CONNECTICUT COALITION AGAINST MILLSTONE
December 9, 2011: Congressman Ed Markey Exposes NRC Conpiracy to Delay and Weaken U.S. Nuclear Safety in the Wake of Fukushima - Cites a 'Regulatory Meltdown That Has Left America's Nuclear Fleet and the General Public at Risk"
'Hazardous Radiation Dusts All of Japan"
(courtesy Beyond Nuclear)Earthquake in Virginia:
Dominion's North Anna Reactors Lose Offsite Power in Earthquake;
Dominion's Surry Reactors Declare Level 1 Emergency ("Unusual Event")Fukushima Radiation Alarms Doctors
Estimated 45 Per cent of Children in Fukushima Prefecture
Have Suffered Radiation Exposure to Their Thyroids from the Nuclear Calamity
Trace Amounts of Fukushima Fallout Found in Fukushima Children's Urine
These Terrible Findings Suggest Internal Organs Exposed to Radioactivity in the Most Vulnerable
Three Months On (June 11): The Fukushima Cover-Up Continues
Swiss Council Votes to Phase Out Nukes 08 June 2011
Switzerland's National Council has voted in support of the phase out of nuclear energy in the country following a decision by the Swiss cabinet not to replace its existing nuclear plants. 101 members of the 200-seat lower house of the Swiss parliament voted in favour of phasing out nuclear energy by 2034, with 54 against. The proposal must also be approved by the upper house, the 46-member Council of States. Switzerland currently relies on five nuclear plants to gen erate 40% of its electricity, and up until the accident at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi plant triggered by the 11 March earthquake and tsunami had been planning to replace its reactors with new units as they reached the end of their operating lives.
Media Silent About Plutonium Contamination of Japanese Rice
Gov't crisis center kept in dark over data on radiation dispersal
Millstone 2 Lost Operability of Its 2 Diesel Generators on October 7, 2009
Read the full expose: "Fukushima Fallout: Regulatory Loopholes at U.S. Nuclear Plants" by Congressman Ed Markey
NRC Inspectors: Millstone Vulnerabilities to Fires, Flooding, Seismic Events
Fukushima parents dish the dirt in protest over radiation levels
Furious Fukushima parents dump school playground earth that may have radiation levels well above the old safety level
Parents in Fukushima are angry over rule changes which mean that school children can be exposed to 20 times more radiation than was previously permissible.
Earthquake at Haddam CT - Site of Thousands of Tons of Spent Nuclear Fuel Rods
An earthquake measuring 1.3 on the Richter Scale occurred on March 23 in Haddam, Connecticut, where thousands of tons of high-level radioactive waste is "temporarily" stored in above-ground upright casks.
Custodians of the casks containing the waste generated by the Connecticut Yankee Nuclear Power Plant were unaware of the earthquake until they were notifed by the state's department of emergency mnagement in Hartford, according to an email discovered by the Connecticut Coalition Against Millstone on April 28.
The state's department of emergency management notified the state Department of Environmental Protection's Edward Wilds of its concerns about the spent nuclear fuel.
"There are no issues with the spent nuclear fuel," Wilds, who is not a seismologist, wrote in an email on March 24.
The Coalition is demanding an investigation by the State of Connecticut, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the U.S. Departtment of Energy.
April, 2011
Citizens arm themselves with umbrellas, raincoats, boots, Korea Times, April 7, 2011:
… The Korea Institute of Nuclear Safety (KINS) said radioactive iodine and cesium were found in rainwater collected in the early morning at a checkpoint on the island. The concentration level of iodine-131 was 2.02 becquerels per liter (Bq/l), that of cesium-137, 0.538 Bq/l, and that of cesium-134, 0.333 Bq/l. …
Following the news that minuscule radioactive substances were detected on Jeju, people in all parts of the country carried umbrellas to work or school even though the rainfall was light.
Parents h ad their children not only use umbrellas but also wear raincoats, rubber boots and even masks. Some of them gave their children a ride to school, with streets near schools congested.
In Gyeonggi Province, about 130 pre-, elementary and middle schools were closed after the regional educational office allowed school heads to close them if they deemed it necessary. More than 40 others shortened school hours. …
Read the report here.
UCB Rain Water Sampling Results, University of California, Berkeley, Department of Nuclear Engineering:
Iodine-131 level in rainwater sample taken on the roof of Etcheverry Hall on UC Berkeley campus, March 23, 2011 from 9:06-18:00 PDT
20.1 Becquerel per liter (Bq/L)
Read the report here: Radioactive Iodine-131 in rainwater sample near San Francisco 18,100% above federal drinking water standardRead more:
“Yellow rain” around Tokyo caused by pollen officials say – Rain may have contained radioactivity
“Yellow rain” recently reported in Tokyo also happened after Chernobyl — Government assured residents it was pollen
Rain stimulating “reagents” used during Chernobyl to protect Moscow from fallout — Expert recommends same over Pacific for Fukushima
NY Times contributor confirms California rainwater 181 times above drinking water standards for radioactive iodine-131
Radioactive Iodine-131 in rainwater sampl e near San Francisco 18,100% above federal drinking water standard.
