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发帖数: 72 | 1 An American guy who is very concerned about the radiation sent me below link
. Some American scientists started a petition to the United Nations. Please
take a look and support if you are concerned too. Please feel free to pass
along if you like.
http://act.credoaction.com/sign/fukushima_disaster/?akid=9483.2
Below is the email, in case you want to read.
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From: "Jordan Krueger, CREDO Action"
Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2013 6:36:00 AM
Subject: More radiation than 14,000 Hiroshima bombs
The Fukushima disaster isn’t over yet, and it might get much worse
The petition to the United Nations general secretary reads:
"Japan must allow a worldwide engineering group comprised of the best
scientists and engineers to oversee the unprecedented and incredibly
dangerous mitigation TEPCO is poised to conduct on its melted-down
nuclear
reactors. If the Japanese government does not allow international
oversight of TEPCO, which has acted irresponsibly in the wake of the
disaster, the potential ensuing disaster could affect millions of people."
Automatically add your name:
[1]Sign the petition |>
Dear Tim,
[2]No nukes, not now, not
ever.
A disaster of “apocalyptic” proportions could be just days away at the
Fukushima nuclear power plant that was swamped by a tsunami in 2011,^1
and
you'll never believe the incredible confluence of tragic negligence that
got us here.
From the poor planning that caused the plant to become damaged during the
2011 tsunami,^2 to a power outtage caused by rats,^3 to another outtage
caused by workers rat-proofing,^4 the work of plant operator TEPCO has
been widely described as sloppy and irresponsible by outside observers,
and workers helping to clean up the damaged plant.^5, 6
One of the riskiest steps in decommissioning the Fukushima power plant –
removing spent, radioactive control rods which, if mishandled, could
start
a dangerous chain reaction – has reportedly begun,^7 even though it was
discovered last week that another incidence of negligence by TEPCO has
made this impossible job even more difficult.^8
Clearly, TEPCO cannot be trusted to handle a process this dangerous
without proper oversight. That’s why a group of scientists and engineers
are coming together to demand the United Nations General Secretary compel
the Japanese government to allow international assistance with this
project.^9
[3]Add your name as a citizen signer to the letter to United Nations
General Secretary Ban Ki-moon. Click here to sign automatically.
Nuclear experts agree that this removal process is an engineering project
of epic proportions. Each rod – there are 1,331 – weighs over 600
pounds and must be removed from a rack by a crane, one by one.^10
In normal circumstances, this process would take more than three months
and be handled by a robot arm, programmed with each rod’s exact
location.^11 But these rods have been disturbed by the earthquake in 2011,
and it was just discovered that the rods are also misshappen from TEPCO
mishandling as far back as 1982.^12
As if that weren't bad enough, the rods are currently housed in a pool of
water perched 100 feet above the ground, in a building severely damaged
by
the earthquake and subsequent hydrogen explosion at the plant.^13 And all
it would take for that pool to come crashing to the ground is another
powerful earthquake.
The possible consequences of a botched removal job, or a failure of the
containment pool are truly frightening. Journalist and activist Harvey
Wasserman described this way:
The potential radiation releases in this situation can only be
described
as apocalyptic. The cesium alone would match the fallout of 14,000
Hiroshima bombs. If the job is botched, radiation releases could force
the evacuation of all humans from the site, and could cause electronic
equipment to fail. Humankind would be forced to stand helplessly by as
billions of curies of deadly radiation pour into the air and the
ocean.^14
The United Nations must compel Japan to bring together an international
group of scientists and engineers for this job, instead of rushing the
job
without experts and international oversight.
Add your name as a citizen signer to the letter to United Nations General
Secretary Ban Ki-moon asking him to compel the Japanese government to
accept international assistance. Click the link below to sign
automatically:
[4]http://act.credoaction.com/go/2555?t=1001&akid=9483.2892249.wLaJ60
Thank you for speaking out.
Jordan Krueger, Campaign Manager
[5]CREDO Action from Working Assets
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[6]Sign the petition |>
[7]Learn more about this campaign
1. Elizabeth Chuck, "[8]7.3 magnitude earthquake hits Japan near
Fukushima," NBC, October 25, 2013.
2. Christopher Helman, "[9]Explainer: What Caused The Incident At
Fukushima-Daiichi," Forbes, March 15, 2011.
3. "[10]Fukushima: Rat linked to outage at Japan nuclear plant," BBC,
March 20, 2013.
4. Hiroko Tabuchi, "[11]Rat Chase Backfires at Reactor in Japan," New
York Times, April 3, 2013.
5. "[12]Nuclear regulators declare Fukushima leak a level-three
‘serious incident’," Raw Story, August 23, 2013.
6. Brian Feldman, "[13]Two Years Later, the Fukushima Cleanup is Still
Sloppy," Atlantic Wire, October 22, 2013.
7. "[14]Fukushima operator starts removing fuel rods," Al Jazeera,
November 18, 2013.
8. "[15]Japan postpones removal of Fukushima atomic fuel rods," Euronews,
November 15, 2013.
9. [PDF] [16]Letter to Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General, United Nations,
from 17 scientists and engineers.
10. Aaron Sheldrick and Antoni Slodkowski, "[17]Insight: After disaster,
the deadliest part of Japan's nuclear clean-up," Reuters, August 14,
2013.
11. Jun Hongo, "[18]Fukushima 2020: Will Japan be able to keep the
nuclear
situation under control?," Japan Times, October 19, 2013.
12. "[19]Japan postpones removal of Fukushima atomic fuel rods," Euronews,
November 15, 2013.
13. Mari Yamaguchi, "[20]Fukushima Cleanup: What's At Stake As Workers
Start Removing Nuclear Fuel Rods From Crippled Plant," Huffington
Post, November 18, 2013.
14. Andrea Germanos, "[21]Fuel Removal From Fukushima's Reactor 4
Threatens 'Apocalyptic' Scenario," Common Dreams, October 24, 2013. | s**x
发帖数: 7506 | 2 Why the link is not from whitehouse? | k****w
发帖数: 72 | 3 This is an organization petitioning to the United Nations, 联合国秘书长潘基
文， not to the White House.I guess this makes sense. | k****w
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