(Reuters) - Highly radioactive water seeping into the ocean from Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant is creating an "emergency" that the operator is struggling to contain, an official from the country's nuclear watchdog said on Monday.

This contaminated groundwater has breached an underground barrier, is rising toward the surface and is exceeding legal limits of radioactive discharge, Shinji Kinjo, head of a Nuclear Regulatory Authority (NRA) task force, told Reuters.

Countermeasures planned by Tokyo Electric Power Co are only a temporary solution, he said.

Tepco's "sense of crisis is weak," Kinjo said. "This is why you can't just leave it up to Tepco alone" to grapple with the ongoing disaster.

"Right now, we have an emergency," he said...

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/08/05/us-japan-fukushima-panel-idUSBRE97408V20130805

The report of the independent investigation commission set up by the Japanese Diet published in July 2012 unequivocally states that the accident was man-made; TEPCO did not take appropriate measures against the potential risks of tsunami already identified; and the collusion of the government oversight agencies with the nuclear power industry compromised safety. [for the report, go to
http://warp.da.ndl.go.jp/info:ndljp/pid/3856371/naiic.go.jp/en/report/index.html]

In June 2012, a group of over 1,300 people who lived in Fukushima at that time filed criminal charges against 33 individuals, which include former TEPCO executives, government officials in charge of nuclear safety in Japan, and the current Radiation Health Risk Management Adviser appointed by Fukushima Prefecture. The charges were filed with the Fukushima District Prosecutor's Office on the grounds of professional negligence resulting in death and injury, and environmental pollution offense.

The written statements submitted by each plaintiff tell stories of agony of how their daily lives were suddenly uprooted and their human rights violated. No government assistance has been provided for the evacuation of children, and most have been left in dangerously contaminated areas in Fukushima. The impact of radiation exposure on their health is becoming more evident, while the government continues to deny this grim reality.

The second group of an additional 10,000 plaintiffs from the rest of Japan are expected to join this case on November 15, 2012. Now we need to put pressure on the Fukushima District Prosecutor's Office, so that it will not just go through motions, but conduct a thorough investigation that would result in the actual prosecution of the individuals charged. This is only the first step, and a critical one.

Residents feared that water supply to North Queensland would become contaminated. After a spill in January 1981, this group was formed has protect Queensland since, but now the 29 year old ban has been overturned and the Ben Lomond mine could be reopened.

The authoritarian president-for-life Nursultan Nazarbayev has supported this idea despite the continuous protest of the people of Kazakhstan.

We need the support of the people of the world to stop the building of the Bank of Nuclear Fuel/Wastes.

In the 1990’s, the nuclear waste from Lucas Heights was sent to France for re-processing. Under contracts signed by the Australian Government in the 90’s, Australia is obliged to take back its waste, from France and the UK by the end of 2015. Approximately 13.2 cubic metres of intermediate nuclear waste will be stored in a $30 million purpose-built facility at Lucas Heights for a maximum of 5 years.

This decision of such importance has managed to fall under the radar and as far away from the public eye as possible.

According to David Sweeny of The Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF), “just
because the waste has been reprocessed, doesn’t mean it is safe.” He is quoted as saying that it is “a contaminated cocktail of various radioactive elements and isotopes and some of these last for many thousands of years and pose a very significant radiology hazard and human health hazard.”

Sydney residents do not feel safe with this radioactive waste being stored within close proximity to their homes. It appears to be a possible terrorist target or a national disaster waiting to happen.

Local residents are unaware as to what was planned for Lucas Heights and the majority have no idea what is going on. Once informed there response is "how do we go about stopping this and what can I do to help". This does not appear to be a well informed community in favor of Lucas Heights being used as a nuclear waste storage facility.

Another issue is how temporary is temporary? The Federal Government has had 30 years to decide where to store this radioactive waste and to date the best
they can come up with is a five year plan for it to be stored at Lucas Heights. ANSTO insists that the facility will only provide “interim” storage for the waste however this is extremely debatable.

It appears that the Federal Government is applying a quick fix solution to an extremely important national issue. To date they have been unable to establish the
location of where the National Radioactive Waste Management Facility will be, so who’s to say they will in 7 years time.

Why put it in a densely populated area like Lucas Heights which is within a 30 km radius of Sydney’s CBD, just because it is the easiest and cheapest solution for the interim. Why aren’t the Government seeking a viable long term solution now, they still have until the end of 2015. Australia is one of the world’s most geologically stable continents with many sparsely populated locations that would be perfect sites for the storage of radioactive waste.

