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As Japan Goes Nuke-Free, US Keeps the Glow Alive — 08 May 2012 — Harvey Wasserman and guests discuss the decline and fall of nuclear energy in Japan, which has closed all of its nuclear plants, leaving it nuke-free for the first time since the 1970s. Meanwhile, in the US the nuclear cheerleading goes on, despite continuing documented safety problems.
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Gundersen: The Nuclear Accident at Fukushima Japan is Far from Over — 10 Apr 2012 — Nuclear expert Arnie Gundersen reviews the status of the broken reactors at the Fukushima nuclear plants. Things there are still very dicey, with the possibility of fires or explosions that would spew radioactive particles into the entire Northern hemisphere and devastate Japan.
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Radio EcoShock
Fukushima, Nuclear Powerdown, and Post-Peak Japan — 04 Apr 2012 — Warren Karlenzig provides an update on Japan after its tsunami and nuclear accident, with a particular focus on the power shortages and how that has affected daily life. It's a glimpse at the "powerdown" scenario described by peak oilist Richard Heinberg, only this one's not voluntary. ~~ Helen Caldicott gives a short interview, refreshing us on the two-headed nuclear dragon—energy and weapons.
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Fairewinds Associates
Tokyo Soil Samples Would Be Considered Nuclear Waste In The US — 25 Mar 2012 — While traveling in Japan several weeks ago, Arnie Gundersen took soil samples in Tokyo public parks, playgrounds, and rooftop gardens. Analysis shows that all of the samples would be considered nuclear waste if found here in the US. This level of contamination is currently being discovered throughout Japan.
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Clif's Wujo
Radiation and Its Effects on Humans — 14 Mar 2012 — Clif High explains why we humans are now dealing with higher levels of radiation, what the likely effects are on different people and different parts of the body, and how we can best mitigate the effects.
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Radio EcoShock
Nuclear Disasters and Government Cover-Ups — 14 Mar 2012 — Arnie Gunderson reviews the evidence that there is one thing in common among Fukushima, Chernobyl, and Three Mile Island—government cover-ups of the true level of the disasters. He also explains how spring will bring a new release of radioactive material in Japan and the likelihood of future Fukushima-related cancers.
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Japan's Power Shortfall — 08 Mar 2012 — All but two of Japan's nuclear reactors are offline, slashing the country's power supply by a third. Some replacement fuels are being used, but problems with electricity are hurting industrial production and changing Japan's geopolitics. Nonetheless, the Japanese people want assurances of better safety before the nukes are brought back online.
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Green Power
Old Nuke Plants in the US—Which Will Melt Down First? — 06 Mar 2012 — Harvey Wasserman and Joe DeMare, Ohio Green Party candidate for the US Senate, discuss the decaying state of nuclear plants in the US, particularly Vermont Yankee and Ohio's infamous Davis-Besse reactor. New legal developments indicate that states' rights may be the ultimate answer to getting these decrepit and increasingly dangerous rust-bucket nukes off-line.
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NPR
Iranian Nuclear Program and Need for War Both Overestimated —
09 Mar 2012 — Paul Pillar cuts through the political hype over Iran and explains why the matter of their nuclear program does not logically bring us to the brink of war.
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Corbett Report
American Fukushimas? — 28 Feb 2012 — Paul Gunter of Beyond Nuclear discusses the history of GE's Mark I Boiling Water Reactor, explains how it failed in Fukushima, and talks about the risk of failure of the same type of reactor in nuclear plants in the US.
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Living On Earth
How Safe is Your Nuclear Power Plant? — 02 Mar 2012 — After the Japanese earthquake and tsunami that hit the Fukushima nuclear power plant, the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission surveyed nuclear reactor safety in the United States. The Union of Concerned Scientists took a look also—there's some good news and there's some bad news.
