Beyond Nuclear speaks out against Fukushima Daiichi radioactive wastewater dumping in the Pacific Ocean

At the invitation of Beyond Nuclear board of directors member Kurumi Sugita, Beyond Nuclear's radioactive waste specialist, Kevin Kamps, has recorded a video message opposing the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant's planned radioactive wastewater dumping scheme into the Pacific Ocean.

The Yosomono net Youtube channel recording is in English, but with Japanese subtitles, as well as English subtitled for the hearing impaired.

Here are the links:

With Japanese subtitles --

https://youtu.be/OX1gVUK8Xuw

With English subtitles for the hearing impaired --

https://youtu.be/mcq32rKlA6Y

French subtitles will also be added in the near future.

Please contact the Japanese Embassy in your country, and/or the Japanese consulate near you, and urge that the Japanese government and Tokyo Electric Power Company's current plan, to begin dumping radioactive wastewater from Fukushima Daiichi into the Pacific Ocean less than two years from now, be reversed.

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The Case Against Fukushima Releasing Over One Million Metric Tons of Radioactive Wastewater

Beyond Nuclear press release, done in collaboration with the Institute for Public Accuracy.

Fukushima Wastewater Will Be Released Into the Ocean, Japan Says

The government says the plan is the best way to dispose of water used to prevent the ruined nuclear plant’s damaged reactor cores from melting.

As reported by the New York Times.

The New York Times also ran a companion piece, focused on the official international protest of the ocean dumping, as by the neighboring governments of South Korea, China, and Taiwan.

The Washington Post has also reported on this story.

Thom Hartmann interviewed Beyond Nuclear's Kevin Kamps on his national radio show ("Fukushima Nuclear Fish Coming to Your Plate, Happy?"). Here is the write up:

More nuclear waste is about to be released into the Pacific Ocean from Fukushima. Where it will be absorbed by plants, eaten by small fish, who are eaten by bigger fish, and concentrated through a process called "bioaccumulation." Pretty soon those fish end up on your plate... Looking forward to a swim off the west coast? Enjoying your fish?

Here is the link to the recording of the interview.

[Corrections: The actual volume of radioactive wastewater to be dumped in the ocean is currently enough to fill around 500 Olympic-sized swimming pools; the dumping is not set to begin until a couple years from now, not before the Tokyo Olympics.]

CONTROVERSIAL TRITIUM GAS RELEASE -- SUBMIT QUESTIONS -- ATTEND 2ND VIRTUAL INFO SESSION

Los Alamos National Laboratory plans to vent radioactive tritium from containers, potentially releasing 100,000 curies into the air. Following the first information session, which was well-attended, and plagued with technical difficulties, LANL has scheduled an additional session.

INFO SESSION DETAILS:

Thursday, November 5, 2020

5 PM MST

Session is scheduled for 2 hours

REGISTER ahead of the information session and indicate you would like to speak.

If you want to submit questions in advance, please send them to FTWC_publicinfo@lanl.gov

For those without internet, call in by phone at 415-655-0001; access code 173 622 0434; password 84972736

A DOE fact sheet and PowerPoint presentation about the project are on the LANL FTWCs webpage.

Visit Nuclear Watch New Mexico for more details or see the Los Alamos Reporter story.

Tritium is routinely released from nuclear facilities worldwide and insinuates itself into the DNA of cells and collects preferentially in fetal tissue. It accumulates in the reproductive system of a female fetus where it remains through the reproductive life-span. Tritium exposure has been associated with cancer, developmental abnormalities, genetic and reproductive effects, with even the smallest amount of tritium carrying negative health impacts.

CONTROVERSIAL TRITIUM GAS RELEASE -- SUBMIT QUESTIONS -- ATTEND VIRTUAL INFO SESSION

Los Alamos National Laboratory plans to vent radioactive tritium from containers, potentially releasing over 110,000 curies into the air.

INFO SESSION DETAILS:

Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2020

5 PM MT (6 PM CT; 7 PM ET; 4 PM PT)

REGISTER ahead of the information session by sending your name, organization, and any questions to FTWC_publicinfo@lanl.gov

Follow this link (meeting password GckhzZ5nv33)

Or call in by phone: 415-527-5035, access code 199 995 9074

See Nuclear Watch New Mexico’s announcement for more details.

Tritium is routinely released from nuclear facilities and insinuates itself into the DNA of cells and collects preferentially in fetal tissue. It accumulates in the reproductive system of a female fetus where it remains through the reproductive life-span. Tritium exposure has been associated with cancer, developmental abnormalities, genetic and reproductive effects, with even the smallest amount of tritium carrying negative health impacts.

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