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October 31, 2013 NH #123 BONUS: EMERGENCY: Arnie Gundersen on Fukushima, TEPCO’s Insane Plans for Spent Fuel Pool 4
TEPCO plans to begin removing fuel rods from Spent Fuel Pool 4 at Fukushima as of November 6, 2013 – putting at risk the equivalent of 14,000 Hiroshima bombs worth of nuclear radiation. This could be an extermination level event for the human race. Nuclear expert Arnie Gundersen of Fairewinds Energy Education (www.Fairewinds.org) explains exactly...
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October 30, 2013NH #123: Nuclear Halloween Fright House!
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SPECIAL FEATURE: NUCLEAR FRIGHT HOUSE! BWA-HA-HA-HA-!
What's spookier than Nuclear? Hear what almost two dozen activists from both caosts name as their worst nightmares about nuclear. Then, Donna Gilmore of SanOnofreSafety.org, Dr. Arjun Makhijani, Dr. Marvin Renikoff and Dr. Don Mosher share the scariest information of all about nuclear waste at San Onofre as a preview of what the human race faces everywhere there's been a nuclear reactor. You'd think somebody would have told that industry to take out its garbage...
NUMNUTZ OF THE WEEK:
World Nuclear Fuel Cycle 2014 is a pro-nuclear international forum for the discussion of issues affecting the commercial nuclear fuel cycle -- not one word about Fukushima! (of course...) When is it taking place? Less than one month after Fukushima's 3rd anniversary, two weeks after Three Mile Island's 35th anniversary, two weeks before Chernobyl's 27th anniversary... and just in time for the Pacific Ocean radiation plume to hit the host city, San Francisco. Can you say, "Demonstrations?"
PLUS:
7.3 Quake damage at Fukushima suspected;
TEPCO resorts to slave labor to get workers into the danger zone;
Content of Caldicott/Gundersen/Yablokov (+ 14 other experts) letter to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon - it's been delivered, but response not yet given;
Nuclear Hotseat's Libbe HaLevy and Dr. Helen Caldicott
Pacific Ocean rad-plume predicted to hit west coast of North America in 2014;
and for those who can't wrap their heads around the ongoing damage to human health from Fukushima radiation, how about them dead horses?
BONUS LINKS:
Myla Reson's new video, Nuke Fuel Pool Roulette:
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October 30, 2013 Nuclear Hotseat #123: NUCLEAR HALLOWEEN FRIGHT HOUSE!
What's scarier than Nuclear? Join the spooky terror as activists from both coasts share their worst nuclear fears. Then hear from experts from the October 19 Community Symposium on Decommissioning San Onofre to hear the most frightening information about nuclear waste as part of the Nuclear Hotseat Halloween Fright House! PLUS: 7.3 Quake damage at Fukushima suspected; TEPCO resorts to slave labor to get workers into the danger zone; Caldicott/Gundersen/Yablokov letter to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon delivered, results not yet noticed; Japanese PM Abe-baby pushing Secrecy Act through Parliament; Pacific ocean rad-plume predicted to hit west coast of North America in 2014; and for those who can't wrap their heads around the ongoing damage to human health from Fukushima radiation, how about them dead horses?
1 hr 1 min
October 23, 2013Nh #122: Puncturing Pandora's Propaganda w/Beyond Nuclear's Linda Gunter
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One way for pro-nukers to eliminate themselves from the gene pool: Japan's PM Abe-Baby (center) and friends chow down on Fukushima seafood.[/caption]

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INTERVIEW: Beyond Nuclear's Linda Gunter, Physicians for Social Responsibility's John W. Rachow and nuclear physicist Dr. M.V. Ramana give us the facts to counter CNN's November airings of the pro-nuclear propaganda film "Pandora's Promise." Listen to learn how you can be ready to counter the lies, distortions, omissions and pro-nuclear spin-speak by using the information they provide for your op-eds, letters to the editor and more.

LINK TO BEYOND NUCLEAR'S "PANDORA'S FALSE PROMISES" DOCUMENTS - 2-page hand-out and full report:

http://www.beyondnuclear.org/pandoras-false-promises/

PLUS:
Fukushima's radiation releases continue to spike;
Highly radioactive rainwater overflows TEPCO's Fukushima dams after rainfall as TWO typhoons bear down on Japan promising more of the same;
The world's voices rise demanding that Fukushima be managed by an international coalition of experts instead of just TEPCO;
Pink salmon turns canary yellow in British Columbia;
Koodankulam NPP starts up despite six years of community protests;
and Japan's capitalists set to make a killing by selling lead-lined underwear and wetsuits.
LINKS:
"The Ocean is Broken" - http://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/2013/10/21/environment-ocean-broken/

