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This is getting overwhelming, so here are the headlines from ENENews

Japan Journalist: Plutonium and uranium escaped Fukushima reactors as gas, it was a colossal 9,000ºF inside — Can’t be detected by a Geiger counter — Terrible things are looming for the children, they must be evacuated yet nothing is done… This is a “criminal nation” — I am worried (VIDEO) 06:03 PM EST on October 16th, 2013 | 49 comments “It’s a time bomb and clock’s still ticking” — Ex-Fukushima Worker: I’m scared of collapse at plant, “buildings are in a very bad state” — Gundersen: “Building failures” will occur in future if problems not solved (VIDEOS) 12:57 PM EST on October 16th, 2013 | 24 comments Documentary: Plutonium detected “all around” mountain in town 20 kilometers from Fukushima plant — “Everyone knows that… We use the water that comes from those mountains” (VIDEO) 11:39 AM EST on October 16th, 2013 | 37 comments 3 recent studies report multiple fires at Fukushima Unit 4 — “Occurred in spent fuel cooling pool” 06:33 AM EST on October 16th, 2013 | 40 comments ‘Emergency measures’ used at Fukushima site during typhoon — Contaminated water dumped in ocean — 9 barriers were on verge of overflowing, then released into environment with NO radiation test — CNN: Workers were “on vigil” (VIDEO) 02:36 AM EST on October 16th, 2013 | 46 comments TV: Gov’t concerned that ‘unexpected source’ of contamination is exiting Fukushima — Official: Radiation levels in ocean are rising — Record amount of radioactive substance found in groundwater at plant

.Japan Journalist: Plutonium and uranium escaped Fukushima reactors as gas, it was a colossal 9,000ºF inside 

• Can’t be detected by a Geiger counter
• Terrible things are looming for the children, they must be evacuated yet nothing is done… This is a “criminal nation” — I am worried

http://enenews.com/japan-journalist-plutonium-and-uranium-escaped-from-fukushima-reactors-as-a-gas-temperature-was-9000of-cant-be-detected-by-a-geiger-counter-children-must-be-evacuated-yet-nothing-is-done-t

Title: Takashi HIROSE


Source: Yonaoshi 3.11


Date: Mar. 8, 2013

Transcript Excerpts

At 0:45 in

Hirose Takashi, journalist/former engineer: As we speak, radioactive material is seeping through Fukushima’s ground. It makes its way underground, reaches the ocean, to finally end up in the sky.

This kind of fact does not make the news, so everyone forgets about it. If that was talked about every day in the news, the Japanese population couldn’t ignore it. […] In my opinion mass media bear most of the responsibility for it. […] Incidents happen because mass media never take the problem seriously.

The problem with contamination is that we can only measure it within items surrounding us, in the soil, the ground. A lot of people today own a Geiger counter, but it can only report airborne particles, it only measures Gamma rays. In fact, when researching the radioactive content out from the reactors, and its dispersion, we do not find everything.

It was about 5,000ºC [~9,000ºF] inside the reactors. This was a temperature of colossal magnitude. The uranium and plutonium took on a gas form to escape. I can find all that based on my calculations, but none of this can be detected using a Geiger counter […]

No one even measures the strontium level. The strontium is the scariest of all. It penetrates and stays resident in bones, causing leukemia. This is particularly dangerous for the growth phase of children exposed today.

For children living near contaminated areas like Fukushima, we have to immediately set up a plan for their evacuation. […]

Before Japan lost the war, we organized group evacuations. We managed the escape of children from dangerous areas […]

This is something that must be done now. But the country does not do anything about it. For that I am calling this country a criminal nation. If we do not act, terrible things are looming for those children. I am worried.

“It’s a time bomb and clock’s still ticking”

• Ex-Fukushima Worker: I’m scared of collapse at plant, “buildings are in a very bad state”
• Gundersen: “Building failures” will occur in future if problems not solved

Arnie Gundersen, Fairewinds Chief Engineer, Oct. 14, 2013 (at 2:00 in): “You have an inadequate firm, under funded from the Japanese government. And until those two problems get solved, we will have leaks and building failures in the future.”

Kei Takahashi, former Fukushima Daiichi worker (at 12:30 in): “If it collapses due to a large earthquake, we humans will not be able to control the situation. This possibility scares me. The work environment is the worst you can possibly imagine. It is highly contaminated and the buildings are in a very bad state. The level of radioactivity is so high.”

Daisuke Kamijo, owner/operator of children’s center in Minamisoma, 20 kilometers north of Fukushima Daiichi (at 10:45 in): “I’m aware that anything can happen at any time. It’s a time bomb and the clock is still ticking.”

Taiki Kamijo, teenager living in Minamisoma, 20 kilometers north of Fukushima Daiichi (at 5:30 in): “If there’s another big earthquake, what will become of the reactors? I’m worried. My friends and I discuss this. We don’t want to die. We’re all very worried.

See also: Professor: Fukushima disaster is worst case of nuclear contamination in history… and building up to something much worse? (VIDEO)