I was pulling your chain Rastus, but you managed to teach me something new anyway! 

Very interesting!

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1.Sounds like it's still a very big mess Rastus!

2.Thanks for letting us all know to be on the lookout for items from the Fukushima prefecture! It's madness that the USA is going to allow this stuff into the country, LET'S GO BRANDON for real!

3.Radioactive mushrooms? Really that's kind of sick because a nuclear bomb creates a "mushroom cloud" as well... 

4.Wonder if all this radioactivity spewing thru our oceans is the real reason for this sickness (COVID) going around.

5.People want electricity, and they don't care what they have to do to get it. Glad to hear Japan is moving to Geo-Thermal...

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Yo,

R1. Oh yes, that's for sure...Spare a thought for all the elderly & homeless people that are actually doing the work at the plant via gov't orders. A great many would have died by now...And based on the ECRR calculations, that are derived from the real numbers of deaths from Chernobyl, 4-500,000 people are now likely to have died at the 10-year mark...But nothing is said except "Come to the Olympic games folks"...

R2. Madness is a massive understatement...There are cost effective Geiger-counters that can be bought for around 1-200 USD that will check-out food & water for you. Check-out GQ electronics for a GMC-600+ that has alpha-emmitting detection capabilities. Alpha-emitters are short-lived isotopes that are found often in food-stuffs, & this baby should pick-up anything that's still "hot" in your food...That said, lab results are far more superior & accurate, but do you think the gov't will release lab reports to you ?...Get the GMC-600+ ;) !

R3. Caesium 134 & 137 loves to live in mushrooms & berries...Just ask any of the children in the Ukraine...

R4. I would suggest that all the radioactivity lowers one's immune system quite-a-bit, especially over time as it bio-accumulates in your body, & the clock has been going for near 11-years since the start of the Fukushima holocaust...On this basis, & that COrona VIrus Disease actually exists, I say yes, you would contract it easier, & suffer more...That said, the Nuke industry claims that radiation kills the virus, hence, why I think its bollox...We can prove that the  Fukushima nuclear holocaust exists, but we can't prove that the virus exists. Remember that the IAEA & WHO have been in bed together since the late 1950's...

R5. Geo-thermal is a great step forward, but the release of the "Quantum Vacuum Energy Devices" would be much better. They're free, don't pollute, & already exist...

Also, I forgot to mention that the back-ground radiation levels here in Tasmania have increased from 17.0-CPM ( when I first got my GQ GMC-500+ ) to 18.3 CPM...

Here's a link to GQ electronics

https://www.gqelectronicsllc.com/

Yes it does seem they just sweep it under the rug anymore... or should I say just slowly dump all the toxic waste in the sea.

You really should find them Dana videos on YouTube and embed them... 

What if they nuke a nuke plant? What then Rastus?

I have not yet purchased one Rastus... Buying a Geiger Counter or iodine pills right now would be just as crazy as buying a new or used car! High demand brought on by panic...

I live next to several nuclear reactors... one of the waste dumps a town over is rumored to have accepted low level radioative waste from Canada... and of course, I swam in lake Erie more than once... 

In fact, here I am at a local camp ground in Monroe...

If Russia thinks anyone in Michigan or Ohio is worried... well, I got news for them... we aren't! In fact, some of the material used in the bombs we would nuke them with probably came from one of our Fermi reactors! 

Also a little curious why anyone would build a nuclear reactor in close proximity to a volcano... or is Japan itself a volcano like Hawaii? 

SELLC wrote:

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Also a little curious why anyone would build a nuclear reactor in close proximity to a volcano... or is Japan itself a volcano like Hawaii? 

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LOL !!!  Our entire earth is made-up of molten-magma that through shifting of solidified & cooled "plates", releases this magma that then cools, & a new land-mass is created. Volcaoes are naturally-made "vents" from this activity...

Here's the deal with Japan's land-mass since you asked...

