Fukushima problem to get much, much worse, sign petition

From www.globalresearch.ca/humankinds-most-dangerous-moment-fukushima-fuel-pool-at-unit-4/5350779 [1]

A new fuel fire at Unit 4 would pour out a continuous stream of lethal radioactive poisons for centuries.

According to long-time expert and former Department of Energy official Robert Alvarez, there is more than 85 times as much lethal cesium on site as was released at Chernobyl [2].

Radioactive hot spots continue to be found around Japan. There are indications of heightened rates of thyroid damage among local children.

Fukushima’s owner, Tokyo Electric (Tepco), says that within as few as 60 days it may begin trying to remove more than 1300 spent fuel rods from a badly damaged pool perched 100 feet in the air. The pool rests on a badly damaged building that is tilting, sinking and could easily come down in the next earthquake, or on its own.

Some 400 tons of fuel in that pool could spew out more than 15,000 times as much radiation as was released at Hiroshima.

The one thing certain about this crisis is that Tepco does not have the scientific, engineering or financial resources to handle it. Nor does the Japanese government. The situation demands a coordinated worldwide effort of the best scientists and engineers our species can muster.

This crisis comes just as the Obama Administration is trying to provide a $8.3 billion loan to build the first new nuclear plants in the U.S. in almost 30 years. Tell President Obama to loan that $8.3 billion to a Fukushima emergency clean-up instead. [3]

Tell the United Nations to lead that effort immediately. [4] Go here to Email President Obama and Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon [5]. http://act.rootsaction.org/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=8598 [6]