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In reply to the discussion: America in 'huge trouble,' says nuclear expert [View all]lovuian
(19,362 posts)15. Huffington Post article
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/vivian-norris-de-montaigu/fukushimas-nuclear-nightm_b_1430816.html
The visit to Japan some twenty days after the catastrophic earthquake, horrific tsunami and resulting nuclear accidents at the Fukushima Daiichi site by French president Nicolas Sarkozy is described as having been focused on the continued sale of deadly MOX (a "dirty" mixture of Plutonium and Depleted Uranium). In the article, the claim is made that the French are now seen in Japan as "chi no shonin" or merchants of death. The false assertion that the French team arrived in Japan to show solidarity with those who had so greatly suffered is a joke. This is about a powerful nuclear industry protecting its own, and reaping profits from not only the sale of radioactive materials, but also winning extraordinarily lucrative contracts for the cleanup and disposal of the nuclear waste and what is left of the reactors at Fukushima. In other words, as in the oil industry where companies such as Halliburton make money off the building, operating and selling of materials to the oil industry, when disaster strikes, they also make billions off the cleanup. It's called a vertical monopoly. In other words, even disasters are lucrative. Just take a look at all of the funds investing on the negative outcomes of our common future if you want to see how the wealthiest are hedging their bets by betting on the worst of the worst kinds of outcomes for humanity and our planet.
We know that a Japan Chemical plant that went on Fire
Housed Depleted Uranium
The visit to Japan some twenty days after the catastrophic earthquake, horrific tsunami and resulting nuclear accidents at the Fukushima Daiichi site by French president Nicolas Sarkozy is described as having been focused on the continued sale of deadly MOX (a "dirty" mixture of Plutonium and Depleted Uranium). In the article, the claim is made that the French are now seen in Japan as "chi no shonin" or merchants of death. The false assertion that the French team arrived in Japan to show solidarity with those who had so greatly suffered is a joke. This is about a powerful nuclear industry protecting its own, and reaping profits from not only the sale of radioactive materials, but also winning extraordinarily lucrative contracts for the cleanup and disposal of the nuclear waste and what is left of the reactors at Fukushima. In other words, as in the oil industry where companies such as Halliburton make money off the building, operating and selling of materials to the oil industry, when disaster strikes, they also make billions off the cleanup. It's called a vertical monopoly. In other words, even disasters are lucrative. Just take a look at all of the funds investing on the negative outcomes of our common future if you want to see how the wealthiest are hedging their bets by betting on the worst of the worst kinds of outcomes for humanity and our planet.
We know that a Japan Chemical plant that went on Fire
Housed Depleted Uranium
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Members of my family have spent the last 30 years moving NUCLEAR waste around and...
Tikki
May 2012
#43
Your credibility on this matter has been shown to be zero. When you're in a hole, quit digging.
apocalypsehow
May 2012
#105
Funny, I don't see a single mention of fuel rods killing billions of people in that article.
EOTE
May 2012
#97
Yeah, that's right. It's either "everything's dandy!" or "Everyone's gonna die!!!!"
EOTE
May 2012
#108
I compared this graphic to others that showed a similar profile, not to show amount,
alfredo
May 2012
#52
Not just US, America...because it is far worst and not being reported as such
mother earth
May 2012
#7
I didn't quote any article and am going by memory, and how I interpreted what I read, not a
mother earth
May 2012
#74
And everything that comes directly from Sen Wyden, take seriously. "Christina Consolo"? not so much.
Warren DeMontague
May 2012
#45
the 1565 fuel rod claim and the number of people claim are both coming from Natural News
Occulus
May 2012
#46
And it is extreme ignorance and bigotry to refer to other cultural beliefs as "Woo-Woo."
BeHereNow
May 2012
#92
Oh hell, would you take the time to watch a documentary and open your mind for an hour?
BeHereNow
May 2012
#94
Yes, if the Kogi and Hopi prophecies are the same, it is just coincidence...
SidDithers
May 2012
#75
In the past 60 years, we've already vaporized and distributed many pounds of plutonium into the air
NickB79
May 2012
#73
"I am a nuclear chemical operator" - LOL. Fancy that! I'm an astronaunt working on warp drive for
apocalypsehow
May 2012
#106