Fukushima disaster update

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11 Nov 2013

Worrying new claims say childhood cancer cluster has developed around Fukushima radiation zone

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It’s what post-Fukushima Japan fears the most; cancer. Amid allegations of government secrecy, worrying new claims say a cancer cluster has developed around the radiation zone and that the victims are children.

In a private children’s hospital well away from the no-go zone, parents are holding on tight to their little sons and daughters hoping doctors won’t find what they’re looking for. Thyroid cancer. Tests commissioned by the local authorities have discerned an alarming spike here. Experts are reluctant to draw a definitive link with Fukushima, but they’re concerned. “I care because I went to Chernobyl and I saw each child there, so I know the pain they went through”, says Dr Akira Sugenoya, a former thyroid surgeon.

What terrifies parents most is a government they feel they can’t trust. It’s created a culture of fear; one which has led a number of women post-Fukushima to have abortions because they were worried about birth defects.

“The doctors in Fukushima say that it shouldn’t be coming out so soon, so it can’t be related to the nuclear accident. But that’s very unscientific, and it’s not a reason we can accept”, Dr Sugenoya insists. “It was disclosed that the Fukushima health investigation committee was having several secret meetings. I feel the response has been unthinkable for a democratic nation“, Dr Minoru Kamata from the Japan Chernobyl Foundation says.

ABC Australia

TEPCO forced to shut down contaminated water processing system at Fukushima Daiichi again — Enformable Nuclear News: here.

Ministry continued promoting nuclear power right after Fukushima accident — The Asahi Shimbun: here.

‘Troika of irresponsibility’ behind Fukushima water crisis — The Asahi Shimbun: here.

Japan should shun treaty that will shield nuclear tech suppliers — The Japan Times: here.

Radiation 36,000 times permissible level found in water at Fukushima plant — Mainichi: here.

Japan to spend $970mn on storing radioactive Fukushima soil: here.

Japan should embrace nuclear power, government panel says — Reuters: here.

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