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Calculated Shard: 3 (from laksa041)

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curl -X POST \
  'http://laksa003.int.ahrefs:8124/' \
  -H 'Content-Type: text/plain' \
  -H 'X-ClickHouse-Database: crawler3' \
  -H 'Authorization: Basic YXBpOg==' \
  -d 'SELECT getAhrefsURLFromUnparsed(src_unparsed) AS found_url, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(download_stamp), 0) AS crawl_time, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(props_url_first_seen), 0) AS first_indexed_time, download_http_code AS http_code, src_unparsed AS src_unparsed, src_root_hash AS src_root_hash, history_drop_reason AS history_drop_reason, meta_title AS meta_title, meta_descriptions AS meta_descriptions, attrs_boilerpipe_text AS attrs_boilerpipe_text, attrs_markdown AS attrs_markdown, attrs_readable_markdown AS attrs_readable_markdown, meta_canonical AS meta_canonical FROM crawler3.page_info_local FINAL PREWHERE (src_root_hash, src_unparsed) IN ((getAhrefsRootHashFromUnparsed(getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://ratical.org/radiation/Fukushima/\')), getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://ratical.org/radiation/Fukushima/\'))) FORMAT JSONEachRow'

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{"found_url":"https:\/\/ratical.org\/radiation\/Fukushima\/","crawl_time":1774845953,"first_indexed_time":1467342702,"http_code":200,"src_unparsed":"org,ratical!\/radiation\/Fukushima\/ s443","src_root_hash":"7289299905952122003","history_drop_reason":null,"meta_title":"Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Catastrophe in Japan following 03-11-11 Earthquake","meta_descriptions":[],"attrs_boilerpipe_text":"Arkadiusz Podniesinski - uncovering hidden world\n; Photo Essays\nFukushima\n, 16 September 2015\nRadioactive Fukushima Zone. Abandoned towns and buildings. \nWould it be something similar to Chernobyl?\nFukushima: A Second Chernobyl?\n21 September 2016\nExactly a year has passed since my first visit to Fukushima. A visit which strengthened my belief of how catastrophic the consequences of nuclear disasters can be.\nFukushima 8 Years On\n, 9 March 2019\nFukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant Photographs\nmirrored from Cryptome\n⇑\nBefore \/ After 3-11-11\n⇑\nA R C H I V A L     S O U R C E S\nThe \nTop Short-Term Threat to Humanity: The Fuel Pools of Fukushima\n,\nWashingtonsBlog\n, 7 Apr 2012\nFuel\nPool 35 Miles from Major American City [ie, Boston] – which Is Highly Vulnerable \nto Earthquakes – Contains More Radioactive Cesium than Released By Fukushima, \nChernobyl and All Nuclear Bomb Tests COMBINED\n,\nWashingtonsBlog\n, 12 Apr 2012\nFukushima Daiichi Site: Cesium-137 \nis 85 times greater than at Chernobyl Accident\n, by Akio Matsumura,\nAkio \nMatsumura\n, 3 Apr 2012\nHow Dangerous is the Radioactive Wave Headed Toward the US?\n,\nYouTube\n, published 6 April 2012 by TheBigPictureRT\nFukushima...radiation so high - even robots not safe\n,\nYouTube\n, 30 March 2012\nKevin Kamps, Beyond Nuclear joins Thom Hartmann. More than a year \ninto the nuclear crisis at Fukushima - radiation levels have now \nreached their highest point yet. What does all this mean - and what \nshould nuclear supporters in America be taking away from the continuing crisis?\nTokyo Soil Samples Would Be Considered Nuclear Waste In The US\n,\nArnold Gundersen,\nFairewinds Energy Education\n, 25 March 2012\nWhy Nuclear Scientists Have Missed the Danger of Spent Fuel Pools\n,\nby Dr. Gordon Edwards,\nAkio Matsumura\n, 23 January 2012\nLocal Copy on ratical.org\nSteven Starr:\nThe Implications of The Massive Contamination\nof Japan With Radioactive Cesium\n,\nHelen Caldicott Foundation Fukushima Symposium,\nNew York Academy of Medicine, 11 March 2013\nA Visual Tour of the Fuel Pools of Fukushima\n, \nby George Washington, Washington’s Blog, 15 April 2012\nFukushima Into Eternity\n,\nstatement by Michael Madsen, March 2012\nFukushima Power Plant Damaged Worse Than Thought, \nNew Report Says\n, \nby Mari Yamaguchi,\nTheHuffingtonPost.com\n, 27 March 2012\nThe World is Powerless Against Fukushima Fallout\n,\nby Yoichi Shimatsu,\nNew America Media\n, 5 March 2012\nFukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant Photographs\nInvestigation on the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Accident\n,\nRebuild Japan Initiative Foundation, March 2012\nThe Echo Chamber:\nRegulatory Capture and the Fukushima Daiichi Disaster\n,\nby Arnie Gundersen, Fairewinds Associates,\nSection 3 of\nLessons from Fukushima\n,\nGreenpeace International, 28 February 2012\nNuke dangers nowhere near resolved: Kan’s crisis adviser\n,\nby Reiji Yoshida,\nThe Japan Times\n, 8 February 2012\nJapanese tsunami debris washes up on U.S. West Coast\nnine months \nafter disaster\n(and there’s 100 MILLION more tons on its way)\n,\nBy Michael Zennie\nDaily Mail\n, 16 December 2011\nArchitect of Reactor 3 warns of massive hydrovolcanic explosion\n,\nposted by Mochizuki on  19 November 2011\nFukushima Diary\nCesium-137 flow into sea  \n30 times greater than stated by TEPCO: report\nManinichi Daily News\n, 29 October 2011\n27.1 Quadrillion becquerels of cesium alone flowed into \nsea – not including first week of crisis \n– 30 times what TEPCO claimed – Warning \nthat ‘significant’ pollution to remain\nBlood clots found in the legs of Fukushima evacuees\n,\nby Janette D. Sherman, M.D.,\nSan Francisco Bay View\n, 26 October 2011\nGlobal resources needed to combat radiation levels\nby Warren Binford\nStatesman Journal\n, 25 September 2011\nUnderstanding the Ongoing Nuclear Disaster in Fukushima:\nA “Two-Headed Dragon” Descends into the Earth’s Biosphere\nby Fujioka Atsushi\nTranslated by Michael K. Bourdaghs\nThe Asia-Pacific Journal\n, 12 September 2011\nFukushima radiation alarms doctors\nJapanese doctors warn of public health problems \ncaused by Fukushima radiation,\nby Dahr Jamail,\nAl Jazeera English\n, 18 August 2011\nCitizen group tracks down Japan’s radiation\nAmid contradictory government statistics, a volunteer group \nhas recorded 500,000 radiation points across the country,\nby Dahr Jamail,\nAl Jazeera English\n, 10 August 2011\nRadiation Effects on Health: Protect the Children of Fukushima\nTatsuhiko Kodama\nProfessor, Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology,\nthe University of Tokyo\nHead, Radioisotope Center, the University of Tokyo\nTranslation by Kyoko Selden\nThe Asia-Pacific Journal\nVol 9, Issue 32 No 4, 8 August 2011\nWhat happened at Fukushima?\nby David McNeill & Jake Adelstein,\nThe Asia-Pacific Journal\n, 8 August 2011\nJapan’s Fukushima catastrophe brings big radiation spikes to B.C.\n,\nBy Alex Roslin,\nGeorgia Straight\n, 4 August 2011\nTepco Reports Second Deadly Radiation Reading at Fukushima Nuclear Plant\n,\nBy Tsuyoshi Inajima and Kari Lundgren,\nBloomberg\n, 3 August 2011\nHighest indoor radiation level detected at Fukushima Daiichi plant\n,\nManinichi Daily News\n, 3 August 2011\nChildren sickness linked to Fukushima radiation\n,\nBy Deborah Dupre,\nExaminer.com\n, 19 June 2011\nFukushima: It’s much worse than you think\n,\nby Dahr Jamail,\nAl Jazeera English\n, 16 June 2011\nThe Big Lies Fly High - Fukushima and the Nuclear Establishment\n,\nby Karl Grossman,\nCounterpunch\n, 16 June 2011\nNuclear meltdown at Fukushima plant\n,\nby Julian Ryall,\nThe Telegraph\n, 12 May 2011\nFukushima reactor has a hole, leading to leakage\n,\nby Yoko Kubota and Scott DiSavino,\nReuters\n, 12 May 2011\nJapan to scrap workers’ annual radiation dose limit at normal times\n,\nMainichi Daily News\n, 28 April 2011\nIs the Fukushima nuclear plant breakdown worse than Chernobyl?\n,\nby Janette D. Sherman, M.D.,\nSan Francisco Bay View\n, 15 April 2011\nHuge radiation release led to severity hike\n,\nThe Daily Yomiuri\n, 14 April 2011\nFukushima Update -\nTracking Japan’s Nuclear Crisis (PDF)\n, \nby Matthias Braun PEPA4-G, AREVA-NP GmbH, 7 April 2011\nNuclear’s green cheerleaders forget Chernobyl at our peril\n,\nby John Vidal,\nThe Guardian\n, 1 April 2011\nExtreme radiation detected at No.2 reactor\n,\nNHK World english\n, 27 Mar 2011\nRadioactivity soars in Japan reactor\n,\nWorkers evacuated from a plant building\nafter high doses of radiation were detected.\nAl Jazeera English\n, 27 Mar 2011\nWorld Health Organization vigil continues\n— Now in its 204th Consecutive Week\n,\nby BeyondNuclear.org, 26 Mar 2011\nDense populations and risk of plutonium releases could \nmean Fukushima accident\nworse than Chernobyl, prominent Russian scientist says\nBeyondNuclear.org Press Release, 25 Mar 2011\nWho controls nuclear control agencies?\nJapan’s earthquake caused a nuclear crisis which could be repeated\nin other countries if precautions aren’t taken.\nby Stephen Leahy,\nAl Jazeera English\n, 23 Mar 2011\nLeading French radiological laboratory (CRIIRAD) says\nhigh radioactive contamination levels found as far as 100 kilometers away\nBeyondNuclear.org Press Release, 21 Mar 2011\nFood and water poisoned by Japanese nuclear leak as\nexpert warns more could die than in Chernobyl\n,\nby Susie Boniface,\nwww.mirror.co.uk\n, 20 Mar 2011\nBehind the Hydrogen Explosion at the Fukushima Nuclear Plant\n,\nby Karl Grossman,\nCommonDreams.org\n, 12 Mar 2011\nFirst the Quake, Then the Lies–Don’t Worry, It’s Just a Little Radiation\n,\nby Karl Grossman,\nCounterpunch\n, 11 Mar 2011\n20 March 2011: aerial photo taken by a small unmanned drone and released \nby AIR PHOTO SERVICE of crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant \nin Okumamachi, Fukushima prefecture, northern Japan. From right to left: \nUnit 1, Unit2, Unit 3 and Unit 4. (Air Photo Service Co. Ltd., Japan)\nSelected internet film listing of items soon after Fukushima went critical\nInformation Updates on Nuclear Power Plants in Fukushima\nfrom\nJapan Atomic Industrial Forum, Inc.\n20 March 2011: aerial photo taken by a small unmanned drone and released \nby AIR PHOTO SERVICE of damaged Unit 4, left, and Unit 3 of the \ncrippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant \n(Air Photo Service Co. Ltd., Japan)\nStatus of the Nuclear Reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi Power Plant\n,\nNew York Times\n, 03-16-11 (updated to 04-29-11), With timelines of the six reactors\nUpdated to April 29\nReactor 1\nOuter building is damaged and it is presumed that there was a partial meltdown. Small amounts of radioactivity have been vented. Reactor has 400 fuel assemblies, the spent fuel pool has 292.\nReactor 2\nPartial meltdown is presumed to have occurred. The primary containment vessel is cracked and some radioactivity has vented. Reactor has 548 fuel assemblies, the spent fuel pool has 587.\nReactor 3\nThe reactor used uranium and plutonium, which may produce more toxic radioactivity. The spent fuel pool may have become uncovered. Reactor has 548 fuel assemblies, the spent fuel pool has 514.\nReactor 4\nSpent fuel rods in a water pool may have become exposed to air, emitting radioactive gases. An explosion and fire have damaged the building. No fuel assemblies in reactor; 548 were removed for maintenance and are part of 1,479 in spent fuel pools.\nReactor 5\nThe reactor is shut down and the building is not damaged. But there is concern that spent fuel in the building may become exposed to air. Reactor has 548 fuel assemblies, the spent fuel pool has 826.\nReactor 6\nThe reactor is shut down and the building is not damaged. But there is concern that spent fuel in the building may become exposed to air. Reactor has 764 fuel assemblies, and there are 1,136 in spent fuel pools.\nSimulations of atmospheric dispersion of the plume formed by the release of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, between March 12 and March 19, 2011\nPublished on 03-17-11 from the INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE (\nIRSN\n), the French Government’s official agency on radiation and nuclear matters.\nThe dispersion of radioactive releases into the atmosphere\nIRSN simulated atmospheric dispersion of releases estimated between 12 and 20 March, using its numerical model applicable to long distance (scale of several hundred kilometers), using weather forecasts provided by Météo France.\nThis simulation was applied to the cesium 137, as a tracer of the plume during this period. The results of this simulation, conducted every hour from 12 March, are expressed in becquerels of cesium-137 per cubic meter of air (Bq \/ m 3). For comparison, values measured near the Chernobyl plant, shortly after the accident on April 26, 1986, exceeded 100 000 Bq \/ m; they were in the range of 100-1000 Bq \/ m 3 in the country most affected by the plume (Ukraine, Belarus); France, values measured in the east were the order of 1 to 10 Bq\/m3 (May 1, 1986).\nAt the time this was made, a very low activity of cesium-137 remains in the air, on the order of 0.000001 Bq\/m3.\nSEE PLUME SIMULATION\nEstimation of doses likely to be received by persons exposed to radioactive plume\nSimulation:\nWhole body dose may be received by a child of 1 year in the absence of protection for releases\nSimulation:\nDose to thyroid likely to be received by a child of 1 year in the absence of protection during emissions\n20 March 2011: aerial photo taken by small unmanned drone and \nreleased by AIR PHOTO SERVICE of the crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear \npower plant. From right to left: Unit 1, Unit 2 and Unit 3. \n(Air Photo Service Co. Ltd., Japan)\nSatellite Images at Institute for Science and International Security (\nISIS\n, Wash., DC):\nFukushima Nuclear Site\n, 03-18-11\nFukushima Nuclear Site\n, 03-17-11\nDamage to Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Site\n, 03-16-11\nDamage to Reactor Buildings at Fukushima Daiichi Complex After Explosions\n, 03-14-11\nEmergency Special Report: Japan’s Earthquake, Hidden Nuclear Catastrophe\nby Yoichi Shimatsu,\nGlobal Research\n, 13 March 2011\nYoichi Shimatsu currently with Fourth Media (China) is former editor of the\nJapan Times Weekly\n, has covered the earthquakes in San Francisco and Kobe, participated in the rescue operation immediately after the Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004 and led the field research for an architectural report on structural design flaws that led to the tsunami death toll in Thailand.\nRecording\n:\nCitizens’ Nuclear Information Center\n(CNIC) press conference at the Foreign Correspondents Club of Japan:\nThe Earthquake and Nuclear Disaster In Tohoku\n2011 Mar 13, 19:30-21:30\nCNIC held a press conference in Japanese with English interpreting at the \nForeign Correspondents Club of Japan.  Speakers included nuclear experts \nassociated with CNIC who are analyzing the unfolding disaster at the \nnuclear power plants in Fukushima: \nHideyuki Ban, CNIC Secretary General,\nMasashi Goto, Former Nuclear Power Plant Designer,\nChihiro Kamisawa, CNIC Senior Researcher.\nThe Citizens’ Nuclear Information Center is an anti-nuclear public interest \norganization that seeks to provide reliable information and to educate \nthe public on the hazards of nuclear power. Hideyuki Ban is also the \nantinuclear activist on the committee advising the government concerning \nits Long-Term Program for the Utilization of Nuclear Energy.\nBefore and after photos of exploded reactor containment building in Japan\nFukushima vs. Three Mile Island\nfrom\nThree Mile Island Alert\nBackground: March 12, 2011\nThe crippled Fukushima reactor is a grim reminder of the Three Mile Island crisis. It has some common technical and safety aspects, and brings to mind broken promises by the industry to resolve open safety issues. The Japanese crisis certainly demonstrates the propensity for obfuscation by the industry while the public is left sifting through hundreds of media reports.\nThe first indication that the Fukushima reactor was in serious trouble came from reports that the Japanese military was flying batteries to the plant. This clue made it clear that the operators were having more problems than just trouble with circulating reactor coolant. It revealed that the operators were losing or had lost electrical control of the reactor systems and that the emergency diesel generators were not working. But the Japanese government and the industry continued to downplay the dire conditions facing them.\nThis same pattern of denial happened here at Three Mile Island leaving the citizens and their governor bewildered and confused. In fact, radioactive releases at TMI are presently being reported as a miniscule amount of radiation. At least 13 million curies of radiation were released. So it is easy to see how the Japanese crisis brings back various details of the TMI crisis.\nHere are some of the similarities and differences:\nhttp:\/\/www.efmr.org\/files\/TMIA_Japan_accident.pdf\nThe Citizens’ Nuclear Information Center (CNIC) is deeply concerned for the health and safety of the people affected by the earthquakes and tsunamis that have struck Japan over the last two days. We are particularly concerned for the people in the vicinity of nuclear power plants, including workers who are trying to minimize the scope of the disaster.\nUnit 1 of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant is in a state of meltdown. A nuclear disaster which the promoters of nuclear power in Japan said wouldn’t happen is in progress. It is occurring as a result of an earthquake that they said would not happen.\nThis could and should have been predicted. It was predicted by scientists and NGOs such as CNIC. We warned that Japan’s nuclear power plants could be subjected to much stronger earthquakes and much bigger tsunamis than they were designed to withstand.\nBesides the question about how this accident will unfold, the big question now is, will the government and the nuclear industry acknowledge its mistakes and change track?\nLast December the Japanese government began a review of its nuclear energy policy. The review was commenced in the spirit of essentially confirming the existing policy. That approach is no longer viable. The direction of the policy review must be completely reversed. It must be redirected towards developing a policy of phasing out nuclear energy as smoothly and swiftly as possible.\nPhilip White\nInternational Liaison Officer\nCitizens’ Nuclear Information Center\nPhone: 81-3-3357-3800 (office)\nPhone: 81-3-3708-2898 (home)\nWeb (will be update on Monday):\nhttp:\/\/cnic.jp\/english\/\nList \nof US reactors with same weak containment design as Fukushima\nBeyond Nuclear\n, 12 March 2011\nGeneral Electric Boiling Water Reactor MARK I Containments (24 units) in U.S.:\nBrowns Ferry 1, 2 and 3\n, Decatur, AL\nBrunswick\n1\n&\n2\n, Southport, NC\nCooper\n, Brownville, NE\nDresden 2 & 3\n, Morris, IL\nDuane Arnold\n, Palo, IA\nEdwin Hatch 1 & 2\n, Baxley, GA\nFermi 2\n, Monroe, MI\nHope Creek\n, Artificial Island, NJ\nFitzpatrick\n, Scriba, NY\nMillstone 1\n, Waterford, CT\nMonticello\n, Monticello, MN\nNine Mile Point Unit 1\n, Scriba, NY\nOyster Creek\n, Lacey Township, NJ\nPeach Bottom\n2\n&\n3\n, Delta, PA\nPilgrim 1\n, Plymouth, MA\nQuad Cities 1 & 2\n, Cordova, IL\nVermont Yankee\n, Vernon, VT.\nSee Also:\nFukushima Dai-ichi Unit 1 reactor schematic and description\nat Beyond Nuclear.\nNRC list:\nFind Operating Nuclear Power Reactors by Location or Name\nIn 1986, Harold Denton, then the NRC’s top safety official, told an industry trade group that the \"Mark I containment, especially being smaller with lower design pressure, in spite of the suppression pool, if you look at the\nWASH 1400 Safety Study\n, you’ll find something like a 90% probability of that containment failing.\" Denton has previously \"served\" as the NRC’s point man sent into Three Mile Island Unit 2 reactor control room in the first hours and days of the 1979 meltdown accident.\nVermont Yankee, just two-three days ago, got a 20 year license extension from the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission, effectively overriding the deep and broad opposition to the license extension, from the Democratic Governor Peter Shumlin, to the State Senate which voted a year ago by 26 to 4 to shut down the reactor, all the way to grassroots environmental activists across the state. Obviously, the Vermont Yankee containment is questionable now -- it’s been questionable for decades. While earthquakes may be considered rare in Vermont, they are not unheard of, or beyond the realm of possibility. But of course there are other pathways for accidents, or attacks, at Vermont Yankee, that could end in similar results as what is unfolding at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant -- from age related degradation at the 40 year old Vermont Yankee atomic reactor causing systems, structures, or components to fail, to an intentional attack on the fragile, flimsy facility.","attrs_markdown":"back to [radiation](https:\/\/ratical.org\/radiation\/) \\| [rat haus](https:\/\/ratical.org\/rat_haus.html) \\| [Index](https:\/\/ratical.org\/rhrIndex\/) \\| [Search](https:\/\/ratical.org\/rhrSearch.html) \\| [tree](https:\/\/ratical.org\/rhrIndex\/tree.html)\n\n**Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station Catastrophe   following 11 March 2011 Magnitude 9.0 Earthquake   — the Largest in Japan’s History**\n\nEarth’s current night & day: [World Sunlight Map](http:\/\/www.die.net\/earth\/) and [Dawn & Dusk Hemispheres](http:\/\/www.die.net\/earth\/hemisphere.html)\n\nCLICK IMAGES TO SEE MORE\n\n|   |   |   |\n|---|---|---|\n| [![](https:\/\/ratical.org\/radiation\/Fukushima\/images\/pict11.jpg)](https:\/\/ratical.org\/radiation\/Fukushima\/images\/032411e.html)   Unit 3, 24 Mar 2011 | [![Explosion in Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant, 03-12-11](https:\/\/ratical.org\/radiation\/Fukushima\/images\/Fukushimaz.jpg)](https:\/\/ratical.org\/radiation\/Fukushima\/images\/)   Explosion in Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant, 03-12-11 | [![](https:\/\/ratical.org\/radiation\/Fukushima\/images\/pict12z.jpg)](https:\/\/ratical.org\/radiation\/Fukushima\/images\/032411f.html)   Unit 4, 24 Mar 2011 |\n\nC O N T E N T S\n\n|   |\n|---|\n| [Deepening Crisis Without End](https:\/\/ratical.org\/radiation\/Fukushima\/#DLE) [Critical Analysis](https:\/\/ratical.org\/radiation\/Fukushima\/#CA) [Sources with On-Going Information](https:\/\/ratical.org\/radiation\/Fukushima\/#SRCS) [Image Archives](https:\/\/ratical.org\/radiation\/Fukushima\/#IA) [Before \/ After 3-11-11](https:\/\/ratical.org\/radiation\/Fukushima\/#BA) [Archival Sources](https:\/\/ratical.org\/radiation\/Fukushima\/#AS) |\n\n|   |\n|---|\n| [![](https:\/\/ratical.org\/radiation\/Fukushima\/WaterEarthRad.jpg)](https:\/\/ratical.org\/radiation\/Fukushima\/WaterEarthRad.jpg) [Fukushima Crisis Without End: Ever-Increasing Radioactive Water and Earth](https:\/\/journal.ratical.earth\/2019\/09\/30\/fukushima-crisis-without-end-ever-increasing-radioactive-water-and-earth\/) A segment of the 1940 film, Fantasia, revisits the age-old tale of the sorcerer’s apprentice who conjures up the fatal idea of commanding a broom to fetch the water the apprentice is supposed to carry out. The sequence devolves into unending water being fetched that drowns the foolhardy amateur who is only rescued by the return of the Sorcerer.   