Searching for Godzilla in the 21st Century - New Radioactive Leaks In Fukushima Reactors Show It’s A Major Mess

by Robert Wilkinson

Not to be alarmist or bring anyone down, but it seems the Japanese government and power company in charge of managing the mess at Fukushima haven’t been exactly candid.

From NBC News, we read that it’s “a very fragile situation,” and that “Day after day, the operators of the wrecked Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant have been detailing their struggles to contain leaks of radioactive water.” Also that “The leaks, power outages and other glitches have raised fears that the plant — devastated by a tsunami in March 2011 — could even start to break apart during a cleanup process expected to take years.”

Apparently it could take more than 40 years to clean it up and decommission it. That’s another reason why nukes are an abomination! For it to take two generations to clean up one plant while it leaks all over and may even break apart is bad for all live on Earth anywhere within a thousand miles of that plant, including the bodies of water they’re usually built near.

More from the story:

The discovery of a greenling fish near a water intake for the power station in February that contained some 7,400 times the recommended safe limit of radioactive cesium only served to heighten concern....

But for the most affected areas, the report said the lifetime risks of various cancers were expected to increase. For example, baby boys were predicted to have up to a 7 percent greater chance of getting leukemia in their lifetime and for baby girls the lifetime risk of breast cancer could be up to 6 percent higher than normal.

Independent nuclear expert John Large — who has given evidence on the Fukushima disaster to the U.K. parliament and written reports about it for Greenpeace — said there would be hundreds of tons of “intensely radioactive” material in the plant.

He said normally robots could be sent in to remove the fuel relatively easily, but this was difficult because of the damage caused by the tsunami.

Large said the plant was close to the water table, so it was difficult to stop water getting in and out.

“Until you can stop that transfer, you will not contain the radioactivity. That will go on for years and years until they contain it,” he said. "The structures of containment start breaking down. Engineered structures don’t last long when they are put in adverse conditions."

We also read that the radioactive particles leaking into the sea will wash on shore, and from there be blown into the environment by the winds. Also that “a steady inflow of groundwater seeping into the basement of their damaged buildings produce about 400 tons of contaminated water daily at the plant."

Of course industry flack catchers serve us up the usual self-serving blather. We are told their standards are higher, that it is “’incredibly unlikely’ that a similar accident could happen in the U.S,” that many improvements have been made, and “our layers of defense extend beyond what the Japanese had in place.”

Uh huh. We have too many nuke plants built on too many fault lines for me to take seriously anything the industry uses to reassure us. But I’ll admit that someone saying it’s “incredibly unlikely” that a plant will be hit by a tsunami is one way to dodge the issue. And of course, despite being into the “fifth or sixth layer of back-up defenses,” it doesn’t take much to create a major problem that can jeopardize millions of lives.

Even if the chances are only one in a hundred thousand that something will happen, we must admit it WILL happen at some point. We cannot state with certainty that nothing will EVER happen to a nuclear plant that will create catastrophe. However, when it does, millions of lives will be affected adversely, with no remedy, no liability, no culpability, and everyone in charge shrugging their shoulders saying “who’da thunk it?”

And so we continue to be reassured by politicians, industry “experts,” and everyone with a stake in making sure the status quo continues that it’s alllllll gooooood. Just keep taking kelp if you are able to, keep your immune system in good shape, and stay away from fish that glow in the dark.

If there’s one thing that’s true for those of us who care for our children, grandchildren, and their grandchildren, it’s that we’re still in the thick of a long term effort to banish the nightmarish death star Nazi-originated force known as nuclear energy from our Earth. Nuclear anything is bad for life on Earth.

This is a follow-up to the article posted two weeks ago, Searching for Godzilla in the 21st Century - Fukushima Nuke Plant is Leaking Contaminated Water

© Copyright 2013 Robert Wilkinson

Comments

[Nic]

I "trust" all these "experts" and industry people. Just like they told us the Titanic was unsinkable! Yea, right.

Time to open up for other forms of producing energy. They do exist!
It is even worst when we know we are ONE with our planet and all life forms and matter that it contains.

Good you brought this up.
Best,
Nic

[Elah]

Arrogance. Nothing more. Human beings with scientific knowledge and intellect seem to believe that they are all-powerful. They forget that nature always prevails...

[mike]

While nuclear is an abomination, the toxicity and global warming due to mining and consumption of fossil fuels can't be considered benign and is worthy of the same criticism. We are each responsible for energy consumption and conservation. Each person's efforts to reduce their energy requirements, regardless of the energy's source, multiplied by millions of others, could greatly offset the destruction of our selves, fellow creatures, and the Earth.

[debbie]

It is my belief, and not one generally understood by others that just as the emotions are magnetic energy and the thoughts electrical energy, our own spirit is nuclear energy, thus if ones spirit is free flowing through a pure and loving mind, nuclear energy need not be feared after all nuclear energy may cause cancer in many, yet it also cures it in others...just some food for thought :)

[Robert]

Hi Elah - I completely agree. Black magicians.

Hi Mike - Fossil fuels are not the alternative to solar. And I agree we all need to reduce our carbon footprint however we can. But we also must work within the paradigms we live within. "Live simply so that others may simply live."

Hi debbie - Actually, the energy of the field is in no way nuclear. It is fusion, not fission. Yes, we are magnetic fields of light energy, and as such our body is an electromagnetic hologram, and our feelings are within the electromagentic field, as are our mental thought forms. But Spirit is not nuclear. It is pure radiant light energy that only brings good, and not decaying matter than kills all life for hundreds of thousands of years, like nuke waste does.

While nuclear whatever seems to cure through destruction, I've seen pure light energy transform bodies and their diseases like no other. There is no similarity between the decaying destructive power of nuclear degeneration and the life affirming, Light giving power of pure Spirit. That's why we can be in the pure light presence and body of the Masters, but cannot be in the core of a reactor.

[debbie]

Thanks for your feedback Robert which is good as always, I totally respect your space and apologise as it remiss of me to invade it with my own understandings, sincerely sorry. I have seen that light do same, I have been a spiritual healer since birth and seen many "miracles", although I am one who is also humbled by it and it was simply a suggestion as I have found that it sometimes helps the mind grasp a pure concept often there is something scientific regarding the material world to be able to see its reflection of the etheric, like analogy.

All good, sorry again.

[Robert]

Hi debbie - Nyet problema. It's just that terms really do matter, and I try to be precise (for example, the difference between fusion and fission). We are all benefited by sharing our understanding. And that's why, in everything being the grist for the mill of Soul, we come to kernels of truth. It's in our language that we misunderstand; that's why it's in the language that we can find our common understanding. It's possible there is some truth to what you say AND to what I say. We are approaching an era with radically different terms than what we grew up with. Very definitely all good. No need for "sorry."