{"id":718,"date":"2011-04-01T09:37:45","date_gmt":"2011-04-01T09:37:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldteamnow.org\/blog\/?p=718"},"modified":"2011-04-20T12:22:43","modified_gmt":"2011-04-20T12:22:43","slug":"season-for-change-fukushima-nuclear-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldteamnow.org\/blog\/2011\/04\/01\/season-for-change-fukushima-nuclear-power\/","title":{"rendered":"Season for Change- Fukushima Nuclear Catastrophe"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5>Seasons for Change<\/h5>\n<div id=\"attachment_754\" style=\"width: 249px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/worldteamnow.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/trinity_shot_color.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-754\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-754\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/worldteamnow.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/trinity_shot_color.jpg?w=240\" alt=\"\" width=\"239\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/worldteamnow.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/trinity_shot_color.jpg 1180w, https:\/\/worldteamnow.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/trinity_shot_color-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/worldteamnow.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/trinity_shot_color-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/worldteamnow.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/trinity_shot_color-640x800.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 239px) 100vw, 239px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-754\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo courtesy of National Nuclear Security Administration \/ Nevada Site Office<\/p><\/div>\n<p>During seasons of change ushered in by\u00a0catastrophic\u00a0events the song made for\u00a0<a title=\"The World Team Song\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=sRocRxT-LU8&amp;feature=youtube_gdata_player\"> World Team<\/a>,\u00a0\u00a0gives hope. \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldteamnow.org\">World Team Now<\/a> took action and approached the US government with <a href=\"http:\/\/worldteamnow.org\/blog\/2011\/03\/25\/its-time-to-end-reliance-on-nuclear-power\/\">a coalition<\/a> to support energy policy.<\/p>\n<p>Silence, contemplation and inner retreat has helped to reflect on the past seasons of catastrophic events; first with the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Deepwater_Horizon_oil_spill\">Deep Water Horizon Oil Spill <\/a>and again this year with the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fukushima_I_nuclear_accidents\">Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant\u2019s radiation <\/a>(<a href=\"http:\/\/futurepredictions.com\/2011\/03\/21\/japan-news-close-up-of-fukushima-dai-ichi-nuclear-power-plant-showing-aerial-pictures-of-potential-meltdown-and-how-it-would-happen\/\" target=\"_blank\">here is a visual story<\/a>);<\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"font-size:14px;line-height:23px;font-weight:normal;\">The metaphor of Groundhog Day, with the concept of \u201cseeing the shadow\u201d as how it relates to the coming of the Spring season, and it\u2019s cycle of renewal, an opportunity for new growth! Dedicated to the environmental and social issues&#8211;to raise consciousness through the World Team project, these events are unfathomable to comprehend especially as our World Team concept began in Japan. \u00a0Appreciation of our clean air, water and earth&#8217;s\u00a0precious\u00a0resources is key along with food, shelter, sleep and love. \u00a0Prayers go out to our friends and extended family in Japan and in the Ivory Coast that are challenged now.<\/span><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px;line-height:23px;font-weight:normal;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The situation now at \u00a0Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant is best\u00a0understood\u00a0from a broad perspective and a\u00a0scientific\u00a0one, so please click on the below links to keep up to date with the radiation, and for concerns about the nuclear catastrophe. \u00a0The <strong>Agencies<\/strong> list the facts of the situation, and are worth to check on daily. \u00a0The <strong>Media Coverage<\/strong> listed are the news outlets that are intelligently and\u00a0consistently\u00a0publishing solid stories. The <strong>Articles <\/strong>are one&#8217;s we have read and found to be of significant value. \u00a0The <strong>Blogs <\/strong>we selected are credible scientific sources that post accurate information before the traditional media outlets can,\u00a0because\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/armscontrolwonk.com\/about\">they are the experts<\/a>. \u00a0Traditional media coverage is slower with presenting the news, because they need\u00a0to check and validate the facts with experts.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Agencies:<br \/>\n<\/strong><span style=\"font-size:13px;line-height:22px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.iaea.org\/newscenter\/news\/tsunamiupdate01.html\">International Atomic Energy Ageency (IAEA)<br \/>\n<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-size:13px;line-height:22px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/allthingsnuclear.org\/archive\" target=\"_blank\">All Things Nuclear Archive of Events<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-size:13px;line-height:22px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jaif.or.jp\/english\/index.php\">Japan Atomic Industrial Forum (JAIF)<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<div><strong><span style=\"font-size:14px;line-height:23px;\">Media Coverage:<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px;line-height:23px;\"> <a href=\"http:\/\/www3.nhk.or.jp\/nhkworld\/\">NHK<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/\">NYTimes<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/english.kyodonews.jp\/\">Kyodonews<\/a>,\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2011\/WORLD\/asiapcf\/03\/31\/japan.nuclear.reactors\/index.html\">CNN,<\/a> and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/\">NPR<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong><br \/>\nArticles:<br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2011\/03\/16\/world\/asia\/reactors-status.html\">Status of the Nuclear Reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi Power Plant<br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/article\/SB10001424052748704530204576236741406417116.html?mod=googlenews_wsj\">Energy Secretary Chu Says Reactor Core is Damaged<br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/motherjones.com\/blue-marble\/2011\/03\/does-us-nuclear-emergeny-planning-need-overhaul\">Do you live In A Nuclear Danger Zone?<br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/2011\/03\/16\/japan-disaster-nuclear-opinions-roubini-economics.html?partner=weekly_newsletter\">Fukushima vs. Three Mile Island vs.