In the physical reality of our world, there is no sorcery to rescue Life on Mother Earth from the catastrophe of Fukushima, fetching ever-increasing amounts of water and earth that will not and can not be “cleaned up” given the longevity of man-made radioactive elements conjured up by playing with the poison fire of uranium. |\n\n[⇑](https:\/\/ratical.org\/radiation\/Fukushima\/#contents)  **Deepening Crisis Without End**\n\n- Fairewinds Energy Education on Typhoon Hagibis:\n  - [At Least 14 levees broke in Fukushima Prefecture](https:\/\/www.fairewinds.org\/demystify\/brief-fukushima-prefecture-update), 16 Oct 2019\n  - [Radiation Alert: Super Typhoon Hagibis Hits Japan Sweeping Away Radioactive Soil & Waste](https:\/\/www.fairewinds.org\/demystify\/radiation-alert-super-typhoon-hagibis-hits-japan-sweeping-away-radioactive-soil-amp-waste), 14 Oct 2019\n- [Fukushima Crisis Without End: Ever-Increasing Radioactive Water and Earth](https:\/\/journal.ratical.earth\/2019\/09\/30\/fukushima-crisis-without-end-ever-increasing-radioactive-water-and-earth\/), David Ratcliffe, *ratical earth journal*, 30 September 2019\n- [Murky Politics pollute the Pacific - Radioactive water should be stored not dumped](https:\/\/beyondnuclearinternational.org\/2019\/09\/15\/murky-politics-pollute-the-pacific\/), Linda Pentz Gunther, *Beyond Nuclear*, 15 September 2019\n- [Contaminated Water Tanks In Fukushima Will Be Full In 3 Years](https:\/\/popularresistance.org\/contaminated-water-tanks-in-fukushima-will-be-full-in-3-years\/), by Naoya Kon, [*Asahi.com*](http:\/\/www.asahi.com\/ajw\/articles\/AJ201908090025.html), 14 August 2019\n- Dr. Helen Caldicott interview: [Fukushima: “An Ongoing Global Radiological Catastrophe”. “A Huge Coverup”](https:\/\/www.globalresearch.ca\/fukushima-an-ongoing-global-radiological-catastrophe-a-huge-coverup-dr-helen-caldicott\/5672265?print=1), *Global Research*, 30 June 2019\n- [Japan Govt. Erases Fukushima’s Victims](http:\/\/www.simplyinfo.org\/?p=17423), *SimplyInfo.org - The Fukushima Project*, 14 June 2019\n- [Japan’s Olympic President steps down 500 days out from games but denies corruption allegations](https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20190412043157\/https:\/\/www.news.com.au\/sport\/olympics\/japans-olympic-president-steps-down-500-days-out-from-games-but-denies-corruption-allegations\/news-story\/027bb152a04a804b05c21320286331cd) - The of Japan’s Olympic Committee has resigned amid a bribery scandal that investigators suspect helped Tokyo land next year’s Games, *AFP*, 20 March 2019\n- Dr. Helen Caldicott & Arnie Gundersen [Fukushima at Eight: Ongoing Cover-Up of the Nuclear Hazards in Japan and Abroad](https:\/\/www.globalresearch.ca\/fukushima-at-eight-ongoing-cover-up-of-the-nuclear-hazards-in-japan-and-abroad\/5671690), *Global Research News Hour*, 17 March 2019\n- Dr. Helen Caldicott’s 18 March 2011 press conference in Montreal: [Eight Years Ago: The Fukushima Nuclear Disaster in Perspective](https:\/\/www.globalresearch.ca\/the-fukushima-nuclear-disaster-in-perspective\/24730), *Global Research News Hour*, 12 May 2011; re-posted 10 March 2019\n- Arnie Gundersen, *Fairewinds Energy Education*:\n  - [Atomic Balm Part 1: Prime Minister Abe Uses The Tokyo Olympics As Snake Oil Cure For The Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Meltdowns](https:\/\/www.fairewinds.org\/demystify\/atomic-balm-part-1-prime-minister-abe-uses-the-tokyo-olympics-as-snake-oil-cure-for-the-fukushima-daiichi-nuclear-meltdowns), 1 March 2019\n  - [Atomic Balm Part 2: The Run For Your Life Tokyo Olympics](https:\/\/www.fairewinds.org\/demystify\/atomic-balm-part-2-the-run-for-your-life-tokyo-olympics), 8 March 2019\n- [Japanese government misleading UN on impact of Fukushima fallout on children, decontamination workers](https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/press-release\/21316\/japanese-government-misleading-un-on-impact-of-fukushima-fallout-on-children-decontamination-workers\/), *Greenpeace*,\n- [The Danger From Fukushima Daiichi No One Is Talking About](http:\/\/www.simplyinfo.org\/?p=17030):\n  “Radioactivity spewed from Fukushima Daiichi as the reactors melted down. That hasn’t been disputed. Researchers have found a far more dangerous material was ejected from the reactors. Microparticles pose a far more dangerous risk to human health than other forms of radioactivity ejected to the environment. Find out more in our annual report on Fukushima Daiichi.”\n  *SimplyInfo.org - The Fukushima Project* [2019 Annual Report - Fukushima 8th Anniversary](http:\/\/www.simplyinfo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/SimplyInfoOrg_2019_annual_report_Fukushima_finalc.pdf)\n- [Fukushima Power Plant Dilemma: What to Do With More Than 1 Million Tons of Radioactive Water](https:\/\/weather.com\/news\/news\/2018-04-30-fukushima-power-plant-radioactive-water-storage-tanks), by Ada Carr, *weather.com*, 1 May 2018: “More than 1 million tons of contaminated water are being stored and new storage tanks have to be built every four days.”\n- [Fukushima’s Other Big Problem: A Million Tons of Radioactive Water](https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/fukushimas-other-big-problem-a-million-tons-of-radioactive-water\/), by Vince Beiser, *Wired*, 27 April 2018\n- Dahr Jamail: [Fukushima Radiation and the 2020 Tokyo Olympics](https:\/\/www.ecowatch.com\/tokyo-olympics-fukushima-2460798164.html), *Truthout*, 17 Jul 2017\n- Helen Caldicott: [The Fukushima Nuclear Meltdown Continues Unabated](http:\/\/www.globalresearch.ca\/helen-caldicott-the-fukushima-nuclear-meltdown-continues-unabated\/5574756?print=1), *Independent Australia*\/*Global Research*, 14 Feb 2017\n- William Boardman:  [Fukushima Out of Control: Radiation Levels Significantly Higher than “Unimaginable”](http:\/\/www.globalresearch.ca\/fukushima-out-of-control-radiation-levels-significantly-higher-than-unimaginable\/5574837?print=1), *Reader Supported News*\/*Global Research*, 14 Feb 2017\n- [Timothy]() Mousseau: [Recent Developments Concerning Impacts To Non-Human Biota in Fukushima](https:\/\/ratical.org\/radiation\/Fukushima\/TimMousseauCC2016.pdf), Chernobyl Congress, [5 years living with Fukushima - 30 years living with Chernobyl](http:\/\/www.chernobylcongress.org\/home\/documentation.html), IPPNW, Berlin, 27 Feb 2016\n  - [mp3 recording](https:\/\/ratical.org\/radiation\/Fukushima\/TimMousseauCC2016.mp3) (12:06) of slide presentation (30 second intro in German)\n- Online Reader: [Fukushima: A Nuclear War without a War: The Unspoken Crisis of Worldwide Nuclear Radiation](https:\/\/www.globalresearch.ca\/fukushima-nuclear-war-worldwide-nuclear-radiation-2\/28870?print=1), *Global Research*, 25 Jan 2012; re-posted 10 Mar 2019\n\n|   |\n|---|\n| [![](https:\/\/ratical.org\/radiation\/Fukushima\/images\/pict46.jpg)](https:\/\/ratical.org\/radiation\/Fukushima\/images\/032411a.html)   24 March 2011: aerial photo taken by small unmanned drone and released by AIR PHOTO SERVICE of crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant in Okumamachi, Fukushima prefecture, northern Japan. From top to bottom, Unit 1 through Unit 4. (Air Photo Service Co. Ltd., Japan) |\n\n[⇑](https:\/\/ratical.org\/radiation\/Fukushima\/#contents)  **Critical Analysis**\n\n- Complete Transcript with Slides:\n  Steven Starr: [The Implications of The Massive Contamination of Japan With Radioactive Cesium](https:\/\/ratical.org\/radiation\/Fukushima\/StevenStarr.html),\n  Helen Caldicott Foundation Fukushima Symposium, New York Academy of Medicine, 11 March 2013\n- The Helen Caldicott Foundation presents   \n   [Symposium: the Medical and Ecological Consequences of the Fukushima Nuclear Accident](https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PL_AtK2ExI6YXqNA4b6L0EwqPsYiNAIU5x)   \n   Co-Sponsored by Physicians for Social Responsibility\n  New York Academy of Medicine, 11-12 March 2013, New York City   \n   This two-day symposium comprised an international panel of leading medical and biological scientists, nuclear engineers, and policy experts who gave presentations on and discussed the bio-medical and ecological consequences of the Fukushima Catastrophe. 46 videos are included of lectures at the Symposium.\n- Dr. Helen Caldicott: [The Impact of the Nuclear Crisis on Global Health](https:\/\/ratical.org\/radiation\/Fukushima\/NcrisisImpactOnGH.html)\n  *Australian Medical Student Journal*, Volume 4, Issue 2 2013, pp. 40-42.\n- [Changes in confirmed plus borderline cases of congenital hypothyroidism in California as a function of environmental fallout from the Fukushima nuclear meltdown](https:\/\/ratical.org\/radiation\/Fukushima\/CCHinCAfromFF.pdf)   \n   by Joseph Mangano, Janette Sherman, Christopher Busby\n  \n  December 2013, *Open Journal of Pediatrics*, **3**, 370-376. [dx.doi.org\/10.4236\/ojped.2013.34067](http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.4236\/ojped.2013.34067)\n  ABSTRACT   \n   Radiation exposure has been linked to increased risk of congenital hypothyroidism (CH) for decades. CH is a relatively uncommon condition, occurring in about 1 of 2000 US births. Thyroid Stimulating Hormone (TSH) levels for each child born in California permitted an analysis of combined confirmed and borderline CH cases. Borderline\/confirmed CH cases are more than seven times greater than just confirmed cases. Airborne levels of gross beta nuclear radiation in the US were elevated in the period starting several days after the Fukushima nuclear meltdown, especially in west coast states like California. The borderline\/confirmed CH rate for newborns during the last 9.5 months in 2011 (exposed to Fukushima *in utero*) vs. births during other periods in 2011 and 2012 (not exposed) was significantly elevated, suggesting that adverse health effects to the newborn thyroid were not restricted to just a small number of confirmed CH cases. The sensitivity of the fetus to radiation exposure, plus the presence of thyroid-seeking radioiodine, suggest further analysis of Fukushima’s potential to cause adverse health effects in newborns is needed.\n\n[⇑](https:\/\/ratical.org\/radiation\/Fukushima\/#contents)  **Sources with On-Going Information**\n\n- [Japan’s 3.11 Earthquake, Tsunami, Atomic Meltdown](http:\/\/apjjf.org\/3-11.html), *Asia Pacific Journal*\n- [Fukushima 311 Watchdogs](https:\/\/dunrenard.wordpress.com\/)\n- [Tokyo 2020 - The Radioactive Olympics](http:\/\/radioactive-olympics.org\/), from the *Nuclear Free Olympic Games 2020* Campaign\n- [Simply Info - The Fukushima Project](http:\/\/www.fukuleaks.org\/web\/)\n- [Fukushima Daiichi](http:\/\/www.fairewinds.org\/fukushima\/) \\| [Fairewinds Energy Education](http:\/\/www.fairewinds.org\/)\n- Focus on: [Japan](http:\/\/www.beyondnuclear.org\/japan\/) from [Beyond Nuclear](http:\/\/www.beyondnuclear.org\/) - working for a world free from nuclear power and nuclear weapons\n- [EnerWebWatch’s Special Nuclear Situation in Japan](http:\/\/www.enerwebwatch.eu\/webwatch.php?page=EarthQuake) -- Large daily listing from multiple sources\n- Radiation Monitoring\n  - film: [How Citizen Scientists can Sample Radiation](https:\/\/vimeo.com\/50406479)\n    Marco Kaltofen, PE explains how citizens scientists can properly, collect, document, package and ship radiation samples. In this video, he also demonstrates how he analyzes radioactive samples in his lab. 10\/18\/2012, [Fairewinds Energy Education](http:\/\/www.fairewinds.org\/)\n  - [SafeCast.org](http:\/\/www.safecast.org\/)\n    Safecast is a global sensor network for collecting and sharing radiation measurements to empower people with data about their environments.\n  - [International Medcom, Inc](https:\/\/medcom.com\/)\n    Technology for a Healthy Planet — Quality Radiation Detectors for a Safer World   \n     See Also: [How to Reduce Radiation Risk](https:\/\/medcom.com\/how-to-reduce-radiation-risk\/). Common sense and some basic information can greatly reduce radiation exposure and risk for most people. Here is some basic information to help you minimize your dose and risk.\n  - [Radiation Network](http:\/\/radiationnetwork.com\/)\n    home of the National Radiation Map, depicting environmental radiation levels across the USA, updated in real time every minute. This is the first web site where the average citizen (or anyone in the world) can see what radiation levels are anywhere in the USA at any time.\n  - [Geiger Counter Bulletin](http:\/\/geigercounter.com\/)\n    Dedicated to radiation detection and the Geiger Counter, an instrument that has had a significant historic role in the Nuclear Age\n  - [GeigerCounters.com](http:\/\/www.geigercounters.com\/)\n- [Low Level Radiation Campaign](http:\/\/www.llrc.org\/)\n- [Nuclear Disaster Japan](http:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/en\/campaigns\/nuclear\/safety\/accidents\/Fukushima-nuclear-disaster\/) \\| Greenpeace USA\n\n[⇑](https:\/\/ratical.org\/radiation\/Fukushima\/#contents)  **Image Archives**\n\n- [Arkadiusz Podniesinski - uncovering hidden world](https:\/\/www.podniesinski.pl\/portal\/?lg=en); Photo Essays\n  - [Fukushima](https:\/\/www.podniesinski.pl\/portal\/fukushima\/), 16 September 2015\n    Radioactive Fukushima Zone. Abandoned towns and buildings. Would it be something similar to Chernobyl?\n  - [Fukushima: A Second Chernobyl?](https:\/\/www.podniesinski.pl\/portal\/fukushima-a-second-chernobyl\/) 21 September 2016\n    Exactly a year has passed since my first visit to Fukushima. A visit which strengthened my belief of how catastrophic the consequences of nuclear disasters can be.\n  - [Fukushima 8 Years On](https:\/\/www.podniesinski.pl\/portal\/fukushima-8-years-on\/), 9 March 2019\n- [Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant Photographs](https:\/\/ratical.org\/radiation\/Fukushima\/images\/index.html) mirrored from Cryptome\n\n[⇑](https:\/\/ratical.org\/radiation\/Fukushima\/#contents)  **Before \/ After 3-11-11**\n\n[![](https:\/\/ratical.org\/radiation\/Fukushima\/images\/BeforeAfterz.jpg)](https:\/\/ratical.org\/radiation\/Fukushima\/images\/BeforeAfter.html)\n\n[⇑](https:\/\/ratical.org\/radiation\/Fukushima\/#contents)\n\n## A R C H I V A L S O U R C E S\n***\n- [The Top Short-Term Threat to Humanity: The Fuel Pools of Fukushima](http:\/\/www.washingtonsblog.com\/2012\/04\/the-largest-short-term-threat-to-humanity-the-fuel-pools-of-fukushima.html), *WashingtonsBlog*, 7 Apr 2012\n- [Fuel Pool 35 Miles from Major American City \\[ie, Boston\\] – which Is Highly Vulnerable to Earthquakes – Contains More Radioactive Cesium than Released By Fukushima, Chernobyl and All Nuclear Bomb Tests COMBINED](http:\/\/www.washingtonsblog.com\/2012\/04\/nuclear-plant-35-miles-from-major-american-city-with-high-earthquake-risk-has-more-radioactive-cesium-than-released-by-fukushima-chernobyl-and-all-nuclear-bomb-tests-combined.html), *WashingtonsBlog*, 12 Apr 2012\n- [Fukushima Daiichi Site: Cesium-137 is 85 times greater than at Chernobyl Accident](https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20160329030715\/http:\/\/akiomatsumura.com\/2012\/04\/682.html), by Akio Matsumura, *Akio Matsumura*, 3 Apr 2012\n- [How Dangerous is the Radioactive Wave Headed Toward the US?](http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=nJISxqqE-oA), *YouTube*, published 6 April 2012 by TheBigPictureRT\n- [Fukushima...radiation so high - even robots not safe](http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=LwO3MDfUeRo&feature=player_embedded), *YouTube*, 30 March 2012   \n   Kevin Kamps, Beyond Nuclear joins Thom Hartmann. More than a year into the nuclear crisis at Fukushima - radiation levels have now reached their highest point yet. What does all this mean - and what should nuclear supporters in America be taking away from the continuing crisis?\n- [Tokyo Soil Samples Would Be Considered Nuclear Waste In The US](https:\/\/www.fairewinds.org\/nuclear-energy-education\/tokyo-soil-samples-would-be-considered-nuclear-waste-in-the-us), Arnold Gundersen, *Fairewinds Energy Education*, 25 March 2012\n- [Why Nuclear Scientists Have Missed the Danger of Spent Fuel Pools](https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150311225427\/http:\/\/akiomatsumura.com\/2012\/01\/lack-of-training-on-the-catastrophic-accident-potential-at-spent-fuel-pools.html),   \n   by Dr. Gordon Edwards, *Akio Matsumura*, 23 January 2012\n\n|   |\n|---|\n|   |\n| **Local Copy on ratical.org**  Steven Starr: [The Implications of The Massive Contamination of Japan With Radioactive Cesium](https:\/\/ratical.org\/radiation\/Fukushima\/StevenStarr.html), Helen Caldicott Foundation Fukushima Symposium, New York Academy of Medicine, 11 March 2013 [A Visual Tour of the Fuel Pools of Fukushima](https:\/\/ratical.org\/radiation\/Fukushima\/VisTourOfFuelPools.html), by George Washington, Washington’s Blog, 15 April 2012 [Fukushima Into Eternity](https:\/\/ratical.org\/radiation\/IntoEternity\/FukushimaTime.html), statement by Michael Madsen, March 2012 [Fukushima Power Plant Damaged Worse Than Thought, New Report Says](https:\/\/ratical.org\/radiation\/Fukushima\/Unit2WTT.html), by Mari Yamaguchi, *TheHuffingtonPost.com*, 27 March 2012 [The World is Powerless Against Fukushima Fallout](https:\/\/ratical.org\/radiation\/Fukushima\/Fallout.html), by Yoichi Shimatsu, *New America Media*, 5 March 2012 **[Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant Photographs](https:\/\/ratical.org\/radiation\/Fukushima\/images\/)** [Investigation on the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Accident](https:\/\/ratical.org\/radiation\/Fukushima\/IotFDNArpt.html), Rebuild Japan Initiative Foundation, March 2012 [The Echo Chamber: Regulatory Capture and the Fukushima Daiichi Disaster](https:\/\/ratical.org\/radiation\/Fukushima\/TheEchoChamber.html), by Arnie Gundersen, Fairewinds Associates, Section 3 of *Lessons from Fukushima*, Greenpeace International, 28 February 2012 [Nuke dangers nowhere near resolved: Kan’s crisis adviser](https:\/\/ratical.org\/radiation\/Fukushima\/nDangerNoResol.html), by Reiji Yoshida, *The Japan Times*, 8 February 2012 [Japanese tsunami debris washes up on U.S. West Coast nine months after disaster (and there’s 100 MILLION more tons on its way)](https:\/\/ratical.org\/radiation\/Fukushima\/RadDebrisReachesWC.html), By Michael Zennie *Daily Mail*, 16 December 2011 [Architect of Reactor 3 warns of massive hydrovolcanic explosion](https:\/\/ratical.org\/radiation\/Fukushima\/UeharaHaruo.html), posted by Mochizuki on 19 November 2011 *Fukushima Diary* [Cesium-137 flow into sea 30 times greater than stated by TEPCO: report](https:\/\/ratical.org\/radiation\/Fukushima\/Cs137-30timesHigher.html) *Maninichi Daily News*, 29 October 2011 27\\.1 Quadrillion becquerels of cesium alone flowed into sea – not including first week of crisis – 30 times what TEPCO claimed – Warning that ‘significant’ pollution to remain [Blood clots found in the legs of Fukushima evacuees](https:\/\/ratical.org\/radiation\/Fukushima\/BloodClots.html), by Janette D. Sherman, M.D., *San Francisco Bay View*, 26 October 2011 [Global resources needed to combat radiation levels](https:\/\/ratical.org\/radiation\/Fukushima\/GRNtCRL.html) by Warren Binford *Statesman Journal*, 25 September 2011 [Understanding the Ongoing Nuclear Disaster in Fukushima: A “Two-Headed Dragon” Descends into the Earth’s Biosphere](https:\/\/ratical.org\/radiation\/Fukushima\/2headedDragon.html) by Fujioka Atsushi Translated by Michael K. Bourdaghs *The Asia-Pacific Journal*, 12 September 2011 [Fukushima radiation alarms doctors](https:\/\/ratical.org\/radiation\/Fukushima\/FradAlarmsDrs.html) Japanese doctors warn of public health problems caused by Fukushima radiation, by Dahr Jamail, *Al Jazeera English*, 18 August 2011 [Citizen group tracks down Japan’s radiation](https:\/\/ratical.org\/radiation\/Fukushima\/CGtdJrad.html) Amid contradictory government statistics, a volunteer group has recorded 500,000 radiation points across the country, by Dahr Jamail, *Al Jazeera English*, 10 August 2011 [Radiation Effects on Health: Protect the Children of Fukushima](https:\/\/ratical.org\/radiation\/Fukushima\/TatsuhikoKodama.html) Tatsuhiko Kodama Professor, Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, the University of Tokyo Head, Radioisotope Center, the University of Tokyo Translation by Kyoko Selden *The Asia-Pacific Journal* Vol 9, Issue 32 No 4, 8 August 2011 [What happened at