"An estimated 14,000 excess deaths in the United States are linked to the
radioactive fallout from the disaster at the Fukushima nuclear reactors
in Japan, according to a major new article in the December 2011 edition
of the International Journal of Health Services. This is the first
peer-reviewed study published in a medical journal documenting the
health hazards of Fukushima.
"Authors Joseph Mangano and Janette Sherman note that their estimate of 14,000 excess U.S. deaths in the 14 weeks after the Fukushima meltdowns is comparable to the 16,500 excess deaths in the 17 weeks after the Chernobyl meltdown in 1986. The rise in reported deaths after Fukushima was largest among U.S. infants under age one. . .
"Just six days after the disastrous meltdowns struck four reactors at Fukushima on March 11, scientists detected the plume of toxic fallout had arrived over American shores. Subsequent measurements by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) found levels of radiation in air, water, and milk hundreds of times above normal across the U.S. The highest detected levels of Iodine-131 in precipitation in the U.S. were as follows (normal is about 2 picocuries I-131 per liter of water): Boise, ID (390); Kansas City (200); Salt Lake City (190); Jacksonville, FL (150); Olympia, WA (125); and Boston, MA (92). . ." (Read full story at http://readersupportednews.org/news-section2/312-16/9004-study-us-deaths-tied-to-fukushima-disaster-fallout)
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"Authors Joseph Mangano and Janette Sherman note that their estimate of 14,000 excess U.S. deaths in the 14 weeks after the Fukushima meltdowns is comparable to the 16,500 excess deaths in the 17 weeks after the Chernobyl meltdown in 1986. The rise in reported deaths after Fukushima was largest among U.S. infants under age one. . .
"Just six days after the disastrous meltdowns struck four reactors at Fukushima on March 11, scientists detected the plume of toxic fallout had arrived over American shores. Subsequent measurements by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) found levels of radiation in air, water, and milk hundreds of times above normal across the U.S. The highest detected levels of Iodine-131 in precipitation in the U.S. were as follows (normal is about 2 picocuries I-131 per liter of water): Boise, ID (390); Kansas City (200); Salt Lake City (190); Jacksonville, FL (150); Olympia, WA (125); and Boston, MA (92). . ." (Read full story at http://readersupportednews.org/news-section2/312-16/9004-study-us-deaths-tied-to-fukushima-disaster-fallout)
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"WASHINGTON,
DC, February 28, 2012 (ENS) - The Union of Concerned Scientists has
documented 15 "near-misses" at 13 U.S. nuclear plants during 2011 and
evaluates the response of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to each
event in a report released today.
The second in an annual series of reports, "The NRC and Nuclear Power Plant Safety 2011 Report: Living on Borrowed Time"
details 15 special inspections launched by the federal agency in
response to problems with safety equipment, security shortcomings, and
other troubling events at nuclear power plants.
"The overview is provided by David Lochbaum, the
director of UCS's Nuclear Safety Project. He worked at U.S. nuclear
plants for 17 years and was a boiling water reactor technology
instructor for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
"'While none of the safety problems in 2011 caused harm
to plant employees or the public, their frequency - more than one per
month - is high for a mature industry,' Lochbaum writes.
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NRC inspectors examine equipment at the Salem nuclear power plant in New Jersey. (Photo courtesy UCS) |
"In the 40 years that the Union of Concerned Scientists
has evaluated safety at U.S. nuclear power plants, 'We have repeatedly
found that NRC enforcement of safety regulations is not timely,
consistent or effective,' the report states.
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