Enenews Headlines For 9/11/2013

• Japan Nuclear Expert: I was “flabbergasted” by Olympic speech — Fukushima reactors are destroyed and constantly leaking in ocean — Contamination being dumped into sea via groundwater — PM: “It’s contained in 0.3 square-km area of harbour”
• Japn Times: Prime Minister telling “outright lies”? — Experts: Nuclear material “has kept gushing into Pacific far beyond man-made bay” — Fukushima fisherman: “He must be kidding… he doesn’t know what’s going”
• AFP: Fears that Fukushima melted reactor cores have “eaten through” concrete of containment vessel — Tepco plan claims fuel to be removed at same time as 2020 Olympics in Tokyo
• Recent tests reveal more trouble at Fukushima — Tokyo Professor: “New radioactive materials are flowing nonstop from wrecked reactor buildings into sea”
• NHK: Contaminated water problem “getting more serious” at Fukushima — Nuclear waste water flowing into Pacific discussed by Gov’t task force
• NHK Special: Farmer in Fukushima no-go zone “has spotted certain abnormalities in his herd” — Cancer Professor: “I wonder what the discoloration is… study could also be relevant to humans” (VIDEO)
• Japan Nuclear Expert: “I’m totally fed up” — Fukushima fisherman: “Radioactive water is getting more and more serious”
• Exclusive Report: Congressmen request hearing on “key issue” of whether radioactive pollution from Fukushima will affect U.S.

Enenews Headlines For 9/10/2013

• Radio: Problems looming at Fukushima plant; Soil unstable, area prone to liquefaction — CBC: If fuel pool comes down, release could be dozens of times larger than Chernobyl (AUDIO)
• Gundersen: Spent fuel rod(s) likely to break when pulled from Fukushima Unit 4 — Racks have been distorted and fuel overheated — Suspects some will be stuck for long, long time (AUDIO)
• Editorial: “Seawater is being poisoned at a continuous rate” from Fukushima plant — Source of life on which our lives depend is being corrupted
• Nuclear Consultant: Ice wall will have to be maintained for “several hundred years” if ever installed at Fukushima plant (AUDIO)
• Japan Times: Professor equates Tepco with Homer Simpson — NYTimes: The gov’t is taking us for fools -Fukushima refugee (AUDIO)
• New site with high levels of radiation at Fukushima — Urgent problem says IAEA, experts to examine massive water build-up on site — Found ” immediately after” PM told Olympics it’s under control — May hamper plan to dump groundwater in sea –
• Expert: “Ban all fish from Japan” — Cesium-137 absorbed by human body has 30 year half-life

Enenews Headlines For 9/9/2013

• Gundersen: Fukushima reactor cores are in crisis as bad as ‘China Syndrome’ (AUDIO)
• NPR: Melted reactor cores’ radioactivity being carried out to sea — Expert warns saltwater will flow into Fukushima plant if ice wall is installed; “Even if it works, it might not be a good thing… can have unintended consequences” (AUDIO)
• Pro-Nuclear Journalist: “It’s shocking we don’t know where the fuel is” at any of the 3 reactors that had meltdowns at Fukushima (AUDIO)
• Radio: In the history of science we’ve never seen anything like this radioactive plume from Fukushima heading across Pacific to U.S and Canada — Why is Japan allowed to get away with contaminating ocean? (AUDIO)
• Japan PM: Fukushima contamination has never done any damage to Tokyo; Radioactive water at plant was “blocked” — Study: Tokyo was contaminated — Experts: Radioactive water is constantly flowing out to sea and almost impossible to stop

Enenews Headlines For 9/8/2013

• TV: Radiation leaks in Japan lead to fish worries in Hawaii — Concern as to whether seafood coming into our state is safe (VIDEO)
• “Growing Sense of Crisis”: Tepco very concerned about high levels of contamination in groundwater thought to be clean — Was to be pumped into ocean as part of bypass plan (VIDEO)
• Radio: We’re going to be hearing about Fukushima contamination for decades to come in U.S. and Canada -Physician (AUDIO)
• Professor: There’s suggestions “pockets of high contamination” may get carried to U.S. — Radioactive substances will be blanketing West Coast for some time to come (VIDEO)
• Nuclear Expert: Biggest concern at Fukushima is radioactivity from molten fuel and spent fuel pools would wind up in ocean — “The health of the entire Northern Pacific is at stake” (AUDIO)

Enenews Headlines For 9/7/2013

• NYTimes: Neighboring countries increasingly worried about Fukushima spent fuel — Experts: Concern over potential cracks in walls — Professors: Pool “in deteriorating condition”; “This is a critical global issue”
• “Frightening”: It’s Impossible to stop groundwater entering Fukushima plant, says official — Abandoning melted fuel means contamination will always be flowing out — “I’m truly afraid… a tremendous problem… very, very serious” (VIDEO)
• Japan Media: “Things are going badly” — Fukushima “same as war” says military officer in charge of forces at plant — Concern “workers on-site do not consent to join battle” — Crime skyrocketing, “people were held hostage” — Unprecedented ocean contam
• Nuclear Engineer: Fuel in Unit 4 pool appears damaged and will fall apart if they pull it up — Make sure your radiation monitor is working so you know what’s going on when something drops (AUDIO)
• Physician: Statement by Canadian officials indicates Fukushima contamination was detected in fish at levels that are “difficult to explain without undue alarm” — Huffington Post: “Sockeye Salmon Sushi: Use a Geiger Counter”
• Top Japan officials and Tepco all now claim Fukushima contamination is staying inside port and not reaching Pacific — Yet Tokyo scientist already revealed 44% of water in port flows out into ocean every day (VIDEOS)