Fukushima?](https:\/\/ratical.org\/radiation\/Fukushima\/WhatHapAtF.html) by David McNeill & Jake Adelstein, *The Asia-Pacific Journal*, 8 August 2011 [Japan’s Fukushima catastrophe brings big radiation spikes to B.C.](https:\/\/ratical.org\/radiation\/Fukushima\/FradSpikesInC.html), By Alex Roslin, *Georgia Straight*, 4 August 2011 [Tepco Reports Second Deadly Radiation Reading at Fukushima Nuclear Plant](https:\/\/ratical.org\/radiation\/Fukushima\/HiRadLvl2nd.html), By Tsuyoshi Inajima and Kari Lundgren, *Bloomberg*, 3 August 2011 [Highest indoor radiation level detected at Fukushima Daiichi plant](https:\/\/ratical.org\/radiation\/Fukushima\/HiRadLvl1st.html), *Maninichi Daily News*, 3 August 2011 [Children sickness linked to Fukushima radiation](https:\/\/ratical.org\/radiation\/Fukushima\/childrenSick.html), By Deborah Dupre, *Examiner.com*, 19 June 2011 [Fukushima: It’s much worse than you think](https:\/\/ratical.org\/radiation\/Fukushima\/FisMWTYT.html), by Dahr Jamail, *Al Jazeera English*, 16 June 2011 [The Big Lies Fly High - Fukushima and the Nuclear Establishment](https:\/\/ratical.org\/radiation\/Fukushima\/FandNE.html), by Karl Grossman, *Counterpunch*, 16 June 2011 [Nuclear meltdown at Fukushima plant](https:\/\/ratical.org\/radiation\/Fukushima\/meltdownT.html), by Julian Ryall, *The Telegraph*, 12 May 2011 [Fukushima reactor has a hole, leading to leakage](https:\/\/ratical.org\/radiation\/Fukushima\/meltdownR.html), by Yoko Kubota and Scott DiSavino, *Reuters*, 12 May 2011 [Japan to scrap workers’ annual radiation dose limit at normal times](https:\/\/ratical.org\/radiation\/Fukushima\/ScrapRadDoseLimit.html), *Mainichi Daily News*, 28 April 2011 [Is the Fukushima nuclear plant breakdown worse than Chernobyl?](https:\/\/ratical.org\/radiation\/Fukushima\/IsFworseThanC.html), by Janette D. Sherman, M.D., *San Francisco Bay View*, 15 April 2011 [Huge radiation release led to severity hike](https:\/\/ratical.org\/radiation\/Fukushima\/INESlevel7.html), *The Daily Yomiuri*, 14 April 2011 [Fukushima Update - Tracking Japan’s Nuclear Crisis (PDF)](https:\/\/ratical.org\/radiation\/Fukushima\/AREVA_Fukushima.pdf), by Matthias Braun PEPA4-G, AREVA-NP GmbH, 7 April 2011 [Nuclear’s green cheerleaders forget Chernobyl at our peril](https:\/\/ratical.org\/radiation\/Fukushima\/CasualtiesOfPast.html), by John Vidal, *The Guardian*, 1 April 2011 [Extreme radiation detected at No.2 reactor](https:\/\/ratical.org\/radiation\/Fukushima\/ExtremeRadNHK.html), *NHK World english*, 27 Mar 2011 [Radioactivity soars in Japan reactor](https:\/\/ratical.org\/radiation\/Fukushima\/NPPradSoars.html), Workers evacuated from a plant building after high doses of radiation were detected. *Al Jazeera English*, 27 Mar 2011 [World Health Organization vigil continues — Now in its 204th Consecutive Week](https:\/\/ratical.org\/radiation\/Fukushima\/WHOvigilContinues.html), by BeyondNuclear.org, 26 Mar 2011 [Dense populations and risk of plutonium releases could mean Fukushima accident worse than Chernobyl, prominent Russian scientist says](https:\/\/ratical.org\/radiation\/Fukushima\/YablokovPressConf.html) BeyondNuclear.org Press Release, 25 Mar 2011 [Who controls nuclear control agencies?](https:\/\/ratical.org\/radiation\/Fukushima\/whoControlsNCAs.html) Japan’s earthquake caused a nuclear crisis which could be repeated in other countries if precautions aren’t taken. by Stephen Leahy, *Al Jazeera English*, 23 Mar 2011 [Leading French radiological laboratory (CRIIRAD) says high radioactive contamination levels found as far as 100 kilometers away](https:\/\/ratical.org\/radiation\/Fukushima\/CRIIRAD-BN032111.html) BeyondNuclear.org Press Release, 21 Mar 2011 [Food and water poisoned by Japanese nuclear leak as expert warns more could die than in Chernobyl](https:\/\/ratical.org\/radiation\/Fukushima\/FoodH20poisoned.html), by Susie Boniface, *www.mirror.co.uk*, 20 Mar 2011 [Behind the Hydrogen Explosion at the Fukushima Nuclear Plant](https:\/\/ratical.org\/radiation\/Fukushima\/HydroExplo.html), by Karl Grossman, *CommonDreams.org*, 12 Mar 2011 [First the Quake, Then the Lies–Don’t Worry, It’s Just a Little Radiation](https:\/\/ratical.org\/radiation\/Fukushima\/DontWorry.html), by Karl Grossman, *Counterpunch*, 11 Mar 2011 |\n\n|   |\n|---|\n| [![](https:\/\/ratical.org\/radiation\/Fukushima\/images\/pict14.jpg)](https:\/\/ratical.org\/radiation\/Fukushima\/images\/032011e.html) 20 March 2011: aerial photo taken by a small unmanned drone and released by AIR PHOTO SERVICE of crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant in Okumamachi, Fukushima prefecture, northern Japan. From right to left: Unit 1, Unit2, Unit 3 and Unit 4. (Air Photo Service Co. Ltd., Japan) |\n\n[Selected internet film listing of items soon after Fukushima went critical](https:\/\/ratical.org\/radiation\/Fukushima\/filmListing.html)\n\n[Information Updates on Nuclear Power Plants in Fukushima](https:\/\/ratical.org\/radiation\/Fukushima\/data\/)   \n from [Japan Atomic Industrial Forum, Inc.](https:\/\/www.jaif.or.jp\/en\/)\n\n|   |\n|---|\n| [![](https:\/\/ratical.org\/radiation\/Fukushima\/images\/pict6mz.jpg)](https:\/\/ratical.org\/radiation\/Fukushima\/images\/032011b.html)   20 March 2011: aerial photo taken by a small unmanned drone and released by AIR PHOTO SERVICE of damaged Unit 4, left, and Unit 3 of the crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant (Air Photo Service Co. Ltd., Japan) |\n\n**[Status of the Nuclear Reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi Power Plant](http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2011\/03\/16\/world\/asia\/reactors-status.html?hp)**,   \n *New York Times*, 03-16-11 (updated to 04-29-11), With timelines of the six reactors\n\n**Updated to April 29**    \n **Reactor 1**   \n Outer building is damaged and it is presumed that there was a partial meltdown. Small amounts of radioactivity have been vented. Reactor has 400 fuel assemblies, the spent fuel pool has 292.   \n **Reactor 2**   \n Partial meltdown is presumed to have occurred. The primary containment vessel is cracked and some radioactivity has vented. Reactor has 548 fuel assemblies, the spent fuel pool has 587.   \n **Reactor 3**   \n The reactor used uranium and plutonium, which may produce more toxic radioactivity. The spent fuel pool may have become uncovered. Reactor has 548 fuel assemblies, the spent fuel pool has 514.   \n **Reactor 4**   \n Spent fuel rods in a water pool may have become exposed to air, emitting radioactive gases. An explosion and fire have damaged the building. No fuel assemblies in reactor; 548 were removed for maintenance and are part of 1,479 in spent fuel pools.   \n **Reactor 5**   \n The reactor is shut down and the building is not damaged. But there is concern that spent fuel in the building may become exposed to air. Reactor has 548 fuel assemblies, the spent fuel pool has 826.   \n **Reactor 6**   \n The reactor is shut down and the building is not damaged. But there is concern that spent fuel in the building may become exposed to air. Reactor has 764 fuel assemblies, and there are 1,136 in spent fuel pools.\n\nSimulations of atmospheric dispersion of the plume formed by the release of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, between March 12 and March 19, 2011\n\nPublished on 03-17-11 from the INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE ([IRSN](http:\/\/www.irsn.fr\/)), the French Government’s official agency on radiation and nuclear matters.\n\n**The dispersion of radioactive releases into the atmosphere**    \n IRSN simulated atmospheric dispersion of releases estimated between 12 and 20 March, using its numerical model applicable to long distance (scale of several hundred kilometers), using weather forecasts provided by Météo France.\n\nThis simulation was applied to the cesium 137, as a tracer of the plume during this period. The results of this simulation, conducted every hour from 12 March, are expressed in becquerels of cesium-137 per cubic meter of air (Bq \/ m 3). For comparison, values measured near the Chernobyl plant, shortly after the accident on April 26, 1986, exceeded 100 000 Bq \/ m; they were in the range of 100-1000 Bq \/ m 3 in the country most affected by the plume (Ukraine, Belarus); France, values measured in the east were the order of 1 to 10 Bq\/m3 (May 1, 1986).\n\nAt the time this was made, a very low activity of cesium-137 remains in the air, on the order of 0.000001 Bq\/m3.\n\n[SEE PLUME SIMULATION](http:\/\/www.irsn.fr\/FR\/popup\/Pages\/animation_dispersion_rejets_17mars.aspx)\n\n**Estimation of doses likely to be received by persons exposed to radioactive plume**    \n Simulation: [Whole body dose may be received by a child of 1 year in the absence of protection for releases](http:\/\/www.irsn.fr\/FR\/popup\/Pages\/animation_doses_corps_entiers_17mars.aspx)   \n Simulation: [Dose to thyroid likely to be received by a child of 1 year in the absence of protection during emissions](http:\/\/www.irsn.fr\/FR\/popup\/Pages\/animation_doses_corps_thyroide_17mars.aspx)\n\n|   |\n|---|\n| [![](https:\/\/ratical.org\/radiation\/Fukushima\/images\/pict9mz.jpg)](https:\/\/ratical.org\/radiation\/Fukushima\/images\/032011d.html)   20 March 2011: aerial photo taken by small unmanned drone and released by AIR PHOTO SERVICE of the crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant. From right to left: Unit 1, Unit 2 and Unit 3. (Air Photo Service Co. Ltd., Japan) |\n\nSatellite Images at Institute for Science and International Security ([ISIS](http:\/\/isis-online.org\/), Wash., DC):\n\n|   |\n|---|\n| [Fukushima Nuclear Site](http:\/\/isis-online.org\/isis-reports\/detail\/new-march-18-satellite-image-of-fukushima-daiichi-nuclear-site-in-japan\/), 03-18-11 [Fukushima Nuclear Site](http:\/\/isis-online.org\/isis-reports\/detail\/new-satellite-image-of-fukushima-nuclear-site-from-march-17-2011\/), 03-17-11 [Damage to Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Site](http:\/\/isis-online.org\/isis-reports\/detail\/new-satellite-image-of-fukushima-daiichi-nuclear-site-in-japan-from-march-1\/), 03-16-11 [Damage to Reactor Buildings at Fukushima Daiichi Complex After Explosions](http:\/\/isis-online.org\/isis-reports\/detail\/satellite-image-shows-damage-to-reactor-buildings-at-fukushima-daiichi-comp\/), 03-14-11 |\n\n**[Emergency Special Report: Japan’s Earthquake, Hidden Nuclear Catastrophe](http:\/\/www.globalresearch.ca\/index.php?context=va&aid=23676)**    \n by Yoichi Shimatsu, [Global Research](http:\/\/www.globalresearch.ca\/), 13 March 2011   \n Yoichi Shimatsu currently with Fourth Media (China) is former editor of the *Japan Times Weekly*, has covered the earthquakes in San Francisco and Kobe, participated in the rescue operation immediately after the Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004 and led the field research for an architectural report on structural design flaws that led to the tsunami death toll in Thailand.\n\n**[Recording](http:\/\/www.ustream.tv\/recorded\/13295291): [Citizens’ Nuclear Information Center](http:\/\/cnic.jp\/english\/) (CNIC) press conference at the Foreign Correspondents Club of Japan: The Earthquake and Nuclear Disaster In Tohoku**    \n 2011 Mar 13, 19:30-21:30   \n CNIC held a press conference in Japanese with English interpreting at the Foreign Correspondents Club of Japan. Speakers included nuclear experts associated with CNIC who are analyzing the unfolding disaster at the nuclear power plants in Fukushima: Hideyuki Ban, CNIC Secretary General, Masashi Goto, Former Nuclear Power Plant Designer, Chihiro Kamisawa, CNIC Senior Researcher.   \n The Citizens’ Nuclear Information Center is an anti-nuclear public interest organization that seeks to provide reliable information and to educate the public on the hazards of nuclear power. Hideyuki Ban is also the antinuclear activist on the committee advising the government concerning its Long-Term Program for the Utilization of Nuclear Energy.\n\n**Before and after photos of exploded reactor containment building in Japan**    \n ![before\/after photos of exploded reactor containment bldg at Fukushima](https:\/\/ratical.org\/radiation\/Fukushima\/FukushimaBefAft.jpg)\n\n**[Fukushima vs. Three Mile Island](http:\/\/www.tmia.com\/node\/912) from [Three Mile Island Alert](http:\/\/www.tmia.com\/)**    \n Background: March 12, 2011   \n The crippled Fukushima reactor is a grim reminder of the Three Mile Island crisis. It has some common technical and safety aspects, and brings to mind broken promises by the industry to resolve open safety issues. The Japanese crisis certainly demonstrates the propensity for obfuscation by the industry while the public is left sifting through hundreds of media reports.   \n The first indication that the Fukushima reactor was in serious trouble came from reports that the Japanese military was flying batteries to the plant. This clue made it clear that the operators were having more problems than just trouble with circulating reactor coolant. It revealed that the operators were losing or had lost electrical control of the reactor systems and that the emergency diesel generators were not working. But the Japanese government and the industry continued to downplay the dire conditions facing them.   \n This same pattern of denial happened here at Three Mile Island leaving the citizens and their governor bewildered and confused. In fact, radioactive releases at TMI are presently being reported as a miniscule amount of radiation. At least 13 million curies of radiation were released. So it is easy to see how the Japanese crisis brings back various details of the TMI crisis.   \n Here are some of the similarities and differences: <http:\/\/www.efmr.org\/files\/TMIA_Japan_accident.pdf>\n\n**[Battle to stabilise earthquake reactors](http:\/\/www.world-nuclear-news.org\/RS_Battle_to_stabilise_earthquake_reactors_1203111.html)**, *World Nuclear News*, 12 March 2011\n\n**[Citizens’ Nuclear Information Center](http:\/\/cnic.jp\/english\/) Statement re the Nuclear and Earthquake Disaster Unfolding in Japan**    \n 12 March 2011\n\nThe Citizens’ Nuclear Information Center (CNIC) is deeply concerned for the health and safety of the people affected by the earthquakes and tsunamis that have struck Japan over the last two days. We are particularly concerned for the people in the vicinity of nuclear power plants, including workers who are trying to minimize the scope of the disaster.\n\nUnit 1 of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant is in a state of meltdown. A nuclear disaster which the promoters of nuclear power in Japan said wouldn’t happen is in progress. It is occurring as a result of an earthquake that they said would not happen.\n\nThis could and should have been predicted. It was predicted by scientists and NGOs such as CNIC. We warned that Japan’s nuclear power plants could be subjected to much stronger earthquakes and much bigger tsunamis than they were designed to withstand.\n\nBesides the question about how this accident will unfold, the big question now is, will the government and the nuclear industry acknowledge its mistakes and change track?\n\nLast December the Japanese government began a review of its nuclear energy policy. The review was commenced in the spirit of essentially confirming the existing policy. That approach is no longer viable. The direction of the policy review must be completely reversed. It must be redirected towards developing a policy of phasing out nuclear energy as smoothly and swiftly as possible.\n\nPhilip White   \n International Liaison Officer   \n Citizens’ Nuclear Information Center   \n Phone: 81-3-3357-3800 (office)   \n Phone: 81-3-3708-2898 (home)   \n Web (will be update on Monday):   \n <http:\/\/cnic.jp\/english\/>\n\n**[List of US reactors with same weak containment design as Fukushima](http:\/\/www.beyondnuclear.org\/home\/2011\/3\/12\/list-of-us-reactors-with-same-weak-containment-design-as-fuk.html)**    \n [Beyond Nuclear](http:\/\/www.beyondnuclear.org\/), 12 March 2011\n\nGeneral Electric Boiling Water Reactor MARK I Containments (24 units) in U.S.:\n\n- [Browns Ferry 1, 2 and 3](http:\/\/www.tva.gov\/sites\/brownsferry.htm), Decatur, AL\n- Brunswick [1](http:\/\/www.nrc.gov\/info-finder\/reactor\/bru1.html) & [2](http:\/\/www.nrc.gov\/info-finder\/reactor\/bru2.html), Southport, NC\n- [Cooper](http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cooper_Nuclear_Station), Brownville, NE\n- [Dresden 2 & 3](http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dresden_Nuclear_Power_Plant), Morris, IL\n- [Duane Arnold](http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Duane_Arnold_Energy_Center), Palo, IA\n- [Edwin Hatch 1 & 2](http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Edwin_I._Hatch_Nuclear_Power_Plant), Baxley, GA\n- [Fermi 2](http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Enrico_Fermi_Nuclear_Generating_Station), Monroe, MI\n- [Hope Creek](http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hope_Creek_Nuclear_Generating_Station), Artificial Island, NJ\n- [Fitzpatrick](http:\/\/www.nrc.gov\/info-finder\/reactor\/fitz.html), Scriba, NY\n- [Millstone 1](http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Millstone_Nuclear_Power_Plant), Waterford, CT\n- [Monticello](http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Monticello_Nuclear_Generating_Plant), Monticello, MN\n- [Nine Mile Point Unit 1](http:\/\/www.nrc.gov\/info-finder\/reactor\/nmp1.html), Scriba, NY\n- [Oyster Creek](http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Oyster_Creek_Nuclear_Generating_Station), Lacey Township, NJ\n- Peach Bottom [2](http:\/\/www.nrc.gov\/info-finder\/reactor\/pb2.html) & [3](http:\/\/www.nrc.gov\/info-finder\/reactor\/pb3.html), Delta, PA\n- [Pilgrim 1](http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pilgrim_Nuclear_Generating_Station), Plymouth, MA\n- [Quad Cities 1 & 2](http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Quad_Cities_Nuclear_Generating_Station), Cordova, IL\n- [Vermont Yankee](http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vermont_Yankee_Nuclear_Power_Plant), Vernon, VT.\n\nSee Also: [Fukushima Dai-ichi Unit 1 reactor schematic and description](http:\/\/www.beyondnuclear.org\/home\/2011\/3\/12\/fukushima-dai-ichi-unit-1-reactor-schematic.html) at Beyond Nuclear.   \n NRC list: [Find Operating Nuclear Power Reactors by Location or Name](http:\/\/www.nrc.gov\/info-finder\/reactor\/)\n\nIn 1986, Harold Denton, then the NRC’s top safety official, told an industry trade group that the \"Mark I containment, especially being smaller with lower design pressure, in spite of the suppression pool, if you look at the [WASH 1400 Safety Study](https:\/\/www.nrc.gov\/docs\/ML1622\/ML16225A002.pdf), you’ll find something like a 90% probability of that containment failing.\" Denton has previously \"served\" as the NRC’s point man sent into Three Mile Island Unit 2 reactor control room in the first hours and days of the 1979 meltdown accident.\n\nVermont Yankee, just two-three days ago, got a 20 year license extension from the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission, effectively overriding the deep and broad opposition to the license extension, from the Democratic Governor Peter Shumlin, to the State Senate which voted a year ago by 26 to 4 to shut down the reactor, all the way to grassroots environmental activists across the state. Obviously, the Vermont Yankee containment is questionable now -- it’s been questionable for decades. While earthquakes may be considered rare in Vermont, they are not unheard of, or beyond the realm of possibility. But of course there are other pathways for accidents, or attacks, at Vermont Yankee, that could end in similar results as what is unfolding at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant -- from age related degradation at the 40 year old Vermont Yankee atomic reactor causing systems, structures, or components to fail, to an intentional attack on the fragile, flimsy facility.\n\nback to [radiation](https:\/\/ratical.org\/radiation\/) \\| [rat haus](https:\/\/ratical.org\/rat_haus.html) \\| [Index](https:\/\/ratical.org\/rhrIndex\/) \\| [Search](https:\/\/ratical.org\/rhrSearch.html) \\| [tree](https:\/\/ratical.org\/rhrIndex\/tree.html)","attrs_readable_markdown":"- [Arkadiusz Podniesinski - uncovering hidden world](https:\/\/www.podniesinski.pl\/portal\/?lg=en); Photo Essays\n  - [Fukushima](https:\/\/www.podniesinski.pl\/portal\/fukushima\/), 16 September 2015\n    Radioactive Fukushima Zone. Abandoned towns and buildings. Would it be something similar to Chernobyl?\n  - [Fukushima: A Second Chernobyl?](https:\/\/www.podniesinski.pl\/portal\/fukushima-a-second-chernobyl\/) 21 September 2016\n    Exactly a year has passed since my first visit to Fukushima. A visit which strengthened my belief of how catastrophic the consequences of nuclear disasters can be.