Japan, constitutional monarchy in East Asia, comprising four large islands, as well as the Ryukyu Islands and more than 1,000 lesser adjacent islands. It is bounded on the north by the Sea of Okhotsk, on the east by the Pacific Ocean, on the south by the Pacific Ocean and the East China Sea, and on the west by the Korea Strait and the Sea of Japan (East Sea). In Japanese the countrys name is Dai (great) Nihon or Nippon (origin of the Sun), hence, Land of the Rising Sun. The Japanese islands extend in an irregular crescent from the island of Sakhalin (Russia) to the island of Taiwan (Formosa). Japan proper consists of the large islands of Hokkaido, the northernmost; Honshu, the largest, called the mainland; Shikoku; and Kyushu, the southernmost. The combined area of these islands is about 362,000 sq km (140,000 sq mi). The total area of Japan is 377,837 sq km (145,884 sq mi). Tokyo is Japans capital and largest city.

The Kuril Islands, north of Hokkaido and formerly included in Japan proper as Chishimaretto, were occupied by the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) at the conclusion of World War II under an agreement reached at the Yalta Conference in 1945. However, Japan claims the southernmost part of the island chain. Until the unconditional surrender of Japan to the Allied powers on September 2, 1945, the Japanese Empire controlled, in addition to present-day Japan and the Kuril Islands, an area of about 1,651,100 sq km (637,500 sq mi), including Korea, Formosa, Dongbei, the leased territory of Guangdong (Kwangtung), the Pescadores (now P'enghu Islands), Karafuto (the southern half of Sakhalin), and the South Sea Mandated Territories, comprising the Marshall, Mariana (except Guam, a United States possession), and Caroline islands, which were made a Japanese mandate by the Treaty of Versailles in 1919, after World War I.

The islands of Japan are the projecting summits of a huge chain of mountains originally a part of the continent of Asia, from which they were detached in the Cenozoic era. The long and narrow main island, Honshu, measures less than 322 km (200 mi) at its greatest breadth. The coastline of Japan is exceedingly long in proportion to the area of the islands, and totals, with the many bays and indentations, about 24,950 km (15,500 mi). The greatest amount of indentation is on the Pacific coast, the result of the erosive action of the tides and severe coastal storms. The western coast of Kyushu, on the East China Sea, is the most irregular portion of the Japanese coast. Few navigable inlets are found on the eastern coast above Tokyo, but south of Tokyo Bay are many of the best bays and harbours in Japan. Between Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu is the Inland Sea, dotted with islands and connected with the Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Japan by three narrow straits through which oceanic storms rarely pass. The western coast of the islands of Japan, on the almost tideless Sea of Japan, is relatively straight and measures less than 4,830 km (3,000 mi); the only conspicuous indentations in the coastline are Wakasa and Toyama bays in Honshu.

Topographically, Japan is a rugged land of high mountains and deep valleys, with many small plains. Because of the alternating sequence of mountain and valley, and the rocky soil, only an estimated 11 per cent of Japan is arable land.

The Japanese plains lie chiefly along the lower courses of the principal rivers, on plateaux along the lowest slopes of mountain ranges, and on lowlands along the sea coast. The most extensive plains are in Hokkaido: along the Ishikari River in the western part of the island, along the Tokachi River in the south-east, and around the cities of Nemuro and Kushiro on the east-central shore. Honshu has several large plains. The Osaka plain contains the cities of Kbe, Kyoto, and Osaka; the Kant plain is the site of Tokyo; and Nagoya is the main city of the plain of Nobi. The Tsukushi plain is the most important level area in Kyushu.

The mountains of Japan are the most conspicuous feature of the topography. Mountain ranges extend across the islands from north to south, the main chains sending off smaller ranges that branch out laterally or run parallel to the parent range, and frequently descend to the coast, where they form bays and harbours. In the north, the island of Hokkaido is marked by a volcanic range that descends from the Kurils and merges in the south-western part of the island with a chain branching from Point Soya in the north-western tip. These mountains branch into two lines near Uchiura Bay, on the south-western coast, and reappear on the island of Honshu in two parallel ranges. The minor range, situated entirely in the north-east, separates the valley of the Kitakami River from the Pacific Ocean. The main range continues towards the south-west until it meets a mass of intersecting ridges that enclose the plateau of the Shinano River and forms a belt of mountains, the highest in Japan, across the widest part of the island. The highest peak, at 3,776 m (12,389 ft), is Fuji, an extinct volcano near Yokohama, which, because of its unique height and shape, and exceptional beauty, is one of the favourite themes of Japanese art. One of the subsidiary chains in the central mountain mass is called the Japanese Alps because of the grandeur of the landscape; the highest elevation in the chain is Mount Yariga (3,180 m/10,433 ft). Farther south is another chain of high peaks of which Mount Shirane (3,192 m/10,472 ft) is the highest. The islands of Shikoku and Kyushu are dotted with mountain ranges, although none contains any peak higher than Ishizuchi (1,981 m/6,500 ft) on the island of Shikoku. Volcanoes are common in the Japanese mountains; some 200 volcanoes are known, about 50 of which are still active. Thermal springs and volcanic areas emitting gases are exceedingly numerous.

