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By ENENews, on March 11th, 2016
Interview with nuclear engineer Hiroaki Koide (translation by Prof. Robert Stolz, transcription by Akiko Anson), published Mar 8, 2016 (emphasis added):
As for the scale of the [Fukushima] accident… we simply don’t know… all the measuring equipment was destroyed at the time of the accident… The Japanese government has reported estimates [of] 1.5×10^16 Becquerels . . . → Read More: Nuclear Expert: Fukushima “like the worst nightmare becoming reality” — Released as much as 1,000 atomic bombs worth of radioactive material — “Everyone on earth has been exposed… an increase in cancer will be the result”
By ENENews, on February 13th, 2015
Spiegel Online International (Der Spiegel, German news magazine), Feb. 5, 2015 (emphasis added): [It's] the worst accident in the history of civilian atomic power… The Fukushima catastrophe changed the world. Nuclear reactors melted down on live television and twice as much radioactive material was released as during the Chernobyl accident in 1986. The disaster… . . . → Read More: Magazine: ‘Fukushima catastrophe changed the world’; Worst nuclear accident in history, like two Chernobyls; ‘Poisoned entire landscapes for centuries’ — Study: Fukushima ‘overwhelms’ the peak radioactivity from nuclear bomb testing in ice core samples; ‘Affected the global environment’
By ENENews, on October 20th, 2014
Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, funded by the Korean government, July 2014:
The Fukushima accident [led to a] release of huge radioactivity It is reported… 4 times more radioactivity was released to the sea than to the atmosphere Best-estimate source term of 137Cs… released into the atmosphere, is about 4% Best-estimate release fraction of . . . → Read More: Gov’t report reveals Fukushima radioactive release much larger than Chernobyl — Japan reactors could have emitted nearly four times as much cesium-137
By ENENews, on July 1st, 2014
P. Bossew, German Federal Office for Radiation Protection, PLUTONIUM EMISSION FROM THE FUKUSHIMA ACCIDENT (pdf), 2013 (emphasis added): While much has since been published on environmental contamination and exposure to radio-iodine and radio-caesium, little is known about releases of plutonium […] The inability to cool the fuel led to melting of parts of the . . . → Read More: Gov’t Expert: Plutonium is certainly being discharged into Pacific Ocean from Fukushima plant; Flowing out of ruptured containments — TV: Reactor water turns into ‘yellowish, fizzing liquid’ from damaged fuel rods… “It actually vibrates” (PHOTO & VIDEO)
By ENENews, on June 30th, 2014
Scientific Reports (Nature.com), Mar. 4 2014: The total amount of decay-corrected 134Cs in the [subtropical] mode water was an estimated about 6 PBq [petabecquerels, i.e. 6 quadrillion becquerels] corresponding to 10–60% of the total inventory of Fukushima-derived 134Cs in the North Pacific Ocean. […] The decay corrected ratio of 134Cs/137Cs in soils has been . . . → Read More: Japan Gov’t-funded Study: Fukushima has released up to 120 Quadrillion becquerels of radioactive cesium into North Pacific Ocean — Does not include amounts that fell on land — Exceeds Chernobyl total, which accounts for releases deposited on land AND ocean (MAP)
By ENENews, on June 21st, 2014
NHK’s Tomorrow (2013): The accident that occurred at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant of Tokyo Electric Power Company, (or TEPCO) caused the largest-ever amount of radioactive pollution. That’s why renewable energy is now attracting more attention. Since the accident, the momentum towards de-nuclearization has risen to unprecedented heights.