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Coast To Coast / KSFO
Mat Stein on Solar Storms, the Grid, and Nuke Plants — 21 Feb 2012 — Mat Stein explains why a massive solar storm isn't just a possibility, it's an inevitability. When it does come, the large number of hard-to-replace transformers in the nation's power grid means trouble. Furthermore, US nuclear plant safety plans deal only with limited grid outages, not extended ones like a solar kill shot would cause.
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Fairewinds Associates
New Containment Flaw Identified in Fukushima-Style Reactors — 06 Feb 2012 — Fairewinds shows that the nuclear industry's plan to vent the containment structure of the BWR Mark 1 at Fukushima Daiichi could not have prevented a containment failure and the ensuing explosions. This audio and associated graphics provide important clues about why Fukushima Daiichi Unit 1 exploded.
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Electric Politics
Former NRC Commissioner Cool on Nuclear Energy — 27 Jan 2012 — Few people know more about nuclear power than a former Commissioner of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, especially the one who had the lead in responding to Three Mile Island. So when Dr. Victor Gilinsky suggests that it would be reasonable for the US to phase out nuclear power, people should pay attention.
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Democracy Now
The Atomic States of America — 24 Jan 2012 — Nuclear power has drawn wide political support, with both Republicans and Democrats advancing a pro-nuclear agenda even in the aftermath of last year's Fukushima. Sheena Joyce, co-director of the new documentary "The Atomic States of America," discusses the film and the local health issues that inspired it.
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Living On Earth
Hanford—The Godzilla of Environmental Cleanups — 03 Feb 2012 — The Hanford nuclear facility in Washington state is the largest, most complex, and most expensive environmental cleanup effort in the world. Reporter Peter Eisler discusses the project, which is being designed on-the-fly. BTW, it's also over-due, over-budget, and still quite dangerous.
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Coast To Coast
Dr. John Apsley on Fukushima-Related Deaths in North America — 12 Jan 2012 — Dr. John Apsley reports on increased deaths in North America that he believes are associated with radiation from the Fukushima catastrophe. There was a spike in infant mortality rates within the first 10 weeks of the catastrophe in some cities across the US, with regional differences primarily based on the amount of rainfall that occurred as the airborne radiation swept over the US.
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Fukushima—From the Big Lie to Truth & Consequences — 28 Dec 2011 — The Japanese government and TEPCO recently announced that all reactors at Fukushima are in cold shutdown, the situation is stable, and the crisis is over. Nuclear expert Arnie Gundersen explains what a "cold shutdown" status should mean and why Japan's declaration is nothing more than PR. The crisis will take 40 more years to resolve, and in the meantime, we'll be dealing with its radiation releases and all of the contaminated equipment and materials that have resulted from the accident and the efforts to contain it. ~~ In part 2, several guests discuss a new peer-reviewed paper that says the Fukushima accident may have contributed to 14,000 premature American deaths in Mar/Apr 2011 as the initial wave of radioactive air swept from Japan over North America.
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Fairewinds Associates
Fukushima—What Are the Challenges for 2012? — 29 Dec 2011 — Arnie Gundersen discusses the dangers to the containment infrastructure at the Fukushima disaster site if another earthquake or major aftershock hits the area. He also talks about the levels of radioactive air contamination in Japan and how the huge amount of solid radioactive waste presents an enormous disposal challenge. Finally, he discusses how nuclear promoters are still in charge of nuclear safety, a situation that is not in the public interest.
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Arnie Gundersen: "China Syndrome" at Fukushima Unlikely, But... — 14 Dec 2011 — Gundersen explains why it's unlikely that any of the broken nuclear plants at Fukushima will feature a catastrophic "China Syndrome" event where the blob of hot nuclear fuel melts through to the other side of the planet. But there are some very serious issues remaining to deal with.
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Marco Kaltofen: Tracking Fukushima's Hot Particles in Japan and the World — 09 Dec 2011 — Marco Kaltofen, who specializes in measuring radiation in the environment, speaks before the American Public Health Association. Kaltofen states that hot particles are contaminating portions of northern Japan, as found in analyses of auto air filters and children's shoes.
