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Fukushima - Amy Goodman: LINK ¤ the GUARDIAN

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• "in 1945 - the journalist Wilfred Burchett - wrote from Hiroshima !"

 

 

 

 

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• "who had been the first Western journalist - to visit that place !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "he hoped - that the facts - would act as a - warning to the world !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "66 years later - on 11 March 2011 - there had been an earthquake - in Fukushima !"

 

 

 

 

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• "and systems failed - at the Fukushima Daiichi - nuclear power plant !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "three - of the six reactors - suffered meltdowns !"

 

 

 

 

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• "340,000 people - had been refugees !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

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• "Shinzo Abe - enacted a controversial - state secrecy law !"

 

 

 

 

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• "where the interpretation - of what actually constituted state secret - could be arbitrary defined !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "refugees were given permits - to return home - to collect personal items - but only for two hours !"

 

 

 

 

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• "no independent journalist - or documentary filmmaker - got permission to go inside !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "Abe wanted to restart - Japan's nuclear power plants !"

 

 

 

 

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• "despite overwhelming - public opposition !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "since the accident - a forceful grass-roots movement - has grown !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "to reduce - Japan's nuclear power plants !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

 

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• "Naoto Kan - the prime minister at that time !"

 

 

 

 

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• "explained - how his position on nuclear energy - shifted !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "his position before 2011 - was that as long as it was made sure !"

 

 

 

 

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• "that it was safely operated - nuclear energy plants - could be operated !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "however - after experiencing 11 March - he changed his thinking 180 degrees - completely !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "no other accident - would had that affect !"

 

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• "we have to be - more carefully !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Fukushima costed US$ 84bn - the Guardian: LINK ¤ the GUARDIAN

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• "the Fukushima plant had accumulated - 500,000 tonnes - of contaminated water !"

 

 

 

 

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• "Tepco had to remove melted fuel - from reactors 1 - 2 - and 3 !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "Tepco engineers admitted - they did not know exactly - where the damaged fuel - was located !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "decommissioning the entire plant - would take until 2050 !"

 

 

 

 

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• "the operation - included compensation for the homes - of tens of thousands of people !"

 

 

 

 

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• "would cost 10 tn yen - US$ 84 bn !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Energy - US cable - 2008: LINK ¤ 08TOKYO2993

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• "parliament lower house member - Taro Kono - criticized the Japanese bureaucracy !"

 

 

 

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• "and energy companies - for an outdated nuclear energy strategy !"

 

 

 

 

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• "and called for the development - of alternative energies !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "parliament members - and the public - have to be informed !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

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• "he accused METI - ministry of economy - covered up accidents !"

 

 

 

 

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• "and obscured the true costs - and problems - associated with nuclear energy !"

 

 

 

 

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• "with Japan’s seismic geography - there was the question !"

 

 

 

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• "was there really - a safe place - to store nuclear material ?!"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Energy - US cable - 2006: LINK ¤ 06TOKYO1592

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• "the Kanazawa district court ordered - the Hokuriku electric power company - Rikuden !"

 

 

 

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• "to shut down operations - at unit two - of its Shika nuclear power plant !"

 

 

 

 

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• "due to safety concerns - because of a possible earthquake !"

 

 

 

 

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• "a study commissioned by the - Japan's research committee !"

 

 

 

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• "concluded that there was a two percent chance - for a magnitude of 7.6 !"

 

 

 

 

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• "the unit of Rikuden - was built on a magnitude of 6.5 - there could be an accident at the plant !"

 

 

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• "Rikuden's estimates - were too conservative !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Energy - US cable - 2006: LINK ¤ 06TOKYO6730

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• "the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa - nuclear power station !"

 

 

 

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• "was the largest power station - in the world !"

 

 

 

 

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• "and had 7 - boiling water reactors !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Energy - US cable - 2007: LINK ¤ 07TOKYO3263

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• "in 2007 - an earthquake in western Japan - had caused a fire !"

 

 

 

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• "and radiation leak at - Kashiwazki-Kariwa - nuclear power plant !"

 

 

 

 

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• "METI - ministry of economy - ordered that the plant remained closed - until safety checks !"

 

 

 

 

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• "four - of the plants seven reactors - had been operating at that time !"

 

 

 

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• "all four tripped - and automatically shut down !"

 

 

 

 

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• "there had been a leak of radioactive water - on the third floor - of the reactor building of unit !"

 

 

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• "1.2 cubic meters of water - into the sea ! - ( not the first time ! )"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Energy - US cable - 2007: LINK ¤ 07TOKYO3296

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• "Tokyo electric power company - Tepco - had announced additional problems !"

 

 

 

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• "at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa - nuclear power plant !"

 

 

 

 

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• "Tepco estimated - amount had been 90,000Bq - of radioactivity material !"

 

 

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• "iodine - cobalt - and chromium - had been detected in a filter - of the main ventilation system !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Energy - US cable - 2006: LINK ¤ 06TOKYO2074

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• "Ukrainian foreign policy advisor - Scherbak - said !"

 

 

 

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• "the accident - in the nuclear power plant !"

 

 

 

 

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• "of Chernobyl - was a warning to the world !"

 

 

 

 

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• "it changed the view - about the safety - of nuclear energy !"

 

 

 

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• "and was symbolic for the challenges - of a technological super system !"

 

 

 

 

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• "it was very important - to thoroughly consider accidents - such as Chernobyl !"

 

 

 

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• "and not forget the human - and environmental costs - that it had caused !"

 

 

 

 

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• "understanding the risks - of nuclear energy - was critical !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Japan beschloß völlige Stilllegung von Fukushima - der Standard: LINK ¤ der STANDARD

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• "die japanische Regierung - hatte die Stilllegung !"

 

 

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• "der letzten beiden Reaktorblöcke - im Atomkraftwerk Fukushima - angeordnet !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fukushima - Spiegel online: LINK ¤ der SPIEGEL

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• "internationale Atomexperten - hatten Japan schon 2008 !"

 

 

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• "auf Sicherheitslücken - in dessen Kraftwerken - hingewiesen !"