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Fukushima Updates

The Watershed Sentinel is proud to share Nelle Maxey’s Fukushima Updates prepared for the BC environmental community.

Every day, Nelle pours over the media and other reports of the status of the reactors at Fukushima, comparing figures and trying to make sense out of the conflicting reports.

You can read the daily updates here.

Can Whales Be Saved?

Japanese discover the whales and dolphins are too contaminated to serve as sushi.

by Delores Broten

In a bitter twist of fate, the Japanese may indeed have been contributing to scientific research as they devoured illegal whale meat. For over 20 years, despite the International Whaling Commission, Japan has claimed to be doing scientific research as it harvested minke whales for food.

Japan for Sustainability

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by Junko Edahiro

With the ultimate aim of helping to create a sus­tainable society, I lecture and write in Japan, and I also translate into Japanese the latest informa­tion as well as key messages from around the world. I have been honoured to have had the opportunity to bring to Ja­pan the words and writings of the environmental academics Lester Brown, and Dennis Meadows, for

Fukushima Radiation Comes to North America

Fukushima Update # 81: April 9, 2012

by Nelle Maxey

Polar bears as well as seals and walruses in Alaska are being found with radiation- related hair loss and skin lesions. Of course the officials are not saying this. They are "investigating" the cause!

Fukushima Unit 2 - Xenon gas detected

Fukushima Update #80, February 13 & 14, 2012

by Nelle Maxey

Xenon gas has been detected in Unit 2.
TEPCO's press handout from this morning has the details.

Unit 2 Temperature rising

Fukushima Update #79, February 11, 2012

by Nelle Maxey

This is getting serious.

RPV Temperature at 74.9 degrees C (highest since this whole tragi/comedy began) and cooling water increased to 14.5 tons/hour.

Fukushima Update: Unit 2 Temperature Rise

Fukushima Update #78, February 7, 2012

by Nelle Maxey

TEPCO increased the volume of water being injected into Unit 2 by 35% in the early hours of February 7.
This attempt to lower the temperature has stabilized it around 70 degrees C. But it has not lowered it significantly.

Fukushima Update: Unit 2 temperature rises, Water leaks proliferate on site

Fukushima Update #77, February 6, 2012

by Nelle Maxey

Problems at Fukushima continue to mount.

Fukushima Update: erratic temperature, radiation increase

Fukushima Update #76, January 23, 2012

by Nelle Maxey

Unit 2

First I will address the CRD Housing temperature sensor which became erratic last week.

More Problems at Fukushima

Fukushima Update #75, January 15, 2012

by Nelle Maxey

Two more problems (aside from the Unit #4 mystery which I update below) have surfaced in the last week at the Fukushima plant site.

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