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CounterSpin
The Media and Fukushima, a Non-Story — 09 Dec 2011 — Karl Grossman discusses the lack of honest reporting on Fukushima-related issues by the US media, even on issues that directly affect US residents. As an example, did any major US media outlets report on the sharp increase in infant mortality in some parts of the US after Fukushima-originated fallout in the US?
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Fukushima and Its Impact Upon the Westinghouse-Toshiba Designed AP1000 Atomic Power Plant — 10 Nov 2011 — Fairewinds was retained by the AP1000 Oversight Group to evaluate the AP1000 design for flaws that are now evident as a result of the nuclear accidents at Fukushima. The NRC's refusal to thoroughly examine these flaws is reminiscent of the Atomic Energy Commission's refusal in 1972 to thoroughly examine the innate flaws in the GE Mark 1 containment systems that failed at Fukushima.
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Fukushima: Hot Particles in Tokyo, Super-Hot Particles Closer In — 31 Oct 2011 — An analysis by Marco Kaltofen of Worcester Polytechnic Institute of radioactive isotopic releases from the Fukushima nuclear accidents confirms the detection high concentrations of hot particles in Tokyo—far beyond the government-defined danger zone around Fukushima. Particles have also traveled via air currents to the West Coast of North America, presenting a long-term public health issue in the United States and Canada.
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Fairewinds Associates
Post Fukushima—All the King's Horses and All the King's Men — 22 Oct 2011 — Arnie Gundersen recently testified before the NRC Petition Review Board on why all GE BWR Mark 1 nuclear power plants in the US should be shut down. The problems at Fukushima show us that true wisdom means knowing when to modify something and knowing when to stop. Sometimes, all the king's horses and all the king's men should not try to put Humpty Dumpty together again.
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Nuclear Regulation—Failed or Captured? — 02 Oct 2011 — The Fukushima accident, rather than being an isolated disaster caused by faulty plant design, bad maintenance, or a lax Japanese system, is an event that has direct parallels in other nuclear countries. Corruption and lax regulatory oversight can be found in the US too.
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Are Nuclear Industry and Regulators Applying Lessons Learned From Fukushima? — 11 Oct 2011 — Arnie Gundersen discusses three nuclear safety problems uncovered during the Fukushima accident that nuclear regulators and the nuclear industry wish they could ignore. Why isn't the industry designing nuclear plants to withstand the worst natural events? Why aren't nuclear regulators, governments, and citizens who live and work near a nuclear plant prepared for a nuclear accident? How much does the NRC value human life?
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Has Fukushima Gotten to the 'China Syndrome' Point? — 22 Aug 2011 — Arnie Gundersen updates us on the Fukushima situation, and tackles the question of whether the reactors and containment systems have failed in a "China Syndrome" way.
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The Waning Night of the Nuclear Renaissance — 15 Aug 2011 — The nightmare of the meltdown at the Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan, which is still emitting high levels of radiation, has led some countries to decide to phase out nuclear power, but others to continue on. Tina Gerhardt offers details on the shifts some countries are making to other energy technologies (not all good!) and weighs in on whether the predicted renaissance in nuclear power has been scuttled.
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Unwelcome Guests
Nuclear Waste ... Into Eternity — 02 Jul 2011 — This is a radio adaptation of Into Eternity, a thought-provoking film about the hazards of long-term nuclear waste disposal. It uses a character-based approach with a split timeline to tell the tale of Finland's efforts to build the world's first long term nuclear storage facility.
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Why Fukushima Can Happen Here... and What the NRC and Nuclear Industry Don't Want You to Know — 13 Jul 2011 — Arnie Gundersen and David Lochbaum present the facts of nuclear power in the US to a public audience. They walk, step-by-step, through the events of the Japanese meltdowns and consider how the knowledge gained from Fukushima applies to the nuclear industry worldwide. They discuss "points of vulnerability" in American plants, some of which have been unaddressed by the NRC for three decades.
