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UN’s UNSCEAR Fukushima Radiation Report Blasted By IPPNW’s Alex Rosen: Nuclear Hotseat #161

Friday, August 1, 2014 14:26

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FEATURED INTERVIEW:

Dr. Alex Rosen, a German pediatrician and Vice President of International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW) in Germany, cites his organization’s recently published Critical Analysis of the UNSCEAR (United Nations Scientific Committee On The Effects Of Atomic Radiation) report on Fukushima that seriously – if not criminally — minimizes the health dangers of that nuclear disaster. Rosen decodes the UNSCEAR report’s methodology, shows where it cherry-picked its data and, in effect, demolishes its credibility.

LINKS:

International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War: www.ippnw.org
English version of IPPNW’s Critical Analysis of UNSCEAR report : http://ippnw-students.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/UNSCEAR-Critique.pdf
IPPNW – Germany: www.ippnw.de
IPPNW Germany’s Fukushima Website: www.fukushima-disaster.de
WHO (世界保健機関)の「2011年東日本大地震津波後の原発事故がもたらす被曝線量の仮算定」フクシマ大災害リポート：アレックスローゼン博士による分析の日本語版はこちらをクリックして下さい。- Japanese version of Critical Analysis of UNSCEAR report: http://fukushimavoice2.blogspot.com/2014/06/psrippnw-unscear.html

NUMNUTZ OF THE WEEK:

Fukushima city government launches a new public information program to educate its kids about radiation. It includes such contraindicated gems as:

It is important to walk or play outside.
Open the window to keep good ventilation (nothing about the need for air filtration).
Dry clothes in sunshine (no word about radionuclides in the air or dust)
Air your futon outside when it’s sunny!

Fukushima city government campaign, “Let’s Build Radiation Resistance Body”

For a more realistic look at what it means to attempt life in Fukushima Daiichi’s radiation-saturated environment, here’s a picture of Fukushima nuclear refugee Setsuko Kida (from Nuclear Hotseat #134 – http://ow.ly/sP00P) facing the need to do her dishes with bottled water:

Setsuko was surprised to see clean dishes stacked on her kitchen sink. “The dishes were still dirty in the sink, but my husband must have brought along some water and washed them,” she said, choking back tears.
台所の食器が綺麗に洗ってあると驚く木田さん。
「汚れっぱなしだったんだけど、お父さんがわざわざ水を持ってきて洗ってくれたのね、、。」
と木田さんが少し声を詰まらせながら言った。
Photos courtesy of Yuji Kaneko for use on Nuclear Hotseat website. Reproduction requires permission.

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION DUCK AND COVER REPORT:

Oconee Nuclear Station in Florida forced to shut down from undetected crack that leaked; NRC forces regulator Duke Energy to attend a conference;
Proposed shutdown of Indian Point reactors near Manhattan so heated water discharge doesn’t kill billions of fish, fish eggs and larvae; Entergyasks NRC to extend licenses another 20 years each, though Unit 2′s license expired in 2013 – and it’s still operating!

And…

When people get concerned about safety limits, change the limit to change the perception = no problem!

Florida Power and Light’s Turkey Point nuclear power reactors in Miami-Dade County are trying to cool the reactor with canal water that’s 99 degrees – only one degree short of the NRC’s safety limit for cooling water. FPL’s solution? Asking the NRC to raise the 100-degree operating limit to 104 degrees so the reactors can stay on line. OY!

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Nuclear Hotseat is the weekly international news magazine keeping you up to date on all things anti-nuclear. Produced and hosted by Three Mile Island survivor Libbe HaLevy, each podcast contains the week’s international nuclear news, at least one expert interview, ways to protect physical health of yourself and your loved ones from the dangers of radiation exposure, and activist opportunities.

Experts interviewed by Nuclear Hotseat in its first two years include: Arnie Gundersen, nuclear engineer and head of Fairewinds Energy Education; Dr. Helen Caldicott, founding President of Physicians for Social Responsibility; Dr. Janette Sherman and Joseph Mangano, authors of “An Unexpected Mortality Increase in the United States Follows Arrival of the Radioactive Plume from Fukushima: Is There a Correlation?”; Karl Grossman, Journalist and host of “Enviro Close-Up”; Daniel Hirsch, Nuclear Policy Lecturer at UC Santa Cruz; Alice Slater, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation; Mochizuki Iori, blogger, Fukushima Diary. Nuclear Hotseat accepts no advertising and is entirely community supported. To learn how you can help keep this vital resource going please click here.

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