
Update: http://drrimatruthreports.com/murata-san-un-world-conference-on-disaster-risk-reduction-in-sendai/
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December 28.2014
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The Present Situation of Fukushima
Mitsuhei Murata
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The Japanese nuclear dictatorship is now vigorously promoting the restart of nuclear reactors. It controls the media effectively.?The recent nuclear accidents in Ukraine (Zaporizhia) and in Belgium (Tihange) were totally ignored in Japan just like the menace of blasting against the Chernobyl nuclear plant. In Belgium there was an accident attributed to sabotage last August. On 8 August, a number of rockets were fired targeting a nuclear plant in Israel (Reuter). All those facts are sufficient to support the assertion that the existence itself of more than 440 nuclear reactors in the world constitutes a serious global security problem. Nuclear reactors are no less dangerous than nuclear weapons.
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According to the Asahi News Paper of December 25, the Nuclear Regulatory Authority deems it necessary to envisage the release of treated contaminated water (241000 tons out of 590000 tons) into the sea. The treatment of the contaminated water through Multi-nuclide Removal Equipment (ALPS) cannot remove tritium. The IAEA is advising the release into the sea, if tritium is removed to a level less than the concentration limit set in the public notice. The civil society is naturally opposed to this move, in view of the extremely dangerous consequences tritium could bring about. In the joint petition against ITER issued by Dr. Masatoshi Koshiba, Nobel Prize Laureate and Prof. Akira Hasegawa, Maxwell Prize Laureate, we notice that ITER containing two kilograms of tritium can kill two million people. What matters then is not the level of concentration, but absolute volume.
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The consequences of the contamination of the sea, the Pacific Ocean, reaching the West Coast of the United States, draw increasing attention. The important volume of radioactive materials daily flowing into the sea makes one feel the crisis of global environment.
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The removal of fuel rods from the Unit 4 has been completed. It is definitely a progress. We are now reminded, however, that we are confronted with much more serious problems. The Units 1, 2 and 3 remain inaccessible because of lethal levels of radiation surrounding the buildings. Their containment vessels need constant nitrogen purge to maintain oxygen shortage in order to prevent hydrogen explosions.
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Whereabouts of melt down fuel rods remain unknown. We face a situation humanity has never experienced. Homan wisdom must be mobilized on the widest possible scale. Probing the underground of the site is urgently needed. Although an expert working on the spot recommends to employ the technology used in the development of shale oil for this purpose, for example, it does not materialize. The urgent need for promoting international cooperation is undeniable.
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On December 20, Associate Lecturer Hiroaki Koide of Kyoto University made an outstanding lecture at Japan Society for Global System and Ethics of which I am Executive Director. He is one of the most respected nuclear experts after 3?11 Accident for having stuck to his anti-nuclear position sacrificing his promotion. After the lecture, I dared to ask him his view on Tokyo?Olympic?Games.?He?pointed out that?there?actually exists?? an atmosphere?to?consider?unpatriotic?to?pose?this question and that he readily accepts this blame.
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He then answered that, only by taking into account the huge problem of procuring workers on the site and the ordeal they are going through under terribly difficult conditions, the holding of Olympic Games in Tokyo should be considered definitely out of question. The audience seemed deeply impressed by Mr. Koide’s lecture. I am widely disseminating it, including top decision makers.
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The problem of workers on the site is really serious. Last November, the average number of daily workers was 6600.You need more than 2.4 million workers a year. Decommissioning of the reactors on the site will take tens of years.
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It makes one shudder. The lack of the sense of crisis over Fukushima
is nothing but abnormal.
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I have the feeling that there now exists ‘nuclear taboo’ just like ‘nuclear taboo’. Tokyo Olympic Games seems to be utilized to divert the attention from Fukushima and to give out the impression to the world that Fukushima no longer poses a threat. Shrewd observers point out that there is ‘the front and the back’ relationship between Tokyo Olympic Games and nuclear reactors. This means that they are in the same boat. The setback of the one will mean that of the other. This is why I am pinning hopes on the move of the IPPNW to approach the IOC.
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Erthquakes, volcanic eruptions and floodings are remarkably increasing.
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Under such circumstances, it is just reckless to promote nuclear reactors.
The state specific secrets protection law that took effect on December 10 incline the media to self-imposed censorship as regards nuclear issues.
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Fukushima is now undeniably a global security issue. It means the crisis of Japan as a nation. It means the crisis of global environment for the international community. It is not the crisis of the management of electric companies. Much is expected of the role the international community could play in this regard.
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I have received the communication from the UN confirming my participation in the coming Sendai Conference of next March. I am to make a speech on ‘Nuclear disasters and global ethics’ on March 16, 2015.
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I hope that UN will play a central role in coping with Fukushima.
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Mitsuhei Murata, the former Japanese ambassador to Switzerland, is known as The Conscience of Fukushima for his forthright reporting on the Nuclear Disaster. He is calling for an “honorable retreat” from the 2020 Tokyo Olympics due to the continuing danger of radiation harm. Murata-san has contributed a number of guest blogs to the Health Freedom Blog postings and we appreciate his efforts for all humanity.
Some of his previous blog postings include:
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http://drrimatruthreports.com/murata-san-new-international-system-needed/
http://drrimatruthreports.com/murata-san-nuclear-disaster-and-global-ethics/
http://drrimatruthreports.com/murata-san-urgent-warning-american-west-coast-threatened/
http://drrimatruthreports.com/amb-murata-is-tokyo-too-hot-for-humans/
http://drrimatruthreports.com/ambassador-murata-the-whole-world-at-risk-from-many-fukushimas/
http://drrimatruthreports.com/tokyo-2020-too-hot-for-humans/
http://drrimatruthreports.com/murata-san-reports-fukushima-and-the-2020-olympics/
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