The Australian Government has a responsibility to the next generation to find a viable solution now.

Many Traditional Owners strongly oppose this plan and are calling on people around Australia to help them bury the radioactive waste dump proposal.

More information, photos and audio can be found at www.beyondnuclearinitiative.com
www.dumpthedump.org.au

For information on why a Northern Territory waste dump is not needed for continuation if nuclear medicine see: http://vimeo.com/29971907

核電威脅生命，不單是一代人的生命，也不單是殘暴地特別傷害胎兒與孩童，更影響遠遠近近的人與萬種生物的基因，病殘痛苦以至最終的滅種由是而起。

輻射對生命的危害絕不是專家所說的輕微，更完全不能與照X光或CT
檢查相比——核電廠平常「合法排放」的輻射，與意外發生時洩漏的輻射，長久地、不停地、進入體內反覆地、並會集中地留在某些器官中，造成傷害及基因變異。

核電科技57年來都不能處理核廢料問題，只是將廢料不斷堆積在廠房內，令危險性以千百倍遞增；部份堆埋在原住民生活地區(如澳洲、台灣的情況)，極盡種族滅絕之不義；還有部份用來再濃縮為鈈燃料棒，供製造核武之用，及供核電廠重新使用。鈈是全球最毒的物質。

人類完全不需要核電，那是核軍事-工業集團與政權操控下的大生意。在美、英、法、俄、日本、中國及第三世界情況都是如此。

我們要向生命負責，要阻止這些死亡力量，香港人、中國人要與全世界國家的反核力量連結，突破消息封鎖，不再聽從偽專家為其主子散播的天方大話。我們要起來保護自己、保護生命、喝停所有核電廠的運作與興建，永遠不要核電、核武﹗

基於此，我們有五項向日本及各核電買賣國政府、及不負責任的國際機構(如世衛)作出的要求；也對計劃到2030年共有240台核反應堆(其中32台在廣東)的中國政府，及投資在一些廣東核電廠的香港企業「中電」提出抗議與要求。

Les résultats de ces analyses permettraient de suivre, jour après jour, et depuis le 12 mars 2011, l’avancée des masses d’air contaminé par les rejets radioactifs de la centrale nucléaire de FUKUSHIMA DAIICHII. C’est impossible car les données sont confisquées par les Etats. Les résultats sont transmis à des organismes officiels qu’ils sélectionnent et qui sont tenus de ne rien divulguer. Le réseau international de mesure est financé par de l’argent public.

Les populations ont droit à cette information. Tous les chiffres doivent être publiés et non pas quelques chiffres soigneusement choisis par les autorités.

The accident of Fukushima [Mar.11,2011], Japan, as well as the former accident of Kashiwazaki (Niigata)　[July 16,2007], Japan, caused by earthquakes shows the total incompatibility of nuclear energy plant in the area where the earthquake and/or tsunami are reachable.

Thus, we shall ban the operation of nuclear power plant in such area immediately, as the first step of total prohibition of nuclear power plants in this planet.

In Japanese:
日本全土、中国全土、台湾、朝鮮半島全部、ルーマニア、スペイン、米国（特にカリフォルニア）などには、地震発生の危険性が非常に高いにもかかわらず、たくさんの原発があります。

2011年3月11日の福島第一原発事故、加えて、2007年7月16日の柏崎原発事故は、地震や津波の発生が少しでも予想される地域での原発稼働は安全性が確保できないことをはっきりと示しました。

世界から原発を撤廃する第一歩として、こうした災害に襲われる可能性のある地域での原発の建設、稼働をいますぐやめてもらいましょう。

署名の内容：
IAEA（国際原子力機関）へ
地震・津波の到達可能性のある地域での原発建設および稼働を禁止する勧告を出してください。

署名手順ガイド・感想ノート（日本語）：　http://fromkobewithlove.blogspot.com/

The cost of the plant is 17 billion dollars and Progress Energy currently serves 1.7 million people. This means that the price each household will pay (if split evenly) is 10,000 dollars. At the current rate, a little less that 8 percent (115.32 annually), this increase will be in effect for nearly 87 years unless more increases are to come to speed up the process. That's 87 years of these intense conditions, and in order to reduce the time, the payments must increase even more.

If you think it doesn't apply to you because you don't live in Florida think again. President Obama stated on February 16th "Investing in nuclear energy remains a necessary step" and "this is only the beginning." He plans to create nuclear power plants all over the US saying each one will create thousands of construction jobs with only 800 being permanent.