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Tanks of radioactive water tower over workers at the disabled Fukushima nuclear plant in March 2013. Tokyo Electric Power admits contaminated water has long been leaking into the Pacific Ocean, defying containment efforts. Japan's government views the situation as "urgent."
The government now says it is clear that 300 tons (71,895 gallons/272,152 liters) are pouring into the sea each day, enough to fill an Olympic-size swimming pool every eight days.
Fukushima nuclear plant operator Tepco Electric’s response to the world’s worst atomic disaster in a quarter century.......a massive earthquake and tsunami caused triple meltdowns, spewing radiation and forcing some 160,000 residents to flee their homes.
A radioactive plume of water in the Pacific Ocean from Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant, which was crippled in the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, will likely reach U.S. coastal waters starting in 2014, according to a new study.
New health concerns
The storage problems are compounded by the ingress of ground water, running down from the surrounding hills. It mixes with radioactive water leaking out of the basements of the reactors and then some of it leaches into the sea, despite the best efforts of Tepco to stem the flow.
Some of the radioactive elements like caesium that are contained in the water can be filtered by the earth. Others are managing to get through and this worries watching experts.
"Our biggest concern right now is if some of the other isotopes such as strontium 90 which tend to be more mobile, get through these sediments in the ground water," said Dr Buesseler.
"They are entering the oceans at levels that then will accumulate in seafood and will cause new health concerns."
This idea was put forward in April by a delegation from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) after a visit to the site.
Radiation Levels Will Concentrate in Pockets In Baja California and Other West Coast Locations
Last year, scientists from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory and 3 scientists from the GEOMAR Research Center for Marine Geosciences showed that radiation on the West Coast of North America could end up being 10 times higher than in Japan
aboutface
I'm still in disbelief that they awarded the Olympic games to Tokyo, given the high amount of fish in their menus and the city's proximity to the contaminated area. Don't get me wrong, I do wish the best for all the Japanese people, but we've all been privy to the lies about Fukushima, so why does there seem to be a global agenda to overlook it and not talk about it?
tetra50
reply to post by ItDepends
I think the "outrage" should be directed at the possibility there is a fix for this, though not through anything you can currently research via the internet. Having said that, I expect Phage, and a few other "sciency" people to show up to pin me to the wall, on that.
However, I remain fairly certain there is a way.......
But the question will come down to "the will......" And, indeed, that is, definitely, outrageous. But no different than anything else in the current paradigm: being, sickness is dispensed and so is health, according to whom you are and whom your "friends" are..... Just my silly opinion.
Tetra50
[Let's pause here for a note about water: There is only one ocean. All the rivers, streams, and aquifers of the world are replenished by rain evaporated from that same ocean. It is complete foolishness to talk about this in terms of 'Japan's water' or 'American water'. It's our water. And thanks to the Fukushima nuclear disaster, it's all contaminated with toxic levels of radiation. That's what makes this next bit particularly disturbing.]
crankyoldman
There is one thing you should keep in mind about this, one thing only. Someone wants things to happen this way.
There was an international coalition to decide where the olympics will be held.
There is an international coalition dealing with how to kill people in syria.
There is an international coalition finding ways to blame people for climate change and determining ways to punish them through taxes.
Snowden, who revealed nothing new at all, drew months of international focus.
The EPA would descend on my house if I broke three Fluorescent light bulbs, but their contribution has been nothing at all.
There are international commissions looking into war crimes, poverty, oil spills and how chewing gum is made and sold.
Even if you are a nuclear apologist, it would seem the singular moral fiber left in you might agree that this is bad. Yet, the NRC and its members are eerily silent.
This Fukashima problem, even when seen through rose colored glasses, HAS NO SOLUTION.
An INTERNATIONAL problem with no obvious solution usually finds its way to the UN in some form or another, but in this case the international scene is eerily quiet and this is for a reason - someone with more power then anyone known on earth wants things this way.
A china syndrome has already happened THREE TIMES in this case and it is going to get worse. In November or early December, a nuclear explosion will go off that will be an amazing sight to see. SPF 4 will, in all likely hood, blow up, as there is no way this removal process can be done under the conditions that exist. Once that happens, the site will be abandoned forever. Olympics anyone, anyone, anyone?
When it does blow up, you will see what all of this end times preparation was for. I'm on record as saying it would happen last summer, and I was wrong, but I am sure it will happen before the end of the year.
Someone with the power want this to happen exactly how it is happening is making this happen.
Although my thread is more focused on the Fukushima Disaster....and the strange seemingly lack of WorldWide attention to it.....I would be interested in your thoughts about how all of the things you discussed 'may' be tied together.
crankyoldman
Someone with the power want this to happen exactly how it is happening is making this happen.