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Two years after Fukushima nuclear meltdown, U.S. Navy sailors speak out about radiation exposure
http://www.vancouverobserver.com/politics/news/after-fukushima-nuclear-meltdown-us-navy-sailors-speak-out-about-radiation-exposure
Two years after Fukushima nuclear meltdown, U.S. Navy sailors speak out about radiation exposure
Jenny Uechi
Posted: Mar 8th, 2013
Two years after the March 11, triple meltdown at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex in 2011, two former U.S. Navy sailors who were directly exposed to Fukushima radiation on board the USS Ronald Reagan during the U.S. Navy’s rescue effort, will testify to growing medical problems they are experiencing as a result of their exposure.
The sailors will discuss the 115-person lawsuit they have joined with other former and current military personnel against the nuclear plant’s owner, Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), for misleading US officials about the extent of radiation released from its stricken reactors.
The event will take place at 1 p.m. Monday (March 11th) at the New York Academy of Medicine, Fifth Ave at 103rd St, (enter on 103rd St.) The news conference will be a first-day highlight of “The Medical and Ecological Consequences of the Fukushima Nuclear Accident” symposium sponsored by the Helen Caldicott Foundation and Physicians for Social Responsibility on the growing medical fallout from the Fukushima reactor crisis. For more information about the symposium, visit http://www.helencaldicottfoundation.org/.
For background on the U.S. Navy victims of Fukushima, go to http://bit.ly/12dzbLe.
Two years after Fukushima nuclear meltdown, U.S. Navy sailors speak out about radiation exposure
Jenny Uechi
Posted: Mar 8th, 2013
Two years after the March 11, triple meltdown at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex in 2011, two former U.S. Navy sailors who were directly exposed to Fukushima radiation on board the USS Ronald Reagan during the U.S. Navy’s rescue effort, will testify to growing medical problems they are experiencing as a result of their exposure.
The sailors will discuss the 115-person lawsuit they have joined with other former and current military personnel against the nuclear plant’s owner, Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), for misleading US officials about the extent of radiation released from its stricken reactors.
The event will take place at 1 p.m. Monday (March 11th) at the New York Academy of Medicine, Fifth Ave at 103rd St, (enter on 103rd St.) The news conference will be a first-day highlight of “The Medical and Ecological Consequences of the Fukushima Nuclear Accident” symposium sponsored by the Helen Caldicott Foundation and Physicians for Social Responsibility on the growing medical fallout from the Fukushima reactor crisis. For more information about the symposium, visit http://www.helencaldicottfoundation.org/.
For background on the U.S. Navy victims of Fukushima, go to http://bit.ly/12dzbLe.
That last bit.ly link goes to http://spoonsenergymatters.wordpress.com/2013/01/31/a-lasting-legacy-of-the-fukushima-rescue-mission-part-1-radioactive-contamination-of-american-sailors/
The two-day symposium will be webcast live from http://www.totalwebcasting.com/view/?id=hcf
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