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The Corbett Report / Global Research
Radiation Coverups Confirmed on Los Alamos, Fort Calhoun & Fukushima — 03 Jul 2011 — A series of disasters, potential disasters, bad news and recent studies have brought public attention back to the issue of radiation and its attendant health risks, and further exposed how governmental agencies that are supposed to protect the public have in fact knowingly put the public at risk and even colluded with the very industries they are supposed to be regulating to obfuscate the true level of radioactive releases and risk.
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Watchdogs Keep Pressure on Nuclear Industry — 13 Jul 2011 — From Japan to Europe to the US, the nuclear industry is finding itself in a defensive posture.
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Radio EcoShock
American Fukushima — 22 Jun 2011 — The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission has failed to enforce safety regulations for decades, resulting in high risk to reactors and citizens. Interviews and audio from former NRC Commissioner Peter Bradford, Arnie Gundersen, and David Lochbaum.
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Radioactive Leaks and General Disrepair Plague US Nuclear Facilities — 22 Jun 2011 — A year-long investigation by Associated Press found that leaks of radioactive tritium have occurred at 75% of all commercial nuclear power sites in the US. At 37 facilities, the concentration of leaked tritium exceed allowable limits under federal drinking water standards.
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Fairewinds Associates
Hot Particles From Japan to Seattle — 12 Jun 2011 — Arnie Gundersen discusses the new estimates for hot particles from emitted from the Fukushima disaster. The radioactive particles are virtually undetectable, but when inhaled or swallowed are very dangerous.
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Democracy Now
Japan Admits That Three Reactors Have Melted Down — 10 Jun 2011 — Japan's Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency has admitted for the first time that full nuclear meltdowns occurred at three of the plant's reactors, and more than doubled its estimate for the amount of radiation that leaked from the plant in the first week of the disaster in March.~~ Robert Alvarez, former senior policy adviser to the US Secretary of Energy, discusses the vulnerabilities and hazards of stored spent fuel at reactors in the United States.
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Arnie Gundersen: Fukushima Is Worse Than Chernobyl and the Dangers Will Be Long-Lived — 03 Jun 2011 — Nuclear engineer Arnie Gundersen provides a good layman's review of what has happened at Fukushima since the beginning, what that status is today, and what the dangers are going forward. br>
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The Implications of the Fukushima Accident on the World's Operating Reactors — 22 May 2011 — Arnie Gundersen explains why it now appears to be proven that many existing, still-operating reactors around the world have serious design flaws. He says the US is not prepared for any large-area, long-term evacuations that would be necessary in the event of a significant reactor problem like Fukushima. US taxpayers are very exposed to the economic and insurance risks associated with any nuclear disaster.
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Fairewinds Associates
Fukushima—One Step Forward and Four Steps Back, as Each Unit Is Challenged by New Problems — 13 May 2011 — Unit 1 is in partial meltdown; Unit 2 is leaking radioactive water; there is still a severe problem trying to keep Unit 3 cool; the racks in unit 4 are intact, but the building is leaning, and an aftershock could take it all the way down. The foundation is cracked, and radioactive groundwater is contaminating the local sewage system. There's more detail in this report, but overall, it's fair to say that the situation is still far from being under control.
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Fukushima Groundwater Contamination Worst in Nuclear History — 06 May 2011 — Arnie Gundersen discusses the level of radioactivity in the water near Fukushima, and he offers a few more interesting tidbits, including: a top Japanese nuclear expert says it was only by a fortunate stroke of weather that the initial contamination in Japan was not far worse.
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Fukushima Poison Released — 13 May 2011 — According to the mainstream media, the Fukushima nuclear accident is all over. Just the opposite is happening. There are historic high levels of radioactivity; mega-amounts of radiation have been released again. Three of the reactors have lethal problems. Get the latest shocking news from the world's largest disaster.
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Enormous Amounts of Radiation Continue to Be Emitted from Fukushima — 01 May 2011 — Nicole Foss contrasts Chernobyl and Fukushima, concluding that the official story of Chernobyl—which says that the impact was minimal—has no credibility whatsoever. She also comments on the enormous amounts of radiation that continues to be emitted from Fukushima, as well as the nuclear disinformation that permeates mainstream media. On the US dollar, she see currency turbulence ahead in general, but thinks the reports of dollar death are premature.
