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Ministry to invite big-name SNS users to Japan to curb radiation rumors. Japan Passes Law To Cleanse Internet Of "Bad" Fukushima Radiation News - Jersey City Civil Rights. Japan has passed a law that will enable the police and contractors to monitor internet activity without restriction to "cleanse" the Internet of any "bad" Fukushima radiation news.

Japan Passes Law To Cleanse Internet Of "Bad" Fukushima Radiation News - Jersey City Civil Rights

As I previous reported, Japan has officially ordered the censorship of any reporting of the truth about the Fukushima nuclear radiation fallout by ordering telecommunications companies and web masters to scrub any stories negative stories from the about the disaster. Japan Officially Orders Censorship Of Truth About Fukushima Nuclear Radiation DisasterThe government of Japan has issued an official order to telecommunications companies and web masters to censor reports which contradict the state media reports that the Fukushima nuclear radiation disaster is over. The government charges that the damage caused by earthquakes and by the nuclear accident are being magnified by irresponsible rumors, and the government must take action for the sake of the public good.

Prof. Ibusuki of Seijo Univ. Japan: Fukushima robot operator publishes tell-all diaries and videos, now offline. IEEE Spectrum reports on a pseudonymous/anonymous tell-all blog written by a Fukushima Daiichi cleanup worker whose job is to operate robots (actually, iRobot robots) at the tsunami- and quake-damaged, radioactivity-spewing power plant in Japan.

Japan: Fukushima robot operator publishes tell-all diaries and videos, now offline

The IEEE Spectrum item includes complete English language translations of some of the whistleblower's blog posts, all of which are now offline. This is a must-read. The worker known as "S.H. " wrote about the hazardous, chaotic, high-radiation environment in which he and other workers deploy remote-controlled robots "to assist with efforts to further stabilize and shut down the plant’s four troubled reactors. " Fukushima Robot Operator Writes Tell-All Blog. An anonymous worker at Japan’s Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant has written dozens of blog posts describing the ups and downs of his experience as one of the lead robot operators at the crippled facility.

Fukushima Robot Operator Writes Tell-All Blog

His blog provides a window into the complex and dangerous work environment faced by the operators, a small group of young technicians who, like other front-line personnel, must approach areas of high radiation, deploying remote-controlled robots to assist with efforts to further stabilize and shut down the plant’s four troubled reactors. The blog posts, which have recently been deleted, depict the operators’ extensive robot training exercises, as well as actual missions, including surveying damage and contamination in and around the reactors and improvising a robotic vacuum to suck up radioactive dust.