Although Japan is abundantly wateredalmost every valley has a streamno long navigable rivers exist. The larger Japanese rivers vary in size from swollen freshets during the spring thaw or the summer rainy season to small streams during dry weather. Successions of rapids and shallows are so common that only boats of extremely shallow draught can navigate. The longest river in Japan is the Shinano, on Honshu, which is about 370 km (230 mi) long; other large rivers on Honshu are the Tone, Kitakami, Tenryu, and Mogami. The important rivers of Hokkaido include the second-largest river of Japan, the Ishikari, and the Teshio and Tokachi. The Yoshino is the longest river in Shikoku. The many Japanese lakes are noted for their scenic beauty. Some are located in the river valleys, but the majority are mountain lakes, and many are summer resorts. The largest lake in Japan is Biwa, on Honshu, which covers about 685 sq km (265 sq mi).

Earthquakes are frequent in Japan. A survey showed that seismic disturbances, mostly of a minor nature, occurred more than three times a day. Geological research has shown that, possibly under the continuous impact of these disturbances, the western coast of the Japanese islands is settling, while the Pacific coast is rising. The eastern coast is subject to earthquakes affecting large areas and usually accompanied by great tidal waves; these shocks seem to begin at the bottom of the ocean near the north-eastern coast of Honshu, where a gigantic crater is thought to exist more than 8 km (5 mi) below the surface. The most disastrous earthquake in Japanese history occurred in 1923. It was centred in Sagami Bay and damaged Tokyo and Yokohama; about 150,000 people were killed by the earthquake and its aftermath. The most damaging post-war earthquake was the Great Hashin Earthquake of 1995, which struck the port of Kbe and killed some 5,000 people; its magnitude was roughly 7 on the Richter scale.

The Japanese islands extend through approximately 17° of latitude, and Japans climatic conditions vary widely. Average mean temperatures range from about 5° C (41° F) in Nemuro (Hokkaido) to about 16° C (61° F) on Okinawa. Short summers and severe long winters characterize Hokkaido and the northern part of Honshu. The severity of the winters is caused in great part by the north-western winds blowing from Siberia and the cold Okhotsk (or Oyashio) Current, which flows south into the Sea of Japan. To the south and east of this region the winters are considerably moderated by the influence of the warm Kuroshio (or Japan) Current. In Shikoku, Kyushu, and southern Honshu the summers are hot and humid, almost subtropical, and the winters are mild with comparatively little snow. Japan lies in the path of the south-eastern monsoons, which add considerably to the oppressive humidity of the summers. Yearly precipitation ranges from about 1,015 mm (40 in) on Hokkaido to 3,810 mm (150 in) in the mountains of central Honshu. From June to October tropical cyclones, also called typhoons, occur: they can cause great damage, especially to shipping.

The most important natural resources of Japan are primarily agricultural. Although arable land is limited, Japan has some of the highest crop yields per land area sown in the world, and the country produces about 71 per cent of its food. Japans large hydroelectric power potential has been extensively developed, but mineral resources are limited. The country is obliged to import most of its mineral requirements. Geothermal power is a potentially great, as yet unexploited, resource.

Japan is divided into 47 prefectures. The prefectures include Okinawa, which was occupied by the United States after World War II and returned to Japan in 1972.

In recent decades the Japanese economy has expanded rapidly. The industrial base of Japan has shifted from light industries to heavy industries, chemicals, and electronics, which together constitute at least two-thirds of the total value of yearly exports. In 2000, the annual gross national product of Japan was US$4,519 billion (World Bank figure), one of the largest in the world, yielding a per capita income of US$35,620. The national budget for 1993 included revenues of US$893 billion and expenditures of US$1,013 billion.