\u00a0Chernobyl<br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.foreignaffairs.com\/print\/67505?page=2\">Preventing the Next Nuclear Meltdown<br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2011\/03\/26\/world\/asia\/dangers-of-radiation-for-workers-at-fukushima-daiichi.html?ref=asia\">Dangers of Radiation for Workers at Fukushima Daiichi<br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessweek.com\/news\/2011-03-30\/radiation-threatened-fukushima-accuses-japan-of-information-void.html\">Radiation Threatened\u00a0Japan\u00a0Accuses\u00a0Fukushima of Information Void<br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.aljazeera.net\/asia\/2011\/03\/25\/event-nuclear-meltdown-well-go-west\">In the Event of A Nuclear Meltdown, Well, Go West?<br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2011\/03\/22\/world\/asia\/22nuclear.html?_r=2&amp;pagewanted=1\">Japan Extended Reactors Life Despite Warning<br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/motherjones.com\/mojo\/2011\/03\/nuclear-watchdog-report-highlights-near-misses-us-facilities\">Nuclear Watchdog Report Highlights: US Near Misses<br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/business\/ct-biz-0327-oyster-creek-20110326,0,90808.story\">Japan Disaster Puts Spotlight on 4 Decade Old Excelon Nuclear Power Plant<br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.grist.org\/energy-policy\/2011-03-18-renewables-or-nuclear-maybe-we-do-have-to-choose\">Renewables or Nuclear: Maybe we Do Have to Choose?<br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/money.cnn.com\/2011\/03\/25\/news\/economy\/nuclear_accident_costs\/\">Nuclear Industry\u00a0Shielded\u00a0From Big Disaster Costs<br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brookings.edu\/opinions\/2011\/0401_nuclear_meltdown_kaufmann.aspx\">Preventing Nuclear Meltdown:Assessing Regulatory Failure in Japan and USA<\/a><\/p>\n<div><strong>Blogs:<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/lewis.armscontrolwonk.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Lewis Arms Control<\/a><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/japanfocus.org\/-Arjun-Makhijani\/3509\" target=\"_blank\">Japan Focus<\/a><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/catdynamics\/2011\/03\/fuk-d_what_happened_to_the_rea.php? utm_source=networkbanner&amp;utm_medium=link\">Dynamics of Cats<\/a><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/techyum.com\/2011\/03\/nhk-confirms-fukushima-meltdown\/\" target=\"_blank\">Techyum<\/a><\/div>\n<p><strong><br \/>\nCoping<br \/>\n<\/strong>The known 5 stages of grieving in the process of loss are valuable to understand as they help to shed light towards\u00a0catastrophe\u00a0and death. Elisabeth\u00a0K\u00fcbler-Ross applies below to any form of catastrophic loss (job, income, freedom), as well many\u00a0<a title=\"Tragedies\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tragedies\">tragedies<\/a> and\u00a0<a title=\"Disasters\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Disasters\">disasters<\/a>. The stages, known in its abbreviated form\u00a0<strong>DABDA<\/strong>, include:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Denial\">Denial<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Anger\">Anger<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bargaining\">Bargaining<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a title=\"Depression (mood)\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Depression_(mood)\">Depression<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Acceptance\">Acceptance<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Understanding<br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ernest_J._Sternglass\">Dr. \u00a0Ernest Sternglass <\/a>changed my understanding of the power of nuclear energy in an interview I did with him more than 15 years ago about the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Linear_no-threshold_model\">cumulative\u00a0effects of low level radiation<\/a>. \u00a0He was is brilliant man who shared about his meeting with Albert Einstein. \u00a0He explained that Albert was near the end of his life about the same age difference as between Sternglass and I. \u00a0Sternglass described Einstein as a&#8221; broken man&#8221; who was guilt ridden with the effect of his contribution to\u00a0science\u00a0that helped usher in the nuclear error (or era).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Prayer<br \/>\n<\/strong>The prayer offered by Dr. Masaru Emoto\u00a0has a powerful intent to change \u00a0the property of the radioactive water, see below for his suggested words. \u00a0Try praying it in a way that communicates truth and pure\u00a0intent\u00a0for you;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The water of Fukushima Nuclear Plant, we are sorry to make you suffer.\u00a0\u00a0Please forgive us.\u00a0\u00a0We thank you, and we love you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If his goals are\u00a0realized\u00a0healing an\u00a0awakening would occur for\u00a0Japan\u00a0waters and our sea that connects all of us \u00a0around the world. \u00a0What is there to loose with prayer? Only if\u00a0it works, globally we would have to re-shape and change our perception of consciousness to see the power of both science and prayer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The situation now at  Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant is best understood from broad perspective and a scientific one: below are links to agencies, articles media sources &amp; blogs.Sternglass described Einstein as a&#8221; broken man&#8221; who was guilt ridden with the effect of his contribution to science that helped usher in the nuclear error (or era).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":754,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14526],"tags":[2983601,193933,106888,35670433,2389020,26948820,52938338,349326,2062,2348946,1927652,146226,13570,1468785,14157,183866727,183866729],"post_series":[],"class_list":["post-718","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-change","tag-5-stages-of-grief","tag-albert-einstein","tag-chernobyl","tag-deep-water-horizon-oil-spill","tag-dr-emoto","tag-dr-ernest-sternglass","tag-fukushima-nuclear-power-plant","tag-iaea","tag-japan","tag-kubler-ross","tag-nuclear-meltdown","tag-radiation","tag-renewable-energy","tag-three-mile-island","tag-water","tag-world-team","tag-world-team-now","post-preview"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldteamnow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/718","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldteamnow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldteamnow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldteamnow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldteamnow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=718"}],"version-history":[{"count":25,"href":"https:\/\/worldteamnow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/718\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":760,"href":"https:\/\/worldteamnow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/718\/revisions\/760"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldteamnow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/754"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldteamnow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldteamnow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldteamnow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=718"},{"taxonomy":"post_series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldteamnow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_series?post=718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}