Dr Helen Caldicott corrects media story on death threats
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86.192.255.80 22 March 14, That was debunked today by Doctor Helen Mary Caldicott herself. No one threatened her in Japan, during an interview there she was asked if she had ever been threatened before. She answered that in the past she had been threatened several times in the USA.
Australia’s Dr Helen Caldicott in Japan threatened with death for speaking out about nuclear power
KPFA: Dr. Helen Caldicott threatened with death while in Japan for speaking about nuclear power — Students being charged with disturbing the peace for handing out flyers (AUDIO) http://enenews.com/kpfa-dr-helen-caldicott-threatened-death-japan-speaking-about-nuclear-power-students-charged-disturbing-peace-handing-flyers-audio?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ENENews+%28Energy+News%29
KPFA Flashpoints, Mar. 10, 2014
Steve Zeltzer, reporting from Japan: We went to Osaka […] we were told there’s continuing repression. Activists here are being threatened, including Professor Shimoji who was arrested for handing out leaflets. The government is trying to suppress opposition to nuclear power by passing the secrecy law which just passed the parliament and also by intimidating antinuclear activists and saying they have to keep quiet. […] We also learned from Dr. Helen Caldicott that she was threatened. She spoke at a meeting in Kyoto on the 8th and it was reported at the meeting that she had been threatened by right-wingers with death for speaking out about the dangers of nuclear power. (correction – Dr Caldicott referred to previous incidents in USA, not Japan)
Full Flashpoints broadcasts available here
Japanese authorities do not know where Fukushima’s molten nuclear fuel cores are
Japanese TV: Fukushima fuel cores have ‘molten-through’ containment vessels — Location of molten fuels is unknown — “Risk of re-criticallity” from filling vessels with water http://enenews.com/japanese-tv-fukushima-fuel-cores-have-molten-through-containment-vessels-location-of-molten-fuels-is-unknown-risk-of-re-criticallity-from-filling-vessels-with-water?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ENENews+%28Energy+News%29
Email update from Genn Saji, former Secretariat of Japan’s Nuclear Safety Commission, Mar. 10, 2014 (emphasis added):
On February 26, NHK released (Japanese only) a news on their overall view on un-dissolved nub parts of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident. The identified issues are categorized in the following four topics;
De-fueling of “molten” core debris should start six years from now in the earliest — The core-meltdown has occurred in 1F1 through 1F3, resulting in penetration of the molten high temperature nuclear fuels through the RPV (Reactor Pressure Vessel) and leached at the bottom of the PCV (Primary Containment Vessel) in the Fukushima Daiichi accident. According to TEPCO’s schedule, the de-fueling should start in 2020 in the earliest. The overall decommissioning should be completed in a time span of 30-40 years.
Exact damage location of PCVs have not been identified — In attempting the above task, there is an urgent issue waiting for early solution. First of all, the exact damage locations of the PCVs where the fuel have molten-through has not been identified yet. TEPCO plans to fill the PCVs with water to shield against radiation […]
The molten fuels have not been characterized — Next issue is whereabout and characteristics of the molten fuels are not know. Without resolving these issues, it is not possible to establish the necessary approaches for de-fueling. In addition, there exists a risk of re-criticallity upon filling the PCV with water. The contaminated water is hindering human access for inspection with high radiation field and hazardous radioactive species. The Japanese Government and TEPCO are rushing for R&D of robots as well as theoretical predictions trying to grasp accurate status of nuclear fuels.
Searching for way out of contaminated water issues — Fundamental solutions are waited for the contaminated water issues which are generated through cooling of nuclear fuels. The contaminated water accumulated at the basements of buildings through leakage from PCVs. Its volume continue increasing, and a part of the water was found leaked unnoticed last year. […] leak path has not been identified […]
I believe NHK failed to identify two of the most important and serious issues among the consequences of Fukushima nuclear accident […] [one] issue is the root case of hydrogen explosion. NHK simply followed TEPCO’s scenario of zirconium-steam reaction. […]
(More to come about Saji’s view on the root cause of the explosions)
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