Nuclear Hotseat

Dr. Catherine Euler was arrested last August 8, the 67th anniversary of the atom bomb blast at Hiroshima for blockading entry to the Los Alamos Nuclear Laboratory in New Mexico.  As one of the LANL 6 and an articulate spokeswoman for our cause, she describes what's it's like to get arrested by the police but held by Bechtel private security, along with why she's willing to go to jail and info on the underestimated dangers of uranium mining and low level radiation.

PLUS:

• Duke Energy to close Crystal River NPP for good!  Good!;
• Vermont Yankee crone-age activists arrested again - huzzah!
• US dumps medical registry for military personnel and families exposed to Fukushima radiation;
• Staggering cancer and birth defect cluster found in St. Louis;
• Osaka burning Fukushima waste and spreading radionuclides despite public outcry;
• Virginia activist opposition blocks attempted repeal of state ban on uranium mining;
• Dirt and Fukushima cherry blossoms vie for numnutzery, but lose to...

NUMNUTZ OF THE WEEK:  NRC's Usual "Unusual Occurrence" caused by overreaction and poor eyesight, along with why the proper response to the NRC's "Usual Occurrence" is: DUCK!

LINKS:

• Lucas Hixon's Enformable.com story, NRC representation of San Onofre outage contested:  http://enformable.com/2013/01/nrc-representation-of-san-onofre-outage-contested/
• Report says Georgia nuclear power plant could be Solyndra redux:  http://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/2013/0130/Georgia-nuclear-power-plant-could-be-Solyndra-redux-report-says
• Extended story on background of Crystal River NPP shutdown:http://www.tampabay.com/news/business/energy/crystal-river-nuclear-plant-13b-and-counting/1273570

ACTIVISTS AT THEIR FINEST: 

Vermont Yankee protesters:

Vermont Yankee Protesters at Entergy HQ Pre-Arrest

TORONTO WEST URANIUM PROTEST STOPS TRAIN:

INTERVIEW:  Special encore presentation of Karl Grossman, veteran journalist with over 45 years of covering nuclear issues.  Karl knows where the metaphoric "bodies" are buried and reveals how the nuclear story has been gamed since before the Trinity Test in New Mexico in 1945.  One of the most fascinating interviews ever to appear on the podcast.

PLUS:

• Republicans on House Energy and Commerce Committee refuse to learn any lessons from the Japan Lessons Learned from Fukushima Task Force, rejects NRC's safety recommendations.
• NRC pushes back San Onofre never-start decision to late April or early May.
• Vogtle and Summer new nuke construction delayed again because contractor Southern Company can't even get the concrete and rebar right.
• TEPCO may be forced to permanently shut down largest nuclear facility in the world because "inactive" quake faults may not be so inactive.
• Bulgaria nixes nukes by voter no-show at referendum.
• European Union finds nuclear decontamination a growth industry, but Fukushima can barely fill 10% of its decontamination jobs.  Gee, I wonder why...

NUMNUTZ OF THE WEEK: 

"Critical Blocks" - toy block set to create your own miniature nuclear power plant!  Can you say, "Propaganda?"

KARL GROSSMAN LINKS: 

Free book (pdf) by Karl Grossman: COVER UP: What You Are NOT supposed to Know about Nuclear

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Additional sites to visit to learn more about Karl Grossman's extraordinary work:

• www.KarlGrossman.com
• www.Envirovideo.com
• www.Envirovideo.blip.tv
• www.Radiation.org

ADDITIONAL LINKS:

• Friends of the Earth has a new TV ad campaign on San Onofre, just in time for the first anniversary of the shut-down: