Nuclear Expert: Fukushima Is 'Emergency Without End'

November 11, 2020 Off By EveAim

As the disaster at Fukushima plant continues to unfold, one nuclear expert is warning that “this is an accident that’s shockingly not stopping.”

Arjun Makhijani, President of the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research (IEER), sounds particular alarm around radioactive strontium that is being released from the trouble-stricken plant:

Speaking with PBS Newshour this week, the Carbon-Free and Nuclear-Free author said that strontium is “much more dangerous” than the cesium 137 and 134 being released from Fukushima, and was found “at levels that are 30 times more than cesium.” He continued:

When asked what happens when this radioactive strontium reaches the sea, Makhijani replied:

But it’s not just fish that will take in the radiation.

When Living on Earth asked Makhijani about how the radioactivity could affect human health, he said:

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If pregnant women eat the contaminated fish or drink the contaminated water, he said

Just how TEPCO or other authorities will be able to deal with this “radioactivity that’s essentially forever” is uncertain, he continued.

“This is an accident that’s shockingly not stopping,” he warned.

There is one certainty among the many unknowns, writes long-time anti-nuke activist Harvey Wasserman:

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Watch the PBS Newshour discussion between Makhijani, Kenji Kushida of Stanford University and host Jeffrey Brown below:

Watch Fukushima Reinforces Worst Fears for Japanese on PBS. See more from PBS NewsHour.

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