Why the media is not reporting the truth on Fukushima?

Paul Gunter, Beyond Nuclear joins Thom Hartmann. For the first time since before last year's March earthquake and tsunami - a nuclear reactor in Japan is up and running again. Despite 200,000 protesters gathering last week in Central Tokyo to demonstrate against turning any nuclear reactors back on - reactor number three at the Oil nuclear plant in the Fukui Prefecture in Western Japan was officially flipped on Sunday night - restarting Japan's embrace of nuclear power. Many of the other 49 reactors that have been shut down since last year - are scheduled to be turned on again later this month. But scientists are warning that the plants still haven't been properly upgraded to withstand a strong earthquake and tsunami - like the one that took out the Fukushima plant, which is still in the midst of a nuclear crisis. Last week - record levels of radiation were discovered inside reactor one at the plant. A lethal dose of more than 10,000 millisieverts an hour was registered in the reactor - that's ten times more radiation than in reactors two and three. According to the operators of the plant - TEPCO - workers are unable to enter the site due to the high levels of radiation. So is it really wise for Japan to be restarting its nuclear plants while the country still tries to resolve the world's worst nuclear disaster?

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[maxxmann1972]

I think you should ALL shut the fuck up, this stupid bickering bullshit does absolutely NOTHING except keep you destracted from a REAL issue. Your fucking arguing is exactly what our leaders want, "divided we fall" ring a bell you stupid fucks? This pointless mouthy bullshit needs to stop, save it for the pointless videos, Fukushima is a serious problem. When will adults grow up and take shit like this seriously. You idiots are the reason TPTB get away with shit like this, shut up and wake up.

[plumberplumber o]

Are you serious? Have you not heard of the Fukushima 55? There were teams of 55 workers sent in at a time. A total of 300 in total died from radiation sickness. You are completely clueless.

[Jack Bird]

Pray for the children they will get sick first!! Maybe we can get some Mobil Chemo labs for the sick!!

[John Murphy]

The survivors chosen by the elite.

[freedomwv]

And it is still a total mess. Now they are running out of room to store the radioactive water.

[kylescotternest]

dont you forget governemts lie to cover shit up.

[Landotter1]

Man, this is bad. One would think that after Chernobyl, that this is a bad idea. The concept is awesome but the problems after an accident far outweigh the positives... Damn, we're ALL screwed now... It has been said that the half life of the Chernobyl material is 24000 years or so. We really WILL be dead from these things if we don't stop using them.

[TheHealthPhysicist]

It's the Fukushima 50 and none of them have died from radiation. Get a clue.

[acesits]

The one in Russia involved only one reactor. In japan, 6 went in to melt down when the cooling system was washed away, as was the emergency back up system. Then the explosion knocked off the cooling system roof releasing 750 kg of Plutonium in to the Atmosphere. Each reactor holds 250 kg of plutonium in the cooling system. 2.4 kg in the Atmosphere would give every person on Earth a delayed lethal dose of radiation.

[Joseph Cek]

lol

[Joseph Cek]

Once HAARP stations and US Space Weapons are shutdown, we will see less earthquakes and strange weather pheonmenom. Department of Defense has invested billions in weather warefare weapons, including tectonic weapons since the 70s. Space mission was a cover up for space weapons development. Russia and America share a common secret...