Nuclear And Cancer: 2011

Prime minister Naoto Kan said on Wednesday the Fukushima nuclear crisis had convinced him that Japan should aim at a society that does not depend on nuclear energy and eventually has no atomic plants.
The unpopular leader denied he was considering calling a snap election over energy policy and sidestepped a question on when he would keep a promise to step down, saying he wanted to do his best to work on nuclear policy and rebuild the country from the devastating 11 March earthquake and tsunami that triggered the world's worst nuclear crisis in 25 years.
"Given the enormity of the risks associated with nuclear power generation, I have realised nuclear technology is not something that can be managed by conventional safety measures alone," Kan told a news conference.
"I believe we should aim for a society that is not dependent on nuclear power generation."
He said it was premature to set a timeframe for achieving that goal.
Kan also said Japan would be able to avoid summer and winter power shortages because of energy conservation efforts and companies' in-house power supplies, despite the large number of reactors now offline for inspections or other work.
The unpopular prime minister has become increasingly sensitive to growing public concern about nuclear power, but whether he oversees an overhaul of energy policy is in doubt since he has promised to resign, although he has not said when.
Nuclear energy accounted for about 30% of Japan's power supply before the 11 March disasters crippled Tokyo Electric Power Co's Fukushima plant 240km (150 miles) north of the capital.
That ratio slipped to 18% in June.

Fukushima Nuclear Disaster Latest News 08/07/2011

Post-disaster nuclear safety efforts continue in Japan. On Monday, June 20, Japan's Finance Ministry revealed that the nation's exports dropped 10.3% in May, representing the third consecutive monthly fall since the massive quake and tsunami on March 11. The decrease was more than economists had forecast, raising concerns over Japan's struggle to recover from the twin disasters. The nation also continues facing difficulties in stabilizing Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO)'s damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. A five-day ministerial meeting, which had been organized in response to the nuclear crisis, also opened on Monday at the International Atomic Energy Association (IAEA) headquarters in Vienna, Austria, with a record number of more than 900 participants in attendance. IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano proposed agency monitoring and thorough security risk checks in all nations with nuclear power plants, to prevent a potential repeat of the current crisis, which was unanimously agreed to by all participants.

Meanwhile, at the Fukushima Daiichi facility, the testing of a water decontamination system, which is crucial for removing 110,000 tons of highly radioactive water from the site before it overflows, was halted for a second time due to a malfunction early on Tuesday. TEPCO also fully opened the doors to the reactor No. 2 building in order to decrease the humidity inside and enable workers to enter. However, this also allowed radiation to leak out of the site, although TEPCO says the amount would not have an adverse impact on human health or the environment.

According to Aljazeera news agency, a nuclear waste advisor to the Japanese government reported that around the nuclear facility, about 966 square kilometers -- an area equivalent to about 17 times the size of Manhattan, New York, USA -- is now likely uninhabitable due to radiation. Moreover, in the US, a June 2011 report by physician Dr. Janette Sherman and epidemiologist Dr. Joseph Mangano suggests that a 35% increase in infant mortality in northwestern US cities that occurred after the Fukushima meltdown may have resulted from fallout from the Japanese nuclear plant.

Our sincere thanks, international officials, experts and media members for your work to safeguard the public from radiation harms. Let us do our utmost to eliminate such dangers through our adoption of more eco-conscious ways.

USA Nuclear Threat From Bad To Worse

Nuclear Problems/Threats occurring right now. (June 29)"

1) Fukushima Nuclear Disaster remains (UNCONTROLLED) Day 106

2) Nebraska Ft. Calhoun (FLOODING KNOCKED OUT POWER) (back up gen. working)
remains Uncontrolled with *low emergency generator power left*
(STORMS Brewing up in Nebraska = Flood-Waters to rise if rains)

3) Los Alamos Nuclear Laboratory (LARGEST SUPPLY NUCLEAR WEAPONS)
In threat of HUGE FIRE in LOS ALAMOS, Very Very Close to Laboratory.

3 Months After Fukushima , The Impact On USA and The Westcost

In Preliminary Findings from the Radiation and Human Health Project Physician and Epidemiloogists Have Noted a 35% Spike in Infant Mortality in Northwest Cities Since Fukushima
The recent CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report indicates that eight cities in the northwest U.S. (Boise ID, Seattle WA, Portland OR, plus the northern California cities of Santa Cruz, Sacramento, San Francisco, San Jose, and Berkeley) reported the following data on deaths among those younger than one year of age:

4 weeks ending March 19, 2011 - 37 deaths (avg. 9.25 per week)
10 weeks ending May 28, 2011 - 125 deaths (avg.12.50 per week)

This amounts to an increase of 35% (the total for the entire U.S. rose about 2.3%), and is statistically significant. Of further significance is that those dates include the four weeks before and the ten weeks after the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant disaster. In 2001 the infant mortality was 6.834 per 1000 live births, increasing to 6.845 in 2007. All years from 2002 to 2007 were higher than the 2001 rate.