related developments.

But anyone who spends any time there quickly finds that it's only purpose is to spread fear and misinformation about nuclear power.

Do a search on the site for "solar" or "wind" and it will loop you back to stories about nuclear.

Go ahead. Try it.

Nuclear power has enough factual bad news-- we don't need to mislead people to make the right energy decisions.

....or maybe you left out the sarcasm thingy?

[SidDithers]

3. +1...

Well said.

Sid

[longship]

5. "We don't need to mislead people to make the right energy decisions."

Indeed. And Energy News is the FUD site of choice for people who are anti-nuke but don't give a shit about the science or the facts.

I am anti-nuke power but I do care about the science and the facts. That's why I say that Energy News is made up rubbish (which it is).

[NYC_SKP]

6. Every article I've checked has been guilty of mulitple lies. For example:

Showing an map image from a computer simulation as an actual occurrence, falsely labeling officially release documents.

I get tired of proving it, they're just full of crap.

Happy New Year, longship!

[longship]

8. And they cite that kook, Arnie Gundersen!

Who calls himself a nuclear power operator when apparently the only reactor he's operated was a 100 watt research reactor at university that generated no power.

The guy is like Bill Donahue of the Catholic League, he's just one guy (and apparently his wife) and a video production facility who sells himself as an expert on something for which he is uniquely unqualified, and has an agenda and no scruples about lying to achieve it. And he does it for profit!

Indeed, Happy New Year to you as well, and all DUers.

Skäl!

[pa28]

2. Thanks for the updates. I always find something new when I visit ENE.

[DeSwiss]

4. De nada.

[fredamae]

7. This US Senator Says No One Is Monitoring.........

"U.S. SENATOR ADMITS: NO FEDERAL AGENCY CHECKIN FOR FUKUSHIMA RADIATION IN OCEAN; AND DON'T EXPECT ANY DUE TO BUDGET CUTS!"

http://www.turnerradionetwork.com/news/74-mjt

[DeSwiss]

9. Well, you know......

- If there were any reason to worry, they'd have told us, right?

''We do not expect harmful levels of radiation to reach the U.S.''