Enenews Headlines For 9/6/2013

• Emergency declared at U.S. nuclear plant due to fire in turbine building — Two ‘reflash events’ occurred — Fire emergency lasted over four hours #PaloVerde
• Nuclear Engineer: Fukushima contamination reaching U.S. has people very concerned, and I think rightly so — Gov’t should be regularly monitoring seafood and seawater (VIDEO)
• TV: People will be consuming radioactive material coming from Fukushima — Seafood “much further away” from region will have unacceptable levels of contamination at times, says senior scientist (VIDEO)
• Reuters: Crane arm snaps while removing debris from Fukushima Unit 3 (VIDEO)
• First video of groundwater pouring into basement of Fukushima Unit 1 turbine building — Mixes with highly contaminated water from melted reactors and flows to Pacific Ocean (VIDEO)
• Kyodo: URGENT – S. Korea bans all fishery products from 8 Japan prefectures — Gov’t: It’s unclear how Fukushima incident will progress in future

Enenews Headlines For 9/5/2013

• Tokyo Professor: ‘Huge’ potential for harm from Fukushima contaminated water entering ocean — Warns about severe consequences
• Reuters: “International alarm” — Fukushima radiation leaks spike to record levels — “Too little, too late” for Japan gov’t
• Japan Expert: Covering Fukushima reactors in concrete like at Chernobyl should be considered — Nuclear Official: If we just buried them, no one would want to look at another nuke plant for years
• Report: Study warns Fukushima contamination “is becoming more concentrated as it crosses the Pacific, rather than dispersing, and it’s making a beeline for U.S. West Coast”
• New York Times: Experts warn molten fuel may have gone into ground beneath Fukushima reactor buildings — Doubt that it can be extricated
• Nuclear Experts: Situation at Fukushima is “far worse than we truly know” — “No one really knows true severity” — “We don’t know anything yet”
• AP: “Major source” of ocean contamination from Fukushima not revealed — Nuclear waste exits from cracks in reactor buildings, then into Pacific — Never enters groundwater, flows directly through ground

Enenews Headlines For 9/4/2013

• UC Berkeley Nuclear Professor: Work to go on for thousands of years at Fukushima site? Could be impossible to remove melted fuel — Containment vessels may not survive (AUDIO)
• NBC Nightly News: Concerns are growing tonight, especially out West, about the continuing radiation threat from Fukushima — Japanese Diplomat: U.S. food supply stands to be contaminated (VIDEO)
• Fukushima Plume Headed to Southern Hemisphere: Enters South Pacific and Indian Ocean after 2 decades — Will contain around 25% of total cesium-137 release
• TV: Fukushima could be out of control for next 100 years, says nuclear expert — “Facing a huge problem” — Very, very serious threat from M6 quake — “Scary situation” (VIDEO)
• ABC: Authorities on U.S. West Coast concerned with stunning news from Fukushima — Radioactive water is pouring out every day and headed our way (VIDEO)
• Fukushima No. 4 fuel pool “is perhaps the greatest threat humanity has ever faced” -CEO
• Nuclear Expert on CNN: “Organized denial” at Fukushima — “Tepco not in control at all” — “Very worrying” (VIDEO)
• Nuclear Engineer on Radio: Unfortunately, the truth is there will be a large death toll from Fukushima — Damages to be seen “over the next century” — Disaster at plant is unprecedented in magnitude (AUDIO)
• Professor: Fukushima Unit No. 4 “an immediate problem” — Building is sinking, over 30 inches in places — Extraordinary possibility plant could be back at March 2011 if situation continues — Risk of fission accident in fuel pool (AUDIO)
• Japan Expert: Contamination from Fukushima is traveling “under the seabed” and spreading further out in Pacific Ocean — Measures needed to stop flow

Enenews Headlines For 9/3/2013

• NBC: Up to 30 Bq/m² of Fukushima cesium to hit U.S. and Canada — Contamination transported to coast for next 6 years — Concern about impact of strontium-90 (VIDEO)
• Nuclear Expert: Melted fuel is exiting Fukushima site — Very effective way of it being dispersed to humans far away from plant — Situation is beyond man’s control — 3 or 4 times Chernobyl’s radioactivity available for release (AUDIO)

Enenews Headlines For 8/29/2013

• Underground water just 4 inches from surface by Fukushima reactor — AP: Groundwater closer to surface than Tepco told officials investigating tank leak
• Newspaper: Nations across Pacific are fearing impact from Fukushima — Many expecting cancer will increase in Pacific Rim — Japan exporting their environmental problem to the ocean
• “Big Problem”: Cracked floors in Fukushima reactors leaking into groundwater that’s rising and rising and rising due to Tepco wall — “Can no longer be stopped from getting in ocean” — “Worse than that… buildings now on mushy land” (AUDIO)
• Popular Mechanics: Contaminated water threatens to swamp Fukushima site as it rises to surface — Radioactive liquid will continue entering ocean despite attempts to block it
• UPI: Fukushima plume to reach U.S. West Coast in months; Measurable increase in radioactive material — Study: Prolonged exposure for California lasting 10 years; Hits Hawaii early 2014… may already be surrounded (PHOTO)