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[Suzanne de Kuyper]

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From: Bill Totten <shimogamo at ashisuto.co.jp>
Date: Tue, May 15, 2012 at 6:59 AM
Subject: [R-G] [BillTottenWeblog] Cesium Red Alert
To: Suzanne de Kuyper <suzannedk at gmail.com>


Dear friends across Japan,

Experts have warned that a pool of dangerous radioactive cesium – 10 times
that of the Chernobyl disaster – still sits exposed at Fukushima Daiichi
reactor number four. With the Japanese government failing to act, it’s time
for us to call for an international intervention.

If this pool were to leak, it could cause a radioactive fire forcing the
evacuation of 35 million people in Tokyo! Now 72 civil society groups and
experts are calling for a UN-led independent assessment team – with no ties
to the dirty nuclear industry – to help ensure our safety. A massive jolt
of people-power can help thrust the UN into action.

Let’s make sure we don’t live through another Fukushima disaster. Call on
Secretary General Ban Ki Moon to address this urgent emergency immediately.
Sign the petition now and forward this to everyone you know. We’ll deliver
it straight to the UN headquarters in New York when we reach 50,000
signatures:

http://www.avaaz.org/en/un_for_fukushima_daiichi/?vl

It’s hard to imagine what our lives would be like if Japan were to face
another nuclear disaster. Not only would millions of people need to be
evacuated from their homes, the economic effects would devastate our
country and the terrifying consequences on environment and health would
haunt us for generations. As it stands, reactor number four at Fukushima
Daiichi is a ticking bomb waiting to explode.

Despite countless warnings over the safety of Fukushima Daiichi, our
government has failed to come up with a solution. It has been a year since
the accident, yet the pool still lays exposed. Even more, our leaders have
failed to keep their promise to set up an independent nuclear regulatory
agency by April 1st, and continue to push for the hasty restart of nuclear
reactors. When our government fails to protect us, it falls to us to call
on the international community to intervene and prevent another nuclear
catastrophe.

Let’s make sure Fukushima Daiichi stays in the history books. Call on UN
Secretary General Ban Ki Moon to send a team of experts that can
independently assess and put an end to this gargantuan threat. Sign the
petition now and forward this to everyone you know, and we’ll deliver it
straight to the UN headquarters in New York:

http://www.avaaz.org/en/un_for_fukushima_daiichi/?vl

When faced with the continuing dangers of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear
disaster, it’s easy to feel frightened and discouraged. But we are not
alone. By working together can we realize the future we all want.

With hope and determination,

Jamie, Michi, Kya, Emily, Michelle, Ricken, Jooyea, and the whole Avaaz team

More Information

Doomsday scenarios spread about number four 4 reactor at Fukushima plant
(Asahi Shimbun)
http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_news/social_affairs/AJ201205100051

Concerns mount over the growing threat from Fukushima’s spent fuel (Bellona)
http://www.bellona.org/articles/articles_2012/fukushima_spentfuel

The Need for Independent Assessment of the Fourth Reactor (Akio Matsumura –
blog)
http://akiomatsumura.com/2011/10/447.html

Appeal to PM Noda and UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon (Green Action)
http://www.greenaction-japan.org/modules/wordpress0/index.php?p=96

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