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Ralph Nader on the Future of American Nuclear Power — 06 May 2011 — Nader observes that the American governing structure is still firmly in the grasp of the nuclear industry, but says that economics, environment, and safety all demand an orderly phase-out of nuclear power in the US.
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Democracy Now
After 25 Years, What Do We Know About the Chernobyl Catastrophe? — 26 Apr 2011 — On April 26, 1986, an explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant sent a cloud of radioactive fallout into Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, and a large portion of Europe. Today, the region near the plant remains uninhabitable, 90% of former disaster workers are dead or ill, and 80% of children in the area are considered unhealthy. Guests in this segment include Dr. Janette Sherman, who edited the report "Chernobyl: Consequences of the Catastrophe for People and Nature," and Dr. Jeff Patterson, former president of Physicians for Social Responsibility.
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Radio EcoShock
Fukushima Drama—Are You Safe? — 29 Apr 2011 — Can we believe the Japanese on Fukushima dangers? Could another big wave of radiation hit North America and Europe? Get a reactor-by-reactor report, info on geopolitics, and tips on personal preparations.
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Hanford Whistleblower Says That Fukushima Could Happen in US — 21 Apr 2011 — Walt Tamosaitis, a Bechtel employee working at the Hanford nuclear site in Washington, has gone public, saying that a Fukushima-like hydrogen explosion could happen there. He listed "50 concerns" about the site. This is noteworthy, since Hanford is home to two-thirds of the high-level radioactive waste in the US. Tom Devine, part of Tamosaitis' legal team and the legal director for the Government Accountability Project, discusses the situation.
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Chernobyl—Consequences of the Catastrophe for People and the Environment — 11 Apr 2011 — It's convenient for nuke-flackers—and some supposed greens—to downplay the effects of Chernobyl. But the a major review by leading Russian scientists reveals the difficult, ugly truth about Chernobyl. This is must-listening for anyone still thinking that nuclear energy is a necessary evil.
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Sea Change Radio
Aftershocks—A Nuclear Rebuttal — 12 Apr 2011 — Solar energy expert Danny Kennedy explains the many reasons that nuclear power is an unsustainable path and why investment in renewable energy is a more practical, safe, and reasonable approach. ~~ Geophysicist Ben Brooks, a specialist in earthquake science, explains what scientists now understand about the different types of earthquakes, and talks about the US West Coast's vulnerability to the type of quake that recently struck Northern Japan.
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THE GODZILLA COMPLEX
DESPITE FUKUSHIMA FALLOUT, PRO-NUKE PITCHMEN HISS ON
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More than a month into the Fukushima catastrophe—and with fallout now being detected around the globe—the half-truths and happy-talk about nuclear energy keep a'comin' from the industry and their government front men. You won't find such glowing reviews here—only the scaly, red-eyed truth.
Russia Today
Fukushima Now At Severity Level of Chernobyl Disaster — 13 Apr 2011 — A string of clips with experts commenting on the new "7" (Chernobyl-level) rating for the severity of the Fukushima disaster, including nuclear engineer Arnie Gundersen and nuclear energy consultant Shaun Burnie.
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Gunderson: The Pattern of Government Obfuscation — 13 Apr 2011 — His points include... This is and has been a disaster at least as bad as Chernobyl. Bad information and evacuation delays are similar to government behavior on previous nuclear disasters. Everybody knows when events like Three Mile Island, Chernobyl, and Fukushima happen, but who knows when they end?
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Democracy Now
Thomas Breuer: Not Equal to Chernobyl, But Way Worse — 12 Apr 2011 — Breuer notes that unlike Chernobyl, the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant is in a densely populated area.
