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A Better Understanding Of The Sailors Lawsuit With TEPCO
[Translate] The initial reporting on these lawsuits was very light on detail. Most had referred to the Tomodochi radiation registry that claims uniform low exposures of all US service people. The general atmospheric radiation levels found on the USS Ronald Reagan on March 13th were higher than expected but not immediately dangerous. As with many things this is only part of the story. As more information has come out it does appear there is much more to the story. Tomodochi Registry The registry did “on paper” estimates of human exposure using environmental radiation readings for various locations then applied generic doses to anyone in that location. The registry does not include any exposures out to sea such as those on the Reagan. The registry supporting information makes a vague mention of some … Read entire article »
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Asahi Shimbun; US Evacuation Of Yokosuka Naval Base Was Not Voluntary
[Translate] Asahi Shimbun has uncovered more details about the early events of the Fukushima nuclear disaster. What they uncovered fills some of the information gaps about what transpired between the US and Japan during those early days. Before unit 4 exploded, the US was already deeply worried about the spent fuel pool there. A classified diplomatic cable on March 14th urged Japan to use the SDF (Japan’s military) to become involved in the effort to regain control of 4′s spent fuel pool that had a full offload of fuel from the reactor. Also noted in what Asahi Shimbun was able to find was that on March 15th, radiation warning alarms went off at Yokosuka Naval Base 300km from Fukushima Daiichi. All women and children on the base were ordered to evacuate. It was already … Read entire article »
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US Navy Sailors Sue, Readings On Ships During Disaster
[Translate] We mentioned previously how a group of sailors are suing TEPCO and the Japanese government for withholding information and lying to the public and the US Navy about the radiation levels near Fukushima Daiichi during the early days of the disaster. FOIA releases from the NRC document some of the radiation levels and reporting from those early days that may have been part of the reason for the lawsuit. FOIA documents report a number of readings taken on the USS Ronald Reagan while it was 100 miles and 130 miles out to sea. These readings were taken March 13th according to NRC documents. The readings are as follows all taken from the NRC transcripts: 1. 7.5 times 10 to the minus 9 th microcuries per milliliter. 100 miles out at 1300 March 13 2. Three … Read entire article »
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US Sailors Sue TEPCO And Japan Over Fukushima Exposures
[Translate] Eight members of the U.S.S. Ronald Reagan have sued TEPCO and the Japan government in US Federal Court. The sailors claim TEPCO “a wholly owned public benefit subsidiary of the government of Japan,” misrepresented radiation levels to lull the U.S. Navy “into a false sense of security.” The sailors blame TEPCO for misrepresenting the conditions during the initial disaster “TEPCO pursued a policy to cause rescuers, including the plaintiffs, to rush into an unsafe area which was too close to the FNPP [Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant] that had been damaged. Relying upon the misrepresentations regarding health and safety made by TEPCO … the U.S. Navy was lulled into a false sense of security,” The sailors complaint also stated this: “the Japanese government kept representing that there was no danger of radiation contamination to the U.S.S. … Read entire article »
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