\n  - [Fukushima 8 Years On](https:\/\/www.podniesinski.pl\/portal\/fukushima-8-years-on\/), 9 March 2019\n- [Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant Photographs](https:\/\/ratical.org\/radiation\/Fukushima\/images\/index.html) mirrored from Cryptome\n\n[⇑](https:\/\/ratical.org\/radiation\/Fukushima\/#contents)  **Before \/ After 3-11-11**\n\n[![](https:\/\/ratical.org\/radiation\/Fukushima\/images\/BeforeAfterz.jpg)](https:\/\/ratical.org\/radiation\/Fukushima\/images\/BeforeAfter.html)\n\n[⇑](https:\/\/ratical.org\/radiation\/Fukushima\/#contents)\n\n## A R C H I V A L S O U R C E S\n***\n- [The Top Short-Term Threat to Humanity: The Fuel Pools of Fukushima](http:\/\/www.washingtonsblog.com\/2012\/04\/the-largest-short-term-threat-to-humanity-the-fuel-pools-of-fukushima.html), *WashingtonsBlog*, 7 Apr 2012\n- [Fuel Pool 35 Miles from Major American City \\[ie, Boston\\] – which Is Highly Vulnerable to Earthquakes – Contains More Radioactive Cesium than Released By Fukushima, Chernobyl and All Nuclear Bomb Tests COMBINED](http:\/\/www.washingtonsblog.com\/2012\/04\/nuclear-plant-35-miles-from-major-american-city-with-high-earthquake-risk-has-more-radioactive-cesium-than-released-by-fukushima-chernobyl-and-all-nuclear-bomb-tests-combined.html), *WashingtonsBlog*, 12 Apr 2012\n- [Fukushima Daiichi Site: Cesium-137 is 85 times greater than at Chernobyl Accident](https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20160329030715\/http:\/\/akiomatsumura.com\/2012\/04\/682.html), by Akio Matsumura, *Akio Matsumura*, 3 Apr 2012\n- [How Dangerous is the Radioactive Wave Headed Toward the US?](http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=nJISxqqE-oA), *YouTube*, published 6 April 2012 by TheBigPictureRT\n- [Fukushima...radiation so high - even robots not safe](http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=LwO3MDfUeRo&feature=player_embedded), *YouTube*, 30 March 2012   \n   Kevin Kamps, Beyond Nuclear joins Thom Hartmann. More than a year into the nuclear crisis at Fukushima - radiation levels have now reached their highest point yet. What does all this mean - and what should nuclear supporters in America be taking away from the continuing crisis?\n- [Tokyo Soil Samples Would Be Considered Nuclear Waste In The US](https:\/\/www.fairewinds.org\/nuclear-energy-education\/tokyo-soil-samples-would-be-considered-nuclear-waste-in-the-us), Arnold Gundersen, *Fairewinds Energy Education*, 25 March 2012\n- [Why Nuclear Scientists Have Missed the Danger of Spent Fuel Pools](https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150311225427\/http:\/\/akiomatsumura.com\/2012\/01\/lack-of-training-on-the-catastrophic-accident-potential-at-spent-fuel-pools.html),   \n   by Dr. Gordon Edwards, *Akio Matsumura*, 23 January 2012\n\n**Local Copy on ratical.org**\n\n- Steven Starr: [The Implications of The Massive Contamination of Japan With Radioactive Cesium](https:\/\/ratical.org\/radiation\/Fukushima\/StevenStarr.html), Helen Caldicott Foundation Fukushima Symposium, New York Academy of Medicine, 11 March 2013\n- [A Visual Tour of the Fuel Pools of Fukushima](https:\/\/ratical.org\/radiation\/Fukushima\/VisTourOfFuelPools.html), by George Washington, Washington’s Blog, 15 April 2012\n- [Fukushima Into Eternity](https:\/\/ratical.org\/radiation\/IntoEternity\/FukushimaTime.html), statement by Michael Madsen, March 2012\n- [Fukushima Power Plant Damaged Worse Than Thought, New Report Says](https:\/\/ratical.org\/radiation\/Fukushima\/Unit2WTT.html), by Mari Yamaguchi, *TheHuffingtonPost.com*, 27 March 2012\n- [The World is Powerless Against Fukushima Fallout](https:\/\/ratical.org\/radiation\/Fukushima\/Fallout.html), by Yoichi Shimatsu, *New America Media*, 5 March 2012\n- **[Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant Photographs](https:\/\/ratical.org\/radiation\/Fukushima\/images\/)**\n- [Investigation on the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Accident](https:\/\/ratical.org\/radiation\/Fukushima\/IotFDNArpt.html), Rebuild Japan Initiative Foundation, March 2012\n- [The Echo Chamber: Regulatory Capture and the Fukushima Daiichi Disaster](https:\/\/ratical.org\/radiation\/Fukushima\/TheEchoChamber.html), by Arnie Gundersen, Fairewinds Associates, Section 3 of *Lessons from Fukushima*, Greenpeace International, 28 February 2012\n- [Nuke dangers nowhere near resolved: Kan’s crisis adviser](https:\/\/ratical.org\/radiation\/Fukushima\/nDangerNoResol.html), by Reiji Yoshida, *The Japan Times*, 8 February 2012\n- [Japanese tsunami debris washes up on U.S. West Coast nine months after disaster (and there’s 100 MILLION more tons on its way)](https:\/\/ratical.org\/radiation\/Fukushima\/RadDebrisReachesWC.html), By Michael Zennie *Daily Mail*, 16 December 2011\n- [Architect of Reactor 3 warns of massive hydrovolcanic explosion](https:\/\/ratical.org\/radiation\/Fukushima\/UeharaHaruo.html), posted by Mochizuki on 19 November 2011 *Fukushima Diary*\n- [Cesium-137 flow into sea 30 times greater than stated by TEPCO: report](https:\/\/ratical.org\/radiation\/Fukushima\/Cs137-30timesHigher.html) *Maninichi Daily News*, 29 October 2011\n  27\\.1 Quadrillion becquerels of cesium alone flowed into sea – not including first week of crisis – 30 times what TEPCO claimed – Warning that ‘significant’ pollution to remain\n- [Blood clots found in the legs of Fukushima evacuees](https:\/\/ratical.org\/radiation\/Fukushima\/BloodClots.html), by Janette D. Sherman, M.D., *San Francisco Bay View*, 26 October 2011\n- [Global resources needed to combat radiation levels](https:\/\/ratical.org\/radiation\/Fukushima\/GRNtCRL.html) by Warren Binford *Statesman Journal*, 25 September 2011\n- [Understanding the Ongoing Nuclear Disaster in Fukushima: A “Two-Headed Dragon” Descends into the Earth’s Biosphere](https:\/\/ratical.org\/radiation\/Fukushima\/2headedDragon.html) by Fujioka Atsushi Translated by Michael K. Bourdaghs *The Asia-Pacific Journal*, 12 September 2011\n- [Fukushima radiation alarms doctors](https:\/\/ratical.org\/radiation\/Fukushima\/FradAlarmsDrs.html) Japanese doctors warn of public health problems caused by Fukushima radiation, by Dahr Jamail, *Al Jazeera English*, 18 August 2011\n- [Citizen group tracks down Japan’s radiation](https:\/\/ratical.org\/radiation\/Fukushima\/CGtdJrad.html) Amid contradictory government statistics, a volunteer group has recorded 500,000 radiation points across the country, by Dahr Jamail, *Al Jazeera English*, 10 August 2011\n- [Radiation Effects on Health: Protect the Children of Fukushima](https:\/\/ratical.org\/radiation\/Fukushima\/TatsuhikoKodama.html) Tatsuhiko Kodama Professor, Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, the University of Tokyo Head, Radioisotope Center, the University of Tokyo Translation by Kyoko Selden *The Asia-Pacific Journal* Vol 9, Issue 32 No 4, 8 August 2011\n- [What happened at Fukushima?](https:\/\/ratical.org\/radiation\/Fukushima\/WhatHapAtF.html) by David McNeill & Jake Adelstein, *The Asia-Pacific Journal*, 8 August 2011\n- [Japan’s Fukushima catastrophe brings big radiation spikes to B.C.](https:\/\/ratical.org\/radiation\/Fukushima\/FradSpikesInC.html), By Alex Roslin, *Georgia Straight*, 4 August 2011\n- [Tepco Reports Second Deadly Radiation Reading at Fukushima Nuclear Plant](https:\/\/ratical.org\/radiation\/Fukushima\/HiRadLvl2nd.html), By Tsuyoshi Inajima and Kari Lundgren, *Bloomberg*, 3 August 2011\n- [Highest indoor radiation level detected at Fukushima Daiichi plant](https:\/\/ratical.org\/radiation\/Fukushima\/HiRadLvl1st.html), *Maninichi Daily News*, 3 August 2011\n- [Children sickness linked to Fukushima radiation](https:\/\/ratical.org\/radiation\/Fukushima\/childrenSick.html), By Deborah Dupre, *Examiner.com*, 19 June 2011\n- [Fukushima: It’s much worse than you think](https:\/\/ratical.org\/radiation\/Fukushima\/FisMWTYT.html), by Dahr Jamail, *Al Jazeera English*, 16 June 2011\n- [The Big Lies Fly High - Fukushima and the Nuclear Establishment](https:\/\/ratical.org\/radiation\/Fukushima\/FandNE.html), by Karl Grossman, *Counterpunch*, 16 June 2011\n- [Nuclear meltdown at Fukushima plant](https:\/\/ratical.org\/radiation\/Fukushima\/meltdownT.html), by Julian Ryall, *The Telegraph*, 12 May 2011\n- [Fukushima reactor has a hole, leading to leakage](https:\/\/ratical.org\/radiation\/Fukushima\/meltdownR.html), by Yoko Kubota and Scott DiSavino, *Reuters*, 12 May 2011\n- [Japan to scrap workers’ annual radiation dose limit at normal times](https:\/\/ratical.org\/radiation\/Fukushima\/ScrapRadDoseLimit.html), *Mainichi Daily News*, 28 April 2011\n- [Is the Fukushima nuclear plant breakdown worse than Chernobyl?](https:\/\/ratical.org\/radiation\/Fukushima\/IsFworseThanC.html), by Janette D. Sherman, M.D., *San Francisco Bay View*, 15 April 2011\n- [Huge radiation release led to severity hike](https:\/\/ratical.org\/radiation\/Fukushima\/INESlevel7.html), *The Daily Yomiuri*, 14 April 2011\n- [Fukushima Update - Tracking Japan’s Nuclear Crisis (PDF)](https:\/\/ratical.org\/radiation\/Fukushima\/AREVA_Fukushima.pdf), by Matthias Braun PEPA4-G, AREVA-NP GmbH, 7 April 2011\n- [Nuclear’s green cheerleaders forget Chernobyl at our peril](https:\/\/ratical.org\/radiation\/Fukushima\/CasualtiesOfPast.html), by John Vidal, *The Guardian*, 1 April 2011\n- [Extreme radiation detected at No.2 reactor](https:\/\/ratical.org\/radiation\/Fukushima\/ExtremeRadNHK.html), *NHK World english*, 27 Mar 2011\n- [Radioactivity soars in Japan reactor](https:\/\/ratical.org\/radiation\/Fukushima\/NPPradSoars.html), Workers evacuated from a plant building after high doses of radiation were detected. *Al Jazeera English*, 27 Mar 2011\n- [World Health Organization vigil continues — Now in its 204th Consecutive Week](https:\/\/ratical.org\/radiation\/Fukushima\/WHOvigilContinues.html), by BeyondNuclear.org, 26 Mar 2011\n- [Dense populations and risk of plutonium releases could mean Fukushima accident worse than Chernobyl, prominent Russian scientist says](https:\/\/ratical.org\/radiation\/Fukushima\/YablokovPressConf.html) BeyondNuclear.org Press Release, 25 Mar 2011\n- [Who controls nuclear control agencies?](https:\/\/ratical.org\/radiation\/Fukushima\/whoControlsNCAs.html) Japan’s earthquake caused a nuclear crisis which could be repeated in other countries if precautions aren’t taken. by Stephen Leahy, *Al Jazeera English*, 23 Mar 2011\n- [Leading French radiological laboratory (CRIIRAD) says high radioactive contamination levels found as far as 100 kilometers away](https:\/\/ratical.org\/radiation\/Fukushima\/CRIIRAD-BN032111.html) BeyondNuclear.org Press Release, 21 Mar 2011\n- [Food and water poisoned by Japanese nuclear leak as expert warns more could die than in Chernobyl](https:\/\/ratical.org\/radiation\/Fukushima\/FoodH20poisoned.html), by Susie Boniface, *www.mirror.co.uk*, 20 Mar 2011\n- [Behind the Hydrogen Explosion at the Fukushima Nuclear Plant](https:\/\/ratical.org\/radiation\/Fukushima\/HydroExplo.html), by Karl Grossman, *CommonDreams.org*, 12 Mar 2011\n- [First the Quake, Then the Lies–Don’t Worry, It’s Just a Little Radiation](https:\/\/ratical.org\/radiation\/Fukushima\/DontWorry.html), by Karl Grossman, *Counterpunch*, 11 Mar 2011\n\n[![](https:\/\/ratical.org\/radiation\/Fukushima\/images\/pict14.jpg)](https:\/\/ratical.org\/radiation\/Fukushima\/images\/032011e.html) 20 March 2011: aerial photo taken by a small unmanned drone and released by AIR PHOTO SERVICE of crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant in Okumamachi, Fukushima prefecture, northern Japan. From right to left: Unit 1, Unit2, Unit 3 and Unit 4. (Air Photo Service Co. Ltd., Japan)\n\n[Selected internet film listing of items soon after Fukushima went critical](https:\/\/ratical.org\/radiation\/Fukushima\/filmListing.html)\n\n[Information Updates on Nuclear Power Plants in Fukushima](https:\/\/ratical.org\/radiation\/Fukushima\/data\/)   \n from [Japan Atomic Industrial Forum, Inc.](https:\/\/www.jaif.or.jp\/en\/)\n\n[![](https:\/\/ratical.org\/radiation\/Fukushima\/images\/pict6mz.jpg)](https:\/\/ratical.org\/radiation\/Fukushima\/images\/032011b.html)   \n 20 March 2011: aerial photo taken by a small unmanned drone and released by AIR PHOTO SERVICE of damaged Unit 4, left, and Unit 3 of the crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant (Air Photo Service Co. Ltd., Japan)\n\n**[Status of the Nuclear Reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi Power Plant](http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2011\/03\/16\/world\/asia\/reactors-status.html?hp)**,   \n *New York Times*, 03-16-11 (updated to 04-29-11), With timelines of the six reactors\n\n**Updated to April 29**    \n **Reactor 1**   \n Outer building is damaged and it is presumed that there was a partial meltdown. Small amounts of radioactivity have been vented. Reactor has 400 fuel assemblies, the spent fuel pool has 292.   \n **Reactor 2**   \n Partial meltdown is presumed to have occurred. The primary containment vessel is cracked and some radioactivity has vented. Reactor has 548 fuel assemblies, the spent fuel pool has 587.   \n **Reactor 3**   \n The reactor used uranium and plutonium, which may produce more toxic radioactivity. The spent fuel pool may have become uncovered. Reactor has 548 fuel assemblies, the spent fuel pool has 514.   \n **Reactor 4**   \n Spent fuel rods in a water pool may have become exposed to air, emitting radioactive gases. An explosion and fire have damaged the building. No fuel assemblies in reactor; 548 were removed for maintenance and are part of 1,479 in spent fuel pools.   \n **Reactor 5**   \n The reactor is shut down and the building is not damaged. But there is concern that spent fuel in the building may become exposed to air. Reactor has 548 fuel assemblies, the spent fuel pool has 826.   \n **Reactor 6**   \n The reactor is shut down and the building is not damaged. But there is concern that spent fuel in the building may become exposed to air. Reactor has 764 fuel assemblies, and there are 1,136 in spent fuel pools.\n\nSimulations of atmospheric dispersion of the plume formed by the release of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, between March 12 and March 19, 2011\n\nPublished on 03-17-11 from the INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE ([IRSN](http:\/\/www.irsn.fr\/)), the French Government’s official agency on radiation and nuclear matters.\n\n**The dispersion of radioactive releases into the atmosphere**    \n IRSN simulated atmospheric dispersion of releases estimated between 12 and 20 March, using its numerical model applicable to long distance (scale of several hundred kilometers), using weather forecasts provided by Météo France.\n\nThis simulation was applied to the cesium 137, as a tracer of the plume during this period. The results of this simulation, conducted every hour from 12 March, are expressed in becquerels of cesium-137 per cubic meter of air (Bq \/ m 3). For comparison, values measured near the Chernobyl plant, shortly after the accident on April 26, 1986, exceeded 100 000 Bq \/ m; they were in the range of 100-1000 Bq \/ m 3 in the country most affected by the plume (Ukraine, Belarus); France, values measured in the east were the order of 1 to 10 Bq\/m3 (May 1, 1986).\n\nAt the time this was made, a very low activity of cesium-137 remains in the air, on the order of 0.000001 Bq\/m3.\n\n[SEE PLUME SIMULATION](http:\/\/www.irsn.fr\/FR\/popup\/Pages\/animation_dispersion_rejets_17mars.aspx)\n\n**Estimation of doses likely to be received by persons exposed to radioactive plume**    \n Simulation: [Whole body dose may be received by a child of 1 year in the absence of protection for releases](http:\/\/www.irsn.fr\/FR\/popup\/Pages\/animation_doses_corps_entiers_17mars.aspx)   \n Simulation: [Dose to thyroid likely to be received by a child of 1 year in the absence of protection during emissions](http:\/\/www.irsn.fr\/FR\/popup\/Pages\/animation_doses_corps_thyroide_17mars.aspx)\n\n[![](https:\/\/ratical.org\/radiation\/Fukushima\/images\/pict9mz.jpg)](https:\/\/ratical.org\/radiation\/Fukushima\/images\/032011d.html)   \n 20 March 2011: aerial photo taken by small unmanned drone and released by AIR PHOTO SERVICE of the crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant. From right to left: Unit 1, Unit 2 and Unit 3. (Air Photo Service Co. Ltd., Japan)\n\nSatellite Images at Institute for Science and International Security ([ISIS](http:\/\/isis-online.org\/), Wash., DC):\n\n- [Fukushima Nuclear Site](http:\/\/isis-online.org\/isis-reports\/detail\/new-march-18-satellite-image-of-fukushima-daiichi-nuclear-site-in-japan\/), 03-18-11\n- [Fukushima Nuclear Site](http:\/\/isis-online.org\/isis-reports\/detail\/new-satellite-image-of-fukushima-nuclear-site-from-march-17-2011\/), 03-17-11\n- [Damage to Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Site](http:\/\/isis-online.org\/isis-reports\/detail\/new-satellite-image-of-fukushima-daiichi-nuclear-site-in-japan-from-march-1\/), 03-16-11\n- [Damage to Reactor Buildings at Fukushima Daiichi Complex After Explosions](http:\/\/isis-online.org\/isis-reports\/detail\/satellite-image-shows-damage-to-reactor-buildings-at-fukushima-daiichi-comp\/), 03-14-11\n\n**[Emergency Special Report: Japan’s Earthquake, Hidden Nuclear Catastrophe](http:\/\/www.globalresearch.ca\/index.php?context=va&aid=23676)**    \n by Yoichi Shimatsu, [Global Research](http:\/\/www.globalresearch.ca\/), 13 March 2011   \n Yoichi Shimatsu currently with Fourth Media (China) is former editor of the *Japan Times Weekly*, has covered the earthquakes in San Francisco and Kobe, participated in the rescue operation immediately after the Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004 and led the field research for an architectural report on structural design flaws that led to the tsunami death toll in Thailand.\n\n**[Recording](http:\/\/www.ustream.tv\/recorded\/13295291): [Citizens’ Nuclear Information Center](http:\/\/cnic.jp\/english\/) (CNIC) press conference at the Foreign Correspondents Club of Japan: The Earthquake and Nuclear Disaster In Tohoku**    \n 2011 Mar 13, 19:30-21:30   \n CNIC held a press conference in Japanese with English interpreting at the Foreign Correspondents Club of Japan. Speakers included nuclear experts associated with CNIC who are analyzing the unfolding disaster at the nuclear power plants in Fukushima: Hideyuki Ban, CNIC Secretary General, Masashi Goto, Former Nuclear Power Plant Designer, Chihiro Kamisawa, CNIC Senior Researcher.   \n The Citizens’ Nuclear Information Center is an anti-nuclear public interest organization that seeks to provide reliable information and to educate the public on the hazards of nuclear power. Hideyuki Ban is also the antinuclear activist on the committee advising the government concerning its Long-Term Program for the Utilization of Nuclear Energy.\n\n**Before and after photos of exploded reactor containment building in Japan**    \n ![before\/after photos of exploded reactor containment bldg at Fukushima](https:\/\/ratical.org\/radiation\/Fukushima\/FukushimaBefAft.jpg)\n\n**[Fukushima vs. Three Mile Island](http:\/\/www.tmia.com\/node\/912) from [Three Mile Island Alert](http:\/\/www.tmia.com\/)**    \n Background: March 12, 2011   \n The crippled Fukushima reactor is a grim reminder of the Three Mile Island crisis. It has some common technical and safety aspects, and brings to mind broken promises by the industry to resolve open safety issues. The Japanese crisis certainly demonstrates the propensity for obfuscation by the industry while the public is left sifting through hundreds of media reports.   \n The first indication that the Fukushima reactor was in serious trouble came from reports that the Japanese military was flying batteries to the plant. This clue made it clear that the operators were having more problems than just trouble with circulating reactor coolant. It revealed that the operators were losing or had lost electrical control of the reactor systems and that the emergency diesel generators were not working. But the Japanese government and the industry continued to downplay the dire conditions facing them.   \n This same pattern of denial happened here at Three Mile Island leaving the citizens and their governor bewildered and confused. In fact, radioactive releases at TMI are presently being reported as a miniscule amount of radiation. At least 13 million curies of radiation were released. So it is easy to see how the Japanese crisis brings back various details of the TMI crisis.   \n Here are some of the similarities and differences: <http:\/\/www.efmr.org\/files\/TMIA_Japan_accident.pdf>\n\nThe Citizens’ Nuclear Information Center (CNIC) is deeply concerned for the health and safety of the people affected by the earthquakes and tsunamis that have struck Japan over the last two days. We are particularly concerned for the people in the vicinity of nuclear power plants, including workers who are trying to minimize the scope of the disaster.\n\nUnit 1 of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant is in a state of meltdown. A nuclear disaster which the promoters of nuclear power in Japan said wouldn’t happen is in progress. It is occurring as a result of an earthquake that they said would not happen.\n\nThis could and should have been predicted. It was predicted by scientists and NGOs such as CNIC. We warned that Japan’s nuclear power plants could be subjected to much stronger earthquakes and much bigger tsunamis than they were designed to withstand.\n\nBesides the question about how this accident will unfold, the big question now is, will the government and the nuclear industry acknowledge its mistakes and change track?\n\nLast December the Japanese government began a review of its nuclear energy policy. The review was commenced in the spirit of essentially confirming the existing policy. That approach is no longer viable. The direction of the policy review must be completely reversed. It must be redirected towards developing a policy of phasing out nuclear energy as smoothly and swiftly as possible.