The 4-Steps Round Up 03.13.2015

We turn the page and begin the 5th year of the post-Fukushima era by looking back, looking forward and cutting thru the lies and obfuscation to get to the truth of the matter.  Discover the very human reality of the Fukushima nuclear disaster, step-by-step:

STEP 1 EDUCATE & SAFEGUARD

What better way to reflect on the 4th anniversary of the devastating Tohoku earthquake and it’s after effects than to go back to one of the earliest, boots-on-the-ground accounts of the situation?  3.11 Surviving Japan by Chris Noland is STILL available to watch for free on YouTube!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJOfOwGbAxI&feature=youtu.be

STEP 2 EVACUATE #FUKUSHIMA NOW

PM Shinzo Abe announced this week a shiny new plan to help evacuees of the disaster – because there was no plan in place to begin with, except to make everything look hunky dory by 2020 for the Olympics, which is still on btw.

http://mainichi.jp/english/english/newsselect/news/20150311p2g00m0dm037000c.html

http://mainichi.jp/english/english/perspectives/news/20150309p2a00m0na007000c.html

STEP 3 CONTROL & CONTAIN

After failing to report another leak at the Fukushima Daiichi plant for 10 months(!), TEPCO promises to disclose all information going forward, for like, the 90th time!

http://fukushima-diary.com/2015/03/tepco-going-disclose-contamination-data-now/

STEP 4 NUCLEAR POWER IS OVER

This year’s anniversary recognition was by far the most expansive I’ve seen but that doesn’t mean all the reportage was good (or accurate).

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/03/150311124202.htm

Here’s the reality: http://www.wistv.com/story/28397086/report-says-32-million-people-in-japan-are-exposed-to-radiation-from-the-fukushima-nuclear-disaster

HEY #FUKUFIGHTERS!

Let us not forget the individual human stories of the many victims of #fukushima

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2015/03/08/issues/labor-love-left-wither-die-fukushima/#.VQJG2RDF93Y