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Fukushima's melted cores have moved into the earth

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Fukushima is the world's greatest disaster ever. Any other environmental disaster pales in comparison (i.e.)the Tar Sands, The BP Gulf Oil Spill, or Climate Change. Since the Japanese Government declared talking about Fukushima a terrorist act there has been total silence from everyone. How can everyone be silent about an on going atomic bomb? How can such a small industry have such a power over government and non government agencies that they do not cry out, "LET US SPEND ALL AVAILABLE RESOURCES FIXING THIS THE BEST WE CAN" Is there something paranormal about this. Two days ago I heard my first report about Fukushima in a long time. It was a CBC interview with someone working on disaster relief who said that the radiation he encountered was not as high as in some places around Lake Ontario.
CBC.ca | Here and Now Toronto | Local Aid Worker Updates on Fukushima Cleanup, Three Years On
The second is this article which asks honest question and should be read in it's entirety so that you can get the balance that it gives.

Does anyone in authority anywhere tell the truth about Fukushima?

If there is any government or non-government authority in the world that is addressing the disaster at Fukushima openly, directly, honestly, and effectively, it’s not apparent to the outside observer what entity that might be.
Fukushima Meltdowns: A Global Conspiracy of Denial | Global Research
 
Thousands in Japan Protest Nuclear Power, Conditions at Fukushima
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Fukushima nuclear workers and their supporters shout slogans at the headquarters of Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), operator of the tsunami-battered Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, during a rally in Tokyo on March 15, 2014.
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Thousands of people in Tokyo have rallied against nuclear power as the government and utilities prepare to restart reactors in southern Japan.

More than 5,000 protesters gathered at Hibiya Park in Tokyo on Saturday to pressure the government not to restart the country's nuclear power stations.

"Japan is prone to earthquakes. We have to seriously think about whether nuclear power is a good idea for Japan," said protester Masatoshi Harada. "This is an opportunity for Japan to drop nuclear power."

Regulators are currently reviewing whether to let Kyushu Electric Power restart two reactors at its Sendai power plant.

Saturday's demonstration came days after the country marked the third anniversary of a 9.0-magnitude earthquake that struck northern Japan in March 2011.

The earthquake prompted a deadly tsunami along the northern Pacific coastline and huge waves swamped already damaged cooling systems at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, resulting in three reactor meltdowns and explosions that spewed radioactive materials into the vast, rural region.

The wrecked plant, which continues to vent radionuclides into the atmosphere and leak tens of thousands of gallons of contaminated water into the Pacific Ocean, is expected to take at least 40 years to stabilize. The surrounding area will show high levels of radioactive contamination for decades to come.

On Friday, nearly 100 workers who helped to clean up the crippled plant rallied outside the headquarters of Fukushima operator Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), complaining they were forced to work for meager pay in dangerous conditions

Workers also rallied outside Maeda Corp Friday, one of the contractors hired to clean up the plant and surrounding areas.

The earthquake and tsunami killed 15,884 people and left 2,633 people still missing.

Supporters of nuclear power, including the prime minister, Shinzo Abe, said Japan needs atomic energy to ensure the economic health of the world's third largest economy.

But protesters at Saturday's demonstration argued that the country can live without nuclear power as it has done for most of the last 36 months.

"Nuclear plants have been closed, so you cannot say we cannot live without nuclear energy," anti-nuclear campaigner Junichi Okano said.

All of the nation's roughly 50 commercial nuclear reactors have gradually been shut down since 2011 and remain offline due to unprecedented public opposition to restarting them.

Workplace hazards

Questions have continued to mount about the working conditions created by the web of Fukushima contractors and sub-contractors.

Several thousand employees at the plant are locked in a daily and dangerous scramble to keep the site from again spiraling out of control, making myriad repairs and building tanks for
Thousands in Japan Protest Nuclear Power, Conditions at Fukushima
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Japanese TV: Fukushima fuel cores have ‘molten-through’ containment vessels — Location of molten fuels is unknown — “Risk of re-criticallity” from filling vessels with water

KPFA in Japan: I’ve learned over 800 people have disappeared from Fukushima plant — “May have been killed or died during work” — “Gov’t actually in business with the Yakuza” (AUDIO)

Wife of Navy Sailor: Our 1-year-old has brain cancer and spinal cancer resulting from Fukushima exposure — Wheelchair-bound Navy Sailor: It’s now affecting my arms and my hands, everything is still progressing (AUDIO)

NYTimes: Crisis underway at Fukushima plant, worker shortage — “Alcoholism is rampant” — Tepco base is selling the whiskey — Help wanted ad seeks employees “able to carry out a conversation” — Workers spray hose full of radioactive waste on themselves and others (VIDEO)
 
Great soon the expression I use with my 3 year old son in the sand box will be true.... I say "be careful how far you dig you may end up in china" Oh boy. Soon were going to have a radioactive whole straight to the hollow earth & out the other side!! LOL. I don't mean to make light of the situation but what else can we do??


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This whole fiasco is disturbing. You would think that the Japanese government would want to hire the best of the best. Check out this quote:

“Earlier on Friday, Tepco said work to remove fuel rods from one of the destroyed reactor buildings had been halted after a worker had mishandled a giant crane, the first major delay in an operation to remove 1,533 fuel rod assemblies.”

Fukushima worker killed in accident, cleanup halted| Reuters
 
We are usually our own worst enemy. The Japanese governments leadership failure in this crisis undermines it's integrity and the confidence of it's people. A outside enemy could do little better. This can only embolden Chinese expansion in the region.
 
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We are usually our own worst enemy. The Japanese governments leadership failure in this crisis undermines it's integrity and the confidence of it's people. A outside enemy could do little better. This can only embolden Chinese expansion in the region.
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You have to wonder at what point foreign intervention will occur, if at all. If someone doesn't do something, what will be worth having in that region? Japan and her waters are poisoned.

It is obvious that Japan is incapable or unwilling to cope with the problem. In all reality, no nation on Earth can cope with this problem. That simple fact is why we must stop making radioactive waste, reactors, and the fuel to run them.

At some point in this game the location and processing of all the radioactive bodies of the dead clean-up workers will become an issue, if it hasn't already. The numbers will be in the 10s if not 100s of thousands in the 100 or so years they project the cleanup to take. That too, I fear, is a horrible lie. They know of no means to clean up the mess now. Hoping that we will develop something in the next decades that will make a difference seems an impossibility given the nuclear industries track record.
 
Day 1119! Fukushima continues to spill radiation into the environment unabated and largely unnoticed by the world at large.

Canadian student finds alarming levels of radiation in food sold in Canadian supermarkets! Canada no longer officially screening for radiation since 2012?

Sticking your fingers in your ears and singing, "La, la, la" shown to be ineffective!

 
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