The Mendocino County Board of Supervisors in California unanimously approved the letter below on October 22, 2013
PDF 10-22-13 Mendocino BOS Fukushima Ltr

The cities of Berkeley and Fairfax in California have also approved resolutions.
http://www.fukushimaresponse.org/Actions_files/BerkelyFukushimaReso%21.pdf
http://www.fukushimaresponse.org/Actions_files/Fairfax%20Reso-Fukushima%20Nuclear.pdf
http://enenews.com/county-officials-california-approve-fukushima-action

If your city, county, province, state or other jurisdiction has taken action, contact Fukushima Response  (info at FukushimaResponse.org www.fukushimaresponse.org) and this website. Send that information also to ENE News (www.enenews.com  –“Submit Your News Tip”, front page)

Finally, take this letter and information on the situation on Fukushima to local officials and tell them to take action on this critical issue. ENE News has extensive information on this situation, and posts information daily.

October 22, 2013

Honorable Barack Obama,
President of the United States
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20500

Dear President Obama,

Deteriorating conditions at the Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear complex clearly constitute an international crisis of epic proportions that requires the highest level of international scientific and technological assistance in an effort to minimize the continuing damage to international health and safety. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe recently appealed to the international community to provide the knowledge and expertise needed to avert disaster. We therefore call upon you to issue an Executive Order directing all appropriate federal agencies to assist in leading an international effort to avert what appears to be a looming catastrophe of unprecedented dimensions. We believe it would be appropriate for the United States, in cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency, to lead this effort and to assure that the needed resources will be available.

Of greatest immediate concern, the unit 4 fuel rods, which are precariously stored 100 feet in the air, in the damaged unit 4 building, must be brought to ground. Removing the fuel rods will be extremely challenging; but is imperative given the compromised condition of the building and the continuing threat of seismic activity or other natural disaster. Additionally, the reactor cores from units 1, 2, and 3 have melted down and are widely believed to have penetrated the floor of the reactor buildings. The fuel rods and the reactor cores must be continually cooled to minimize the release of radioactivity. Contaminated rainwater and cooling water is contained in 1,000 tanks haphazardly placed on site with almost daily reports of leaks. Groundwater also flows freely through the site resulting in the uncontrolled discharge of radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean.

Over two and a half years after the initial disaster of March 11, 2011, the situation remains highly unstable. The Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) remains in charge of the containment and cleanup of the site, but does not appear to have the resources or expertise to accomplish the task. TEPCO also does not plan to remove the melted reactor cores until 2020, virtually guaranteeing that contaminated groundwater will flow uncontrolled through the site and into the Pacific Ocean for the next seven years.

In addition to the requested Executive Order, we also call upon you to assure that the federal government is conducting all appropriate monitoring and testing to assess the level and impacts of radioactive contamination to west coast communities and the near shore marine environment. Our County’s link to these events also encompass personal relationships through Sister City partnerships between Fort Bragg and Otsuchi and between Mendocino and Miasa-Omachi.

Given the recent invitation from Prime Minister Abe, it is now both appropriate and imperative that the international community respond to this continuing international disaster without delay.

Thank you for your attention to this request.

Sincerely,

Dan Hamburg,
Chair, Mendocino County Board of Supervisors

Mendocino County Board of Supervisors:
First District — Carre Brown
Second District — John McCowen
Third District — John Pinches
Fourth District — Dan Gjerde
Fifth District — Dan Hamburg

Cc: Senator Barbara Boxer
112 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510

Senator Dianne Feinstein
331 Hart Senate Office Bldg.
Washington, D.C. 20510

Senator Jeff Merkley
313 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510

Senator Ron Wyden
221 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510

Senator Maria Cantwell
311 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510

Senator Patty Murray
154 Russell Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510

Congressman Jared Huffman
1630 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515