\n\nPhilip White   \n International Liaison Officer   \n Citizens’ Nuclear Information Center   \n Phone: 81-3-3357-3800 (office)   \n Phone: 81-3-3708-2898 (home)   \n Web (will be update on Monday):   \n <http:\/\/cnic.jp\/english\/>\n\n**[List of US reactors with same weak containment design as Fukushima](http:\/\/www.beyondnuclear.org\/home\/2011\/3\/12\/list-of-us-reactors-with-same-weak-containment-design-as-fuk.html)**    \n [Beyond Nuclear](http:\/\/www.beyondnuclear.org\/), 12 March 2011\n\nGeneral Electric Boiling Water Reactor MARK I Containments (24 units) in U.S.:\n\n- [Browns Ferry 1, 2 and 3](http:\/\/www.tva.gov\/sites\/brownsferry.htm), Decatur, AL\n- Brunswick [1](http:\/\/www.nrc.gov\/info-finder\/reactor\/bru1.html) & [2](http:\/\/www.nrc.gov\/info-finder\/reactor\/bru2.html), Southport, NC\n- [Cooper](http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cooper_Nuclear_Station), Brownville, NE\n- [Dresden 2 & 3](http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dresden_Nuclear_Power_Plant), Morris, IL\n- [Duane Arnold](http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Duane_Arnold_Energy_Center), Palo, IA\n- [Edwin Hatch 1 & 2](http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Edwin_I._Hatch_Nuclear_Power_Plant), Baxley, GA\n- [Fermi 2](http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Enrico_Fermi_Nuclear_Generating_Station), Monroe, MI\n- [Hope Creek](http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hope_Creek_Nuclear_Generating_Station), Artificial Island, NJ\n- [Fitzpatrick](http:\/\/www.nrc.gov\/info-finder\/reactor\/fitz.html), Scriba, NY\n- [Millstone 1](http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Millstone_Nuclear_Power_Plant), Waterford, CT\n- [Monticello](http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Monticello_Nuclear_Generating_Plant), Monticello, MN\n- [Nine Mile Point Unit 1](http:\/\/www.nrc.gov\/info-finder\/reactor\/nmp1.html), Scriba, NY\n- [Oyster Creek](http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Oyster_Creek_Nuclear_Generating_Station), Lacey Township, NJ\n- Peach Bottom [2](http:\/\/www.nrc.gov\/info-finder\/reactor\/pb2.html) & [3](http:\/\/www.nrc.gov\/info-finder\/reactor\/pb3.html), Delta, PA\n- [Pilgrim 1](http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pilgrim_Nuclear_Generating_Station), Plymouth, MA\n- [Quad Cities 1 & 2](http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Quad_Cities_Nuclear_Generating_Station), Cordova, IL\n- [Vermont Yankee](http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vermont_Yankee_Nuclear_Power_Plant), Vernon, VT.\n\nSee Also: [Fukushima Dai-ichi Unit 1 reactor schematic and description](http:\/\/www.beyondnuclear.org\/home\/2011\/3\/12\/fukushima-dai-ichi-unit-1-reactor-schematic.html) at Beyond Nuclear.   \n NRC list: [Find Operating Nuclear Power Reactors by Location or Name](http:\/\/www.nrc.gov\/info-finder\/reactor\/)\n\nIn 1986, Harold Denton, then the NRC’s top safety official, told an industry trade group that the \"Mark I containment, especially being smaller with lower design pressure, in spite of the suppression pool, if you look at the [WASH 1400 Safety Study](https:\/\/www.nrc.gov\/docs\/ML1622\/ML16225A002.pdf), you’ll find something like a 90% probability of that containment failing.\" Denton has previously \"served\" as the NRC’s point man sent into Three Mile Island Unit 2 reactor control room in the first hours and days of the 1979 meltdown accident.\n\nVermont Yankee, just two-three days ago, got a 20 year license extension from the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission, effectively overriding the deep and broad opposition to the license extension, from the Democratic Governor Peter Shumlin, to the State Senate which voted a year ago by 26 to 4 to shut down the reactor, all the way to grassroots environmental activists across the state. 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Boilerpipe Text	Arkadiusz Podniesinski - uncovering hidden world ; Photo Essays Fukushima , 16 September 2015 Radioactive Fukushima Zone. Abandoned towns and buildings. Would it be something similar to Chernobyl? Fukushima: A Second Chernobyl? 21 September 2016 Exactly a year has passed since my first visit to Fukushima. A visit which strengthened my belief of how catastrophic the consequences of nuclear disasters can be. Fukushima 8 Years On , 9 March 2019 Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant Photographs mirrored from Cryptome ⇑ Before / After 3-11-11 ⇑ A R C H I V A L S O U R C E S The Top Short-Term Threat to Humanity: The Fuel Pools of Fukushima , WashingtonsBlog , 7 Apr 2012 Fuel Pool 35 Miles from Major American City [ie, Boston] – which Is Highly Vulnerable to Earthquakes – Contains More Radioactive Cesium than Released By Fukushima, Chernobyl and All Nuclear Bomb Tests COMBINED , WashingtonsBlog , 12 Apr 2012 Fukushima Daiichi Site: Cesium-137 is 85 times greater than at Chernobyl Accident , by Akio Matsumura, Akio Matsumura , 3 Apr 2012 How Dangerous is the Radioactive Wave Headed Toward the US? , YouTube , published 6 April 2012 by TheBigPictureRT Fukushima...radiation so high - even robots not safe , YouTube , 30 March 2012 Kevin Kamps, Beyond Nuclear joins Thom Hartmann. More than a year into the nuclear crisis at Fukushima - radiation levels have now reached their highest point yet. What does all this mean - and what should nuclear supporters in America be taking away from the continuing crisis? Tokyo Soil Samples Would Be Considered Nuclear Waste In The US , Arnold Gundersen, Fairewinds Energy Education , 25 March 2012 Why Nuclear Scientists Have Missed the Danger of Spent Fuel Pools , by Dr. Gordon Edwards, Akio Matsumura , 23 January 2012 Local Copy on ratical.org Steven Starr: The Implications of The Massive Contamination of Japan With Radioactive Cesium , Helen Caldicott Foundation Fukushima Symposium, New York Academy of Medicine, 11 March 2013 A Visual Tour of the Fuel Pools of Fukushima , by George Washington, Washington’s Blog, 15 April 2012 Fukushima Into Eternity , statement by Michael Madsen, March 2012 Fukushima Power Plant Damaged Worse Than Thought, New Report Says , by Mari Yamaguchi, TheHuffingtonPost.com , 27 March 2012 The World is Powerless Against Fukushima Fallout , by Yoichi Shimatsu, New America Media , 5 March 2012 Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant Photographs Investigation on the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Accident , Rebuild Japan Initiative Foundation, March 2012 The Echo Chamber: Regulatory Capture and the Fukushima Daiichi Disaster , by Arnie Gundersen, Fairewinds Associates, Section 3 of Lessons from Fukushima , Greenpeace International, 28 February 2012 Nuke dangers nowhere near resolved: Kan’s crisis adviser , by Reiji Yoshida, The Japan Times , 8 February 2012 Japanese tsunami debris washes up on U.S. West Coast nine months after disaster (and there’s 100 MILLION more tons on its way) , By Michael Zennie Daily Mail , 16 December 2011 Architect of Reactor 3 warns of massive hydrovolcanic explosion , posted by Mochizuki on 19 November 2011 Fukushima Diary Cesium-137 flow into sea 30 times greater than stated by TEPCO: report Maninichi Daily News , 29 October 2011 27.1 Quadrillion becquerels of cesium alone flowed into sea – not including first week of crisis – 30 times what TEPCO claimed – Warning that ‘significant’ pollution to remain Blood clots found in the legs of Fukushima evacuees , by Janette D. Sherman, M.D., San Francisco Bay View , 26 October 2011 Global resources needed to combat radiation levels by Warren Binford Statesman Journal , 25 September 2011 Understanding the Ongoing Nuclear Disaster in Fukushima: A “Two-Headed Dragon” Descends into the Earth’s Biosphere by Fujioka Atsushi Translated by Michael K. Bourdaghs The Asia-Pacific Journal , 12 September 2011 Fukushima radiation alarms doctors Japanese doctors warn of public health problems caused by Fukushima radiation, by Dahr Jamail, Al Jazeera English , 18 August 2011 Citizen group tracks down Japan’s radiation Amid contradictory government statistics, a volunteer group has recorded 500,000 radiation points across the country, by Dahr Jamail, Al Jazeera English , 10 August 2011 Radiation Effects on Health: Protect the Children of Fukushima Tatsuhiko Kodama Professor, Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, the University of Tokyo Head, Radioisotope Center, the University of Tokyo Translation by Kyoko Selden The Asia-Pacific Journal Vol 9, Issue 32 No 4, 8 August 2011 What happened at Fukushima? by David McNeill & Jake Adelstein, The Asia-Pacific Journal , 8 August 2011 Japan’s Fukushima catastrophe brings big radiation spikes to B.C. , By Alex Roslin, Georgia Straight , 4 August 2011 Tepco Reports Second Deadly Radiation Reading at Fukushima Nuclear Plant , By Tsuyoshi Inajima and Kari Lundgren, Bloomberg , 3 August 2011 Highest indoor radiation level detected at Fukushima Daiichi plant , Maninichi Daily News , 3 August 2011 Children sickness linked to Fukushima radiation , By Deborah Dupre, Examiner.com , 19 June 2011 Fukushima: It’s much worse than you think , by Dahr Jamail, Al Jazeera English , 16 June 2011 The Big Lies Fly High - Fukushima and the Nuclear Establishment , by Karl Grossman, Counterpunch , 16 June 2011 Nuclear meltdown at Fukushima plant , by Julian Ryall, The Telegraph , 12 May 2011 Fukushima reactor has a hole, leading to leakage , by Yoko Kubota and Scott DiSavino, Reuters , 12 May 2011 Japan to scrap workers’ annual radiation dose limit at normal times , Mainichi Daily News , 28 April 2011 Is the Fukushima nuclear plant breakdown worse than Chernobyl? , by Janette D. Sherman, M.D., San Francisco Bay View , 15 April 2011 Huge radiation release led to severity hike , The Daily Yomiuri , 14 April 2011 Fukushima Update - Tracking Japan’s Nuclear Crisis (PDF) , by Matthias Braun PEPA4-G, AREVA-NP GmbH, 7 April 2011 Nuclear’s green cheerleaders forget Chernobyl at our peril , by John Vidal, The Guardian , 1 April 2011 Extreme radiation detected at No.2 reactor , NHK World english , 27 Mar 2011 Radioactivity soars in Japan reactor , Workers evacuated from a plant building after high doses of radiation were detected. Al Jazeera English , 27 Mar 2011 World Health Organization vigil continues — Now in its 204th Consecutive Week , by BeyondNuclear.org, 26 Mar 2011 Dense populations and risk of plutonium releases could mean Fukushima accident worse than Chernobyl, prominent Russian scientist says BeyondNuclear.org Press Release, 25 Mar 2011 Who controls nuclear control agencies? Japan’s earthquake caused a nuclear crisis which could be repeated in other countries if precautions aren’t taken. by Stephen Leahy, Al Jazeera English , 23 Mar 2011 Leading French radiological laboratory (CRIIRAD) says high radioactive contamination levels found as far as 100 kilometers away BeyondNuclear.org Press Release, 21 Mar 2011 Food and water poisoned by Japanese nuclear leak as expert warns more could die than in Chernobyl , by Susie Boniface, www.mirror.co.uk , 20 Mar 2011 Behind the Hydrogen Explosion at the Fukushima Nuclear Plant , by Karl Grossman, CommonDreams.org , 12 Mar 2011 First the Quake, Then the Lies–Don’t Worry, It’s Just a Little Radiation , by Karl Grossman, Counterpunch , 11 Mar 2011 20 March 2011: aerial photo taken by a small unmanned drone and released by AIR PHOTO SERVICE of crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant in Okumamachi, Fukushima prefecture, northern Japan. From right to left: Unit 1, Unit2, Unit 3 and Unit 4. (Air Photo Service Co. Ltd., Japan) Selected internet film listing of items soon after Fukushima went critical Information Updates on Nuclear Power Plants in Fukushima from Japan Atomic Industrial Forum, Inc. 20 March 2011: aerial photo taken by a small unmanned drone and released by AIR PHOTO SERVICE of damaged Unit 4, left, and Unit 3 of the crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant (Air Photo Service Co. Ltd., Japan) Status of the Nuclear Reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi Power Plant , New York Times , 03-16-11 (updated to 04-29-11), With timelines of the six reactors Updated to April 29 Reactor 1 Outer building is damaged and it is presumed that there was a partial meltdown. Small amounts of radioactivity have been vented. Reactor has 400 fuel assemblies, the spent fuel pool has 292. Reactor 2 Partial meltdown is presumed to have occurred. The primary containment vessel is cracked and some radioactivity has vented. Reactor has 548 fuel assemblies, the spent fuel pool has 587. Reactor 3 The reactor used uranium and plutonium, which may produce more toxic radioactivity. The spent fuel pool may have become uncovered. Reactor has 548 fuel assemblies, the spent fuel pool has 514. Reactor 4 Spent fuel rods in a water pool may have become exposed to air, emitting radioactive gases. An explosion and fire have damaged the building. No fuel assemblies in reactor; 548 were removed for maintenance and are part of 1,479 in spent fuel pools. Reactor 5 The reactor is shut down and the building is not damaged. But there is concern that spent fuel in the building may become exposed to air. Reactor has 548 fuel assemblies, the spent fuel pool has 826. Reactor 6 The reactor is shut down and the building is not damaged. But there is concern that spent fuel in the building may become exposed to air. Reactor has 764 fuel assemblies, and there are 1,136 in spent fuel pools. Simulations of atmospheric dispersion of the plume formed by the release of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, between March 12 and March 19, 2011 Published on 03-17-11 from the INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE ( IRSN ), the French Government’s official agency on radiation and nuclear matters. The dispersion of radioactive releases into the atmosphere IRSN simulated atmospheric dispersion of releases estimated between 12 and 20 March, using its numerical model applicable to long distance (scale of several hundred kilometers), using weather forecasts provided by Météo France. This simulation was applied to the cesium 137, as a tracer of the plume during this period. The results of this simulation, conducted every hour from 12 March, are expressed in becquerels of cesium-137 per cubic meter of air (Bq / m 3). For comparison, values measured near the Chernobyl plant, shortly after the accident on April 26, 1986, exceeded 100 000 Bq / m; they were in the range of 100-1000 Bq / m 3 in the country most affected by the plume (Ukraine, Belarus); France, values measured in the east were the order of 1 to 10 Bq/m3 (May 1, 1986). At the time this was made, a very low activity of cesium-137 remains in the air, on the order of 0.000001 Bq/m3. SEE PLUME SIMULATION Estimation of doses likely to be received by persons exposed to radioactive plume Simulation: Whole body dose may be received by a child of 1 year in the absence of protection for releases Simulation: Dose to thyroid likely to be received by a child of 1 year in the absence of protection during emissions 20 March 2011: aerial photo taken by small unmanned drone and released by AIR PHOTO SERVICE of the crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant. From right to left: Unit 1, Unit 2 and Unit 3. (Air Photo Service Co. Ltd., Japan) Satellite Images at Institute for Science and International Security ( ISIS , Wash., DC): Fukushima Nuclear Site , 03-18-11 Fukushima Nuclear Site , 03-17-11 Damage to Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Site , 03-16-11 Damage to Reactor Buildings at Fukushima Daiichi Complex After Explosions , 03-14-11 Emergency Special Report: Japan’s Earthquake, Hidden Nuclear Catastrophe by Yoichi Shimatsu, Global Research , 13 March 2011 Yoichi Shimatsu currently with Fourth Media (China) is former editor of the Japan Times Weekly , has covered the earthquakes in San Francisco and Kobe, participated in the rescue operation immediately after the Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004 and led the field research for an architectural report on structural design flaws that led to the tsunami death toll in Thailand. Recording : Citizens’ Nuclear Information Center (CNIC) press conference at the Foreign Correspondents Club of Japan: The Earthquake and Nuclear Disaster In Tohoku 2011 Mar 13, 19:30-21:30 CNIC held a press conference in Japanese with English interpreting at the Foreign Correspondents Club of Japan. Speakers included nuclear experts associated with CNIC who are analyzing the unfolding disaster at the nuclear power plants in Fukushima: Hideyuki Ban, CNIC Secretary General, Masashi Goto, Former Nuclear Power Plant Designer, Chihiro Kamisawa, CNIC Senior Researcher. The Citizens’ Nuclear Information Center is an anti-nuclear public interest organization that seeks to provide reliable information and to educate the public on the hazards of nuclear power. Hideyuki Ban is also the antinuclear activist on the committee advising the government concerning its Long-Term Program for the Utilization of Nuclear Energy. Before and after photos of exploded reactor containment building in Japan Fukushima vs. Three Mile Island from Three Mile Island Alert Background: March 12, 2011 The crippled Fukushima reactor is a grim reminder of the Three Mile Island crisis. It has some common technical and safety aspects, and brings to mind broken promises by the industry to resolve open safety issues. The Japanese crisis certainly demonstrates the propensity for obfuscation by the industry while the public is left sifting through hundreds of media reports. The first indication that the Fukushima reactor was in serious trouble came from reports that the Japanese military was flying batteries to the plant. This clue made it clear that the operators were having more problems than just trouble with circulating reactor coolant. It revealed that the operators were losing or had lost electrical control of the reactor systems and that the emergency diesel generators were not working. But the Japanese government and the industry continued to downplay the dire conditions facing them. This same pattern of denial happened here at Three Mile Island leaving the citizens and their governor bewildered and confused. In fact, radioactive releases at TMI are presently being reported as a miniscule amount of radiation. At least 13 million curies of radiation were released. So it is easy to see how the Japanese crisis brings back various details of the TMI crisis. Here are some of the similarities and differences: http://www.efmr.org/files/TMIA_Japan_accident.pdf The Citizens’ Nuclear Information Center (CNIC) is deeply concerned for the health and safety of the people affected by the earthquakes and tsunamis that have struck Japan over the last two days. We are particularly concerned for the people in the vicinity of nuclear power plants, including workers who are trying to minimize the scope of the disaster. Unit 1 of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant is in a state of meltdown. A nuclear disaster which the promoters of nuclear power in Japan said wouldn’t happen is in progress. It is occurring as a result of an earthquake that they said would not happen. This could and should have been predicted. It was predicted by scientists and NGOs such as CNIC. We warned that Japan’s nuclear power plants could be subjected to much stronger earthquakes and much bigger tsunamis than they were designed to withstand. Besides the question about how this accident will unfold, the big question now is, will the government and the nuclear industry acknowledge its mistakes and change track? Last December the Japanese government began a review of its nuclear energy policy. The review was commenced in the spirit of essentially confirming the existing policy. That approach is no longer viable. The direction of the policy review must be completely reversed. It must be redirected towards developing a policy of phasing out nuclear energy as smoothly and swiftly as possible. Philip White International Liaison Officer Citizens’ Nuclear Information Center Phone: 81-3-3357-3800 (office) Phone: 81-3-3708-2898 (home) Web (will be update on Monday): http://cnic.jp/english/ List of US reactors with same weak containment design as Fukushima Beyond Nuclear , 12 March 2011 General Electric Boiling Water Reactor MARK I Containments (24 units) in U.S.: Browns Ferry 1, 2 and 3 , Decatur, AL Brunswick 1 & 2 , Southport, NC Cooper , Brownville, NE Dresden 2 & 3 , Morris, IL Duane Arnold , Palo, IA Edwin Hatch 1 & 2 , Baxley, GA Fermi 2 , Monroe, MI Hope Creek , Artificial Island, NJ Fitzpatrick , Scriba, NY Millstone 1 , Waterford, CT Monticello , Monticello, MN Nine Mile Point Unit 1 , Scriba, NY Oyster Creek , Lacey Township, NJ Peach Bottom 2 & 3 , Delta, PA Pilgrim 1 , Plymouth, MA Quad Cities 1 & 2 , Cordova, IL Vermont Yankee , Vernon, VT. See Also: Fukushima Dai-ichi Unit 1 reactor schematic and description at Beyond Nuclear. NRC list: Find Operating Nuclear Power Reactors by Location or Name In 1986, Harold Denton, then the NRC’s top safety official, told an industry trade group that the "Mark I containment, especially being smaller with lower design pressure, in spite of the suppression pool, if you look at the WASH 1400 Safety Study , you’ll find something like a 90% probability of that containment failing." Denton has previously "served" as the NRC’s point man sent into Three Mile Island Unit 2 reactor control room in the first hours and days of the 1979 meltdown accident. Vermont Yankee, just two-three days ago, got a 20 year license extension from the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission, effectively overriding the deep and broad opposition to the license extension, from the Democratic Governor Peter Shumlin, to the State Senate which voted a year ago by 26 to 4 to shut down the reactor, all the way to grassroots environmental activists across the state. Obviously, the Vermont Yankee containment is questionable now -- it’s been questionable for decades. While earthquakes may be considered rare in Vermont, they are not unheard of, or beyond the realm of possibility. But of course there are other pathways for accidents, or attacks, at Vermont Yankee, that could end in similar results as what is unfolding at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant -- from age related degradation at the 40 year old Vermont Yankee atomic reactor causing systems, structures, or components to fail, to an intentional attack on the fragile, flimsy facility.
