There were 2 hour long program over the 2
weeks nearer to March 11 anniversary. I watched both of them. They were well documented and featuring how
children have been feeling from their point of view which was very
touching. I heard lots of good comments from my friends who
watched, especially about the second one with children in Minami
Soma-city.
However
I was disappointed with these reasons. First one was focused on first a
few weeks of what happened at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, but I think
it gave an impression that it was about “the past” because it never mentioned what’s been happening till now even there has been continuous leaking of
the radiation into the air and the sea. What about reactor 4? It
could potentially bring even more catastrophe than ever. “The greatest tsunami in
1,000 years” which was used by BBC2 program was a
phrase once used by Tepco, then later it was criticized as a wrong expression
in Japan. I read a report which said the highest wave that hit Fukushima
Daiichi nuclear power plant was 15m. In 2008 Tepco submitted their report
in which said over 15 m height of wave could hit the plant, but they dismissed
their own calculation and did nothing to implement their report. Tepco
shouldn’t have really said one in 1000 years and
unimaginable, it is more like one in 100
years, and it showed how un-responsible company Tepco is. I
wonder if BBC did their own research for making these programs. If you
look at Japanese history, there was a
huge tsunami with highest wave 38.2m hit the east coast of Japan in 1896 which
came after magnitude -8.5 earthquake, resulting in 22,000 people dead.
Also I would like to comment on “Iodine tablet”. Japanese
government never instructed citizens in the affected area to take the
tablet. People who took it were Tepco people’s family as they knew the danger, and
also citizens in Miharu-machi where they decided to take it voluntarily without
waiting for the government’s instruction. So it
is doubtful that in the first program one father giving her daughter the iodine
tablet. Even if he did, it doesn’t represent at
all for most of citizens. Also there
isn’t any
single case of children who already suffered radiation related symptoms such as
nose bleeding, diarrhea 2 months after the explosions. Children who already have these symptoms are not just worried about
their future as it said in BBC program, but worried about what’s happening in their body right now as well. Already three
children developed thyroid cancer. It’s
more likely that seven more will develop thyroid cancer, too.
It
seems that BBC doesn’t’ want to broadcast anything that might
the citizens to stir up anti-nuclear movement. When there were so many
demonstrations going on towards and around March 11 this year, I heard nothing
about them in the main stream media.
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