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Michio Kaku: Fukushima is a Ticking Time Bomb — 13 Apr 2011 — The Japanese government is trying to calm fears about radiation levels and food safety in the region around the heavily damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power facility, even as it has raised the severity rating of the crisis to the highest possible level. Physicist Michio Kaku say, "Radiation is continuing to leak out of the reactors. The situation is not stable at all. The slightest disturbance could set off a full-scale meltdown at three nuclear power stations, far beyond what we saw at Chernobyl."
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Electric Politics
Arjun Makhijani: Nuclear Irresponsibility — 08 Apr 2011 — In a world where we cannot engineer guaranteed safety and responsible management of dangerous waste products, what role is left for nuclear power? Arjun Makhijani offers a sober assessment of Japan and the future of nuclear energy.
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Nuclear Mutiny — 15 Apr 2011 — With the Fukushima accident now at a Chernobyl-level 7, industry insider & whistleblower Arnie Gundersen offers his analysis of the risk. ~~ What is the threat to milk, veggies, and water in US and Canada? ~~ More on the battle to control the reactor problems, and on the money and power behind the nuclear industry.
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Fear and Loathing in Fukushima — 08 Apr 2011 — Will there be more explosions at the damaged nuclear reactors in Japan? What is reaching North America and Europe? As Japanese government tightens its grip on information, the Fukushima site is dumping rad-waste into the Pacific, and seafood and sea life are being affected.
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Chris Busby: The Effects of Low Level Radiation on Human Health — 30 Mar 2011 — Scientist Chris Busby explains why official assurances that low-dose radiation is not harmful are wrong—they fail to take proper account of internal emitters and localized effects on human physiology.
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IODINE BASICS
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Mercola.com — 25 Mar 2011
You'd be smart to assume the government's advice to take high-dose potassium-iodide upon radiation exposure is not necessarily the best approach to mitigating radiation exposure. In this interview, Dr. David Brownstein discusses how the vast majority of US people are deficient in iodine; reviews how the body uses iodine (it's not just in the thyroid); outlines the right ways to test for iodine deficiency; discusses the right forms of iodine to take; and talks about iodine use in the context of radiation exposure.
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Dr. John Apsley on Radiation and Health—Understand, Protect and Regenerate — 31 Mar 2011 — Apsley discusses the science on low-levels radiation exposure—which may soon be a very relevant topic in the US. Nuke apologists often say that low level exposure to fallout is the same as (just as "safe" as) exposure to background radiation or dental x-rays. But Apsley says this is bogus—it completely misunderstands internalization (eating/drinking/breathing) of radioactive particles vs. radiation exposure. He also discuses how the aware individual can deal with fallout products other than iodine-131.
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Grinning Planet
Introduction: Unspinning Fukushima and Nuclear Energy — 01 Apr 2011 — There is a tremendous amount of obfuscation, inconsistency, and outright lying going on among the people in charge, and the mainstream media is largely following that tack unquestioningly. We're also hearing a lot of general happy-talk about nuclear safety and the supposed importance of nuclear to our energy future. (Even Obama is still flacking for nukes.) Below you will find stories that I think reflect a more accurate assessment of the Fukushima situation and the truth about nuclear energy. —Mark
Fairewinds Associates
Gundersen: Evacuation Zone is Too Small — 31 Mar 2011 — Arnie Gundersen, chief nuclear engineer at Fairewinds Associates, talks about the releases of radioactive liquids and gases, and the high level of radioactive water entering the ocean from the reactor trenches. In terms of air releases, he says the evacuation zone is too small based on the likely level of radiation already released. In part 2, he discusses video showing that there is no water in the fuel-rack pool—and why this is bad news.
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Gundersen on Plutonium Release and Radioactive Water in Ocean — 29 Mar 2011 — Arnie Gundersen discusses the plutonium release at Fukushima; how leakages in the containment system can allow radioactive water into the ocean without an outright failure; the status of the reactor cores; the overall projection.
