Fukushima nuclear disaster: More than meets the eye (or ears)?

The Fukushima nuclear disaster

Is there more to the Fukushima story than either the U.S. or Japanese governments are letting on? It's hard to tell as updates have become fewer and farther between on the part of both the government and media sources.

Last week TPC touched on a report claiming that in the northwest corner of the United States there had been a spike in the infant mortality rate since the disaster at the Fukushima nuclear power plant began.

There are conflicting opinions on the merits of this specific study but the fact remains that the United States is on one of the many potential flight paths of nuclear debris from Fukushima.

So what is happening at Fukushima vis a vis nuclear waste containment and meltdown resolution?

The disaster at Fukushima has seemingly not abated as the various reactors at the Tepco facility continue to burn and generate nuclear waste and fumes that are spewing into the atmosphere and that seeping into the ground and ocean.

There has, however, been a curious media silence (or at the very least uncharacteristic quiet) regarding Fukushima as I am hard-pressed to find any real and consistent coverage of either the attempts to mitigate and/or resolve the problem or on the human impact of the release of radiation in Japan and around the world.

This from a media that gloms onto much less significant stories such as a sexually deviant congressman and who then doesn't let go!

Visiting the EPA website where periodic updates on the the radiological impact of Fukushima on the United States and on various parts of the food supply had been given, we found that there have been none since May 3rd!

On March 28th there was this statement from the EPA on the environmental impact to the United States to that point, but no updates on the website since:

"... Some of the filter results show levels slightly higher than those found by EPA monitors last week and a Department of Energy monitor the week before. These types of findings are to be expected in the coming days and are still far below levels of public health concern..."

Similarly at the IAEA website there have been no updates since June 2nd.

Is there more to the story than meets the eye or is the story insignificant enough as to warrant the general lack of consistent media attention that it has gotten.

I suppose that when a study of atmospheric and ground contamination in the United States actually does occur and is then reported, we will know!

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