NRA chief warns of ongoing risks at wrecked Fukushima No. 1 plant
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 Japans 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
(3,498 posts)Buzz Clik
(38,437 posts)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
(3,498 posts)It's not on the TeeVee.
There's always column space to fill
Buzz Clik
(38,437 posts)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
(3,498 posts)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
(38,437 posts)Cosmic Kitten
(3,498 posts)It's a media bubble.
Dont call me Shirley
(10,998 posts)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
(12,121 posts)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
(29,257 posts)From the tsunami.
It is sad to see no thought given to that.