{"id":3374,"date":"2011-09-11T06:46:47","date_gmt":"2011-09-11T04:46:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nuclearpoweryesplease.org\/blog\/?p=3374"},"modified":"2013-03-01T00:43:07","modified_gmt":"2013-02-28T22:43:07","slug":"6-months-after-fukushima","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nuclearpoweryesplease.org\/blog\/2011\/09\/11\/6-months-after-fukushima\/","title":{"rendered":"6 months after Fukushima"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>All we have to fear is fear itself, not the fearmongers who spread it<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3377\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3377\" style=\"width: 220px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3377\" href=\"http:\/\/nuclearpoweryesplease.org\/blog\/2011\/09\/11\/6-months-after-fukushima\/chris_busby\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3377\" title=\"Chris Busby\" src=\"http:\/\/nuclearpoweryesplease.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Chris_Busby.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"213\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nuclearpoweryesplease.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Chris_Busby.jpg 220w, https:\/\/nuclearpoweryesplease.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Chris_Busby-150x145.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 220px) 100vw, 220px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3377\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chris Busby<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The outcome of the events in Fukushima are far from over, and there are many facts that will take years before they become available. There are a number of things that can be handled better, not the least the flow of information from TEPCO and Japanese authorities.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3392\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3392\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3392\" href=\"http:\/\/nuclearpoweryesplease.org\/blog\/2011\/09\/11\/6-months-after-fukushima\/arnie_gundersen-3\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-3392 \" title=\"Arnie Gundersen\" src=\"http:\/\/nuclearpoweryesplease.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Arnie_Gundersen2-150x123.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"123\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nuclearpoweryesplease.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Arnie_Gundersen2-150x123.png 150w, https:\/\/nuclearpoweryesplease.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Arnie_Gundersen2.png 170w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3392\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Arnie Gundersen<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"mceTemp\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11px; line-height: 17px;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the suffering, fears and worries of the people affected is made even worse than it need to be, thanks to a number of fearmongers who exaggerate the effects.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3395\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3395\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3395\" href=\"http:\/\/nuclearpoweryesplease.org\/blog\/2011\/09\/11\/6-months-after-fukushima\/from-bbs-upload-3\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-3395\" title=\"Helen Caldicott\" src=\"http:\/\/nuclearpoweryesplease.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/caldicott2-150x120.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"120\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nuclearpoweryesplease.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/caldicott2-150x120.jpg 150w, https:\/\/nuclearpoweryesplease.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/caldicott2-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nuclearpoweryesplease.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/caldicott2.jpeg 615w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3395\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Helen Caldicott<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We will not speculate here about the motivations of the fearmongers, some of them surely believe in what they are saying, even when proven wrong. Some of them seem to have a need to inflate their resumees, or refer to what sounds like scientific reasoning in order to impress people. And some of them claim to speak from a higher moral ground.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3407\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3407\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3407\" href=\"http:\/\/nuclearpoweryesplease.org\/blog\/2011\/09\/11\/6-months-after-fukushima\/leuren_moret\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-3407\" title=\"Leuren Moret\" src=\"http:\/\/nuclearpoweryesplease.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/leuren_moret-150x138.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"138\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nuclearpoweryesplease.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/leuren_moret-150x138.jpg 150w, https:\/\/nuclearpoweryesplease.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/leuren_moret.jpg 275w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3407\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Leuren Moret<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>They may be right about a number of things, and sometimes they have correct things mixed into their gospel. But the main objective of it is not to give us good advice and proper information, the objective is to scare you into thinking like them.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3428\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3428\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3428\" href=\"http:\/\/nuclearpoweryesplease.org\/blog\/2011\/09\/11\/6-months-after-fukushima\/j-mangano-3\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-3428\" title=\"Joseph Mangano\" src=\"http:\/\/nuclearpoweryesplease.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/J.Mangano2-150x115.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"115\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nuclearpoweryesplease.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/J.Mangano2-150x115.gif 150w, https:\/\/nuclearpoweryesplease.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/J.Mangano2.gif 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3428\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Joseph Mangano<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The effects are clearly seen on a number of blogs and news sites, many times the commentary fields are full of discussions that completely have lost connection with reality. The fearmongers are referred to as trustworthy authorities in the field, no matter what crazy things that comes from their mouths.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3397\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3397\" style=\"width: 80px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3397\" href=\"http:\/\/nuclearpoweryesplease.org\/blog\/2011\/09\/11\/6-months-after-fukushima\/sherman610\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3397\" title=\"Janette Sherman\" src=\"http:\/\/nuclearpoweryesplease.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sherman610.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"80\" height=\"104\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3397\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Janette Sherman<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Six months have passed since the events in Fukushima started. The first round goes to the fearmongers. They will surely continue with their dark gospels, in whatever forms they preach them. And we will have to counter more of their nonsense in the future. Only one thing is clear: <strong>We will not leave them unopposed.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All we have to fear is fear itself, not the fearmongers who spread it &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; The outcome of the events in Fukushima are&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/nuclearpoweryesplease.org\/blog\/2011\/09\/11\/6-months-after-fukushima\/\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">6 months after Fukushima<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":71,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nuclearpoweryesplease.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3374"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nuclearpoweryesplease.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nuclearpoweryesplease.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nuclearpoweryesplease.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/71"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nuclearpoweryesplease.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3374"}],"version-history":[{"count":58,"href":"https:\/\/nuclearpoweryesplease.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3374\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3444,"href":"https:\/\/nuclearpoweryesplease.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3374\/revisions\/3444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nuclearpoweryesplease.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nuclearpoweryesplease.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nuclearpoweryesplease.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}