Midori is still in Japan, living in Kyoto and, among other things, doing working to help counter the ongoing barrage of mis- and dis-information that's accompanying the nuclear crisis at Fukushima.
Today's dose. eg: Tainted water ills 'massive' - IAEA team visits plant; utility slammed for not disclosing info, Saturday, May 28, 2011 http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110528n1.html Memo emblematic of disaster plan flaws - Regulators never questioned one-page document, AP Sunday, May 29, 2011 In the Dec. 19, 2001, document - one double-sized page obtained by The Associated Press under the public records law - Tepco rules out the possibility of a tsunami large enough to knock the plant offline and gives scant details to justify this conclusion, which proved to be wildly optimistic. http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110529a1.html Tepco disclosure said lacking from get-go - Kyodo Saturday, May 28, 2011 Tokyo Electric Power Co. did not fully disclose radiation monitoring data after its Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant was crippled by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, the government revealed Friday. http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20110528a3.html Many people are confused and don't know who or what to believe. Midori writes: >Crazy things are going on - like the campaign of "let's support >Fukushima farmers by eating their products" :-( She sent me this on 15 May: >Re the article you sent [Deadly Silence on Fukushima ><http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/05/09-6>]: > >One reactor (No.3) has MOX, and plutonium was found outside and it >was reported. > >Still, Japanese media are terrible - because most of them have the >electric companies as their major shareholder. Also, it is said that >TEPCO publishes different information on its English website and >Japanese website. > >The report mentioned, "Chernobyl: Consequences of the Catastrophe >for People and the Environment" [2006] is now being translated by a >group of translators. This is very important information which >should be available in Japanese, and it has information about food >and soil contamination, too. So I've applied to join the translation >team, and have just been accepted as a member. > >I also translated one document, which is published on the website of >Prime Minister of Japan and His Cabinet. The document compares the >(outdated) information of Chernobyl effect and Fukushima case, and >basically saying "don't make a fuss". > >Some Japanese people are opposing to the issue of 20mSv/y standard >on children. I hope this translation can be used to inform the >overseas people what kind of foolish idea Japanese authority is >using to keep the children in Fukushima. > >I attached the document below. > >I suppose you will like this youtube. >(Well, it's very scary to watch, but it is well made.) >All Nuclear Explosions on the Earth 1945-1998 (Isao Hashimoto) >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bioatgIog84 > >Midori > > ><Note from the translator> >As schools opened in April, many children and their families came >back to Fukushima. It is said that many parents wish to take the >children out of Fukushima, but they are prevented from leaving there >because of unspoken pressure from relatives and neighbors, backed by >the institutional pressure from authorities. > >Prime Minister of Japan and His Cabinet published below statement, >"The Comparison with Chernobyl Accident" on their website on April >15, 2011. This document hugely underestimate the number of death and >the health effect caused by Chernobyl accident, and saying >"Fukushima is different from Chernobyl". In other words, so don't >worry and don't make a fuss. > >It is said that this document was delivered to schools in Fukushima. >It is also said that schools were discouraged from removing >radiation polluted surface soil of school yard or from measuring >radiation in school by themselves. > > >Original statement in Japanese at the website of Prime Minister of >Japan and His Cabinet: >http://www.kantei.go.jp/saigai/senmonka_g3.html > >(unofficial translation into English for your reference) > >"The Comparison with Chernobyl Accident" >April 15, 2011 > >The health influence of Chernobyl Accident was jointly published 20 >years after the accident (Note1) by eight international >organizations including WHO and IAEA, and three republic states >which were affected. This year, which is the 25th anniversary of the >accident, UNSCEAR published the summary (Note 2). This statement >compares these publications from international organizations and the >case of Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant Accident. > >1. People who were exposed to radiation inside the nuclear power plants >- In Chernobyl's case, 134 cases of acute radiation damage were >confirmed, and 28 people died within three weeks. Since then to >today, 19 people have died but the relationship between their death >and radiation exposure has not been confirmed. >- In Fukushima's case, there has been zero case of acute radiation >damage among workers at the nuclear power plant. (note 3). > >2. People who participated in cleaning work after the incident: >- In Chernobyl's case, the radiation dose was the average of 100 >millisievert for 240,000 workers, and there has not been influence >on their health. >- In Fukushima's case, there has not been such worker yet. > >3. Local residents around the nuclear power plants >- In Chernobyl's case, the radiation doses are calculated as more >than 50 millisievert for 270,000 people in high polluted area, and >about 10 to 20 millisievert for 5 million people in low polluted >area. The influence on their health has not been confirmed. The >exception was thyroid cancer among infants. Among children who drank >unlimited amount of polluted milk, 6,000 children had operations, >and 15 children have died so far. These is no problem in case of >Fukushima, because milk in Fukushima follows the guideline of >tentative standard of 300 becquerel/kg (100 for infants), and milk >more than 100 becquerel/kg is not distributed. > >- The present radiation dose of local residents in Fukushima is >under 20 millisievert, so effect of radiation will not occur. > >As a general theory, IAEA says "In case of level 7 radiation leak, >the risk of stochastic effect (of getting cancer) can increase, and >deterministic effect (physical disorders) can happen in large area." >However, when we concretely inspect specifics, the result is as seen >above. Thus, it is clear that the case of Fukuchima and the case of >Chernobyl are clearly different. > >NAGATAKI Shigenobu >Emeritus Professor, Nagasaki University >(Former Director of the Radiation Effects Research Foundation; >Chairman Emeritus of the International Radiation Exposure Medical >Association) > >SASAKI Yasuhito >Director, Japan Radioisotope Association >(Previous Chairperson of the National Institute of Radiological Sciences) > >The original reference are as follow: >Note 1: Health effect of the Chernobyl accident : an overview Fact >sheet303 April 2006 (published in 2006) >http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs303/en/index.html > >Note 2: United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic >Radiation, SOURCES AND EFFECTS OF IONIZING RADIATION UNSCEAR 2008 >Report: Sources, Report to the General Assembly Scientific Annexes >VOLUMEÖÝ Scientific Annex D HEALTH EFFECTS DUE TO RADIATION FROM THE >CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT Ö*. GENERAL CONCLUSIONS (Original title in 2008, >published in 2011) P64 - >http://www.unscear.org/docs/reports/2008/11-80076_Report_2008_Annex_D.pdf > >Note 3: Press release from the National Institute of Radiological >Sciences, "Workers of March 24th Radiation Exposure Consulted >Radiation Experts" April 11, 2011 >Original Japanese document available at >http://www.nirs.go.jp/data/pdf/110411.pdf > >(the end of translation) References Chernobyl: Consequences of the Catastrophe for People and the Environment ANNALS of the New York Academy of Sciences. Alexey V. YABLOKOV. Vassily B. NESTERENKO. Alexey V. NESTERENKO http://www.strahlentelex.de/Yablokov%20Chernobyl%20book.pdf Chernobyl Radiation Killed Nearly One Million People: New Book 26 Apr 2010 ... The book, "Chernobyl: Consequences of the Catastrophe for People and the Environment," was compiled by authors Alexey Yablokov of the Center ... http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/apr2010/2010-04-26-01.html Chernobyl: Consequences of the Catastrophe for People and the Environment - review by Dr. Rosalie Bertell Global Research, February 12, 2010 http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=17571 _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainablelorgbiofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (70,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