Markdown	back to [radiation](https://ratical.org/radiation/) \\| [rat haus](https://ratical.org/rat_haus.html) \\| [Index](https://ratical.org/rhrIndex/) \\| [Search](https://ratical.org/rhrSearch.html) \\| [tree](https://ratical.org/rhrIndex/tree.html) Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station Catastrophe following 11 March 2011 Magnitude 9.0 Earthquake — the Largest in Japan’s History Earth’s current night & day: [World Sunlight Map](http://www.die.net/earth/) and [Dawn & Dusk Hemispheres](http://www.die.net/earth/hemisphere.html) CLICK IMAGES TO SEE MORE \| \| \| \| \|---\|---\|---\| \| [![](https://ratical.org/radiation/Fukushima/images/pict11.jpg)](https://ratical.org/radiation/Fukushima/images/032411e.html) Unit 3, 24 Mar 2011 \| [![Explosion in Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant, 03-12-11](https://ratical.org/radiation/Fukushima/images/Fukushimaz.jpg)](https://ratical.org/radiation/Fukushima/images/) Explosion in Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant, 03-12-11 \| [![](https://ratical.org/radiation/Fukushima/images/pict12z.jpg)](https://ratical.org/radiation/Fukushima/images/032411f.html) Unit 4, 24 Mar 2011 \| C O N T E N T S \| \| \|---\| \| [Deepening Crisis Without End](https://ratical.org/radiation/Fukushima/#DLE) [Critical Analysis](https://ratical.org/radiation/Fukushima/#CA) [Sources with On-Going Information](https://ratical.org/radiation/Fukushima/#SRCS) [Image Archives](https://ratical.org/radiation/Fukushima/#IA) [Before / After 3-11-11](https://ratical.org/radiation/Fukushima/#BA) [Archival Sources](https://ratical.org/radiation/Fukushima/#AS) \| \| \| \|---\| \| [![](https://ratical.org/radiation/Fukushima/WaterEarthRad.jpg)](https://ratical.org/radiation/Fukushima/WaterEarthRad.jpg) [Fukushima Crisis Without End: Ever-Increasing Radioactive Water and Earth](https://journal.ratical.earth/2019/09/30/fukushima-crisis-without-end-ever-increasing-radioactive-water-and-earth/) A segment of the 1940 film, Fantasia, revisits the age-old tale of the sorcerer’s apprentice who conjures up the fatal idea of commanding a broom to fetch the water the apprentice is supposed to carry out. The sequence devolves into unending water being fetched that drowns the foolhardy amateur who is only rescued by the return of the Sorcerer. In the physical reality of our world, there is no sorcery to rescue Life on Mother Earth from the catastrophe of Fukushima, fetching ever-increasing amounts of water and earth that will not and can not be “cleaned up” given the longevity of man-made radioactive elements conjured up by playing with the poison fire of uranium. \| [⇑](https://ratical.org/radiation/Fukushima/#contents) Deepening Crisis Without End - Fairewinds Energy Education on Typhoon Hagibis: - [At Least 14 levees broke in Fukushima Prefecture](https://www.fairewinds.org/demystify/brief-fukushima-prefecture-update), 16 Oct 2019 - [Radiation Alert: Super Typhoon Hagibis Hits Japan Sweeping Away Radioactive Soil & Waste](https://www.fairewinds.org/demystify/radiation-alert-super-typhoon-hagibis-hits-japan-sweeping-away-radioactive-soil-amp-waste), 14 Oct 2019 - [Fukushima Crisis Without End: Ever-Increasing Radioactive Water and Earth](https://journal.ratical.earth/2019/09/30/fukushima-crisis-without-end-ever-increasing-radioactive-water-and-earth/), David Ratcliffe, ratical earth journal, 30 September 2019 - [Murky Politics pollute the Pacific - Radioactive water should be stored not dumped](https://beyondnuclearinternational.org/2019/09/15/murky-politics-pollute-the-pacific/), Linda Pentz Gunther, Beyond Nuclear, 15 September 2019 - [Contaminated Water Tanks In Fukushima Will Be Full In 3 Years](https://popularresistance.org/contaminated-water-tanks-in-fukushima-will-be-full-in-3-years/), by Naoya Kon, [Asahi.com](http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201908090025.html), 14 August 2019 - Dr. Helen Caldicott interview: [Fukushima: “An Ongoing Global Radiological Catastrophe”. “A Huge Coverup”](https://www.globalresearch.ca/fukushima-an-ongoing-global-radiological-catastrophe-a-huge-coverup-dr-helen-caldicott/5672265?print=1), Global Research, 30 June 2019 - [Japan Govt. Erases Fukushima’s Victims](http://www.simplyinfo.org/?p=17423), SimplyInfo.org - The Fukushima Project, 14 June 2019 - [Japan’s Olympic President steps down 500 days out from games but denies corruption allegations](https://web.archive.org/web/20190412043157/https://www.news.com.au/sport/olympics/japans-olympic-president-steps-down-500-days-out-from-games-but-denies-corruption-allegations/news-story/027bb152a04a804b05c21320286331cd) - The of Japan’s Olympic Committee has resigned amid a bribery scandal that investigators suspect helped Tokyo land next year’s Games, AFP, 20 March 2019 - Dr. Helen Caldicott & Arnie Gundersen [Fukushima at Eight: Ongoing Cover-Up of the Nuclear Hazards in Japan and Abroad](https://www.globalresearch.ca/fukushima-at-eight-ongoing-cover-up-of-the-nuclear-hazards-in-japan-and-abroad/5671690), Global Research News Hour, 17 March 2019 - Dr. Helen Caldicott’s 18 March 2011 press conference in Montreal: [Eight Years Ago: The Fukushima Nuclear Disaster in Perspective](https://www.globalresearch.ca/the-fukushima-nuclear-disaster-in-perspective/24730), Global Research News Hour, 12 May 2011; re-posted 10 March 2019 - Arnie Gundersen, Fairewinds Energy Education: - [Atomic Balm Part 1: Prime Minister Abe Uses The Tokyo Olympics As Snake Oil Cure For The Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Meltdowns](https://www.fairewinds.org/demystify/atomic-balm-part-1-prime-minister-abe-uses-the-tokyo-olympics-as-snake-oil-cure-for-the-fukushima-daiichi-nuclear-meltdowns), 1 March 2019 - [Atomic Balm Part 2: The Run For Your Life Tokyo Olympics](https://www.fairewinds.org/demystify/atomic-balm-part-2-the-run-for-your-life-tokyo-olympics), 8 March 2019 - [Japanese government misleading UN on impact of Fukushima fallout on children, decontamination workers](https://www.greenpeace.org/international/press-release/21316/japanese-government-misleading-un-on-impact-of-fukushima-fallout-on-children-decontamination-workers/), Greenpeace, - [The Danger From Fukushima Daiichi No One Is Talking About](http://www.simplyinfo.org/?p=17030): “Radioactivity spewed from Fukushima Daiichi as the reactors melted down. That hasn’t been disputed. Researchers have found a far more dangerous material was ejected from the reactors. Microparticles pose a far more dangerous risk to human health than other forms of radioactivity ejected to the environment. Find out more in our annual report on Fukushima Daiichi.” SimplyInfo.org - The Fukushima Project [2019 Annual Report - Fukushima 8th Anniversary](http://www.simplyinfo.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/SimplyInfoOrg_2019_annual_report_Fukushima_finalc.pdf) - [Fukushima Power Plant Dilemma: What to Do With More Than 1 Million Tons of Radioactive Water](https://weather.com/news/news/2018-04-30-fukushima-power-plant-radioactive-water-storage-tanks), by Ada Carr, weather.com, 1 May 2018: “More than 1 million tons of contaminated water are being stored and new storage tanks have to be built every four days.” - [Fukushima’s Other Big Problem: A Million Tons of Radioactive Water](https://www.wired.com/story/fukushimas-other-big-problem-a-million-tons-of-radioactive-water/), by Vince Beiser, Wired, 27 April 2018 - Dahr Jamail: [Fukushima Radiation and the 2020 Tokyo Olympics](https://www.ecowatch.com/tokyo-olympics-fukushima-2460798164.html), Truthout, 17 Jul 2017 - Helen Caldicott: [The Fukushima Nuclear Meltdown Continues Unabated](http://www.globalresearch.ca/helen-caldicott-the-fukushima-nuclear-meltdown-continues-unabated/5574756?print=1), Independent Australia/Global Research, 14 Feb 2017 - William Boardman: [Fukushima Out of Control: Radiation Levels Significantly Higher than “Unimaginable”](http://www.globalresearch.ca/fukushima-out-of-control-radiation-levels-significantly-higher-than-unimaginable/5574837?print=1), Reader Supported News/Global Research, 14 Feb 2017 - [Timothy]() Mousseau: [Recent Developments Concerning Impacts To Non-Human Biota in Fukushima](https://ratical.org/radiation/Fukushima/TimMousseauCC2016.pdf), Chernobyl Congress, [5 years living with Fukushima - 30 years living with Chernobyl](http://www.chernobylcongress.org/home/documentation.html), IPPNW, Berlin, 27 Feb 2016 - [mp3 recording](https://ratical.org/radiation/Fukushima/TimMousseauCC2016.mp3) (12:06) of slide presentation (30 second intro in German) - Online Reader: [Fukushima: A Nuclear War without a War: The Unspoken Crisis of Worldwide Nuclear Radiation](https://www.globalresearch.ca/fukushima-nuclear-war-worldwide-nuclear-radiation-2/28870?print=1), Global Research, 25 Jan 2012; re-posted 10 Mar 2019 \| \| \|---\| \| [![](https://ratical.org/radiation/Fukushima/images/pict46.jpg)](https://ratical.org/radiation/Fukushima/images/032411a.html) 24 March 2011: aerial photo taken by small unmanned drone and released by AIR PHOTO SERVICE of crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant in Okumamachi, Fukushima prefecture, northern Japan. From top to bottom, Unit 1 through Unit 4. (Air Photo Service Co. Ltd., Japan) \| [⇑](https://ratical.org/radiation/Fukushima/#contents) Critical Analysis - Complete Transcript with Slides: Steven Starr: [The Implications of The Massive Contamination of Japan With Radioactive Cesium](https://ratical.org/radiation/Fukushima/StevenStarr.html), Helen Caldicott Foundation Fukushima Symposium, New York Academy of Medicine, 11 March 2013 - The Helen Caldicott Foundation presents [Symposium: the Medical and Ecological Consequences of the Fukushima Nuclear Accident](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_AtK2ExI6YXqNA4b6L0EwqPsYiNAIU5x) Co-Sponsored by Physicians for Social Responsibility New York Academy of Medicine, 11-12 March 2013, New York City This two-day symposium comprised an international panel of leading medical and biological scientists, nuclear engineers, and policy experts who gave presentations on and discussed the bio-medical and ecological consequences of the Fukushima Catastrophe. 46 videos are included of lectures at the Symposium. - Dr. Helen Caldicott: [The Impact of the Nuclear Crisis on Global Health](https://ratical.org/radiation/Fukushima/NcrisisImpactOnGH.html) Australian Medical Student Journal, Volume 4, Issue 2 2013, pp. 40-42. - [Changes in confirmed plus borderline cases of congenital hypothyroidism in California as a function of environmental fallout from the Fukushima nuclear meltdown](https://ratical.org/radiation/Fukushima/CCHinCAfromFF.pdf) by Joseph Mangano, Janette Sherman, Christopher Busby December 2013, Open Journal of Pediatrics, 3, 370-376. [dx.doi.org/10.4236/ojped.2013.34067](http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/ojped.2013.34067) ABSTRACT Radiation exposure has been linked to increased risk of congenital hypothyroidism (CH) for decades. CH is a relatively uncommon condition, occurring in about 1 of 2000 US births. Thyroid Stimulating Hormone (TSH) levels for each child born in California permitted an analysis of combined confirmed and borderline CH cases. Borderline/confirmed CH cases are more than seven times greater than just confirmed cases. Airborne levels of gross beta nuclear radiation in the US were elevated in the period starting several days after the Fukushima nuclear meltdown, especially in west coast states like California. The borderline/confirmed CH rate for newborns during the last 9.5 months in 2011 (exposed to Fukushima in utero) vs. births during other periods in 2011 and 2012 (not exposed) was significantly elevated, suggesting that adverse health effects to the newborn thyroid were not restricted to just a small number of confirmed CH cases. The sensitivity of the fetus to radiation exposure, plus the presence of thyroid-seeking radioiodine, suggest further analysis of Fukushima’s potential to cause adverse health effects in newborns is needed. [⇑](https://ratical.org/radiation/Fukushima/#contents) Sources with On-Going Information - [Japan’s 3.11 Earthquake, Tsunami, Atomic Meltdown](http://apjjf.org/3-11.html), Asia Pacific Journal - [Fukushima 311 Watchdogs](https://dunrenard.wordpress.com/) - [Tokyo 2020 - The Radioactive Olympics](http://radioactive-olympics.org/), from the Nuclear Free Olympic Games 2020 Campaign - [Simply Info - The Fukushima Project](http://www.fukuleaks.org/web/) - [Fukushima Daiichi](http://www.fairewinds.org/fukushima/) \\| [Fairewinds Energy Education](http://www.fairewinds.org/) - Focus on: [Japan](http://www.beyondnuclear.org/japan/) from [Beyond Nuclear](http://www.beyondnuclear.org/) - working for a world free from nuclear power and nuclear weapons - [EnerWebWatch’s Special Nuclear Situation in Japan](http://www.enerwebwatch.eu/webwatch.php?page=EarthQuake) -- Large daily listing from multiple sources - Radiation Monitoring - film: [How Citizen Scientists can Sample Radiation](https://vimeo.com/50406479) Marco Kaltofen, PE explains how citizens scientists can properly, collect, document, package and ship radiation samples. In this video, he also demonstrates how he analyzes radioactive samples in his lab. 10/18/2012, [Fairewinds Energy Education](http://www.fairewinds.org/) - [SafeCast.org](http://www.safecast.org/) Safecast is a global sensor network for collecting and sharing radiation measurements to empower people with data about their environments. - [International Medcom, Inc](https://medcom.com/) Technology for a Healthy Planet — Quality Radiation Detectors for a Safer World See Also: [How to Reduce Radiation Risk](https://medcom.com/how-to-reduce-radiation-risk/). Common sense and some basic information can greatly reduce radiation exposure and risk for most people. Here is some basic information to help you minimize your dose and risk. - [Radiation Network](http://radiationnetwork.com/) home of the National Radiation Map, depicting environmental radiation levels across the USA, updated in real time every minute. This is the first web site where the average citizen (or anyone in the world) can see what radiation levels are anywhere in the USA at any time. - [Geiger Counter Bulletin](http://geigercounter.com/) Dedicated to radiation detection and the Geiger Counter, an instrument that has had a significant historic role in the Nuclear Age - [GeigerCounters.com](http://www.geigercounters.com/) - [Low Level Radiation Campaign](http://www.llrc.org/) - [Nuclear Disaster Japan](http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/campaigns/nuclear/safety/accidents/Fukushima-nuclear-disaster/) \\| Greenpeace USA [⇑](https://ratical.org/radiation/Fukushima/#contents) Image Archives - [Arkadiusz Podniesinski - uncovering hidden world](https://www.podniesinski.pl/portal/?lg=en); Photo Essays - [Fukushima](https://www.podniesinski.pl/portal/fukushima/), 16 September 2015 Radioactive Fukushima Zone. Abandoned towns and buildings. Would it be something similar to Chernobyl? - [Fukushima: A Second Chernobyl?](https://www.podniesinski.pl/portal/fukushima-a-second-chernobyl/) 21 September 2016 Exactly a year has passed since my first visit to Fukushima. A visit which strengthened my belief of how catastrophic the consequences of nuclear disasters can be. - [Fukushima 8 Years On](https://www.podniesinski.pl/portal/fukushima-8-years-on/), 9 March 2019 - [Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant Photographs](https://ratical.org/radiation/Fukushima/images/index.html) mirrored from Cryptome [⇑](https://ratical.org/radiation/Fukushima/#contents) Before / After 3-11-11 [![](https://ratical.org/radiation/Fukushima/images/BeforeAfterz.jpg)](https://ratical.org/radiation/Fukushima/images/BeforeAfter.html) [⇑](https://ratical.org/radiation/Fukushima/#contents) ## A R C H I V A L S O U R C E S *** - [The Top Short-Term Threat to Humanity: The Fuel Pools of Fukushima](http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2012/04/the-largest-short-term-threat-to-humanity-the-fuel-pools-of-fukushima.html), WashingtonsBlog, 7 Apr 2012 - [Fuel Pool 35 Miles from Major American City \[ie, Boston\] – which Is Highly Vulnerable to Earthquakes – Contains More Radioactive Cesium than Released By Fukushima, Chernobyl and All Nuclear Bomb Tests COMBINED](http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2012/04/nuclear-plant-35-miles-from-major-american-city-with-high-earthquake-risk-has-more-radioactive-cesium-than-released-by-fukushima-chernobyl-and-all-nuclear-bomb-tests-combined.html), WashingtonsBlog, 12 Apr 2012 - [Fukushima Daiichi Site: Cesium-137 is 85 times greater than at Chernobyl Accident](https://web.archive.org/web/20160329030715/http://akiomatsumura.com/2012/04/682.html), by Akio Matsumura, Akio Matsumura, 3 Apr 2012 - [How Dangerous is the Radioactive Wave Headed Toward the US?](http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=nJISxqqE-oA), YouTube, published 6 April 2012 by TheBigPictureRT - [Fukushima...radiation so high - even robots not safe](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwO3MDfUeRo&feature=player_embedded), YouTube, 30 March 2012 Kevin Kamps, Beyond Nuclear joins Thom Hartmann. More than a year into the nuclear crisis at Fukushima - radiation levels have now reached their highest point yet. What does all this mean - and what should nuclear supporters in America be taking away from the continuing crisis? - [Tokyo Soil Samples Would Be Considered Nuclear Waste In The US](https://www.fairewinds.org/nuclear-energy-education/tokyo-soil-samples-would-be-considered-nuclear-waste-in-the-us), Arnold Gundersen, Fairewinds Energy Education, 25 March 2012 - [Why Nuclear Scientists Have Missed the Danger of Spent Fuel Pools](https://web.archive.org/web/20150311225427/http://akiomatsumura.com/2012/01/lack-of-training-on-the-catastrophic-accident-potential-at-spent-fuel-pools.html), by Dr. Gordon Edwards, Akio Matsumura, 23 January 2012 \| \| \|---\| \| \| \| Local Copy on ratical.org Steven Starr: [The Implications of The Massive Contamination of Japan With Radioactive Cesium](https://ratical.org/radiation/Fukushima/StevenStarr.html), Helen Caldicott Foundation Fukushima Symposium, New York Academy of Medicine, 11 March 2013 [A Visual Tour of the Fuel Pools of Fukushima](https://ratical.org/radiation/Fukushima/VisTourOfFuelPools.html), by George Washington, Washington’s Blog, 15 April 2012 [Fukushima Into Eternity](https://ratical.org/radiation/IntoEternity/FukushimaTime.html), statement by Michael Madsen, March 2012 [Fukushima Power Plant Damaged Worse Than Thought, New Report Says](https://ratical.org/radiation/Fukushima/Unit2WTT.html), by Mari Yamaguchi, TheHuffingtonPost.com, 27 March 2012 [The World is Powerless Against Fukushima Fallout](https://ratical.org/radiation/Fukushima/Fallout.html), by Yoichi Shimatsu, New America Media, 5 March 2012 [Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant Photographs](https://ratical.org/radiation/Fukushima/images/) [Investigation on the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Accident](https://ratical.org/radiation/Fukushima/IotFDNArpt.html), Rebuild Japan Initiative Foundation, March 2012 [The Echo Chamber: Regulatory Capture and the Fukushima Daiichi Disaster](https://ratical.org/radiation/Fukushima/TheEchoChamber.html), by Arnie Gundersen, Fairewinds Associates, Section 3 of Lessons from Fukushima, Greenpeace International, 28 February 2012 [Nuke dangers nowhere near resolved: Kan’s crisis adviser](https://ratical.org/radiation/Fukushima/nDangerNoResol.html), by Reiji Yoshida, The Japan Times, 8 February 2012 [Japanese tsunami debris washes up on U.S. West Coast nine months after disaster (and there’s 100 MILLION more tons on its way)](https://ratical.org/radiation/Fukushima/RadDebrisReachesWC.html), By Michael Zennie Daily Mail, 16 December 2011 [Architect of Reactor 3 warns of massive hydrovolcanic explosion](https://ratical.org/radiation/Fukushima/UeharaHaruo.html), posted by Mochizuki on 19 November 2011 Fukushima Diary [Cesium-137 flow into sea 30 times greater than stated by TEPCO: report](https://ratical.org/radiation/Fukushima/Cs137-30timesHigher.html) Maninichi Daily News, 29 October 2011 27\.1 Quadrillion becquerels of cesium alone flowed into sea – not including first week of crisis – 30 times what TEPCO claimed – Warning that ‘significant’ pollution to remain [Blood clots found in the legs of Fukushima evacuees](https://ratical.org/radiation/Fukushima/BloodClots.html), by Janette D. Sherman, M.D., San Francisco Bay View, 26 October 2011 [Global resources needed to combat radiation levels](https://ratical.org/radiation/Fukushima/GRNtCRL.html) by Warren Binford Statesman Journal, 25 September 2011 [Understanding the Ongoing Nuclear Disaster in Fukushima: A “Two-Headed Dragon” Descends into the Earth’s Biosphere](https://ratical.org/radiation/Fukushima/2headedDragon.html) by Fujioka Atsushi Translated by Michael K. Bourdaghs The Asia-Pacific Journal, 12 September 2011 [Fukushima radiation alarms doctors](https://ratical.org/radiation/Fukushima/FradAlarmsDrs.html) Japanese doctors warn of public health problems caused by Fukushima radiation, by Dahr Jamail, Al Jazeera English, 18 August 2011 [Citizen group tracks down Japan’s radiation](https://ratical.org/radiation/Fukushima/CGtdJrad.html) Amid contradictory government statistics, a volunteer group has recorded 500,000 radiation points across the country, by Dahr Jamail, Al Jazeera English, 10 August 2011 [Radiation Effects on Health: Protect the Children of Fukushima](https://ratical.org/radiation/Fukushima/TatsuhikoKodama.html) Tatsuhiko Kodama Professor, Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, the University of Tokyo Head, Radioisotope Center, the University of Tokyo Translation by Kyoko Selden The Asia-Pacific Journal Vol 9, Issue 32 No 4, 8 August 2011 [What happened at Fukushima?](https://ratical.org/radiation/Fukushima/WhatHapAtF.html) by David McNeill & Jake Adelstein, The Asia-Pacific Journal, 8 August 2011 [Japan’s Fukushima catastrophe brings big radiation spikes to B.C.](https://ratical.org/radiation/Fukushima/FradSpikesInC.html), By Alex Roslin, Georgia Straight, 4 August 2011 [Tepco Reports Second Deadly Radiation Reading at Fukushima Nuclear Plant](https://ratical.org/radiation/Fukushima/HiRadLvl2nd.html), By Tsuyoshi Inajima and Kari Lundgren, Bloomberg, 3 August 2011 [Highest indoor radiation level detected at Fukushima Daiichi plant](https://ratical.org/radiation/Fukushima/HiRadLvl1st.html), Maninichi Daily News, 3 August 2011 [Children sickness linked to Fukushima radiation](https://ratical.org/radiation/Fukushima/childrenSick.html), By Deborah Dupre, Examiner.com, 19 June 2011 [Fukushima: It’s much worse than you think](https://ratical.org/radiation/Fukushima/FisMWTYT.html), by Dahr Jamail, Al Jazeera English, 16 June 2011 [The Big Lies Fly High - Fukushima and the Nuclear Establishment](https://ratical.org/radiation/Fukushima/FandNE.html), by Karl Grossman, Counterpunch, 16 June 2011 [Nuclear meltdown at Fukushima plant](https://ratical.org/radiation/Fukushima/meltdownT.html), by Julian Ryall, The Telegraph, 12 May 2011 [Fukushima reactor has a hole, leading to leakage](https://ratical.org/radiation/Fukushima/meltdownR.html), by Yoko Kubota and Scott DiSavino, Reuters, 12 May 2011 [Japan to scrap workers’ annual radiation dose limit at normal times](https://ratical.org/radiation/Fukushima/ScrapRadDoseLimit.html), Mainichi Daily News, 28 April 2011 [Is the Fukushima nuclear plant breakdown worse than Chernobyl?](https://ratical.org/radiation/Fukushima/IsFworseThanC.html), by Janette D. Sherman, M.D., San Francisco Bay View, 15 April 2011 [Huge radiation release led to severity hike](https://ratical.org/radiation/Fukushima/INESlevel7.html), The Daily Yomiuri, 14 April 2011 [Fukushima Update - Tracking Japan’s Nuclear Crisis (PDF)](https://ratical.org/radiation/Fukushima/AREVA_Fukushima.pdf), by Matthias Braun PEPA4-G, AREVA-NP GmbH, 7 April 2011 [Nuclear’s green cheerleaders forget Chernobyl at our peril](https://ratical.org/radiation/Fukushima/CasualtiesOfPast.html), by John Vidal, The Guardian, 1 April 2011 [Extreme radiation detected at No.2 reactor](https://ratical.org/radiation/Fukushima/ExtremeRadNHK.html), NHK World english, 27 Mar 2011 [Radioactivity soars in Japan reactor](https://ratical.org/radiation/Fukushima/NPPradSoars.html), Workers evacuated from a plant building after high doses of radiation were detected. Al Jazeera English, 27 Mar 2011 [World Health Organization vigil continues — Now in its 204th Consecutive Week](https://ratical.org/radiation/Fukushima/WHOvigilContinues.html), by BeyondNuclear.org, 26 Mar 2011 [Dense populations and risk of plutonium releases could mean Fukushima accident worse than Chernobyl, prominent Russian scientist says](https://ratical.org/radiation/Fukushima/YablokovPressConf.html) BeyondNuclear.org Press Release, 25 Mar 2011 [Who controls nuclear control agencies?](https://ratical.org/radiation/Fukushima/whoControlsNCAs.html) Japan’s earthquake caused a nuclear crisis which could be repeated in other countries if precautions aren’t taken. by Stephen Leahy, Al Jazeera English, 23 Mar 2011 [Leading French radiological laboratory (CRIIRAD) says high radioactive contamination levels found as far as 100 kilometers away](https://ratical.org/radiation/Fukushima/CRIIRAD-BN032111.html) BeyondNuclear.org Press Release, 21 Mar 2011 [Food and water poisoned by Japanese nuclear leak as expert warns more could die than in Chernobyl](https://ratical.org/radiation/Fukushima/FoodH20poisoned.html), by Susie Boniface, www.mirror.co.uk, 20 Mar 2011 [Behind the Hydrogen Explosion at the Fukushima Nuclear Plant](https://ratical.org/radiation/Fukushima/HydroExplo.html), by Karl Grossman, CommonDreams.org, 12 Mar 2011 [First the Quake, Then the Lies–Don’t Worry, It’s Just a Little Radiation](https://ratical.org/radiation/Fukushima/DontWorry.html), by Karl Grossman, Counterpunch, 11 Mar 2011 \| \| \| \|---\| \| [![](https://ratical.org/radiation/Fukushima/images/pict14.jpg)](https://ratical.org/radiation/Fukushima/images/032011e.html) 20 March 2011: aerial photo taken by a small unmanned drone and released by AIR PHOTO SERVICE of crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant in Okumamachi, Fukushima prefecture, northern Japan. From right to left: Unit 1, Unit2, Unit 3 and Unit 4. (Air Photo Service Co. Ltd., Japan) \| [Selected internet film listing of items soon after Fukushima went critical](https://ratical.org/radiation/Fukushima/filmListing.html) [Information Updates on Nuclear Power Plants in Fukushima](https://ratical.org/radiation/Fukushima/data/) from [Japan Atomic Industrial Forum, Inc.](https://www.jaif.or.jp/en/) \| \| \|---\| \| [![](https://ratical.org/radiation/Fukushima/images/pict6mz.jpg)](https://ratical.org/radiation/Fukushima/images/032011b.html) 20 March 2011: aerial photo taken by a small unmanned drone and released by AIR PHOTO SERVICE of damaged Unit 4, left, and Unit 3 of the crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant (Air Photo Service Co. Ltd., Japan) \| [Status of the Nuclear Reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi Power Plant](http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/03/16/world/asia/reactors-status.html?hp), New York Times, 03-16-11 (updated to 04-29-11), With timelines of the six reactors Updated to April 29 Reactor 1 Outer building is damaged and it is presumed that there was a partial meltdown. Small amounts of radioactivity have been vented. Reactor has 400 fuel assemblies, the spent fuel pool has 292. Reactor 2 Partial meltdown is presumed to have occurred. The primary containment vessel is cracked and some radioactivity has vented. Reactor has 548 fuel assemblies, the spent fuel pool has 587. Reactor 3 The reactor used uranium and plutonium, which may produce more toxic radioactivity. The spent fuel pool may have become uncovered. Reactor has 548 fuel assemblies, the spent fuel pool has 514. Reactor 4 Spent fuel rods in a water pool may have become exposed to air, emitting radioactive gases. An explosion and fire have damaged the building. No fuel assemblies in reactor; 548 were removed for maintenance and are part of 1,479 in spent fuel pools. Reactor 5 The reactor is shut down and the building is not damaged. But there is concern that spent fuel in the building may become exposed to air. Reactor has 548 fuel assemblies, the spent fuel pool has 826. Reactor 6 The reactor is shut down and the building is not damaged. But there is concern that spent fuel in the building may become exposed to air. Reactor has 764 fuel assemblies, and there are 1,136 in spent fuel pools. Simulations of atmospheric dispersion of the plume formed by the release of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, between March 12 and March 19, 2011 Published on 03-17-11 from the INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE ([IRSN](http://www.irsn.fr/)), the French Government’s official agency on radiation and nuclear matters. The dispersion of radioactive releases into the atmosphere IRSN simulated atmospheric dispersion of releases estimated between 12 and 20 March, using its numerical model applicable to long distance (scale of several hundred kilometers), using weather forecasts provided by Météo France. This simulation was applied to the cesium 137, as a tracer of the plume during this period. The results of this simulation, conducted every hour from 12 March, are expressed in becquerels of cesium-137 per cubic meter of air (Bq / m 3). For comparison, values measured near the Chernobyl plant, shortly after the accident on April 26, 1986, exceeded 100 000 Bq / m; they were in the range of 100-1000 Bq / m 3 in the country most affected by the plume (Ukraine, Belarus); France, values measured in the east were the order of 1 to 10 Bq/m3 (May 1, 1986). At the time this was made, a very low activity of cesium-137 remains in the air, on the order of 0.000001 Bq/m3. [SEE PLUME SIMULATION](http://www.irsn.fr/FR/popup/Pages/animation_dispersion_rejets_17mars.aspx) Estimation of doses likely to be received by persons exposed to radioactive plume Simulation: [Whole body dose may be received by a child of 1 year in the absence of protection for releases](http://www.irsn.fr/FR/popup/Pages/animation_doses_corps_entiers_17mars.aspx) Simulation: [Dose to thyroid likely to be received by a child of 1 year in the absence of protection during emissions](http://www.irsn.fr/FR/popup/Pages/animation_doses_corps_thyroide_17mars.aspx) \| \| \|---\| \| [![](https://ratical.org/radiation/Fukushima/images/pict9mz.jpg)](https://ratical.org/radiation/Fukushima/images/032011d.html) 20 March 2011: aerial photo taken by small unmanned drone and released by AIR PHOTO SERVICE of the crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant. From right to left: Unit 1, Unit 2 and Unit 3. (Air Photo Service Co. Ltd., Japan) \| Satellite Images at Institute for Science and International Security ([ISIS](http://isis-online.org/), Wash., DC): \| \| \|---\| \| [Fukushima Nuclear Site](http://isis-online.org/isis-reports/detail/new-march-18-satellite-image-of-fukushima-daiichi-nuclear-site-in-japan/), 03-18-11 [Fukushima Nuclear Site](http://isis-online.org/isis-reports/detail/new-satellite-image-of-fukushima-nuclear-site-from-march-17-2011/), 03-17-11 [Damage to Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Site](http://isis-online.org/isis-reports/detail/new-satellite-image-of-fukushima-daiichi-nuclear-site-in-japan-from-march-1/), 03-16-11 [Damage to Reactor Buildings at Fukushima Daiichi Complex After Explosions](http://isis-online.org/isis-reports/detail/satellite-image-shows-damage-to-reactor-buildings-at-fukushima-daiichi-comp/), 03-14-11 \| [Emergency Special Report: Japan’s Earthquake, Hidden Nuclear Catastrophe](http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=23676) by Yoichi Shimatsu, [Global Research](http://www.globalresearch.ca/), 13 March 2011 Yoichi Shimatsu currently with Fourth Media (China) is former editor of the Japan Times Weekly, has covered the earthquakes in San Francisco and Kobe, participated in the rescue operation immediately after the Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004 and led the field research for an architectural report on structural design flaws that led to the tsunami death toll in Thailand. [Recording](http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/13295291): [Citizens’ Nuclear Information Center](http://cnic.jp/english/) (CNIC) press conference at the Foreign Correspondents Club of Japan: The Earthquake and Nuclear Disaster In Tohoku 2011 Mar 13, 19:30-21:30 CNIC held a press conference in Japanese with English interpreting at the Foreign Correspondents Club of Japan. Speakers included nuclear experts associated with CNIC who are analyzing the unfolding disaster at the nuclear power plants in Fukushima: Hideyuki Ban, CNIC Secretary General, Masashi Goto, Former Nuclear Power Plant Designer, Chihiro Kamisawa, CNIC Senior Researcher. The Citizens’ Nuclear Information Center is an anti-nuclear public interest organization that seeks to provide reliable information and to educate the public on the hazards of nuclear power. Hideyuki Ban is also the antinuclear activist on the committee advising the government concerning its Long-Term Program for the Utilization of Nuclear Energy. Before and after photos of exploded reactor containment building in Japan ![before/after photos of exploded reactor containment bldg at Fukushima](https://ratical.org/radiation/Fukushima/FukushimaBefAft.jpg) [Fukushima vs. Three Mile Island](http://www.tmia.com/node/912) from [Three Mile Island Alert](http://www.tmia.com/) Background: March 12, 2011 The crippled Fukushima reactor is a grim reminder of the Three Mile Island crisis. It has some common technical and safety aspects, and brings to mind broken promises by the industry to resolve open safety issues. The Japanese crisis certainly demonstrates the propensity for obfuscation by the industry while the public is left sifting through hundreds of media reports. The first indication that the Fukushima reactor was in serious trouble came from reports that the Japanese military was flying batteries to the plant. This clue made it clear that the operators were having more problems than just trouble with circulating reactor coolant. It revealed that the operators were losing or had lost electrical control of the reactor systems and that the emergency diesel generators were not working. But the Japanese government and the industry continued to downplay the dire conditions facing them. This same pattern of denial happened here at Three Mile Island leaving the citizens and their governor bewildered and confused. In fact, radioactive releases at TMI are presently being reported as a miniscule amount of radiation. At least 13 million curies of radiation were released. So it is easy to see how the Japanese crisis brings back various details of the TMI crisis. Here are some of the similarities and differences: <http://www.efmr.org/files/TMIA_Japan_accident.pdf> [Battle to stabilise earthquake reactors](http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/RS_Battle_to_stabilise_earthquake_reactors_1203111.html), World Nuclear News, 12 March 2011 [Citizens’ Nuclear Information Center](http://cnic.jp/english/) Statement re the Nuclear and Earthquake Disaster Unfolding in Japan 12 March 2011 The Citizens’ Nuclear Information Center (CNIC) is deeply concerned for the health and safety of the people affected by the earthquakes and tsunamis that have struck Japan over the last two days. We are particularly concerned for the people in the vicinity of nuclear power plants, including workers who are trying to minimize the scope of the disaster. Unit 1 of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant is in a state of meltdown. A nuclear disaster which the promoters of nuclear power in Japan said wouldn’t happen is in progress. It is occurring as a result of an earthquake that they said would not happen. This could and should have been predicted. It was predicted by scientists and NGOs such as CNIC. We warned that Japan’s nuclear power plants could be subjected to much stronger earthquakes and much bigger tsunamis than they were designed to withstand. Besides the question about how this accident will unfold, the big question now is, will the government and the nuclear industry acknowledge its mistakes and change track? Last December the Japanese government began a review of its nuclear energy policy. The review was commenced in the spirit of essentially confirming the existing policy. That approach is no longer viable. The direction of the policy review must be completely reversed. It must be redirected towards developing a policy of phasing out nuclear energy as smoothly and swiftly as possible. Philip White International Liaison Officer Citizens’ Nuclear Information Center Phone: 81-3-3357-3800 (office) Phone: 81-3-3708-2898 (home) Web (will be update on Monday): <http://cnic.jp/english/> [List of US reactors with same weak containment design as Fukushima](http://www.beyondnuclear.org/home/2011/3/12/list-of-us-reactors-with-same-weak-containment-design-as-fuk.html) [Beyond Nuclear](http://www.beyondnuclear.org/), 12 March 2011 General Electric Boiling Water Reactor MARK I Containments (24 units) in U.S.: - [Browns Ferry 1, 2 and 3](http://www.tva.gov/sites/brownsferry.htm), Decatur, AL - Brunswick [1](http://www.nrc.gov/info-finder/reactor/bru1.html) & [2](http://www.nrc.gov/info-finder/reactor/bru2.html), Southport, NC - [Cooper](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooper_Nuclear_Station), Brownville, NE - [Dresden 2 & 3](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dresden_Nuclear_Power_Plant), Morris, IL - [Duane Arnold](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duane_Arnold_Energy_Center), Palo, IA - [Edwin Hatch 1 & 2](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_I._Hatch_Nuclear_Power_Plant), Baxley, GA - [Fermi 2](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enrico_Fermi_Nuclear_Generating_Station), Monroe, MI - [Hope Creek](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hope_Creek_Nuclear_Generating_Station), Artificial Island, NJ - [Fitzpatrick](http://www.nrc.gov/info-finder/reactor/fitz.html), Scriba, NY - [Millstone 1](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millstone_Nuclear_Power_Plant), Waterford, CT - [Monticello](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monticello_Nuclear_Generating_Plant), Monticello, MN - [Nine Mile Point Unit 1](http://www.nrc.gov/info-finder/reactor/nmp1.html), Scriba, NY - [Oyster Creek](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oyster_Creek_Nuclear_Generating_Station), Lacey Township, NJ - Peach Bottom [2](http://www.nrc.gov/info-finder/reactor/pb2.html) & [3](http://www.nrc.gov/info-finder/reactor/pb3.html), Delta, PA - [Pilgrim 1](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilgrim_Nuclear_Generating_Station), Plymouth, MA - [Quad Cities 1 & 2](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quad_Cities_Nuclear_Generating_Station), Cordova, IL - [Vermont Yankee](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vermont_Yankee_Nuclear_Power_Plant), Vernon, VT. See Also: [Fukushima Dai-ichi Unit 1 reactor schematic and description](http://www.beyondnuclear.org/home/2011/3/12/fukushima-dai-ichi-unit-1-reactor-schematic.html) at Beyond Nuclear. NRC list: [Find Operating Nuclear Power Reactors by Location or Name](http://www.nrc.gov/info-finder/reactor/) In 1986, Harold Denton, then the NRC’s top safety official, told an industry trade group that the "Mark I containment, especially being smaller with lower design pressure, in spite of the suppression pool, if you look at the [WASH 1400 Safety Study](https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML1622/ML16225A002.pdf), you’ll find something like a 90% probability of that containment failing." Denton has previously "served" as the NRC’s point man sent into Three Mile Island Unit 2 reactor control room in the first hours and days of the 1979 meltdown accident. Vermont Yankee, just two-three days ago, got a 20 year license extension from the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission, effectively overriding the deep and broad opposition to the license extension, from the Democratic Governor Peter Shumlin, to the State Senate which voted a year ago by 26 to 4 to shut down the reactor, all the way to grassroots environmental activists across the state. Obviously, the Vermont Yankee containment is questionable now -- it’s been questionable for decades. While earthquakes may be considered rare in Vermont, they are not unheard of, or beyond the realm of possibility. But of course there are other pathways for accidents, or attacks, at Vermont Yankee, that could end in similar results as what is unfolding at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant -- from age related degradation at the 40 year old Vermont Yankee atomic reactor causing systems, structures, or components to fail, to an intentional attack on the fragile, flimsy facility. back to [radiation](https://ratical.org/radiation/) \\| [rat haus](https://ratical.org/rat_haus.html) \\| [Index](https://ratical.org/rhrIndex/) \\| [Search](https://ratical.org/rhrSearch.html) \\| [tree](https://ratical.org/rhrIndex/tree.html)
Readable Markdown	- [Arkadiusz Podniesinski - uncovering hidden world](https://www.podniesinski.pl/portal/?lg=en); Photo Essays - [Fukushima](https://www.podniesinski.pl/portal/fukushima/), 16 September 2015 Radioactive Fukushima Zone. Abandoned towns and buildings. Would it be something similar to Chernobyl? - [Fukushima: A Second Chernobyl?](https://www.podniesinski.pl/portal/fukushima-a-second-chernobyl/) 21 September 2016 Exactly a year has passed since my first visit to Fukushima. A visit which strengthened my belief of how catastrophic the consequences of nuclear disasters can be. - [Fukushima 8 Years On](https://www.podniesinski.pl/portal/fukushima-8-years-on/), 9 March 2019 - [Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant Photographs](https://ratical.org/radiation/Fukushima/images/index.html) mirrored from Cryptome [⇑](https://ratical.org/radiation/Fukushima/#contents) Before / After 3-11-11 [![](https://ratical.org/radiation/Fukushima/images/BeforeAfterz.jpg)](https://ratical.org/radiation/Fukushima/images/BeforeAfter.html) [⇑](https://ratical.org/radiation/Fukushima/#contents) ## A R C H I V A L S O U R C E S *** - [The Top Short-Term Threat to Humanity: The Fuel Pools of Fukushima](http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2012/04/the-largest-short-term-threat-to-humanity-the-fuel-pools-of-fukushima.html), WashingtonsBlog, 7 Apr 2012 - [Fuel Pool 35 Miles from Major American City \[ie, Boston\] – which Is Highly Vulnerable to Earthquakes – Contains More Radioactive Cesium than Released By Fukushima, Chernobyl and All Nuclear Bomb Tests COMBINED](http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2012/04/nuclear-plant-35-miles-from-major-american-city-with-high-earthquake-risk-has-more-radioactive-cesium-than-released-by-fukushima-chernobyl-and-all-nuclear-bomb-tests-combined.html), WashingtonsBlog, 12 Apr 2012 - [Fukushima Daiichi Site: Cesium-137 is 85 times greater than at Chernobyl Accident](https://web.archive.org/web/20160329030715/http://akiomatsumura.com/2012/04/682.html), by Akio Matsumura, Akio Matsumura, 3 Apr 2012 - [How Dangerous is the Radioactive Wave Headed Toward the US?](http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=nJISxqqE-oA), YouTube, published 6 April 2012 by TheBigPictureRT - [Fukushima...radiation so high - even robots not safe](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwO3MDfUeRo&feature=player_embedded), YouTube, 30 March 2012 Kevin Kamps, Beyond Nuclear joins Thom Hartmann. More than a year into the nuclear crisis at Fukushima - radiation levels have now reached their highest point yet. What does all this mean - and what should nuclear supporters in America be taking away from the continuing crisis? - [Tokyo Soil Samples Would Be Considered Nuclear Waste In The US](https://www.fairewinds.org/nuclear-energy-education/tokyo-soil-samples-would-be-considered-nuclear-waste-in-the-us), Arnold Gundersen, Fairewinds Energy Education, 25 March 2012 - [Why Nuclear Scientists Have Missed the Danger of Spent Fuel Pools](https://web.archive.org/web/20150311225427/http://akiomatsumura.com/2012/01/lack-of-training-on-the-catastrophic-accident-potential-at-spent-fuel-pools.html), by Dr. Gordon Edwards, Akio Matsumura, 23 January 2012 Local Copy on ratical.org - Steven Starr: [The Implications of The Massive Contamination of Japan With Radioactive Cesium](https://ratical.org/radiation/Fukushima/StevenStarr.html), Helen Caldicott Foundation Fukushima Symposium, New York Academy of Medicine, 11 March 2013 - [A Visual Tour of the Fuel Pools of Fukushima](https://ratical.org/radiation/Fukushima/VisTourOfFuelPools.html), by George