Satoshi Nakano, Onahama Fisheries . . . → Read More: NHK: Fukushima responsible for “largest-ever” amount of radioactive pollution… “We did something terrible” — Scientist: Nuclear fuel “still melting down… there’s melting happening in the cores” (VIDEO)
By ENENews, on March 11th, 2014
Interview with Japan’s former Prime Minister Naoto Kan, Mar. 11, 2014: the night of that first day of March 11, what I was being told, being reported, was that the water levels were safely above the level of [...] fuel rods [...] however, now we know that actually the measuring equipment to measure the . . . → Read More: Japan ex-Prime Minister: Fukushima very close to ‘China syndrome’ — First time in history where melted fuel “burned through, leaking to outside of container” — Reactor melted down 4 hours after M9.0 quake (VIDEO)
By ENENews, on February 1st, 2014
NHK Nuclear Watch, Jan. 22, 2014:
NHK: Decommissioning [Chernobyl] could take a century […] This edition of ‘Nuclear Watch’ is looking at how people tied to the cleanup of the Fukushima accident here in Japan are trying to learn lessons from Chernobyl […]
Professor Ryuji Okazaki, adviser to Japanese government on how to protect . . . → Read More: Japan Gov’t Adviser on Fukushima: We have “much to learn from what’s happening at Chernobyl” — Engineer: All my co-workers at Chernobyl are now dead, and I had thyroid removed due to cancer (VIDEO)
By ENENews, on February 1st, 2014
Global Green USA: The Future of Nuclear Energy, Chernobyl and Fukushima:
At 2:00 in
Natalia Manzurova, nuclear engineer called to Chernobyl for 4+ years to study radiation’s effect on the environment and to help cleanup workers:
To cover the burning reactor core, they started dropping bags of sand and cement into the reactor and . . . → Read More: Nuclear Engineer: “Very huge catastrophe” for melted fuel to burn into ground — Radioactive material “will go all around the world” once in underground water — Chernobyl made cement barrier below reactor, #Fukushima did not (VIDEO)
By ENENews, on January 8th, 2014
Early Online Release: Fukushima and Ocean Radioactivity, Ken O. Buesseler, Journal of The Oceanography Society, Jan. 5, 2014: [The] earthquake, tsunami, and subsequent radiation releases from Japan’s Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant were unprecedented events for the ocean and society. […] Total releases [of cesium-137] from Fukushima are not well constrained, with estimates from . . . → Read More: New Journal Article: Fukushima may have already released 90 quadrillion becquerels of cesium-137 — Much more than Chernobyl’s 70 quadrillion becquerels
By ENENews, on December 14th, 2013
Asahi Shimbun, Dec. 14, 2013: Fire engines were used in a desperate, and ultimately futile, attempt to pump water to cool overheating reactors during the early phase of the 2011 Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant disaster, Tokyo Electric Power Co. said. According to a Dec. 13 report by the operator of the crippled . . . → Read More: Tepco: We should have told public this sooner… we failed to cool molten fuel after meltdowns began — Experts: Fukushima cesium release could be more than triple Chernobyl (PHOTO)
By ENENews, on November 9th, 2013
RT, Nov. 7, 2013 — Kevin Kamps, Beyond Nuclear: Well, that’s a great tragedy that the Japanese government is allowing this [resettling near Fukushima] to happen. To within the closest 12.4 miles of the devastated nuclear power plant obviously the landscape is contaminated, the food supplies are contaminated. As your reporter said, it’s up . . . → Read More: TV: “It’s a crime what’s happening at Fukushima” — People resettling areas 10 to 15 km from plant with “radiation levels still very, very high and even lethal in some cases” — Hotspots 60 to 70 km away same level as ghost towns in Chernobyl (VIDEOS)
By ENENews, on October 22nd, 2013
Overview of active cesium contamination of freshwater fish in Fukushima and Eastern Japan, Scientific Reports 2013 (h/t Anonymous tip): [...] The serious accidents of the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant have been contaminating a vast area in eastern Japan, home of 60 million people. Consumption of freshwater fish is an important part of the aquatic pathway . . . → Read More: Japan Study: “Contamination levels are possibly higher than Chernobyl” from Fukushima disaster — Human health must be carefully and continuously monitored — Highly contaminated river soil in Tokyo metropolitan area
By ENENews, on October 12th, 2013
PSAM 2013 Topical Conference in Tokyo — In light of the Fukushima Dai-ichi Accident in Tokyo, Japan, Dr. Shunsuke Kondo, Chairman of the Japan Atomic Energy Commission: […] the Great East-Japan earthquake and the resulting tsunami struck people and facilities, including nuclear power plants, located on the Pacific coast of Japan on March 11, . . . → Read More: Top Japan Nuclear Officials: Fukushima is an unprecedented disaster — “It’s probably the worst nuclear accident to ever happen in the world” (VIDEO)
By ENENews, on September 30th, 2013
Title: Golf Balls Fall Short Coping With 21st Century Disasters Source: Bloomberg Author: Rakteem Katakey, James Paton Date: Sept 29, 2013
Diaper liner, sawdust, golf balls and shredded tires — these are some of the items used to try and contain the oil and nuclear disasters that marked the end of this century’s first . . . → Read More: Media finally gets it right? Bloomberg: “Before Fukushima, Chernobyl was ranked the world’s worst nuclear accident”
By ENENews, on September 23rd, 2013
Title: Modelling the global atmospheric transport and deposition of radionuclides from the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear accident Source: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Authors: T. Christoudias and J. Lelieveld Date: 2013 Emphasis Added
We modeled the global atmospheric dispersion and deposition of radionuclides released from the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant accident. [...]
