Fukushima News 8/10/13: TEPCO:Underground Wall Not Effective Against Leaks

[Mr_Jefferson_24]

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Nuclear Expert: Fukushima Is 'Emergency Without End'

- Andrea Germanos, staff writer -- Published on Saturday, August 10, 2013 by Common Dreams

As the disaster at Fukushima plant continues to unfold, one nuclear expert is warning that "this is an accident that’s shockingly not stopping."

Arjun Makhijani, President of the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research (IEER), sounds particular alarm around radioactive strontium that is being released from the trouble-stricken plant:

Fukushima continues to be an emergency without end – vast amounts of radioactivity, including strontium-90 in the groundwater, evidence of leaks into the sea, the prospect of contaminated seafood. Strontium-90, being a calcium analog, bioaccumulates in the food chain. It is likely to be a seaside nightmare for decades.

Speaking with PBS Newshour this week, the Carbon-Free and Nuclear-Free author said that strontium is "much more dangerous" than the cesium 137 and 134 being released from Fukushima, and was found "at levels that are 30 times more than cesium." He continued:

So to give you an idea of the level of contamination, if somebody drank that water for a year, they would almost certainly get cancer. So it's very contaminated.

So that's one problem. The other is the defenses to hold back this water from the sea seem to be overcome. So now the contaminated waters, 70,000, 80,000 gallons is flowing into the sea every day.

Source: http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/08/10-0

[another_liberal]

1. This is a huge, involuntary experiment . . .

If a horror like this transpires slowly enough, will people fail to notice it until the disaster is full scale? This appears to be a huge, involuntary experiment with the lives of millions of people. As such it will use the Japanese nation and their neighbors as test cases for the effects of gradually increasing levels of environmental radioactive pollution on human populations.

[Mr_Jefferson_24]

2. I worry that this crisis will not receive due attention...

... until it simply cannot be ignored. This of course translates to many lives being lost first.

Very sad. Very scary.

[pansypoo53219]

3. i think japan must be regulated to eat their own seafood. n more somalia sushi.

they get to eat their fuck up.

[drynberg]

4. The Whole Pacific Ocean is contaminated, and of course, this will spread to all oceans...

Plus why would a "nuclear expert" say that this crisis isn't ending is "shockingly"? Please. This ain't good for Japan, the Pacific Nations, nor anyone living on this planet. There are no winners. Question is: What do we do now?

[AsahinaKimi]

5. What a nasty thing to say...

So more innocent people should die?