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Japanese Govt Lied About Radiation Levels Because...

From: andrew cooke <andrew@...>

Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2011 21:25:11 -0300

...those pesky foreigners didn't trust them and were leaving the country
anyway.

What's the logic here?  The govt lies because people don't believe them so
people trust them less and the govt lies more?

Oh, and the partial meltdown of reactors 1 and 3 was confirmed yesterday.  Now
that it's not in teh news any more...

Grrrr.

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/world/2011/0415/1224294728753.html

Andrew

And Up...

From: andrew cooke <andrew@...>

Date: Sat, 23 Apr 2011 22:29:03 -0300

http://enenews.com/daily-radioactive-release-from-fukushima-is-150-times-higher-than-previously-announced-154-trillion-becquerels-released-everyday

"Japan admits daily radioactive release from Fukushima at least 15,000% higher
than previously announced"

Andrew

And Away...

From: andrew cooke <andrew@...>

Date: Thu, 12 May 2011 21:29:39 -0400

http://www.theatlanticwire.com/global/2011/05/fukushima-full-meltdown-made-official/37671/

Fukushima 'Full Meltdown' Made Official

Andrew

And Beyond...

From: andrew cooke <andrew@...>

Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2011 21:20:32 -0400

http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2011/06/japan-finally-admits-total-meltdowns-at.html

"Japan Finally Admits TOTAL Meltdown at 3 Nuclear Reactors Within Hours of
Earthquake ... And More Than DOUBLES Estimate of Radiation Released After
Accident"

Andrew

Or Below...

From: andrew cooke <andrew@...>

Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2011 09:36:41 -0400

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jun/08/fukushima-nuclear-plant-melt-through

"Molten nuclear fuel in three reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant is
likely to have burned through pressure vessels"

"The report, which is to be submitted to the International Atomic Energy
Agency (IAEA), said fuel rods in reactors No 1, 2 and 3 had probably not only
melted, but also breached their inner containment vessels and accumulated in
the outer steel containment vessels."

Report not yet linked from
http://www.iaea.org/newscenter/news/2011/fukushimafull.html

Andrew

Politics Behind Fukushima Mess

From: andrew cooke <andrew@...>

Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2011 10:19:12 -0400

This NY Times article explains the political mess and lack of trust behind the
emergency response.  It8s this kind of problem - not the easy-to-solve,
clean-cut technical issues - that proponents of nuclear power need to fix.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/13/world/asia/13japan.html

Andrew

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