Fukushima damage leaves spent fuel at risk-U.S. lawmaker

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Source: Reuters

* Spent fuel rods need to be moved to safety-Wyden

* Urges Japan to accept help, asks US officials to do more

By Roberta Rampton

WASHINGTON, April 16 (Reuters) - Japan, with assistance from the U.S. government, needs to do more to move spent fuel rods out of harm's way at the tsunami-stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, said U.S. Senator Ron Wyden on Monday.

Wyden, a senior Democratic senator on the Senate Energy committee, toured the ruined Fukushima plant on April 6, and said the damage was far worse than he expected.

"Seeing the extent of the disaster first-hand during my visit conveyed the magnitude of this tragedy and the continuing risks and challenges in a way that news accounts cannot," said Wyden in a letter to Ichiro Fujisaki, Japan's ambassador to the United States.

Read more: http://af.reuters.com/article/energyOilNews/idAFL2E8FGFOE20120416

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1. Well, the crows are home to roost...

Rather a Phyrric victory, telling all the folks who've belittled our concerns, "I told you so"! I've come to realize that the profit motive has metamorphosed an alarming number of our most erudite scientists into sock puppets for the Corporate Megalomaniacs who've usurped our media, our politics, and our global economy.

"Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain...!"