Before and during World War II much of the Japanese economy was controlled by about a dozen wealthy families, collectively called the zaibatsu (wealth cliques). The greatest of these families were the Mitsui, Iwasaki (operating under the company name Mitsubishi), Sumitomo, and Yasuda; they controlled most of the coal, iron, pulp, and aluminium industries. In 1945 and 1946 family ownership of these immense trusts was dissolved by the Allied occupation authorities. The business organizations remained intact, however, and have since acquired even greater economic power by expanding into shipping, banking, and other industries.

Following the bursting of the so-called bubble economy in the early 1990s, Japan entered a prolonged period of relative economic stagnation. Chief causes were heavy corporate debts (partly concealed by Japanese accounting practices), aggravated by a collapse in property prices and a slump in share values. These factors combined to devalue the assets of both companies and individuals, leading to low consumer confidence, poor sales, and very cautious investment. Japan was not directly affected by the Asian economic crisis of the mid-1990s, as its own crisis was already under way, with many banks and companies technically insolvent. Politicians and bureaucrats attempted to tackle Japans various interlocking economic problems with various methods, including market-opening reforms and public spending boosts, but with little effect. By the end of the decade, the Japanese economic model once held up as an example to the world had clearly run its course and was badly in need of complete restructuring.

Japan is among the worlds leading countries in the annual production of electricity. About 59 per cent of the electricity is generated in thermal plants using coal or petroleum products; hydroelectric facilities account for about 8 per cent, and nuclear power plants around 30 per cent. In 1993 Japan had an installed electricity-generating capacity of 213 million kW, and the output of electricity in 1999 was some 1,018 billion kWh.

Lacking adequate domestic energy resources, Japan depends on fuel imports to meet its energy needs. Because of improvements in energy efficiency and conservation, Japans annual growth in energy consumption decreased from 6.1 per cent during the period from 1965 to 1980 to 1.9 per cent during the period from 1980 to 1988, while the share of annual merchandise imports represented by imported fuels dropped from 19 per cent to 14 per cent.

SELLC wrote:

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Rastus wrote:

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SELLC wrote:

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We were starting to wonder if they snuffed you out the other night! Glad to see you pulled thru!

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Oh yeah, I know this deal well & truly now-days, since the "stuff" is generally always around my place. I don't say much about it, because I really, really like it lol ! But every-now-&-then, I guess they pour / sprinkle / spray a little too much...

I washed the bed-sheets etc etc, & managed a good 12-hr rest...And then I placed my face in my tea-towl, took a deep breath, & wha-la, high-as-a-kite in a really nice way...( eg, BP is a more manageable 180 / 110 @ 100 bpm ...And it usually peaks & hangs around for 15-20 minutes or so. The thing with it on your bed-sheets, is that you're exposed to it for as long as you can handle it. It's not just a quick passing, contact.

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Are you suggesting someone is sprinking cocaine around on your bed ? Because, eh... that's something that will constrict your arteries and cause high blood pressure.

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Yo,

I honestly don't know what it is, I've only ever smoked sheeba earlier in my life, & on the rare occasion that it presents itself for purchase now-days...So I have no idea of comparison, as I don't know what the effects are.

I suggest that around $250:00 per gram for Coke, they're not going to give it away to me LOL ! ( At least this was the whispered price of the shyte around 20-years ago )...

* Sheeba also stays in your system / body fat for up-tp 6-months...Since I'm an internationally qualified marine engineer officer, drug tests are-the-go all-the-time when accepting & working on a contract, so it pays to keep your system clean.

Also, this stuff leaves no chemical signature, since after around 20-minutes away from a source-of-contamination, you're fine. This also means that when "Murder Inc." comes knocking on your door, you can have heart-failure & die, whilst the evidence simply evaporates away with your body-heat whilst the ambulance is traveling down the road to try & save your sorry-ass.

The above reality makes one wonder why the authorities created COrona VIrus Disease 2019, when all they have to do is spray-this-shit into an elderly persons vicinity, & you know the rest...

To be quite honest, I'm glad that "things are back to normal", where "everyone" is monitoring my movements, from the truckies, to cab-drivers, to the average Joe-blow on the street. So I'm perfectly safe, likely even more so than your POTUS. And all this exposure means nothing will happen will it ???...

They've made me too popular, so I'm a celebrity of some-sort LOL !

