HOT INTERVIEW w/Coalition Against Nukes founder Priscilla Star sharing her New Year's Resolutions, which include a run at the White House in 2013! Plus: US Navy rescue workers sue TEPCO for lies that subjected them to radiation levels that have already destroyed their health; NRC gets tough w/Southern California Edison over their restart plans, demands answers; Japan's Prime Minister Abe wins NUMNUTZ OF THE WEEK for his plans to BUILD MORE NUCLEAR REACTORS ; Quebec's Chantilly 2 NPP offline for good; and "Three Mile Island," the musical (yes, a musical!) wins international award; can Broadway be far behind?

HOT INTERVIEW w/Coalition Against Nukes founder Priscilla Star sharing her New Year's Resolutions, which include a run at the White House in 2013! Plus: US Navy rescue workers sue TEPCO for lies that subjected them to radiation levels that have already destroyed their health; NRC gets tough w/Southern California Edison over their restart plans, demands answers; Japan's Prime Minister Abe wins NUMNUTZ OF THE WEEK for his plans to BUILD MORE NUCLEAR REACTORS ; Quebec's Chantilly 2 NPP offline for good; and "Three Mile Island," the musical (yes, a musical!) wins international award; can Broadway be far behind?

 IN THIS NUCLEAR HOTSEAT PODCAST: Activists send in their requests to Santa for a nuclear-free 2013; US 2012 nuclear scorecard show nukes a losing proposition everywhere; NRC denies San Onofre hearing; Russia gives us a clue what could be happening with Fukushima produce; Construction cost overruns and construction delays at Vogtle; French electricity giant EDF‘s...

Activists ask Santa for their favorite nuclear-free future. PLUS: US 2012 nuclear scorecard show nukes a losing proposition everywhere; NRC denies San Onofre hearing; French electricity giant EDF's Flamanville reactor's construction delays and cost overruns loses Italy as their partner -- a win for our side; death toll from Chernobyl now believed to be 1.5 million; and Fukushima kids are getting fatter because they can't exercise outside any more. Ho ho ho?

Activists ask Santa for their favorite nuclear-free future. PLUS: US 2012 nuclear scorecard show nukes a losing proposition everywhere; NRC denies San Onofre hearing; French electricity giant EDF's Flamanville reactor's construction delays and cost overruns loses Italy as their partner -- a win for our side; death toll from Chernobyl now believed to be 1.5 million; and Fukushima kids are getting fatter because they can't exercise outside any more. Ho ho ho?

Activists ask Santa for their favorite nuclear-free future. PLUS: US 2012 nuclear scorecard show nukes a losing proposition everywhere; NRC denies San Onofre hearing; French electricity giant EDF's Flamanville reactor's construction delays and cost overruns loses Italy as their partner -- a win for our side; death toll from Chernobyl now believed to be 1.5 million; and Fukushima kids are getting fatter because they can't exercise outside any more. Ho ho ho?

Activists ask Santa for their favorite nuclear-free future. PLUS: US 2012 nuclear scorecard show nukes a losing proposition everywhere; NRC denies San Onofre hearing; French electricity giant EDF's Flamanville reactor's construction delays and cost overruns loses Italy as their partner -- a win for our side; death toll from Chernobyl now believed to be 1.5 million; and Fukushima kids are getting fatter because they can't exercise outside any more. Ho ho ho?

Activists ask Santa for their favorite nuclear-free future. PLUS: US 2012 nuclear scorecard show nukes a losing proposition everywhere; NRC denies San Onofre hearing; French electricity giant EDF's Flamanville reactor's construction delays and cost overruns loses Italy as their partner -- a win for our side; death toll from Chernobyl now believed to be 1.5 million; and Fukushima kids are getting fatter because they can't exercise outside any more. Ho ho ho?

INTERVIEW: This week, a special interview with two women who have lived the nuclear nightmare.  Cathy Iwane and Beverly Findlay-Kaneko are American-born, fell in love with and married Japanese men, and were raising families in Japan when the Fukushima disaster began.   Both evacuated with their children to southern California, where they’ve become active in the...

Two Japanese evacuees in Southern California are returning to Japan with their families for Christmas. Hear what Cathy Iwane and Beverly Findlay-Kaneko are up against, how they're preparing, what they face. PLUS: LA City Council gamed out of having a voice in NRC's actions as SCE continues to forge towards a San Onofre restart; Japan's election manipulations bad news for nuclear sanity; TEPCO proves once again it doesn't know its ass from its elbow when it comes to the condition of Fukushima; and Japan mandates use of Fukushima rice in all school lunches. This is insanity.