Washington, Washington’s Blog, 15 April 2012 - [Fukushima Into Eternity](https://ratical.org/radiation/IntoEternity/FukushimaTime.html), statement by Michael Madsen, March 2012 - [Fukushima Power Plant Damaged Worse Than Thought, New Report Says](https://ratical.org/radiation/Fukushima/Unit2WTT.html), by Mari Yamaguchi, TheHuffingtonPost.com, 27 March 2012 - [The World is Powerless Against Fukushima Fallout](https://ratical.org/radiation/Fukushima/Fallout.html), by Yoichi Shimatsu, New America Media, 5 March 2012 - [Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant Photographs](https://ratical.org/radiation/Fukushima/images/) - [Investigation on the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Accident](https://ratical.org/radiation/Fukushima/IotFDNArpt.html), Rebuild Japan Initiative Foundation, March 2012 - [The Echo Chamber: Regulatory Capture and the Fukushima Daiichi Disaster](https://ratical.org/radiation/Fukushima/TheEchoChamber.html), by Arnie Gundersen, Fairewinds Associates, Section 3 of Lessons from Fukushima, Greenpeace International, 28 February 2012 - [Nuke dangers nowhere near resolved: Kan’s crisis adviser](https://ratical.org/radiation/Fukushima/nDangerNoResol.html), by Reiji Yoshida, The Japan Times, 8 February 2012 - [Japanese tsunami debris washes up on U.S. West Coast nine months after disaster (and there’s 100 MILLION more tons on its way)](https://ratical.org/radiation/Fukushima/RadDebrisReachesWC.html), By Michael Zennie Daily Mail, 16 December 2011 - [Architect of Reactor 3 warns of massive hydrovolcanic explosion](https://ratical.org/radiation/Fukushima/UeharaHaruo.html), posted by Mochizuki on 19 November 2011 Fukushima Diary - [Cesium-137 flow into sea 30 times greater than stated by TEPCO: report](https://ratical.org/radiation/Fukushima/Cs137-30timesHigher.html) Maninichi Daily News, 29 October 2011 27\.1 Quadrillion becquerels of cesium alone flowed into sea – not including first week of crisis – 30 times what TEPCO claimed – Warning that ‘significant’ pollution to remain - [Blood clots found in the legs of Fukushima evacuees](https://ratical.org/radiation/Fukushima/BloodClots.html), by Janette D. Sherman, M.D., San Francisco Bay View, 26 October 2011 - [Global resources needed to combat radiation levels](https://ratical.org/radiation/Fukushima/GRNtCRL.html) by Warren Binford Statesman Journal, 25 September 2011 - [Understanding the Ongoing Nuclear Disaster in Fukushima: A “Two-Headed Dragon” Descends into the Earth’s Biosphere](https://ratical.org/radiation/Fukushima/2headedDragon.html) by Fujioka Atsushi Translated by Michael K. Bourdaghs The Asia-Pacific Journal, 12 September 2011 - [Fukushima radiation alarms doctors](https://ratical.org/radiation/Fukushima/FradAlarmsDrs.html) Japanese doctors warn of public health problems caused by Fukushima radiation, by Dahr Jamail, Al Jazeera English, 18 August 2011 - [Citizen group tracks down Japan’s radiation](https://ratical.org/radiation/Fukushima/CGtdJrad.html) Amid contradictory government statistics, a volunteer group has recorded 500,000 radiation points across the country, by Dahr Jamail, Al Jazeera English, 10 August 2011 - [Radiation Effects on Health: Protect the Children of Fukushima](https://ratical.org/radiation/Fukushima/TatsuhikoKodama.html) Tatsuhiko Kodama Professor, Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, the University of Tokyo Head, Radioisotope Center, the University of Tokyo Translation by Kyoko Selden The Asia-Pacific Journal Vol 9, Issue 32 No 4, 8 August 2011 - [What happened at Fukushima?](https://ratical.org/radiation/Fukushima/WhatHapAtF.html) by David McNeill & Jake Adelstein, The Asia-Pacific Journal, 8 August 2011 - [Japan’s Fukushima catastrophe brings big radiation spikes to B.C.](https://ratical.org/radiation/Fukushima/FradSpikesInC.html), By Alex Roslin, Georgia Straight, 4 August 2011 - [Tepco Reports Second Deadly Radiation Reading at Fukushima Nuclear Plant](https://ratical.org/radiation/Fukushima/HiRadLvl2nd.html), By Tsuyoshi Inajima and Kari Lundgren, Bloomberg, 3 August 2011 - [Highest indoor radiation level detected at Fukushima Daiichi plant](https://ratical.org/radiation/Fukushima/HiRadLvl1st.html), Maninichi Daily News, 3 August 2011 - [Children sickness linked to Fukushima radiation](https://ratical.org/radiation/Fukushima/childrenSick.html), By Deborah Dupre, Examiner.com, 19 June 2011 - [Fukushima: It’s much worse than you think](https://ratical.org/radiation/Fukushima/FisMWTYT.html), by Dahr Jamail, Al Jazeera English, 16 June 2011 - [The Big Lies Fly High - Fukushima and the Nuclear Establishment](https://ratical.org/radiation/Fukushima/FandNE.html), by Karl Grossman, Counterpunch, 16 June 2011 - [Nuclear meltdown at Fukushima plant](https://ratical.org/radiation/Fukushima/meltdownT.html), by Julian Ryall, The Telegraph, 12 May 2011 - [Fukushima reactor has a hole, leading to leakage](https://ratical.org/radiation/Fukushima/meltdownR.html), by Yoko Kubota and Scott DiSavino, Reuters, 12 May 2011 - [Japan to scrap workers’ annual radiation dose limit at normal times](https://ratical.org/radiation/Fukushima/ScrapRadDoseLimit.html), Mainichi Daily News, 28 April 2011 - [Is the Fukushima nuclear plant breakdown worse than Chernobyl?](https://ratical.org/radiation/Fukushima/IsFworseThanC.html), by Janette D. Sherman, M.D., San Francisco Bay View, 15 April 2011 - [Huge radiation release led to severity hike](https://ratical.org/radiation/Fukushima/INESlevel7.html), The Daily Yomiuri, 14 April 2011 - [Fukushima Update - Tracking Japan’s Nuclear Crisis (PDF)](https://ratical.org/radiation/Fukushima/AREVA_Fukushima.pdf), by Matthias Braun PEPA4-G, AREVA-NP GmbH, 7 April 2011 - [Nuclear’s green cheerleaders forget Chernobyl at our peril](https://ratical.org/radiation/Fukushima/CasualtiesOfPast.html), by John Vidal, The Guardian, 1 April 2011 - [Extreme radiation detected at No.2 reactor](https://ratical.org/radiation/Fukushima/ExtremeRadNHK.html), NHK World english, 27 Mar 2011 - [Radioactivity soars in Japan reactor](https://ratical.org/radiation/Fukushima/NPPradSoars.html), Workers evacuated from a plant building after high doses of radiation were detected. Al Jazeera English, 27 Mar 2011 - [World Health Organization vigil continues — Now in its 204th Consecutive Week](https://ratical.org/radiation/Fukushima/WHOvigilContinues.html), by BeyondNuclear.org, 26 Mar 2011 - [Dense populations and risk of plutonium releases could mean Fukushima accident worse than Chernobyl, prominent Russian scientist says](https://ratical.org/radiation/Fukushima/YablokovPressConf.html) BeyondNuclear.org Press Release, 25 Mar 2011 - [Who controls nuclear control agencies?](https://ratical.org/radiation/Fukushima/whoControlsNCAs.html) Japan’s earthquake caused a nuclear crisis which could be repeated in other countries if precautions aren’t taken. by Stephen Leahy, Al Jazeera English, 23 Mar 2011 - [Leading French radiological laboratory (CRIIRAD) says high radioactive contamination levels found as far as 100 kilometers away](https://ratical.org/radiation/Fukushima/CRIIRAD-BN032111.html) BeyondNuclear.org Press Release, 21 Mar 2011 - [Food and water poisoned by Japanese nuclear leak as expert warns more could die than in Chernobyl](https://ratical.org/radiation/Fukushima/FoodH20poisoned.html), by Susie Boniface, www.mirror.co.uk, 20 Mar 2011 - [Behind the Hydrogen Explosion at the Fukushima Nuclear Plant](https://ratical.org/radiation/Fukushima/HydroExplo.html), by Karl Grossman, CommonDreams.org, 12 Mar 2011 - [First the Quake, Then the Lies–Don’t Worry, It’s Just a Little Radiation](https://ratical.org/radiation/Fukushima/DontWorry.html), by Karl Grossman, Counterpunch, 11 Mar 2011 [![](https://ratical.org/radiation/Fukushima/images/pict14.jpg)](https://ratical.org/radiation/Fukushima/images/032011e.html) 20 March 2011: aerial photo taken by a small unmanned drone and released by AIR PHOTO SERVICE of crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant in Okumamachi, Fukushima prefecture, northern Japan. From right to left: Unit 1, Unit2, Unit 3 and Unit 4. (Air Photo Service Co. Ltd., Japan) [Selected internet film listing of items soon after Fukushima went critical](https://ratical.org/radiation/Fukushima/filmListing.html) [Information Updates on Nuclear Power Plants in Fukushima](https://ratical.org/radiation/Fukushima/data/) from [Japan Atomic Industrial Forum, Inc.](https://www.jaif.or.jp/en/) [![](https://ratical.org/radiation/Fukushima/images/pict6mz.jpg)](https://ratical.org/radiation/Fukushima/images/032011b.html) 20 March 2011: aerial photo taken by a small unmanned drone and released by AIR PHOTO SERVICE of damaged Unit 4, left, and Unit 3 of the crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant (Air Photo Service Co. Ltd., Japan) [Status of the Nuclear Reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi Power Plant](http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/03/16/world/asia/reactors-status.html?hp), New York Times, 03-16-11 (updated to 04-29-11), With timelines of the six reactors Updated to April 29 Reactor 1 Outer building is damaged and it is presumed that there was a partial meltdown. Small amounts of radioactivity have been vented. Reactor has 400 fuel assemblies, the spent fuel pool has 292. Reactor 2 Partial meltdown is presumed to have occurred. The primary containment vessel is cracked and some radioactivity has vented. Reactor has 548 fuel assemblies, the spent fuel pool has 587. Reactor 3 The reactor used uranium and plutonium, which may produce more toxic radioactivity. The spent fuel pool may have become uncovered. Reactor has 548 fuel assemblies, the spent fuel pool has 514. Reactor 4 Spent fuel rods in a water pool may have become exposed to air, emitting radioactive gases. An explosion and fire have damaged the building. No fuel assemblies in reactor; 548 were removed for maintenance and are part of 1,479 in spent fuel pools. Reactor 5 The reactor is shut down and the building is not damaged. But there is concern that spent fuel in the building may become exposed to air. Reactor has 548 fuel assemblies, the spent fuel pool has 826. Reactor 6 The reactor is shut down and the building is not damaged. But there is concern that spent fuel in the building may become exposed to air. Reactor has 764 fuel assemblies, and there are 1,136 in spent fuel pools. Simulations of atmospheric dispersion of the plume formed by the release of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, between March 12 and March 19, 2011 Published on 03-17-11 from the INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE ([IRSN](http://www.irsn.fr/)), the French Government’s official agency on radiation and nuclear matters. The dispersion of radioactive releases into the atmosphere IRSN simulated atmospheric dispersion of releases estimated between 12 and 20 March, using its numerical model applicable to long distance (scale of several hundred kilometers), using weather forecasts provided by Météo France. This simulation was applied to the cesium 137, as a tracer of the plume during this period. The results of this simulation, conducted every hour from 12 March, are expressed in becquerels of cesium-137 per cubic meter of air (Bq / m 3). For comparison, values measured near the Chernobyl plant, shortly after the accident on April 26, 1986, exceeded 100 000 Bq / m; they were in the range of 100-1000 Bq / m 3 in the country most affected by the plume (Ukraine, Belarus); France, values measured in the east were the order of 1 to 10 Bq/m3 (May 1, 1986). At the time this was made, a very low activity of cesium-137 remains in the air, on the order of 0.000001 Bq/m3. [SEE PLUME SIMULATION](http://www.irsn.fr/FR/popup/Pages/animation_dispersion_rejets_17mars.aspx) Estimation of doses likely to be received by persons exposed to radioactive plume Simulation: [Whole body dose may be received by a child of 1 year in the absence of protection for releases](http://www.irsn.fr/FR/popup/Pages/animation_doses_corps_entiers_17mars.aspx) Simulation: [Dose to thyroid likely to be received by a child of 1 year in the absence of protection during emissions](http://www.irsn.fr/FR/popup/Pages/animation_doses_corps_thyroide_17mars.aspx) [![](https://ratical.org/radiation/Fukushima/images/pict9mz.jpg)](https://ratical.org/radiation/Fukushima/images/032011d.html) 20 March 2011: aerial photo taken by small unmanned drone and released by AIR PHOTO SERVICE of the crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant. From right to left: Unit 1, Unit 2 and Unit 3. (Air Photo Service Co. Ltd., Japan) Satellite Images at Institute for Science and International Security ([ISIS](http://isis-online.org/), Wash., DC): - [Fukushima Nuclear Site](http://isis-online.org/isis-reports/detail/new-march-18-satellite-image-of-fukushima-daiichi-nuclear-site-in-japan/), 03-18-11 - [Fukushima Nuclear Site](http://isis-online.org/isis-reports/detail/new-satellite-image-of-fukushima-nuclear-site-from-march-17-2011/), 03-17-11 - [Damage to Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Site](http://isis-online.org/isis-reports/detail/new-satellite-image-of-fukushima-daiichi-nuclear-site-in-japan-from-march-1/), 03-16-11 - [Damage to Reactor Buildings at Fukushima Daiichi Complex After Explosions](http://isis-online.org/isis-reports/detail/satellite-image-shows-damage-to-reactor-buildings-at-fukushima-daiichi-comp/), 03-14-11 [Emergency Special Report: Japan’s Earthquake, Hidden Nuclear Catastrophe](http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=23676) by Yoichi Shimatsu, [Global Research](http://www.globalresearch.ca/), 13 March 2011 Yoichi Shimatsu currently with Fourth Media (China) is former editor of the Japan Times Weekly, has covered the earthquakes in San Francisco and Kobe, participated in the rescue operation immediately after the Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004 and led the field research for an architectural report on structural design flaws that led to the tsunami death toll in Thailand. [Recording](http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/13295291): [Citizens’ Nuclear Information Center](http://cnic.jp/english/) (CNIC) press conference at the Foreign Correspondents Club of Japan: The Earthquake and Nuclear Disaster In Tohoku 2011 Mar 13, 19:30-21:30 CNIC held a press conference in Japanese with English interpreting at the Foreign Correspondents Club of Japan. Speakers included nuclear experts associated with CNIC who are analyzing the unfolding disaster at the nuclear power plants in Fukushima: Hideyuki Ban, CNIC Secretary General, Masashi Goto, Former Nuclear Power Plant Designer, Chihiro Kamisawa, CNIC Senior Researcher. The Citizens’ Nuclear Information Center is an anti-nuclear public interest organization that seeks to provide reliable information and to educate the public on the hazards of nuclear power. Hideyuki Ban is also the antinuclear activist on the committee advising the government concerning its Long-Term Program for the Utilization of Nuclear Energy. Before and after photos of exploded reactor containment building in Japan ![before/after photos of exploded reactor containment bldg at Fukushima](https://ratical.org/radiation/Fukushima/FukushimaBefAft.jpg) [Fukushima vs. Three Mile Island](http://www.tmia.com/node/912) from [Three Mile Island Alert](http://www.tmia.com/) Background: March 12, 2011 The crippled Fukushima reactor is a grim reminder of the Three Mile Island crisis. It has some common technical and safety aspects, and brings to mind broken promises by the industry to resolve open safety issues. The Japanese crisis certainly demonstrates the propensity for obfuscation by the industry while the public is left sifting through hundreds of media reports. The first indication that the Fukushima reactor was in serious trouble came from reports that the Japanese military was flying batteries to the plant. This clue made it clear that the operators were having more problems than just trouble with circulating reactor coolant. It revealed that the operators were losing or had lost electrical control of the reactor systems and that the emergency diesel generators were not working. But the Japanese government and the industry continued to downplay the dire conditions facing them. This same pattern of denial happened here at Three Mile Island leaving the citizens and their governor bewildered and confused. In fact, radioactive releases at TMI are presently being reported as a miniscule amount of radiation. At least 13 million curies of radiation were released. So it is easy to see how the Japanese crisis brings back various details of the TMI crisis. Here are some of the similarities and differences: <http://www.efmr.org/files/TMIA_Japan_accident.pdf> The Citizens’ Nuclear Information Center (CNIC) is deeply concerned for the health and safety of the people affected by the earthquakes and tsunamis that have struck Japan over the last two days. We are particularly concerned for the people in the vicinity of nuclear power plants, including workers who are trying to minimize the scope of the disaster. Unit 1 of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant is in a state of meltdown. A nuclear disaster which the promoters of nuclear power in Japan said wouldn’t happen is in progress. It is occurring as a result of an earthquake that they said would not happen. This could and should have been predicted. It was predicted by scientists and NGOs such as CNIC. We warned that Japan’s nuclear power plants could be subjected to much stronger earthquakes and much bigger tsunamis than they were designed to withstand. Besides the question about how this accident will unfold, the big question now is, will the government and the nuclear industry acknowledge its mistakes and change track? Last December the Japanese government began a review of its nuclear energy policy. The review was commenced in the spirit of essentially confirming the existing policy. That approach is no longer viable. The direction of the policy review must be completely reversed. It must be redirected towards developing a policy of phasing out nuclear energy as smoothly and swiftly as possible. Philip White International Liaison Officer Citizens’ Nuclear Information Center Phone: 81-3-3357-3800 (office) Phone: 81-3-3708-2898 (home) Web (will be update on Monday): <http://cnic.jp/english/> [List of US reactors with same weak containment design as Fukushima](http://www.beyondnuclear.org/home/2011/3/12/list-of-us-reactors-with-same-weak-containment-design-as-fuk.html) [Beyond Nuclear](http://www.beyondnuclear.org/), 12 March 2011 General Electric Boiling Water Reactor MARK I Containments (24 units) in U.S.: - [Browns Ferry 1, 2 and 3](http://www.tva.gov/sites/brownsferry.htm), Decatur, AL - Brunswick [1](http://www.nrc.gov/info-finder/reactor/bru1.html) & [2](http://www.nrc.gov/info-finder/reactor/bru2.html), Southport, NC - [Cooper](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooper_Nuclear_Station), Brownville, NE - [Dresden 2 & 3](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dresden_Nuclear_Power_Plant), Morris, IL - [Duane Arnold](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duane_Arnold_Energy_Center), Palo, IA - [Edwin Hatch 1 & 2](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_I._Hatch_Nuclear_Power_Plant), Baxley, GA - [Fermi 2](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enrico_Fermi_Nuclear_Generating_Station), Monroe, MI - [Hope Creek](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hope_Creek_Nuclear_Generating_Station), Artificial Island, NJ - [Fitzpatrick](http://www.nrc.gov/info-finder/reactor/fitz.html), Scriba, NY - [Millstone 1](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millstone_Nuclear_Power_Plant), Waterford, CT - [Monticello](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monticello_Nuclear_Generating_Plant), Monticello, MN - [Nine Mile Point Unit 1](http://www.nrc.gov/info-finder/reactor/nmp1.html), Scriba, NY - [Oyster Creek](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oyster_Creek_Nuclear_Generating_Station), Lacey Township, NJ - Peach Bottom [2](http://www.nrc.gov/info-finder/reactor/pb2.html) & [3](http://www.nrc.gov/info-finder/reactor/pb3.html), Delta, PA - [Pilgrim 1](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilgrim_Nuclear_Generating_Station), Plymouth, MA - [Quad Cities 1 & 2](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quad_Cities_Nuclear_Generating_Station), Cordova, IL - [Vermont Yankee](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vermont_Yankee_Nuclear_Power_Plant), Vernon, VT. See Also: [Fukushima Dai-ichi Unit 1 reactor schematic and description](http://www.beyondnuclear.org/home/2011/3/12/fukushima-dai-ichi-unit-1-reactor-schematic.html) at Beyond Nuclear. NRC list: [Find Operating Nuclear Power Reactors by Location or Name](http://www.nrc.gov/info-finder/reactor/) In 1986, Harold Denton, then the NRC’s top safety official, told an industry trade group that the "Mark I containment, especially being smaller with lower design pressure, in spite of the suppression pool, if you look at the [WASH 1400 Safety Study](https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML1622/ML16225A002.pdf), you’ll find something like a 90% probability of that containment failing." Denton has previously "served" as the NRC’s point man sent into Three Mile Island Unit 2 reactor control room in the first hours and days of the 1979 meltdown accident. Vermont Yankee, just two-three days ago, got a 20 year license extension from the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission, effectively overriding the deep and broad opposition to the license extension, from the Democratic Governor Peter Shumlin, to the State Senate which voted a year ago by 26 to 4 to shut down the reactor, all the way to grassroots environmental activists across the state. Obviously, the Vermont Yankee containment is questionable now -- it’s been questionable for decades. While earthquakes may be considered rare in Vermont, they are not unheard of, or beyond the realm of possibility. But of course there are other pathways for accidents, or attacks, at Vermont Yankee, that could end in similar results as what is unfolding at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant -- from age related degradation at the 40 year old Vermont Yankee atomic reactor causing systems, structures, or components to fail, to an intentional attack on the fragile, flimsy facility.
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