President Obama: Act now to prevent a second Fukushima disaster

May 10, 2012

The situation at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear site remains perilous. The area has been hit with hundreds of earthquakes since the March 11 Great Earthquake and Tsunami that led to the destruction of four reactors and caused release of massive amounts of radiation. The cooling system for all four damaged reactors is jerry-rigged, shaky, and prone to leaks. Of particular concern is the stability of the irradiated fuel pool at Unit 4, which alone contains about 10 times the amount of radioactive Cesium-137 as was released in the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster.

As Senator Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) put it following his recent visit to Fukushima Daiichi, “The scope of damage to the plants and to the surrounding area was far beyond what I expected and the scope of the challenges to the utility owner, the government of Japan, and to the people of the region are daunting. The precarious status of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear units and the risk presented by the enormous inventory of radioactive materials and spent fuel in the event of further earthquake threats should be of concern to all and a focus of greater international support and assistance.”

Our colleagues in Japan are calling for immediate assistance from the United Nations and establishment of a Nuclear Safety Summit to address the Unit 4 issue. They are seeking support from organizations across the world. If you represent an organization, please provide your support here.

But the United States shouldn't wait for the UN to act--we should begin providing substantive assistance now. All individuals and organizations: Please sign the petition below and urge President Obama to act now and act forcefully to avert a second catastrophe at Fukushima.

Support from our international friends is very welcome. Please share this petition widely! Thank you for your actions.

Dear President Obama,

Please take action now to bring the technical capability, skilled personnel and financial resources necessary to the essential task of stabilizing the irradiated fuel pool at the Fukushima Daiichi Unit 4 reactor, which--as Senator Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) reported following his recent trip to the site--is in a precarious state that could lead to potentially catastrophic consequences for Japan, neighboring countries, and even the United States.

We also ask you to support the effort of dozens of Japanese NGOs, supported by members of Japan's Parliament, seeking immediate United Nations assistance at the Fukushima Daiichi site, where four damaged reactors remain extremely vulnerable to continuing earthquakes and malfunction of a hastily rigged and shaky cooling system. Such assistance should include expedited establishment of a Nuclear Safety Summit to assess and coordinate international assistance to stabilize the Unit 4 fuel pool.

However, the U.S. need not wait for the UN to begin the process of providing expertise and resources to our friends in Japan. The U.S. has the capability to respond to this crisis immediately, to shore up the pool and to begin moving this fuel from the pool in 2012.

Prevention of the unfolding catastrophe at Fukushima is essential. Your leadership is absolutely critical. Please make the situation at Fukushima a top priority for your administration.

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Number	Date	Name	Organization	Location
4637	Fri May 17 09:25:56 EDT 2013	odile legrand		Nice, ot , FR	Thank you for your attention. Odile legrand
4636	Fri Mar 22 08:20:00 EDT 2013	Tremellat Eric		ot , FR
4635	Sat Mar 02 14:21:17 EST 2013	Lydia Mosa		St Laurent du var, ot , FR
4634	Sat Jan 26 03:54:10 EST 2013	James Wong	SOHK	Kowloon, ot , HK
4633	Mon Dec 03 21:24:43 EST 2012	Julian Umberger		IL ,
4632	Wed Nov 28 00:59:03 EST 2012	Phoebe Sorgen	Fukushima Response Bay Area	Berkeley, CA , US
4631	Tue Nov 27 23:58:31 EST 2012	Rebecca Anderson		St Paul, MN , US
4630	Tue Nov 20 11:33:02 EST 2012	Daniela Arnon		San Luis Obispo, CA , US	We need to move to clean energy and to be more mindful of usage. Let's shut down the nuke plants and stop creating this very toxic waste! We have plenty of sun and wind. We can encourage passive solar More....
4629	Mon Nov 05 11:26:05 EST 2012	Chaz Rice		Garden City, KS , US
4628	Thu Oct 18 17:17:07 EDT 2012	Lynn Biddle		Cambridge, MA , US
4627	Fri Sep 28 15:29:35 EDT 2012	Marité POINAS	Santé naturelle	CLERMONT-FERRAND, ot , FR
4626	Thu Sep 27 22:00:48 EDT 2012	rachel chaput		Dingmans Ferry, PA , US
4625	Wed Sep 26 14:20:45 EDT 2012	Anne-Sylvie Atinault		LE HAVRE, ot , FX
4624	Wed Sep 26 14:20:17 EDT 2012	Anne-Sylvie Atinault		LE HAVRE, ot , FX
4623	Sun Sep 23 11:57:32 EDT 2012	Jean-François Roudaut	La Vie et la Santé Naturelles	ot , FR
4622	Wed Sep 19 20:32:50 EDT 2012	Jan-Paul Alon		Cherry Hill, NJ , US
4621	Tue Sep 18 23:11:52 EDT 2012	Anonymous		Santa Fe, NM , US
4620	Tue Sep 18 12:26:32 EDT 2012	Christopher Evans		Near Byton Hand, ot , GB
4619	Tue Sep 18 09:16:42 EDT 2012	Sandra Teager		Lija, OH , MT
4618	Tue Sep 18 07:41:05 EDT 2012	jazmine ganado		ot , PH
4617	Sun Sep 16 19:03:20 EDT 2012	Douglas Ower		Zion , IL , US
4616	Sun Sep 16 14:03:45 EDT 2012	sophie panoria		livry-gargan, ot , FX
4615	Sun Sep 09 18:15:55 EDT 2012	Colleen McGlone		New Port RIchey, FL , US
4614	Sun Sep 09 12:18:50 EDT 2012	Caroline Metzler	Coyote Creative Graphic Design	Hotchkiss, CO , US	This is URGENT. Do something before all life on this planet is harmed for centuries!!!!!!
4613	Mon Aug 20 19:30:07 EDT 2012	Harvey Kaplan	The Journal of Environmental Rsdiology	Chicago, IL , US

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