ML12180A637
| ML12180A637 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Indian Point  |
| Issue date: | 05/17/2011 |
| From: | Booth R, Mccurry J The Guardian |
| To: | Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel |
| SECY RAS | |
| Shared Package | |
| ML12180A631 | List: |
| References | |
| RAS 22852, 50-247-LR, 50-286-LR, ASLBP 07-858-03-LR-BD01 | |
| Download: ML12180A637 (1) | |
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An elderly couple sit near a woodburning stove in agymnasium being used to house those displaced by the Japanese earthquake and tsunami in town of Otsuchi Photograph: IFRC/Getty Images The devastating impact of the Japanese earthquake on the country's ageing population was exposed on Thursday as dozens of elderly people were confirmed dead in hospitals and residential homes as heating fuel and medicine ran out.
In one particularly shocking incident, Japan's self-defence force discovered 128 elderly people abandoned by medical staff at a hospital six miles from the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant. Most of them were comatose and 14 died shortly afterwards. Eleven others were reported dead at a retirement home in Kesennuma because of freezing Japanese earthquake takes heavy toll on ageing population Shocking stories of deaths emerge as the military is enlisted to help at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant Robert Booth, and Justin McCurry in Tokyo guardian.co.uk, Thursday 17 March 2011 16.56 EDT Page 1 of 1 6/26/2012 http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/mar/17/japanese-earthquake-toll-ageing-population...
Exhibit CLE000052 Submitted June 28, 2012