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Gary Null Show
Lies, Damn Lies, and Nuclear Statistics — 24 Mar 2011 — Gary plays a string of clips from TV pundits making ridiculous, unsupportable claims about the safety and effectiveness of nuclear energy. Then he reviews the science that shows what nonsense we're hearing from the talking heads on cable news. His guests include nuclear researcher Dr. Christopher Busby.
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Radio EcoShock
Japan—Triple Meltdown — 01 Apr 2011 — There is confirmation that three reactors are damaged and melting down. Radioactive particles are spreading around the world. Japanese TV is offering civil defense info. Also discussed: breastfeeding, pregnancy, and which veggies are safe during the crisis. ~~ There will be serious economic impact worldwide. ~~ With California reactors built on a quake zone, how citizens can take action?
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Stephanie Cooke: Why Nuclear Power — 21 Mar 2011 — The unfolding disaster at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi power plant has renewed public concerns about the safety of nuclear energy. Journalist Stephanie Cooke, who has covered the nuclear industry for close to 30 years, discusses how nuclear subsidized it way past cost barriers and propagandized its way to public acceptance of its technology.
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Helen Caldicott on Impact of Radiation from Nuclear Power Plants — 22 Mar 2011 — This 2009 speech from Helen Caldicott, in which she reviews the scientific basis for the dangers of nuclear radiation, is still perfectly relevant today.
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Living On Earth
True Cost Accounting for Nuclear Power — 25 Mar 2011 — Amory Lovins gives a very good appraisal of why we don't need nuclear energy to meet carbon-reduction targets. He also dispels some of the myths the nuclear industry routinely promote.
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Guns and Butter
Keith Harmon Snow: Nuclear Apocalypse In Japan — 23 Mar 2011 — Topics include: Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO); spent fuel pools; absence of cooling water; Japanese society; Mark I Boiling Water Reactors; major safety issues; US Nuclear Regulatory Commission's public document rooms; Price Anderson Act.
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Earthbeat Radio
Fukushima Information Fiasco + Obama's Nuclear Connections + The Billionaire Push for Coal in Wyoming + A Halt to Cap and Trade? — 29 Mar 2011 — The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission has quietly doubled what it considers "safe" exposure levels to nuclear radiation, and the US EPA has begun testing milk for radiation contamination.. ~~ How is spent fuel handled in the US? Are safety claims for nuclear energy bogus? ~~ Some of President Obama's closest advisers, staffers, and fundraisers have close ties to the nuclear industry. ~~ The US has opened up huge swaths of public land in Wyoming to coal mining in a deal for billionaires. ~~ A California court has put the kibosh on cap and trade in the state.
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Nuke Debate + New Gulf Oil Spill + Stronger Coal Regs — 22 Mar 2011 — The quantities of spent nuclear fuel stored at power plants in the US is even greater than at the Fukushima plant. ~~ Greg Palast reveals that TEPCO has been contracted to help build two nuclear power plants in Texas. ~~ A debate over America's nuclear industry between Arjun Makhijani and a nuclear industry defender. ~~ The US Coast Guard is investigating reports of new oil slicks in the Gulf of Mexico from a spill about 30 miles offshore. ~~ The EPA is setting a national standard for mercury pollution from power plants.
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Democracy Now
"It's Already as Bad as Chernobyl" — 18 Mar 2011 — After an update on the latest news from the site of the Japanese nuclear crisis, three experts/commentators discuss the status of nuclear power: Philip White of the Citizens' Nuclear Information Center in Tokyo; Dr. Ira Helfand of Physicians for Social Responsibility; and longtime consumer advocate and corruption fighter Ralph Nader.
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Russia Today
Fukushima Nuclear Plant Stable But Critical — 17 Mar 2011 — Radiation levels remain unchanged at Japan's earthquake-stricken Fukushima-1 nuclear plant even after helicopters dropped tons of water onto the hardest-hit reactor. The focus of the crisis is shifting to the overheated pools storing spent fuel rods.
