â[The] accident at the Fukushima. Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant cannot be regarded as a natural disaster. It was a profo
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“[The] accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant cannot be regarded as a natural disaster. It was a profoundly manmade disaster that could and should have been foreseen and prevented. And its effects could have been mitigated by a more effective human response.” [Diet Commission Investigating the Fukushima Accident]
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In an email to Fairewinds, a former high school student at Middletown HS shared her account of the morning of the accident
“Our chemistry teacher had taught the whole semester on nuclear power and waste storage, and so he had run a Geiger counter out side the window for the entire semester. The morning of the accident, my chem class started at around 10am. As we entered the classroom the Geiger counter went haywire from the normal clicking to a solid buzz sound. He immediately picked up the phone and called Governor Thornburg's office and reported the readings. The response was "We know, and don't do anything." By 11 am, parents were coming to the school and pulling out their children. Of course, many people in town worked at the plant or had relatives who did, and they did not wait for a formal evacuation call.” 12
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Chernobyl Scientist: Yury Bandazhervsky Jailed Scientist Yury Bandazhevsky, former director of the Medical Institute in Gomel, is a scientist working on sanitary consequences of the Chernobyl disaster. After publishing scientific data, he was sentenced to jail for 8 years. He was released after 3 years due to pressure from the European Union. 15
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Arnie Gundersen, Chief Engineer Fairewinds Associates, Inc Nuclear Engineering, Safety, and Reliability Expert 42-years of nuclear industry experience and oversight ME NE Master of Engineering Nuclear Engineering Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1972 U.S. Atomic Energy Commission Fellowship Thesis: Cooling Tower Plume Rise BS NE Bachelor of Science Nuclear Engineering Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1971, Cum Laude James J. Kerrigan Scholar RO
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