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Amy Lange Kawamura

@amylangekawamura.bsky.social

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Fukushima lover. My site about Fukushima for kids: https://amylangekawamura.com Author of RAIDER MAYER WON'T GET PUSHED AROUND MG (for kids ages 8-12) Raider is a fan of sumo. (Pushed around? Get it? Get it?!!?!) NO AI

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Amy Lange Kawamura @amylangekawamura.bsky.social · 29d

After ten full years of trying to get my manuscript traditionally published, I will self-publish it.

It is MG (for kids about ten to twelve.)

I collaged the cover using washi paper made in Fukushima. Discussing illustrations with Lilia, will put her name at bottom.

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Amy Lange Kawamura @amylangekawamura.bsky.social · 37m

Thank you.❤️

Amy Lange Kawamura @amylangekawamura.bsky.social · 41m

Fukushima is NOT festering.

It's Tokyo Electric's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant that is a mess. It failed.

Fukushima? We are heroes.

Amy Lange Kawamura @amylangekawamura.bsky.social · 42m

There are several ways to go into Fukushima:
By train
By bus
By car
By airplane
By bicycle
By motorcyle
On foot
By helicopter (only recommend if you are part of military)

Also miscellaneousm like skateboard.

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Amy Lange Kawamura @amylangekawamura.bsky.social · 1h

Pretty soon we will get to a point where we humans can't trust anything on the internet. You won't know if I'm human. I won't know if you're human. Etc.

And there will be news of things that are fake, but humans will believe the "news" bc it looks 100% real. Etc.

Sad about this....

Amy Lange Kawamura @amylangekawamura.bsky.social · 1h

Yes.

Amy Lange Kawamura @amylangekawamura.bsky.social · 1h

Fukushima higanbana

This is a natural shot.
I'm up high, shooting towards the field of spider lilies. There's a leafy tree in front of me, so I'm shooting through a gap in the leaves.

Amy Lange Kawamura @amylangekawamura.bsky.social · 16h

I have to eat lunch now (it's noon in Japan.)

Have a nice evening. ❤️

Amy

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Amy Lange Kawamura @amylangekawamura.bsky.social · 16h

I am not from California, so I am watching this:

nonukesca.net/how-diablo-c...

How Diablo Canyon Got Its Name – Fred Collins | NoNukesCA.net

nonukesca.net

Amy Lange Kawamura @amylangekawamura.bsky.social · 16h

@acehoffman.bsky.social

I have a question. Where is the actual canyon? I don't meant the nuclear power plant called "Diablo Canyon."
I mean: Where is the canyon called Diablo Canyon?

I'm so curious.

Amy Lange Kawamura @amylangekawamura.bsky.social · 16h

No, it's not a problem.
That's what pro-nuclear people say. "I don't have enough space."

If you don't have enough space, the nickname is Daiichi.

Amy Lange Kawamura @amylangekawamura.bsky.social · 16h

I don't know much about Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power plant.

I mean, I know the name, I know it is on the coast of California. But not much else.

But you can be sure it wasn't named "PG&E Nuclear Power Plant" or "Westinghouse Nuclear Power Plant" for a reason.

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Amy Lange Kawamura @amylangekawamura.bsky.social · 16h

Or Indian Point?

Or Wolf Creek?

What's going on?

It's on purpose.

Amy Lange Kawamura @amylangekawamura.bsky.social · 16h

IMHO, I know that the nuclear industry does this on purpose.

The nuclear industry wants people to call the plant "Fukushima."

The nuclear industry does NOT want people to call it it "Tokyo Electric" or "General Electric."

Why would a plant ever be named Turkey Point? Turkeys didn't build it.

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Amy Lange Kawamura @amylangekawamura.bsky.social · 17h

If you are terrible with names...........

Well, part of the problem is that (like you said) everybody in the U.S. uses the wrong name.
Because they don't care.
But you care, right?

If somebody's name is Mary Beth, and somebody calls her Mary Ann---does that person care about her? No.

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Amy Lange Kawamura @amylangekawamura.bsky.social · 17h

Not number one as in "best."
Number one is in "First to be here."

A very boring name in Japanese, but you can see it doesn't give an indication of the owner of the plant (Tokyo Electric) or the builder of the plant (General Electric.) Both companies are savvy and keep their own names separate.

Amy Lange Kawamura @amylangekawamura.bsky.social · 17h

"What about a hyphen between the words? Okay? Not okay?"

You can use a hyphen.

But the name is Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power plant.
It means: "Fukushima Number One Nuclear Power plant"

Daiichi means "Number One"
It was the first nuclear plant in Fukushima. (Fukushima Daini was the second.)

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Amy Lange Kawamura @amylangekawamura.bsky.social · 17h

If you can't remember, well----don't discuss it.

If I can't remember somebody's name, I shouldn't be discussing that person as an expert. Etc.

Amy Lange Kawamura @amylangekawamura.bsky.social · 17h

"Pretty much no one in America calls it Fukushima Daiichi"

That's because people who calls the plant by the wrong name are jerks. Or are ignorant.
Just because a person is American, doesn't make that person correct. The name of the plant is NOT Fukushima, nor is it shorthand. Full Stop.

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Amy Lange Kawamura @amylangekawamura.bsky.social · 17h

Aw, thank you. I can tell that you do really care, and while I just skimmed, I agree with what you say about hubris causing the meltdowns. While the direct cause was the tsunami, the real cause was poor management by Tokyo Electric. Ignoring issues, etc. etc. etc.

cont.

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Amy Lange Kawamura @amylangekawamura.bsky.social · 17h

In any case, many westerners use "Fukushima" for the name of the plant and I nag at all of them.

In Japan, Fukushima is never a nickname for the plant that meltded down. Never. Only westerners do so, and they do so wrongly.

If using a nickname, we in Fukushima say "Daiichi" or "Daini."

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Amy Lange Kawamura @amylangekawamura.bsky.social · 17h

@acehoffman.bsky.social

Also---there are two nuclear power plants that are in Fukushima, and both are owned by TEPCO (Tokyo Electric) and both begin with "Fukushima-----"
Fukushima Daiichi
Fukushima Daiini

If Fukushima were to be shorthand for the plant's name, then which plant is it?

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Amy Lange Kawamura @amylangekawamura.bsky.social · 17h

Yes, please ONLY USE Fukushima Daiichi for the name of the plant.

I also have to remember to use "Chornobyl" instead of "Chernobyl." Old habits die hard, yes, but please do remember that Fukushima is NOT name of plant.
Thank you.

This is Fukushima⤵️(Fukushima City.)

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Amy Lange Kawamura @amylangekawamura.bsky.social · 17h

Or "Chernobyl" not Soviets. Or Lenin (as plant was originally named.)

Or "Three Mile Island) instead of "Metropolitan Edison Company."

The responsible people are off the hook, blame-wise. The average person doesn't know what TEPCO or Metropolitan Edison is. Etc.

Amy Lange Kawamura @amylangekawamura.bsky.social · 17h

If you look at the names of nuclear power plants, you'll find that they rarely are the name of the electric company. I think it is obvious that this is because if there is a serious problem at the plant, then people think of the problem as Fukushima, not TEPCO.

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Amy Lange Kawamura @amylangekawamura.bsky.social · 17h

The nuclear accident happened in Fukushima.

Fukushima is NOT the accident itself.

The nuclear industry often chooses names for its plants that don't reflect what the plant is about. Example: Comanche Peak NPP (in TX) etc. This is done on purpose, IMHO.
Don't let the nuclear industry win on this.

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