Antinuclear

The mainstream media has been relatively quiescent about the continuing Fukushima disaster. This is about to change.

Massive amounts of toxic radionuclides and water continue leaking from the reactors and the Spent Fuel Storage Pools (SFSP) into the Pacific Ocean. Scientific studies prove that radiation-induced insect mutations, high radiation levels in fish and alarmingly, rates of human cancers are increasing.

In the aftermath of the Fukushima NPP explosions, the extent of the massive damage is almost beyond belief………

Unit 3 was using a blend of mixed-oxide (MOX) fuel with approximately 6% plutonium, 239Pu. The reactor core contents (radionuclides) create 3 different types of radiation. This radiation is dangerous to all living organisms and the only protection from alpha, beta and gamma radiation is achieved as follows: (diagram)

The most dangerous radionuclides are tritium, caesium, iodine and strontium, because they are absorbed by our bodies.

The absorption of radionuclides is dangerous to us all.

They are immensely dangerous to children due to their rapid growth rates. This significantly increases trace-element uptake. This is where chemistry + physics + biology all interact to absorb reactor meltdown products.

Radionuclides ⇒ dispersed ⇒ air, water and soils ⇒ plants, birds, fish and animals ⇒ food chain ⇒ human absorption ⇒ contamination within organs and tissues ⇒ replacement of trace elements in our anatomy ⇒ effects on physiology ⇒ mutations, cancer and death.

• Tritium (radioactive H-3) — water contaminant: Half-life = 12 years
• Caesium-137 — like potassium, is absorbed by muscles: Half-life = 30 years
• Iodine-131 — is absorbed by the thyroid: Half-life = 8 days
• Strontium-90 — like calcium, absorbed by bones/teeth: Half-life = 29 years

(To calculate the time for a return to safe radiation levels, multiply the half-life by a factor of 10.)

Today at Fukushima, the nuclear fission reaction has escaped containment control. The fission process continues outside the reactors, underground and is producing all of these radioactive products (and more) with unstoppable air and sea plume releases.

The problem with radiation, says the EPA, is that it can kill cells in all living things and cause cancer:

‘The [U.S.] Environmental Protection Agency says, “Based on current scientific evidence, any exposure to radiation can be harmful or can increase the risk of cancer…. Radiation is a carcinogen. It may also cause other adverse health effects, including genetic defects in the children of exposed parents or mental retardation in the children of mothers exposed during pregnancy.’

These findings are backed up by other agencies:

‘The [US] National Academy of Sciences, in its seventh book-length report The Biological Effects of Ionizing Radiation, concludes likewise. Committee member Herbert Abrams of Harvard said, “There appears to be no threshold below which exposure can be viewed as harmless.’

‘The [US] Department of Energy, which makes H-bombs and tons of radioactive waste, says about low level radiation, “… the major effect is a very slight increase in cancer risk.’

These contradictions are of significant concern; how can we make a viable plan to deal with our planet’s worst nuclear disaster, if ‘experts’ are at such odds with each other?

http://www.independentaustralia.net/life/life-display/fukushima-cancer-spike-and-nuclear-industry-denial,5960