Top Official: Over 60 million Japanese irradiated by Fukushima — Nuclear Expert: 50,000 sq. miles of Japan highly contaminated… Many millions need to be evacuated… Gov’t has decided to sacrifice them, it’s a serious crime — TV: More than 70% of country contaminated by radiation (VIDEOS)

Published: April 12th, 2016 at 3:31 pm ET

Interview with nuclear engineer Hiroaki Koide (translation by Prof. Robert Stolz, transcription by Akiko Anson), published Mar 8, 2016 (emphasis added): (Radioactive) material has been dispersed, contaminating Tohoku, Kanto (Tokyo area), and western Japan… (The law says) that absolutely nothing may be removed from a radioactive management area in which the levels exceed 40,000 Becquerels per square meter… (H)ow much area has been contaminated beyond 40,000 Bq/m2… that answer is 140,000 km^2 (54,054 square miles)… Indeed, while centered on Fukushima, parts of Chiba and Tokyo have also been contaminated. The number of people living in what must be called a radiation-controlled area is in the millions, and could exceed ten million… I believe the government has the responsibility to evacuate these entire communities… the government decided to leave them exposed to the real danger of radiation. In my view, Fukushima should be declared inhabitable… but if that were to be done, it would likely bankrupt the country… They’ve decided to sacrifice people… In my view, this is a serious crime committed by Japan’s ruling elite… (F)undamentally, people must not be forced to live in contaminated areas… First must come complete evacuation… (W)hen it comes to radiation… “removal of contaminants” is impossible… This stuff contaminates everything.

Naoto Kan, former Prime Minister of Japan, Apr 11, 2016 (at 2:15 in): The molten material broke through the pressure vessel and accumulated low down in the containment. Now what would have happened if this molten material had escaped from the containment?… A radius of 250 kilometers — which includes the city of Tokyo — anyone living in this area, if you count them up it comes to 50 million or 40% of the Japanese population, and they would all have had to be evacuated. As we know from Chernobyl, not just a couple of weeks, but 30 years or 40 years — it would have virtually meant the end of Japan. (Note: Many nuclear experts believe the molten fuel did in fact escape from the containment) Half the population was subject to radiation (Japan Population: 127 million). That’s something that could just be imagined, for instance the event of losing a major war.