Fukushima disaster “beyond a cover-up” — Japan gov’t thinks they
can get away with tricking masses about extent of problem — Officials and Tepco
cannot be trusted, they are lying to the camera
Title: Are the Japanese government lying about the fallout from
Fukushima?
Source: Newstalk 106 FM Author:
Raf Diallo
Date: 29 August 2013
Alexis Dudden (SOURCE: University of Connecticut)
[...] Alexis Dudden, a Professor of History at the University of
Connecticut and a regular visitor to
Japan [who was recently in Fukushima Prefecture] spoke to me about events in
the country and why the Japanese government nor the Tokyo Electrical Power
Company (TEPCO) can be trusted regarding the nuclear issue. Two
years ago she told me that the way the Fukushima disaster was handled was
beyond a cover-up and her opinion has not changed.
“There is a willful determination that (the government) can get
away with it, that they can get away with tricking the masses about the extent
of the problem. [Japan's] former ambassador to Switzerland wrote a letter to
the International Olympic Committee, saying that the government lied,” says
Dudden of a situation she believes is just as bad as Chernobyl in relation to
its long-term impact. [...]
“They blamed TEPCO for the last two years
but they haven’t moved to disband the organization. Shares in TEPCO were doing well until
recently so the people in charge profited
in the interim. They are lying to the camera,” says Dudden. [...]
She believes that hundreds of
thousands of people should have been evacuated from the affected area
immediately after the disaster to reduce pain and suffering and it is a view
backed up by the head of Japan’s Medical Association who also happens to be
from Fukushima. [...]
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