Cesium Red Alert

A pool of dangerous radioactive cesium 10 times that of the Chernobyl disaster still sits exposed at Fukushima Daiichi reactor #4. With our government failing to protect us, a group of Japanese citizens are calling for the UN to intervene. Sign the petition urging the UN to send an independent team of experts before it’s too late:

Dear friends across Japan, 

Experts have warned that a pool of dangerous radioactive cesium -- 10 times that of the Chernobyl disaster -- still sits exposed at Fukushima Daiichi reactor #4. With the Japanese government failing to act, it’s time for us to call for an international intervention. 

If this pool were to leak, it could cause a radioactive fire forcing the evacuation of 35 million people in Tokyo! Now 72 civil society groups and experts are calling for a UN-led independent assessment team -- with no ties to the dirty nuclear industry -- to help ensure our safety. A massive jolt of people-power can help thrust the UN into action. 

Let's make sure we don't live through another Fukushima disaster. Call on Secretary General Ban Ki Moon to address this urgent emergency immediately. Sign the petition now and forward this to everyone you know. We'll deliver it straight to the UN headquarters in New York when we reach 50,000 signatures: 

http://www.avaaz.org/en/un_for_fukushima_daiichi/?vl 

It's hard to imagine what our lives would be like if Japan were to face another nuclear disaster. Not only would millions of people need to be evacuated from their homes, the economic effects would devastate our country and the terrifying consequences on environment and health would haunt us for generations. As it stands, reactor #4 at Fukushima Daiichi is a ticking bomb waiting to explode. 

Despite countless warnings over the safety of Fukushima Daiichi, our government has failed to come up with a solution. It has been a year since the accident, yet the pool still lays exposed. Even more, our leaders have failed to keep their promise to set up an independent nuclear regulatory agency by April 1st, and continue to push for the hasty restart of nuclear reactors. When our government fails to protect us, it falls to us to call on the international community to intervene and prevent another nuclear catastrophe. 

Let's make sure Fukushima Daiichi stays in the history books. Call on UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon to send a team of experts that can independently assess and put an end to this gargantuan threat. Sign the petition now and forward this to everyone you know, and we'll deliver it straight to the UN headquarters in New York: 

http://www.avaaz.org/en/un_for_fukushima_daiichi/?vl 

When faced with the continuing dangers of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, it’s easy to feel frightened and discouraged. But we are not alone. By working together can we realize the future we all want. 

With hope and determination, 

Jamie, Michi, Kya, Emily, Michelle, Ricken, Jooyea, and the whole Avaaz team 


MORE INFORMATION 

Doomsday scenarios spread about No. 4 reactor at Fukushima plant (Asahi Shimbun)
http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_news/social_affairs/AJ201205100051

Concerns mount over the growing threat from Fukushima’s spent fuel (Bellona)
http://www.bellona.org/articles/articles_2012/fukushima_spentfuel

The Need for Independent Assessment of the Fourth Reactor (Akio Matsumura - blog) 
http://akiomatsumura.com/2011/10/447.html

Appeal to PM Noda and UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon (Green Action)
http://www.greenaction-japan.org/modules/wordpress0/index.php?p=96