We obtained good . . . → Read More: EU-funded Research: Fukushima atmospheric release of 210 quadrillion becquerels of cesium-137 used as upper bound in simulation — Chernobyl estimated at 70 to 85 quadrillion
By ENENews, on August 29th, 2013
Estimation of radionuclide emission during the March 15, 2011 accident at the Fukushima-1 NPP (Atomic Energy Journal Volume 112, Issue 3), July 2012:
“According to estimates made by the present authors, the following radionuclides entered the atmosphere on March 15, 2011 (PBq): ~400 iodine, ~100 cesium, and ~400 inert gases.”
Wikipedia’s entry on . . . → Read More: Russian Study: Fukushima released 100 quadrillion becquerels of cesium into atmosphere… In just ONE day — About equal to Chernobyl’s total release
By ENENews, on August 27th, 2013
Title: Cesium-137 dispersion and biological transfer in coastal waters off Fukushima Source: The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and The Swedish Society for Radioecology (Seminar on Radioecological Studies after the Fukushima Accident) Author: Jota Kanda (Prof. Tokyo Oceanography Univ.) Date: Jan. 10, 2013
[Note: According to the Nuclear Energy Agency's 2002 assessment of the . . . → Read More: Japan Professor compares cesium-137 releases from radiation disasters: Fukushima at up to 77 quadrillion Bq (77 PBq); Chernobyl at 85 quadrillion Bq (85 PBq) — Fukushima releases ongoing
By ENENews, on August 26th, 2013
Title: The World Nuclear Industry Status Report 2013 Authors: Mycle Schneider, Antony Froggatt Date Published: July 2013
Mr. [Toru] Ebisawa, who had served NAIIC as an expert reactor engineer, estimated the amount of radioactivity that had seeped into the water that fills the basement of the reactor buildings (Unit-1, -2 and -3, as of . . . → Read More: Nuclear Engineer: Estimated 276 quadrillion Bq of Cs-137 entered Fukushima basements — Triple Chernobyl total release — A portion “has already made its way to aquifer, whence it can easily flow into sea”
By ENENews, on August 7th, 2013
Title: A Fukushima fisherman’s tale: Radioactive water from the Daiichi plant is flowing into the ocean at a rate of 300 tons a day Source: The Independent Author: David McNeill Date: August 7, 2013
Experts say the government’s admission shows that the crisis at the Daiichi complex is being managed, not solved.
“It is . . . → Read More: Nuclear Expert: Water now at Fukushima plant has 3 times more cesium than Chernobyl’s total release — “That underscores the scale of this never-ending threat”
By ENENews, on June 20th, 2013
Title: Fukushima Kids with Yumi Kikuchi Source: Fairewinds Energy Education Date: Jun 19, 2013
At 5:30 in
Maggie Gundersen, founder of Fairewinds Energy Education: We’re also working with different medical professionals who are talking about how many thyroid cancers have started showing up.
After an accident of the magnitude of Fukushima Daiichi, the thyroid . . . → Read More: Fairewinds: Thyroid data means much more radiation must have come out of Fukushima reactors than anyone reported — Medical professionals are talking about how many cancers have started showing up (AUDIO)
By ENENews, on March 28th, 2013
Title: Hot Air Source: Fairewinds Energy Education Date: March 28, 2013
At ~9:00 in
Arnie Gundersen, Fairewinds Chief Engineer: When there’s no liquid inside the containment, there’s no capture of the cesium. So whatever cesium was inside that containment was leaking out of the containment. […]
Well that changes the game dramatically. Instead . . . → Read More: “Game Changer”: Fukushima cesium releases likely 20-30 times higher than revealed (AUDIO)
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