On top of the appalling disaster that was out of anyone's control is the disaster that is entirely man made

http://uk.reuters.com/article/2011/04/11/uk-japan-idUKTRE72A0UU20110411

Japan set to extend nuclear evacuation zone

Four weeks after the worst nuclear crisis since Chernobyl quarter of a century ago, the government was moving to extend a 20 km (12 mile) evacuation zone due to high levels of radiation, the Asahi newspaper reported.

The government has so far refused to widen the zone, despite being urged to by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)and countries like the United States and Australia advising its citizens to stay 80 kms away from the plant.

The Asahi said the government would extend the zone to 30 kms in certain areas, depending on wind direction, and residents would be given a week to prepare for evacuation.

The Japan Times said authorities would soon forcibly close the 20 km zone, stopping people returning to their shattered homes to pick through the rubble for belongings.



What really is the truth? The cover up is at least as bad as during Chernobyl.


Clean, Safe and Carbon Neutral

Of course it is

http://www.iaea.org/press/?p=2029

The nuclear accident at Fukushima Daiichi is now rated as a level 7 “Major Accident” on INES. Level 7 is the most serious level on INES and is used to describe an event comprised of “A major release of radioactive material with widespread health and environmental effects requiring implementation of planned and extended countermeasures.” Japanese authorities notified the IAEA in advance of the public announcement and the formal submission of the new provisional rating.

The new provisional rating considers the accidents that occurred at Units 1, 2 and 3 as a single event on INES. Previously, separate INES Level 5 ratings had been applied for Units 1, 2 and 3. The provisional INES Level 3 rating assigned for Unit 4 still applies.

The re-evaluation of the Fukushima Daiichi provisional INES rating resulted from an estimate of the total amount of radioactivity released to the environment from the nuclear plant. NISA estimates that the amount of radioactive material released to the atmosphere is approximately 10 percent of the 1986 Chernobyl accident, which is the only other nuclear accident to have been rated a Level 7 event.



This was clear to see but with the amount of global vested interest placed in nuclear's "environmentally friendly" claims it has taken, like Chernobyl, too long to admit to.

Atrocious profit in front of the health and wellbeing of the citizens of Japan

There is nothing new under the Sun.


Dave

Solar Activity Heats Up-- http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2011/14apr_thewatchedpot/

Don't do the ice in the drink thing, and it's not big in the UK. Does this mean we are not Imperiling the Planet?

I'm waiting for icebergs to come this way, to see if the UK tries to sell them back to the Inuit. If not, ice-tea could be on the menu. Maybe they will buy that.