You make a good point...

Well I guess people working in energy can spare $250 a gram to make it look like you're a coke-head! 

That's all I can come up with... what is the name of the shit they give people OD'ing on Coke? Has to be in that family then... 

Or perhaps you're just trying to tell us you have a serious coke problem and throw it around on your sheets like in the movie "Departed"?

With great power comes great responsibility.

Yo,

Clearly, when looking through the bollox, & gauging by the final paragraph of the above article, we have not learned a thing, & would rather put money before life itself...

qt."Balancing pragmatism with public trust"...

"If the Fukushima experience is to act as a near-miss, a warning that society heeds, so as to avoid a repeat catastrophe, Japans nuclear industry will need to redeem its reputation by revamping itself and regaining the publics trust. The aftermath of the Fukushima disaster is strong in the public memory, but given the energy needs of the country, the number of Japanese in favor of restarting nuclear reactors is slowly growing. Even with public support, though, the economic viability of nuclear energy will remain an issue. Both public and private sector actors need to pave a path for regulations to be adequate and for compliance to be economically feasible. A framework to improve and update technology and safety is a necessary first step, but efforts to revamp regulation of the nuclear industry should also include a sufficient cost-benefit analysis to determine which possible risks to prioritize. Whether or not there is another Fukushima will depend on the ability of both regulators and the industry to pursue measures for crisis planning that sufficiently address public security and are economically feasible in the long-term".


What a crock-'o"-bollox...Gluttons for punishment it seems.

No nukes is good nukes.

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You know it's Friday... I sure could go for a basket of freshly caught wild cod Fish-N-Chips !

Sorry, I'm a glutton !

And so is the rest of the world ! We are thirsty for that raw energy power ! BIG-BIG Money ! Regulated Monopoly... We're talking Nukes here pal ! Did you think the opening scene of the Simpsons cartoon was a joke ?...

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Heck no, we've known about this stuff for decades yo !

I'd be more than willing to help Japan re-poupulate!

Just let them know to have their woman send me a photo and a short letter (in English) giving me some details about themselves...

But seriously Rastus, what else could you or I even do about this? It seems widespread... not just limited to Japan! Which by the way runs something like a 240+% of GDP deficit. 

Some people say the Jab is causing sterilizations or whatnot... and some say that other toxic materials are also prevalent....

I might remind you Rastus,

https://www.georgiapower.com/company/news-center/2023-articles/vogtle-unit-3-reaches-100-percent-energy-output.html

They just turned on the THIRD of FOUR reactors in Gerogia... Gotta have that power! Right?

SELLC wrote:

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1.I seen this the other day in circulation on the MSM.

2.That is an incredible amount of toxic waste ! When you see things like this it really makes you wonder -- WTF is going to happen?

3.Anyone you know have the math skills to break all that down to see how much the actual dilution will be by the time it makes its way around our way ? (b) Because Canada recently had some wildfires that pretty much smoked us out over here in Michigan for a few days with air quality that was registered as the worst in the WORLD at one time ! (c) Then we see these sands from Africa landing in South America...(d) The winds of change ? (e) Well what about wrath of tides ? (f) How long and far is this shyte going to float about and when and where will it settle ?

4.I can't help but to feel there is a sick irony to Japan nuking the rest of the coastal world with their toxic radioactive waste... (b)After WWII we helped to build Japan back up and if you look at the areas now they are VERY fancy and dense ! (c) Is Japan going to do something similar to offset these radioactive dumps ? (d) It's for sure very unsettling as a fish eater! 

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R1. Cool.

R2. Over 2,000 diseases is what's happening to animals & humans, plus over 4-million of the 8-million species are extinct already. This is why some ET's have space-arks ready to repopulate the globe, should we perish. The ET's, & the cabal already have these technologies to repair the globe with. The cabal want the planet for themselves, & world population down to 500,000,000 max. That's what Agenda 21 was all about, & other things like COrona VIrus Disease...

R3.(a) The maths is easy, the problem is facts from TEPCO to calculate with. Different fish migrate to different places ( if they make it ). It's the lucky-dip & chance you take Stellar.

     (b) The smoke would have been radioactive Stellar, since most of the fallout from Fukushima landed on Canada & the US-of-A. Florida got the most of it apparently.