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Democracy Now
Update on Japan's Nuclear Catastrophe—The Walls of Defense Are Falling — 17 Mar 2011 — Fears of a full-scale nuclear reactor meltdown are increasing as the attempt to use military helicopters to dump water on the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station appears to be failing. ~~ Though the nuclear-meltdown threat has overshadowed the problems created by the earthquake and tsunami, the official death toll from those has risen to 5,000, with over 9,000 people missing. A million households have no power and/or running water. Food and gas supplies have been nearly exhausted.
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Clay, Not KI — 17 Mar 2011 — Two natural health experts—(1) Mark Sircus; (2) Michael King—discuss the most effective ways to deal with radiation exposure. Internal and external use of absorptive clays is a top choice.
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Gary Null Show
Beyond Potassium Iodide—But Not Corruption — 16 Mar 2011 — (1) Gary offers (an almost overwhelming) list of natural substances that can help mitigate radiation exposure. ~~ (2) Harvey Wasserman discusses US nuclear energy in the context of the Japan situation. ~~ (3) Greg Palast discusses the official corruption and lying that has masked the true dangers of the nuclear industry.
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Radio EcoShock
Japan—Twilight of the Nuclear Gods — 18 Mar 2011 — Developing news from a chain of reactor fires, explosions, radiation. Segments include Nicole Foss of The Automatic Earth, Shawn Patrick of Greenpeace, and alternative news clips. What does it mean for aging American reactors? For Canada, Europe? Segments on government information withholding in Japan, the larger risk of spent fuel ponds, and the same old reactor types in America.
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On The Media
Japan's Information Crisis — 18 Mar 2011 — Japan's prime minister Naoto Kan demanded to know from executives of the Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), "What the hell is going on?" Why is information from the company so hard to get, and can we even trust it? Political analyst and Tokyo resident Michael Cucek says TEPCO represents a textbook case of what not to do in crisis management.
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Political Analysis
Solartopia—A Green-Powered Earth — 22 Feb 2011 — Harvey Wasserman contrasts the still-alive nuclear expansion vs. a "solartopia"—a vast expansion of alternative energy, especially distributed solar.
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The Real News
Obama's World Without Nuclear Weapons — 25 Apr 2010 — Jonathan Schell discusses the complex issue of nuclear weapons and disarmament.
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Science Friday
Improved Nuclear Technology vs. Our Homer Simpson World — 05 Mar 2010 — Is a nuclear revival in the US a good idea? Has the technology improved enough to make it safe and cost-effective? One idea is to drill holes deep, deep in the ground and permanently store nuclear waste there.
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Living On Earth
(Nuclear) Waste Not, Want Not — 26 Feb 2010 — President Obama's decision to cut funds for the Yucca Nuclear Waste Repository leaves operators of nuclear reactors around the nation storing more than 120 million pounds of their plants' own high level waste.
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CounterSpin
Iran, Nuclear Power — 26 Feb 2010 — Segments include... Weekly wrap-up of bad reportage in the mainstream media plus Cyrus Safdari on Iran and Robert Alvarez on nuclear power.
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PBS NewsHour
Reactor Plan Renews Debate on Nuclear Energy — 17 Feb 2010 — Obama wants to raise spending on nuclear energy from $18 billion (under Bush) to a whopping $55 billion. We hear a short debate on the two sides of the pros and cons of a "nuclear revival."
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Democracy Now
Despite Non-Proliferation Pledge, Obama Ups Ante on Nukes
02 Feb 2010 — Despite a pledge to cut the US nuclear arsenal and seek a nuclear-weapons-free world, Obama is asking Congress to increase spending on the US nuclear arsenal by more than $7 billion over the next five years.
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The Real News
Nuclear Power – Regaining Favor, or Asking for Favors? — 24 Jan 2010 — If nuclear power plants are such a great idea, why does industry need tens of billions of dollars in loan guarantees to build more power plants?
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Radio EcoShock
Atomic Dreams, Climate Nightmares — 22 Jan 2010 — Can nuclear power really replace coal and save the climate? New interview with Helen Caldicott, analysis of Korea-UAE nuke deal, and why is James Hansen going nuclear?
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