Remember Fukushima!
Professor Albert Einstein prophetically stated decades ago: “The unleashed power of the atom has changed everything save our modes of thinking, and we thus drift toward unparalleled catastrophes.”
March 11th is the 5th anniversary of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster triggered by a massive earthquake and tsunami. Several Fukushima nuclear reactors had melt downs, and reactor fuel pools were damaged, resulting in the release of massive amounts of radiation. Here’s what the March 1st 2016 issue of Scientific American says about the prospects for Fukushima/TEPCO on its 5th anniversary: “Today the disaster site remains in crisis mode… Even more troublesome, the plant has yet to stop producing dangerous nuclear waste.”
According to Naohiro Masuda, Chief Decommissioning Officer for Tokyo Electric Power Company (“TEPCO”), the technology required to remove nuclear fuel from the reactors does not exist yet. “There’s huge risk involved. If you make one small mistake, it might cause a huge problem for the local people or even worldwide.”
U.S. nuclear expert and Fairwinds Chief Engineer, Arnie Gunderson said areas cleaned in Fukushima prefecture quickly become recontaminated by radiation blowing in the wind and rain washing radiation down from the hills and into the pacific ocean. His team continues to detect high levels of plutonium which will remain deadly for a quarter of a million years.
What happened at Fukushima can happen at any of the 100 nuclear power plants in the U.S. and nuclear plants around the world. The task before all of humanity is urgent. Never Again!
Shut Down Nuclear Power Plants & Dismantle Nuclear Arms!
- Mourn all victims of violence. 2. Reject war as a solution. 3. Defend civil liberties.
4. Oppose all discrimination, anti-Islamic, anti-Semitic, anti-Hawaiian, etc.
5. Seek peace through justice in Hawai`i and around the world.
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Hilo Peace Vigil leaflet (March 11, 2016 – 755th week) – Friday 3:30-5PM downtown Post Office
By Elliott Negin for Eco Watch – On March 11, 2011, a 9.0-magnitude earthquake and 50-foot tsunami triggered meltdowns at three of six nuclear reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi plant in Japan. It was the one of the worst accidents in the nuclear industry’s 60-year history, contaminating thousands of square miles, displacing more than 150,000 people and costing Japanese taxpayers nearly $100 billion. The disaster was a wake-up call for the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). After all, nearly a third of the 104 U.S. reactors operating at the time were General Electric Mark I or Mark II reactors, the same as those in Fukushima. -more-