German minister: Human Costs of Nuclear Energy Too High
Radioactive iodine found in breast milk of Japanese mothers
Tornado Shuts Down Offsite Power to Dominion's 2 Surry Reactors in Virginia
Long Island Pushes for 50-Mile Millstone Evacuation Zone
Strontium-90 Detected in Fukushima Fallout More Than 30 Kilometers Offsite
Fukushima Fallout French Radiation Experts:
Lactating & Pregnant Women & Children: Avoid 'Risky' Behavior Including Drinking Milk and Rainwater and Eating Leafy Vegetables"Evacuating L.I. -- a Nuclear Dead End."
"NRC's Pro-Nuke Spin on Evacuation Zones"
Union of Concerned Scientists:
Internal NRC Documents Reveal Doubts About Measures to Ensure U.S. Plants Survive Fukushima-Type EventsState of Virginia Warns Residents to Avoid Drinking Rainwater
Children of Fukushima Being Denied Refuge and Medical Treatment Over Radiation Fears
Analysis of Goat Milk collected in September 2010
25 Miles Downwind of the Indian Point Nuclear Power Station
Has Detectable Levels of Strontium-90 and Strontium-89Strontium-89, a carcinogen produced in nuclear fission, has been found in goat milk 25 miles downwind of the Indian Point Nuclear Power Station. The milk was collected in September 2010. Strontium-89 has a half-life of 50 days. When strontium-89 is detected in a milk sample, its source is a recent fission event, not resdue from nuclear weapons fallout or Chernobyl. Strontium-90, also a carcinogen which, when ingested, can cause bone cancer, disease of the immune system and other illness, was also found in the goat milk. Strontium-90 has a half-life of 28 years. Radiation bioaccumulates in the human body.
The pathways for radioactivity released by a nuclear power plant to concentrate in goat milk include inhalation of airborne radiation and ingestion of radionuclides from drinking water and pasture grass.
The detection of strontium-89 in the goat milk is further evidence that Indian Point is poisoning our environment and endangering our children.
The risk of releases of strontium-89 and other carcinogens from Indian Point can be significantly decreased by shutting down these dangerous nuclear reactors.
For more updates on the Nuclear crisis in Japan go to:
March 24
Radiation and Public Health Project: Fukushima Fallout May Harm U.S. Babies
March 23
From Our Archives: Class 1 Emergency at Millstone Unit 2 in 2008 After Power Loss
Millstone Unit 1 Spent Fuel Pool: Empty It!
Governor Dannel Malloy: WHERE WERE YOU?
On March 22, 2011, New York's Governor Andrew Cuomo scheduled a meeting between his staff and officials of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission to review earthquake hazards of the Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant which the NRC has placed at highest risk of earthquake consequences of any nuclear power plant in the nation.
WHERE WERE YOU?
Nearly 20 million people live within 50 miles of Indian Point.
That includes nearly all the residents of Fairfield County, Connecticut.
Greenwich is only 15 miles downwind from Indian Point.
The time for Connecticut to bury its head when it comes to Indian Point is over. The Fukushima disaster has made that clear.
It's time for Connecticut to join the demand to shut Indian Point.Parents cautioned not to feed their babies Tokyo tap water
High radiation levels contaminate fish off Japanese coast
Radiation levels '1600 times above normal" in Fukushima
www.beyondnuclear.org'I could have been the father of a Japanese Chernobyl':
Remorseful admissions of an engineer who covered up a defect in Fukushima 4:
March 21
Fukushima 3 Nuclear Reactor 3/21/2011 Courtesy: Tokyo Electric Power Company via AP
The Child of Chernobyl Thinking about the Children of Fukushima
Amory Lovins: 'Learning from Japan's Nuclear Disaster
European Committee on Radiation Risk Predicts 120,000 cancers worldwide from Fukushima based on current known releases:
World Health Organization's Toxic Link to IAEA
French Laboratory Finds High Levels of Radioactive Contamination in Food in Japan
New Gallup Poll Shows Waning Support in U.S. for Nuclear Power
March 19
Connecticut Coalition Against Millstone Tells Press Conference:
'Fukushima Can Happen Here'March 18
Tokyo Electric Power Company Managing Director Seen Crying
After Telling Press ReportersFukushima's Escaping Radiation Will Kill People
Fukushima Reactor 4's spent fuel pool has run dry, exposing rods' radiation to the environment
Fukushima: There is no "safe" dose of radiation.
Union of Concerned Scientists Study Exposes NRC's Lax Regulation of U.S. Nuclear Power Industry Read the report
The Windmills Didn't Melt Down
March 16, 2011:
Millstone and Indian Point Among Worst in Safety Rankings
China Suspends Plans for 28 New Nuclear Power Plants
Nuclear Meltdown Crisis Worsens at Fukushima
MOX(plutonium-based)-fuelled Nuclear Reactor 3 Feared Ruptured
'Japan Says Second Reactor May Have Ruptured with Radioactive Release'
Experts Say Nuclear Emergency Nearing 'Point of No Return
March 15, 2011:
Fukushima at Millstone?