     (c) It makes you wonder how much DU from the Ukraine has landed on you too.

     (d) Yes, mother nature.

     (e) Yes, mother nature again.

     (f) Whilst there are nuclear power-plants in operation, the shyte will always be produced...Look-out down-winders.

R4.(a) The US-of-A via the IAEA gave it to them. And Japans engineers at the time warned Westinghouse about tsunamis, but they built on low-ground regardless, to save money.

     (b) And now they're paying you back.

     (c) Stellar, in the Fuku-thread, I calculated out years ago, that there was only about 4-months worth of toxic water stored on-site. Everyday, over 400-tonnes of toxic water    flow into the Pacific, & continues to this day. That's about 1,753,200 tonnes of toxic water up to the 12-year mark, 3-months ago & counting.

     (d) The whole world got nuked Stellar. We are living in the aftermath...

*  The best thing to offset the radionuclides is to take a Magnesium & Calcium tablets daily.

** You also pointed out years ago, that the earthquake was deliberately set-off. I reckon you are correct in this assessment, especially after watching Eric J Hecker's videos / testimony in the UFO thread. Remember that when Raytheon fired-up the directional-weapon-system in Antarctica, that it miss-fired, & Christchurch in NZ had an earthquake. Back round 2011, the world economic crisis hit Japan the hardest, & it's likely they told the US-of-A to go *uck themselves, with the result being the tsunami & Fukushima...

Look at the devastation caused...And even today, they have a gun-to-their-head, & are firing up their nuke-plants. The US-of-A's cabal / secret government is a woeful SOB. It's going down, & the ET's are helping liberate us from this evil.

Too bad you're too blind to see or understand my friend. I'll keep trying however.

Yo,

It's only been about 4-months, but I did find an update about the destroyed nuclear power-plants...It's worth posting since it reveals the words being used by the press to cover-up the disaster & make it look less dangerous, even though nuke activity has already wiped-out 4 of the 8 million different species of life on the planet, & counting...

Anyhow, be warned in advance, that the report states "fuel-pools", but doesn't indicate what building...Building No.4 was blown to pieces, with nothing but a skeletal shell remaining on the lower levels of a once 10-story building. See attached photo for edification, & treat all of this report as suspicious...But it's all they're leaking lol ! ( Bad choice of words )

Anyhow, remember that Fukushima "is" climate change, & that no nukes is good nukes...


July 5, 2024
Fukushimas Forever Quagmire of Radiation Hazards
by John Laforge

The Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant after the 2011 Thoku earthquake and tsunami.

Earthquakes routinely threaten reactor site

The dumping of radioactive wastewater from the rubbished Fukushima nuclear reactor site in Japan was suspended for a day last March, after a 5.98-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of the site, the Malaysia Star and Arab News Japan report. Tokyo Electric Power Co. (Tepco) said through a spokesperson that it halted operation of its liquid waste filtering system (APLS), but that no abnormalities were detected, and no leak of radiation was detected. The comic choice of words implies that dumping radiation-emitting liquid waste into the Pacific Ocean is not abnormal and that the wastes radioactive tritium, strontium, carbon, and cesium cant be detected. The filtering system was restarted later the same day after Japans Meteorological Agency said there was no threat of a tsunami. The shutdown was the first time Tepcos waste dispersal was interrupted by earthquake activity.

Radioactive wastewater leaks lead to promises of improvement

On Feb. 7, 2024, Tepcos faulty wastewater filtering system leaked over 1.5 tons of highly radioactive cooling water which spread across the ground. The worker-caused spill forced Tepco to promise in April that it would install piping and ventilation intended to make any future spewing of wastewater fall inside the building. The plan puts workers in danger, and the vent ports would release radioactive gases to the open air. Last October, an accident at the same liquid processing site sprayed five workers, directly exposing them to radioactive materials likely including tritium, carbon-14, strontium, cesium, iodine, cobalt, and other deadly radionuclides. Chinas Xinhjua News Agency reported: Amid raging credibility and safety concerns among the Japanese public following a series of accidents at the crippled plant, [Tepco] and the Japanese government have been frequently challenged for the ocean discharge as the decommissioning process remains ambiguous.

