Japan Has History of Nuclear Cover-ups

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Japan Has History of Nuclear Cover-ups
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March 14, 2011

A documentary filmmaker who has spent much of his career focusing on the Japanese nuclear industry says it has a long history of cover-ups.
All eyes are on the industry after Friday?s deadly earthquake and tsunami affected the cooling systems of several Japanese reactors, with two explosions at one plant in Fukushima.

Tony Barrell told PM while it appears authorities are being transparent in this latest crisis, their record is tarnished.

?It?s not been good. This recent occasion is an example of the new regime if you like, of actually telling people in a blow-by-blow way of what?s going on,? he said.

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Japanese nuclear industry known for secrets

 

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i do NOT think they are being transparent this time, either. Conflicting reports coming from news agencies v gov't spokespeople v IAEA....

Just a bad situation for Japan all the way around. I feel horrible for those that are there.

 

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From AP:

Japanese officials say the nuclear fuel rods appear to be melting inside all three of the most troubled nuclear reactors.

Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano said Monday: "Although we cannot directly check it, it's highly likely happening."

Some experts would consider that a partial meltdown of the reactor. Others, though, reserve that term for times when nuclear fuel melts through a reactor's innermost chamber but not through the outer containment shell.

 

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i do NOT think they are being transparent this time, either. Conflicting reports coming from news agencies v gov't spokespeople v IAEA....

Just a bad situation for Japan all the way around. I feel horrible for those that are there.

Just about as transparent as the 9/11 Commission? :shrug:

 

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Quake moved Japan coast 8 feet, shifted Earth's axis

Quake moved Japan coast 8 feet, shifted Earth's axis

Quake moved Japan coast 8 feet, shifted Earth's axis


The powerful earthquake that unleashed a devastating tsunami Friday appears to have moved the main island of Japan by 8 feet (2.4 meters) and shifted the Earth on its axis.

"At this point, we know that one GPS station moved (8 feet), and we have seen a map from GSI (Geospatial Information Authority) in Japan showing the pattern of shift over a large area is consistent with about that much shift of the land mass," said Kenneth Hudnut, a geophysicist with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).


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