It CAN Happen Here
The New London CT Day is reporting that the Millstone Nuclear Power Station "has equipment in place to prevent power loss and meltdowns like those occurring at reactors in Japan."http://theday.com/article/20110315/NWS01/303159902/1018
It represents Dominion's public relations move to reassure the public that the radiological catastrophe now unfolding in Japan can't happen here.
Unfortunately, it CAN happen here and it almost has, more than once.
At least once, Millstone has lost power from the grid and the "equipment it had in place" - back-up diesel generators - failed.
This is exactly what happened at Fukushima.
And it can happen again.
Other events at Millstone have been close calls.
And they can happen again.
We will be posting further details.
Will all the world now focused on the folly and horrors of nuclear power, we must shut down the nuclear reactors wherever they are.
RADIOLOGICAL CATASTROPHE LOOMS AT FUKUSHIMA
'Japan Braces for Potential Radiation Catastrophe' (Reuters)
Radiation levels around Fukushima declared harmful to human health; nuclear workers evacuated; fire in spent fuel pool feared.
www.BeyondNuclear.org
'Japan Faces Potential Nuclear Disaster as Radiation Levels Rise' (The New York Times)
Radiation levels in Tokyo 20 times above "normal"; region south of Fukushima reports radiation levels 100 times above "normal"; radiation spikes outside Fukushima nuclear power station at lethal levels (exposure for 75 minutes will lead to acute radiation sickness)
What will spark the next Fukushima?
America on nuclear alert: Could fallout from Japan explosion reach U.S. West Coast?
Japan Bracing for Nuclear Meltdown'We're Told Not to Breathe the Air'
Dramatic footage of explosion at Fukushima Nuclear Reactor 3 on March 14, 2011
Fukushima Daiichi Unit 2 fuel core meltdown reported underway7:39AM EST March 14---We have received a report from our Japanese colleagues that Tokyo Power Electric Company is reporting that Fukushima Daiichi Unit 2 has lost all cooling water and the fuel core is completed exposed. The fuel rods are very likely melting. There is no word on efforts to flood Unit 2 to avert an uncontrolled meltdown.
Two hydrogen gas explosions have already rocked Unit 1 and Unit 3. A third explosion is now likely in Unit 2 potentially releasing significant amounts of radiation into the atmosphere if the vessel fails followed by containment failure as the result of a possible full scale meltdown. Courtesy of Beyond Nuclear
Fukushima Update: March 13, 2011 Nuclear Madness Visited Upon Japan's Youngest
(Photo credit: Reuters)
Multiple nuclear emergencies in Japan have forced the evacuation of 200,000 people from their homes near the disabled Fukushima nuclear reactors on Japan's northeast coast. The threat of an explosion at Fukushima No. 3 nuclear reactor - which uses plutonium-based MOX (mixed oxide fuel) - looms, according to Japan authorities. Plutonium is the deadliest substance produced in nuclear fission and it remains deadly for hundreds of thousands of years.
The young children in this photograph are being examined for possible radiation exposure. Children are most vulnerable to radiation exposure because their cells are rapidly dividing as they grow.
For the sake of the children, the use of nuclear power must end.
Fukushima instructs that it's time to mothball all the nuclear reactors of the world.
Fukushima Fallout (updated March 13, 2011)
Former Chairman of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Nils J. Diaz, Responds to Japanese Nuclear Crisis
Sixth Nuclear Reactor at Fukushima Loses Core Cooling System From KYODO News TOKYO,3.13, Kyodo
Meltdown Caused Nuke Plant Explosion: Safety Body
TOKYO (Nikkei)--The Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency (NISA) said Saturday afternoon the explosion at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant could only have been caused by a meltdown of the reactor core.
Nuclear Power Plant Explodes on Japan Coast: Meltdown Feared 3/12/11
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Statement from the Citizens' Nuclear Information Center (CNIC) 3/12/11:
re: the Nuclear and Earthquake Disaster Unfolding in Japan
The Citizens' Nuclear Information Center (CNIC) is deeply concerned
for the health and safety of the people affected by the earthquakes
and tsunamis that have struck Japan over the last two days. We are
particularly concerned for the people in the vicinity of nuclear power
plants, including workers who are trying to minimize the scope of the
disaster.Unit 1 of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant is in a state of
meltdown. A nuclear disaster which the promoters of nuclear power in
Japan said wouldn't happen is in progress. It is occurring as a result
of an earthquake that they said would not happen.This could and should have been predicted. It was predicted by
scientists and NGOs such as CNIC. We warned that Japan's nuclear power
plants could be subjected to much stronger earthquakes and much bigger
tsunamis than they were designed to withstand.Besides the question about how this accident will unfold, the big
question now is, will the government and the nuclear industry
acknowledge its mistakes and change track?
Tell President Obama Nuclear Energy is Dirty, Dangerous and Expensive
(Courtesy of Harvey Wasserman and Beyond Nuclear) Harvey Wasserman: "$7 Billion New Nuke Attack" » Wednesday Jan 26 2011