Extracting melted fuel and wreckage from radioactive hellscape

Destroyed reactors 1, 2, and 3 at Fukushima wrecked by the 2011earthquake, a devastating tsunami, and a string of explosions have about 880 tons of melted fuel which has burned into or through the reactors foundations. Tepco and Japans government intend to remove this fiercely radioactive wreckage and abandon it somewhere else. According to the Arab News in Japan, the melted fuel and the surrounding structures are so ferociously hot and radioactive that remote-controlled robots have repeatedly broken down in the harsh, underwater environment. (Water is continually poured over the melted fuel to keep it from overheating further.) Last March, Japans Nuclear Damage Compensation and Decommissioning Facilitation Corp. came forward with a few ideas for removing the wrecked fuel, etc., something never before attempted at a site devastated by the worlds first-ever earthquake-tsunami-meltdown. This government wrecking crew has recommended: 1) removing the lethal debris while exposing it in the air, and 2) solidifying the wreckage in place using a filler like concrete. The government also suggested a plan to submerge entire reactor facilities under water after constructing a giant pool-like structure around them. Theoretically, robots would then approach, grasp, and withdraw the deadly debris while the surrounding water partially shielded workers from radiation.

G-7 Leaders Offer Political Cover for Japans ocean dumping

In an off-agenda move widely seen as a winking promise to protect the nuclear reactor industry, the Group of Seven corporate capitalist states (Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the UK and the US) endorsed Japans dumping of radioactive wastewater into the ocean at its summit in Italy June 15, the Nippon News Agency reported. We support Japans safe, transparent and science-based process to responsibly manage the discharge, the G-7 statement said. Millions of people and more than 20 countries on the Pacific Rim and beyond have objected to Japans dumping set to last another 40 years of over 1.3-million tonnes of radioactive wastewater into the global commons. The discharge is so patently unsafe, so shrouded in long-term unknowns, and so clearly in violation of the International Atomic Energy Agencys own scientific guidelines (which the IAEA itself is ignoring), that the G-7s nod can be seen as industrial push-back against dumping protests in Japan, China, Russia, South Korea, and the Pacific Island Forum of 17 states.

Landslide Threat Endangers Cooling Pool

Earthquakes routinely strike the Fukushima area of northeast Japan, threatening 1,000 large tanks holding 1.3 million tons of contaminated wastewater, and endangering the structural integrity of cooling pools holding extremely radioactive used fuel rods (often called spent fuel). In January 2024 alone, there were over 18 earthquakes in the region with magnitudes of between 2.8 and 3.7. In February there were at least 23, with one measuring magnitude 6.1.

Quakes pose another threat to the six-reactor site. According to Nuclear Engineering International for April 17, a possible landslide off of massive mountain slope could shut down the large waste fuel cooling pond next to the slope. The pool holds 5,197 waste fuel assemblies the article notes, and Akira Ishiwatari, a geologist and federal Nuclear Regulation Authority commissioner, told the magazine, A landslide could occur on the slope in the event of a minor earthquake or even without any tremor. The authority is concerned that if sediment from a landside flowed into the pool, the nuclear fuel would no longer be cooled and, in the worst-case scenario, could eventually melt, the magazine said.

Tepco has said a landslide would not affect the cooling pond, but to avert the danger its announced plans to excavate 100,000 cubic meters from the slope over the next ten years.

Ibaraki prefecture wants halt of edible tree shoot shipments after radioactive cesium found

Another prefecture in Japan has asked for a halt to shipments of a popular edible wild food after it was found contaminated with high levels of cesium-137, a radioactive toxin dispersed in large quantities by the triple Fukushima meltdowns of March 2011. Cesium-137 stays in the environment for 300 years and was spread long distances from the disaster site, Mainichi Japan reported April 13. Kitaibaraki town in Ibaraki prefecture is 134 miles from Fukushima, and the government found cesium contamination in angelica tree shoots at twice the level allowed by Japanese authorities. Restrictions on shipping wild mushrooms and koshiabura, a species of edible flowering plant, are still enforced across wide areas of Ibaraki. Cesium testing began after the meltdowns that followed the record-breaking 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami which left 19,000 dead or missing. In our Spring 2024 Quarterly, Nukewatch reported that edible foods up to 292 miles from Fukushima were still being found highly tainted with cesium-137, which emits beta and gamma radiation and accumulates in muscle and reproductive organs.