Published on Sep 5, 2013 Comments on the contaminated water issue at Fukushima Daiichi NPS by president Hirose What a Bunch of CRAP! Complete and utter Bullshit! • Comments on the contaminated water issue a... http://tinyurl.com/lgydnew Can an Ice Wall Save Fukushima? • Video Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station Unit 1 turbine building inflow of groundwater • Video Tokyo Olympic bid faces Fukushima concern Members of Tokyo's Olympic bid committee have been questioned by journalists about contaminated water leaking from the stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant. The host city for the 2020 games will be chosen on Saturday in the Argentine capital, Buenos Aires. The Japanese committee members held a news conference in the city on Wednesday that was attended by about 100 journalists from more than 20 media outlets. Bid committee president Tsunekazu Takeda said at the beginning that he hopes to spread the value of sports among young people by hosting an Olympics in Asia, home to more than 1 billion people. 4 out of the 6 questions asked were about the safety of Tokyo, in light of the radioactive water leak at the Fukushima plant. Takeda responded saying Tokyo is safe in terms of radiation levels. A British journalist said Tokyo officials only emphasize the city's safety but had still not answered the question. The reporter called it a grave problem that should be taken more seriously. An American journalist expressed dissatisfaction with the answer and said the question will be asked repeatedly. A reporter from an Argentine TV station said the Tokyo officials had answered the question sufficiently by saying the city is safe. Sep. 5, 2013 - Updated 00:50 UTC Leaked water may have reached groundwater The operator of the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant says radioactive water that leaked from a storage tank may have reached groundwater. Tokyo Electric Power Company says it detected high levels of radioactive substances in water collected on Wednesday at a monitoring well about 10 meters from the tank. It says the water contained 650 becquerels per liter of beta-ray emitting substances, including strontium. The water was taken from about 7 meters deep, where groundwater is flowing. Last month, TEPCO discovered more than 300 tons of contaminated water had leaked from the tank. Company officials said some of the water may have reached the sea. Sep. 5, 2013 - Updated 11:23 UTC Bonus Link for Today: Hundreds of Whales Radiated to Death, by Fukushima • Video Latest Headlines: http://enenews.com/ Reuters: Crane arm snaps while removing debris from Fukushima Unit 3 (VIDEO) TV: People will be consuming radioactive material coming from Fukushima — Seafood "much further away" from region will have unacceptable levels of contamination at times, says senior scientist (VIDEO) Emergency declared at U.S. nuclear plant due to fire in turbine building — Two 'reflash events' occurred — Fire emergency lasted over four hours #PaloVerde Japan Expert: Covering Fukushima reactors in concrete like at Chernobyl should be considered — Nuclear Official: If we just buried them, no one would want to look at another nuke plant AP: "Major source" of ocean contamination from Fukushima not revealed — Nuclear waste exits from cracks in reactor buildings, then goes into Pacific — Never enters groundwater, flows directly through ground Nuclear Experts: Situation at Fukushima "far worse than we truly know" — "No one really knows the true severity" — "We don't know anything yet" New York Times: Experts warn molten fuel may be underground beneath Fukushima reactor buildings — Doubt that it can be extricated Tokyo Professor: 'Huge' potential for harm from Fukushima contaminated water entering ocean — Warns of severe consequences Report: Study warns Fukushima contamination "is becoming more concentrated as it crosses Pacific Ocean, rather than dispersing" — "It's making a beeline for U.S. West Coast" — "Scientists causing panic in public" Reuters: "International alarm" — Fukushima radiation leaks spike to record levels — "Too little, too late" for Japan gov't Japan Expert: Contamination from Fukushima is traveling "under the seabed" and spreading further out in Pacific Ocean — Measures needed to stop flow NBC Nightly News: Concerns are growing tonight, especially out West, about the continuing radiation threat from Fukushima — Japanese Diplomat: U.S. food supply stands to be contaminated (VIDEO) UC Berkeley Nuclear Professor: Work to go on for thousands of years at Fukushima site if they can't retrieve melted fuel (AUDIO) Fukushima Plume Headed to Southern Hemisphere: Enters South Pacific and Indian Ocean after 2 decades — Will contain around 25% of total cesium-137 release Nuclear Expert on CNN: "Organized denial" at Fukushima — "Tepco not in control at all" — "Very worrying" (VIDEO)