NRA chief warns of ongoing risks at wrecked Fukushima No. 1 plant

[bananas]

Source: Kyodo

The situation still remains risky at the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant four years after a series of meltdowns, the chairman of Japan’s nuclear regulator said Wednesday, vowing utmost efforts to avoid further trouble there.

“There have been quite a few accidents and problems at the Fukushima plant in the past year, and we need to face the reality that they are causing anxiety and anger among people in Fukushima,” Shunichi Tanaka told personnel at the Nuclear Regulation Authority on the fourth anniversary of the nuclear disaster.

Mishaps still occur regularly at the radiation-leaking complex in Fukushima Prefecture, where decommissioning work is continuing after it was heavily damaged in the massive earthquake and tsunami that hit the Tohoku region on March 11, 2011.

In the latest revelation of a series of contaminated water leaks from the seaside plant, late last month Tokyo Electric Power Co., the plant operator, said highly radioactive rainwater flows into the Pacific Ocean every time it rains.

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[Cosmic Kitten]

1. The media silence on this issue is disturbing.

[Buzz Clik]

4. ..

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-31823187
http://www.wsj.com/articles/four-years-after-fukushima-nuclear-accident-local-farmers-struggle-for-viability-1425930543
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/video/2015/mar/10/fukushima-japan-nuclear-video
http://www.thedailybeast.com/galleries/2015/03/11/how-the-earth-is-reclaiming-fukushima-the-ninth-ward-and-staten-island.html

It goes on and on and on.

The media aren't being silent; you just have to listen.

[Cosmic Kitten]

5. I'm speaking of the MSM talking heads

It's not on the TeeVee.

There's always column space to fill

[Buzz Clik]

6. Ah. I don't watch television for news. Ever.

You just articulated one reason.

This isn't a new trend. Over 30 years ago, I came to realize that television was highly selective in the news they choose to present, and I have not watched a TV news show since. Based on your comments, nothing has changed.

[Cosmic Kitten]

7. I don't have teevee...

Print, radio, and social media share the same
"highly selective" bias as network broadcast.
They are owned by the same interests.

Add to that, it's a "media bubble".
The message is always managed and controlled.

There is an undeniable lack of left-leaning
concerns represented in media, and as
publicly expressed by elected representatives

[Buzz Clik]

8. How do you track what the talking heads are saying without a television? n/t

[Cosmic Kitten]

10. Radio, print, and interweb all carry the same regurgitation

It's a media bubble.

[Dont call me Shirley]

2. Here might be a valuable lesson: stop building nuclear power plants.

Figure out how to safely decommission all the current nuclear plants, and replace them with safe renewable energy alternatives.

Figure out how to safely render nuclear waste and material inert.

[Overseas]

3. Sad K&R. It is an ongoing disaster.

Sad that public relations has become so advanced that news has moved on to other issues instead of staying focused on this disaster.

There are so many nukes of that same design that should be decommissioned.

[Bonobo]

9. More than 20,000 people died 4 year ago.

From the tsunami.

It is sad to see no thought given to that.