Japan: Fukushima refugees shunned by societyFrom: Russia Today Fukushima refugees shunned by Japanese society Published: 06 August, 2011, 09:10 Edited: 06 August, 2011, 22:49 http://rt.com/news/japan-fukushima-refugees-shelter/ Tens of thousands of Japanese refugees who have faced the triple horror of earthquake, tsunami and nuclear crisis now have another worry - their fellow citizens. They were left in limbo -- homeless and dependent on government handouts just to eat. "Everyone has been very kind to us. We have no complaints, the government has done everything they can to helps us find shelter. What worries us is the future. What are we going to do next? We feel anxiety," Suenami Sato, a tsunami survivor, told RT. Japan is an island limited in space and there are thousands who need somewhere to live. That means creative solutions are needed. Families are given temporary refuge anywhere from school gymnasiums and classrooms, to high-rise hotels in Tokyo. In one of the many shelters in the Fukushima region tens of thousands of people are still displaced. They have fled the earthquake, the tsunami and now the nuclear disaster. Now they are having to endure the harsh judgements of their countrymen who see their choice to flee their homes in the disaster-hit area as "un-Japanese". Those who have chosen to seek safety for themselves have been accused of betrayal by those left behind. .................................................... Japan Revives Rice Futures Trade as Fukushima Radiation Threatens Harvest Q By Aya Takada and Yasumasa Song - Aug 7, 2011 2:00 AM GMT When the Tokyo Grain Exchange, operator of Japan's largest agricultural bourse, bet its future on rice trading, it didn't expect radiation fallout would be part of investor decisions and volatility. The exchange will list rice contracts tomorrow for the first time since the start of World War II to boost flagging volumes and profit. The resumption comes amid concern that fallout from the stricken Fukushima Dai-Ichi power plant may spread to crops after it was found cattle had been fed cesium- tainted rice straw. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-08-07/japan-revives-rice-futures-trade-as-... ........................................................... Gov't eyes halving area of high annual radiation exposure in 2 yrs TOKYO, Aug. 6 Underground electric cable damaged during survey at Fukushima plant FUKUSHIMA, Japan, Aug. 6 Gov't to mull allowing residents within 3 km of plant to visit home SENDAI, Aug. 6 Tohoku Electric to get more power from Tokyo Electric due to heat NIIGATA, Japan, Aug. 6 No. 1 reactor at Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant suspended for checkups TOKYO, Aug. 5 Japan should conduct computer simulations on nuclear weapons: Ishihara http://english.kyodonews.jp/news/japan_nuclear_crisis/ ........................................ Decontamination system stops at Fukushima Daiichi The operator of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant is facing yet another problem with its wastewater filtering system. The system came to a halt again on Sunday. Tokyo Electric Power Company has been filtering highly contaminated water in basements to remove radioactive material and then pump the water back into the reactors as coolant. Shortly after 7 AM on Sunday, some of the pumps in a US decontamination device stopped and could not be restarted. The equipment is used to remove radioactive cesium. About an hour later, a pump in a French device also stopped working. A back-up pump also failed to work, bringing the whole decontamination system to a halt. TEPCO says it is continuing to inject cooling water into reactors by using treated water. The decontamination system has faced earlier problems. On Thursday, another pump stopped at one time. On Friday, an alarm went off and the system stopped operating. TEPCO added a Japanese-made decontamination device to the system to make it more stable. But the utility wanted to treat wastewater before the test run of the new device, because there is little available storage space for the contaminated water. TEPCO is trying to determine the cause of the malfunctions while working to restart the system. Sunday, August 07, 2011 12:46 +0900 (JST) http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/07_11.html http://newsblogged.com/fukushima-nuclear-power-plant-reactor-latest-news-real... code pour embarquer la vidéo : >>> http://www.youtube.com/embed/k-4q_qoapbY <<< |