Tony Muga: Deception Over Fukushima Nuclear Disaster

According to several stunning editorials by authors Lucas W. Hixon and Joy Thompson, evidence obtained through an FOIA request reveals a 'cover-up' by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission in an effort to conceal the severity of the meltdowns in Fukushima, Japan. The FOIA request was initiated by the Friends of the Earth (FOE), the Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR), and the Nuclear Information and Resource Center (NIRS) in March of 2011. Physicians for Social Responsibility explain the purpose of the request on YubaNet.com: "On March 16, 2011, NRC Commissioner Gregory B Jaczko told Congress that he was recommending a 50-mile evacuation radius. The scope of the recommended evacuation is highly unusual and suggestive of extraordinarily high radiation levels in excess of those reported to the public in Japan and the US. In the US, nuclear reactor licensees and local governments are only asked to provide for evacuation out to 10 miles. As concerns grow about food and water contamination in Japan, the three groups are seeking to determine the answer to this key question: What made Jaczko exceed the limits of his own agency's regulations by five times? Surely by coincidence, the Qur'an burnings in Afghanistan have taken place just as the analysis of these documents, and the documents themselves, are being made public. It should be no surprise that the corporate controlled mainstream media is ignoring this blockbuster revelation instead of exposing it and demanding an investigation.