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Australian sailor Ivan Macfadyen, whose recent journey in the Pacific caused him to write, "The Ocean is Broken."[/caption]
Sign Harvey Wasserman's PETITION FOR GLOBAL INTERVENTION AT FUKUSHIMA: http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/the-world-community-must
Full article: FDA Refuses to Test Fish for radioactivity: http://birthofanewearth.blogspot.com/2013/08/fda-refuses-to-test-fish-for.html
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October 23, 2013 Nh #122: Puncturing Pandora’s Propaganda w/Beyond Nuclear’s Linda Gunter
LISTEN HERE: DOWNLOAD HERE: http://lhalevy.audioacrobat.com/download/abec57e9-a9cb-6e76-e78f-ec9f5c756a1c.mp3 INTERVIEW: Beyond Nuclear’s Linda Gunter, Physicians for Social Responsibility’s John W. Rachow and nuclear physicist Dr. M.V. Ramana give us the facts to counter CNN’s November airings of the pro-nuclear propaganda film “Pandora’s Promise.” Listen to learn how you can be ready to counter the lies, distortions,...
1 hr 1 min
October 23, 2013 Nuclear Hotseat #122: Puncturing Pandora's Propaganda
Beyond Nuclear's Linda Gunter, Physicians for Social Responsibility's John W. Rachow and nuclear physicist Dr. M.V. Ramana give us the facts to counter CNN's November airings of the pro-nuclear propaganda film "Pandora's Promise." Learn the facts, prepare for action! Activists can be ready with op-eds, letters to the editor and more by using the information they provide. PLUS: Japan radiation, the world's voices rise to make Fukushima subject to an international coalition of experts instead of just TEPCO, Koodankulam starts up despite protests, yellow salmon found in British Columbia, "The Ocean is Dead," and... lead-lined jockstraps - for real!
1 hr 1 min
October 16, 2013NH #121: Nuclear Nader, but Can Kan? "Fukushima Lessons Learned" Events
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The Anti-Nuclear Dream Team: (l-r) Former nuclear insider/engineer Arnie Gundersen; conference organizer Torgen Johnson, former Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan, Hudson Riverkeeper Paul Gallay, Ralph Nader, former NRC Commissioner Peter Bradford[/caption]

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SPECIAL REPORT:

On-scene reports from the two Fukushima: Ongoing Lessons Events for Indian Point NPP in New York and Pilgrim NPP in Massachusetts. Hear from Ralph Nader, Arnie Gundersen, Jean-Michel Cousteau and more!

Nuclear Hotseat producer/host Libbe HaLevy w/a man she has grown to respect: former NRC Chair Gregory Jaczko

LINKS:
Full livestreamed coverage of both events available on Youtube or here:
NEW YORK: http://new.livestream.com/FukushimaLessons/newyork
BOSTON: http://new.livestream.com/FukushimaLessons/boston

If these sites are no longer hosted, go to YouTube.com and search FUKUSHIMA LESSONS and look for either New York or Boston.
PETITION LINKS: To sign Harvey Wasserman's petition going to the United Nations asking for the international scientific/technical community to act now on the Fukushima Disaster and ongoing contamination of the Pacific Ocean:
http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/the-world-community-must
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Nuclear Hotseat Producer/Host Libbe HaLevy after the New York Fukushima Lessons Learned event in New York. One city down, one to go![/caption]
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October 16, 2013 NH #121: Nuclear Nader, but Can Kan? “Fukushima Lessons Learned” Events
LISTEN HERE: DOWNLOAD HERE: http://lhalevy.audioacrobat.com/download/4df606bd-72d4-6267-1ef6-811b69b3e414.mp3 SPECIAL REPORT: On-scene reports from the two Fukushima: Ongoing Lessons Events for Indian Point NPP in New York and Pilgrim NPP in Massachusetts. Hear from Ralph Nader, Arnie Gundersen, Jean-Michel Cousteau and more! Nuclear Hotseat producer/host Libbe HaLevy w/a man she has grown to respect: former NRC Chair...
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October 16, 2013 Nuclear Hotseat #121: Nuclear Nader but Can Kan?
SPECIAL REPORT: On-the-scene reporting on two top level east coast anti-nuclear events held last week featuring Ralph Nader, former Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan, former NRC Chair Gregory Jaczko, former NRC Commissioner Peter Bradford, Fairewinds Energy Education's Arnie Gundersen, and via tape, Jean-Michel Cousteau. The topic : Fukushima Nuclear Accident: Ongoing Lessons. The New York event focused on the Indian Point NPP and the one in Boston on Pilgrim NPP. Inspiring, infuriating, motivating -- the perfect reason to take action NOW! PLUS: A new feature, The Abe-Baby Report! covering the ongoing wacky actions of current Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe as he tries to cover up the existence and impact of the ongoing Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster to the International Olympic Committee even as he actually breaks down to ask the world's scientific and technological community for help. Mission Accomplished, anyone?
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October 02, 2013 Nuclear Hotseat #120: Tokyo Blogger Dennis Riches on Nuclear Self-Deception
Tokyo resident, blogger and neighborhood activist Dennis Riches, living 120 miles from Fukushima, gives us a first-hand glimpse at the mental twists and turns that let TEPCO executives and PM Abe live with themselves. BONUS INTERVIEW: Michael Leonardi of Toledo Coalition for Safe Energy and the Coalition Against Nukes gives a first-hand account of police shenanigans around Canadian hearings on nuclear waste dump proposed for less than a mile from Lake Huron. PLUS: FDA "decision" to test or even ban foods from Japan is non-binding and essentially meaningless (SMOKE AND MIRRORS ALERT!); Duke Energy given North Carolina Utilities Commission to continue to gouge ratepayers for its nuclear debacles; more cracks found in Davis-Besse containment vessel but the NRC thinks that's just safe as safe can be!; nosebleed epidemic in Japan w/over 5,000 tweets in two days; 70% of kids in Kanto have cesium in their urine; 2011 increase in Japanese birth defects documented; Kaku says TEPCO the equivalent of the Three Stooges - Wo wo wo wo wo...!
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