Its really very simple...atmospheric readings are ok and mean nothing....mostly up 20000 feet. But that radiation attaches to precipitation and deluges wherever it lands. Oregon, Washington and BC. Not good.

Eternally toxic nukes are like unto the Republicons of the energy world.

It seems to of been ignored here in the states. All Jazeera actually started the story. Hope it reaches national attention. It probably will once GOP' ERS find a way to attach Obama to the tragedy.

probably because the lawsuit is happening here.

let alone the same sentence is beyond me.

The fact that the material that goes in is known to cause cancer and the fact that what comes out is really going to cause cancer and death unless properly contained should be our first clue that this is NOT a method for generating energy.

I recognize that nuclear reactors are what power submarines and some other instruments of "peace" and they are used on spacecraft. There may be some limited situations where the risks, although significant, can be justified.

Energy from a fusion reactor would be clean but the technological challenges in containing the reaction are significant.

Until then we should not be relying on nuclear energy, period. We should be investing in renewables. Nuclear energy is not clean, safe or renewable.

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The original lawsuit alleged a conspiracy to suppress vital information and had to be revised to eliminate the conspiracy angle.

Saudi in recent news , then one couldn't be raised against the Japanese government either.

I could understand a suit against against their employer - the US government who owed them a duty of care.

Especially since the court told them to refile. If there was no avenue, that suggestion isn't likely to have been made.

Edited to add: It's damned hard for service members to sue the government.

In general :

Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_Sovereign_Immunities_Act

But only today, 20th :

US restores Saudi Arabia in 9/11 lawsuit.

New York - A US appeals court reinstated Saudi Arabia as a defendant Thursday in lawsuits claiming it had provided support to al-Qaida prior to the 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks.

A three-judge panel of the 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals said restoring Saudi Arabia was necessary to be consistent with a ruling by a different 2nd Circuit panel that allowed another lawsuit to go forward in which a man sued Afghanistan and other defendants for the death of his wife in the attacks.

The 2nd Circuit and a lower court had previously ruled that Saudi Arabia was protected by sovereign immunity, which generally means that foreign countries can't be sued in American courts.

But in its latest ruling, the 2nd Circuit said a legal exception existed that would allow Saudi Arabia to remain as a defendant, just as Afghanistan remained in the similar case.

http://www.news24.com/World/News/US-restores-Saudi-Arabia-in-911-lawsuit-20131220

Have to see what happens if today's ruling gets overidden.

The first suit included the GoJ and TEPCO; maybe they dropped GoJ.

i think it was the raygun. he was there for quite a while.
she and the baby did come home shortly afterward, but i think may have gone back.

of all the shitty employers on the planet, the u.s. armed services has got to be the worst.

Nuttin' new, sad to say.

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http://dearkitty1.wordpress.com/2013/08/10/fukushima-nuclear-polluition-of-pacific-ocean/

could an intelligent person allow a ship(s) and personnel into a nuclear disaster site without adequate protection? I just can't fathom the incompetence. I just can't. This is on par with depleted uranium rounds(AMMUNITION)being used by our forces in the middle east, I think. Or have all those cancers and deformed babies been 'scientifically' debunked. Is it they just don't care about our armed forces personnel on a personal level? They're just so many sheep(pawns)to be used up like toilet paper?

reminds me of the soldiers standing out in the open during nuclear detonations in the 50's. Same thing to me except there are many years of information(data) concerning radiation and it's effects upon people, water, ships(remember Bimini tests). No excuse. When will accountability be taken seriously. I hope this lawsuit helps the 'victims'.

I don't think they expected to have to deal with a release headed their way. The Japanese were playing it very close to the vest, and they were more interested in preserving the reputation of their nuclear industry than the accurate and free flow of information to affected parties. We know they had a forecasting system (SPEEDI) that predicted high levels of exposure to the villages NW of the plant and they did not release the information until months later. So its not unreasonable to infer that their communications that might have informed actions of the ship's captain were likewise subject to being censored.

I don't for a second think the Captain disregarded the welfare of his crew in the manner you suggest.

but as a vet......I wonder.

That means I was able to observe the commanders up close and personal 24/7 in a way few other positions offer the opportunity to do.

The worst of the lot I encountered was a total ass* who would sell his mother for an attaboy from a higher-up; but even he wouldn't knowingly put his people in harms way for no reason. There is simply nothing in it for them to ignore the knowledge if they were in possession of it.

*BTW, when that O-6 went to SHAPE in Europe, I was heard from a grinning noncom that all of his household goods went to some shit-hole soon to be abandoned post in Africa.

Between the oil in the gulf and now radiation in the Pacific shrimp, clams, crabs, and further up the food chain fishes are not safe.

Make them draft people if they want war and a world police state.

of massive radiation contamination of a ship named after a president who thought radiation was no big deal?

of http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014674608 .

The original lawsuit was dismissed Nov 26th - see http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2013/dec/17/reagan-radiation-lawsuit-dismissed-tomodachi/ . So this report is about the same plan to bring a new one as reported on Dec 17th in the earlier thread.