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WATCH: Japan lawmakers warned about Spent Fuel Pool No. 4 during testimony of former ambassador (VIDEOS)

Published: April 9th, 2012 at 7:59 am ET
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Follow-up to: Former Japan Ambassador Warns Gov't Committee: "A global catastrophe like we have never before experienced" if No. 4 collapses -- Common Spent Fuel Pool with 6,375 fuel rods in jeopardy -- "Would affect us all for centuries"

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Via EX-SKF: “If you understand Japanese, here’s the video of Mr. Murata testifying in the Upper House Budget Committee (foreign affairs and national security issues) in the Diet on March 22, 2012 (0:30:30, 2:13:54, 2:16:07, 2:53:00), warning about Fukushima Reactor 4.”

Here are 4 clips of former Ambassador Murata testifying in the Diet on March 22, 2012 (See English summary at bottom of post):

Title: Fukushima Daiichi Site: Cesium-137 is 85 times greater than at Chernobyl Accident
Source: Akio Matsumura
Date: updated on 4/5/12

Japan’s former Ambassador to Switzerland, Mr. Mitsuhei Murata, was invited to speak at the Public Hearing of the Budgetary Committee of the House of Councilors on March 22, 2012, on the Fukushima nuclear power plants accident. Before the Committee, Ambassador Murata strongly stated that if the crippled building of reactor unit 4—with 1,535 fuel rods in the spent fuel pool 100 feet (30 meters) above the ground—collapses, not only will it cause a shutdown of all six reactors but will also affect the common spent fuel pool containing 6,375 fuel rods, located some 50 meters from reactor 4. In both cases the radioactive rods are not protected by a containment vessel; dangerously, they are open to the air. This would certainly cause a global catastrophe like we have never before experienced. He stressed that the responsibility of Japan to the rest of the world is immeasurable. Such a catastrophe would affect us all for centuries. Ambassador Murata informed us that the total numbers of the spent fuel rods at the Fukushima Daiichi site excluding the rods in the pressure vessel is 11,421 (396+615+566+1,535+994+940+6375). [...]

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April 9th, 2012 | Category: Audio/Video Clips, Spent Fuel Pool No. 4
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4 comments to WATCH: Japan lawmakers warned about Spent Fuel Pool No. 4 during testimony of former ambassador (VIDEOS)

  • Sirius
    April 9, 2012 at 9:04 am

    French translation:

    L'ancien Ambassadeur du Japon en Suisse, Mr. Mitsuhei Murata, fut invité à s'exprimer lors d'une Audience Publique du Comité Budgétaire de la Chambre des Conseillers, le 22 Mars 2012, à propos de l'accident nucléaire aux centrales de Fukushima.
    Devant le Comité, l'Ambassadeur Murata à fortement signalé que, si le bâtiment en ruines du réacteur N°4, contenant 1530 barres de combustible usées dans la Piscine à combustible qui se situe à 30m du sol venait à s'effondrer, non seulement cela causerait une fusion des 6 réacteurs, mais également la Piscine à combustible commune, située à une cinquantaine de mètres du réacteur 4 et contenant 6.375 barres usées. Dans les 2 cas, les barres radioactives ne sont pas protégées par des cuves fermées; dangereusement, elles sont à l'air libre. Cela provoquerait une catastrophe globale comme nous n'en avons jamais connue. Il a souligné l'incalculable responsabilité du Japon envers le reste du monde.
    Une telle catastrophe nous affecterait tous pendant des siècles.
    L'Ambassadeur Murata nous informe également que le total des barres irradiées situées à Fukushima Daiichi (sans compter celles qui se trouvaient dans les réacteurs) se monte à 11.421 (396+615+566+1,535+994+940+6375).


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  • chemfood chemfood
    April 9, 2012 at 1:19 pm

    Time to pipe up NRC. Send your lap dog, Jaczko. The People NEED to know.


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  • dharmasyd
    April 10, 2012 at 1:25 am

    You cannot get a stronger warning than this. But what is the govt doing? Instead of working to minimize the destruction (past and future)of SFP4, they are drawing up guidelines and working to restart Oi NPP and other reactors. Pure insanity!


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