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bananas

(27,509 posts)
Thu Jan 28, 2016, 10:22 AM Jan 2016

Fukushima nuclear crisis far from over, Kan says

Source: Kyodo

Former Prime Minister Naoto Kan said Tuesday the nuclear disaster at the Fukushima No. 1 power plant is not over five years since a massive earthquake and tsunami triggered the meltdowns.

“There is no doubt” radioactive materials have been seeping into the sea after mixing with groundwater, Kan, who has been a vocal critic of nuclear energy since the crisis started, told the National Press Club in Washington.

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has repeatedly said the issue of water contaminated with radioactive substances at the Fukushima plant is “under control,” including when he was making a pitch for Tokyo as host of the 2020 Olympic Games.

Kan disputes this. “The accident is still unfolding,” he said.

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Read more: http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/01/28/national/politics-diplomacy/fukushima-nuclear-crisis-far-kan-says/



Kan is absolutely correct - and this accident will continue to unfold for a very long time.

Shinzo Abe is a sleazy neocon.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neoconservatism_in_Japan
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1017170298
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10141078433
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Fukushima nuclear crisis far from over, Kan says (Original Post) bananas Jan 2016 OP
Bad, sad news RobertEarl Jan 2016 #1
Why all the glum Faces? Marty McGraw Jan 2016 #2
 

RobertEarl

(13,685 posts)
1. Bad, sad news
Thu Jan 28, 2016, 02:07 PM
Jan 2016

And the pollution of the Pacific has lead to the deaths of sea-life along the NA coast.

It sure was nice, before nukes.

Marty McGraw

(1,024 posts)
2. Why all the glum Faces?
Thu Jan 28, 2016, 03:17 PM
Jan 2016

in 24,000yrs it will be only half as bad....

Half-Life of Plutonium-239
http://hypertextbook.com/facts/JaniceChing.shtml

hopefully somebody will be around all that long while to keep it doused with a hose properly.
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