Sowingthewinds 29.05. 2011 "Letter from a Fukushima mother" When Tomoko-san, a mother of two in Fukushima City, heard from an NGO worker that journalist was going to be in Fukushima to report on a story about radiation levels at local schools, she was kind enough to volunteer her time to speak -- and handed this letter. Journalist promised to translate it and share it with you. So here it is: To people in the United States and around the world, I am so sorry for the uranium and plutonium that Japan has released into the environment. The fallout from Fukushima has already circled the world many times, reaching Hawaii, Alaska, and even New York. We live 60 kilometers (37 miles) from the plant and our homes have been contaminated beyond levels seen at Chernobyl. The cesium-137 they are finding in the soil will be here for 30 years. But the government will not help us. They tell us to stay put. They tell our kids to put on masks and hats and keep going to school. This summer, our children won't be able to go swimming. They won't be able to play outside. They can't eat Fukushima's delicious peaches. They can't even eat the rice that the Fukushima farmers are making. They can't go visit Fukushima's beautiful rivers, mountains and lakes. This makes me sad. This fills me with so much regret. Instead, our children will spend the summer in their classrooms, with no air conditioning, sweating as they try to concentrate on their lessons. We don't even know how much radiation they've ...
www.youtube.com See also: Arnie and Maggie Gundersen/Fairewinds Associates (Mr. Gundersen, a nuclear engineer and a former nuclear industry executive, is an unequalled US expert on nuclear energy and nuclear industry problems): www.fairewinds.com www.youtube.com in Japanese: www.fairewinds.com Websites recommended by Arnold Gundersen: ex-skf.blogspot.com enenews.com Nuclear Regulatory Commission daily reports (what's happening at nuclear plants near you): www.nrc.gov NRC Recommendations for Enhancing Reactor Safety in the 21st Century (discussed by A. Gundersen in his September 20th Update) pbadupws.nrc.gov Union of Concerned Scientists (watchdog over NRC): www.ucsusa.org Fukushima links (Fukushima Daiichi live and a youtube compressed version): lucaswhitefieldhixson.com www.youtube.com atmc.jp www.tepco.co.jp Radiation measured in water and air at Fukushima plant: www9.nhk.or.jp Weather (radiation flow) from Fukushima: www.stormsurfing.com www.meteocentrale.ch Dr. Helen Caldicott (September 2011 interview with Arnold Gundersen): ifyoulovethisplanet.org Nuclear News and Updates: nukefree.org www3.nhk.or.jp australiancannonball.com www.youtube.com www.llrc.org www.scoop.it blog.safecast.org www.nuc.berkeley.edu www.enviroreporter.com fukushimaemergencywhatcanwedo.blogspot.com enformable.com fukushima-diary.com A.Yablokov, V. Nesterenko, A. Nesterenko -- CHERNOBYL Consequences of the Catastrophe for People and the Environment www.scribd.com Miscellaneous: www.gdacs.org hisz ...
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