Nuclear Hotseat

PLUS:

• IAEA declares 47 Japanese reactors in "Long Term Shutdown;"
• Allegations of voter fraud arise after Japan's general election that brought in a pro-nuke government;
• Nuke industry pre-3/11/13 talking points pushing the disinformation that "radiophobia" - fear of radiation - as more harmful to health than radiation ;
• Fuku fish caught w/2,500 times more radiation than Japan's bloated safety limit - it would even be illegal to import to and sell in the US!;
•  NRC asleep at the wheel - literally - as committee chair (NOT Allison MacFarlane) nods off during Arnie Gundersen's report on San Onofre... and the #2 man gets upset that Arnie had the NERVE to offer more info than he was willing to accept.

LINKS: 

• Beyond Nuclear is at: www.BeyondNuclear.org.
• To learn when the Fukushima Fallout Awareness Network (FFAN) petition will be ready to roll, follow them on Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/124537680994270/?ref=ts&fref=ts  or check at: www.beyondnuclear.org or: http://www.beyondnuclear.org/radiation-health/
• Story on the United National Human Resources Special Rapporteur on health: http://www.beyondnuclear.org/radiation-health-whats-new/2012/11/26/un-special-report-on-fukushima-criticizes-handling-of-radiat.html
• Cindy's story on the conflict of interest between WHO and IAEA: http://www.beyondnuclear.org/storage/documents/conflictingmandates.pdf
• How some ways we "measure" radioactivity can be deceptive: http://www.beyondnuclear.org/children-health/2012/8/17/deception-in-sieverts-how-a-measure-of-radiation-damage-can.html
• Precaution and radiation: http://beyondnuclear.squarespace.com/storage/precaution_roadmap.pdf  This goes with the discussion of "how do we know when to stop exposing ourselves and how much is too much" also here is the link to the "reversing the birth of life" piece: http://www.beyondnuclear.org/radiation-health-whats-new/2012/12/7/a-recent-review-of-radiation-studies-should-lead-nrc-to-exam.html

Dr. Helen Caldicott talks for the first time about her March 11-12 Symposium: The Medical and Environmental Consequences of Fukushima - a watershed event for our movement, involving doctors, scientists and researchers from around the world.  She explains how she became an anti-nuclear activist while still a teenager, how she founded three of our most important organizations, and offers insights on how to make our activism even more effective. Simply the best!

PLUS: 

• Vogtle reactor ready for the nuclear "ding and dent" center (but the NRC says the shrinkwrap wasn't damaged!);
• Fukushima governor hospitalized with symptoms consistent with exposure to radiation;
• Miyagi rice contaminated with too much radiation for Japan... but it's still legal to sell it in the US;
• NRC's Chair Macfarlane meets with San Onofre activists, but will it make any difference in the other Commissioners' decision on restart?
• Arnie Gundersen on the failing economics of nuclear energy (http://www.fairewinds.com/content/fairewinds-podcast)
• And much, much more...!

LINKS:

Books by Dr. Helen Caldicott are available at:

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=dr.+helen+caldicott

Tom English's new song, "What Part of Fukushima Do You Not Understand?" - video by Myla Reson

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Bmgkqm3pzU

Good article from Forbes on New Centralized Nuclear Plants - and lots of reasons Why They are Not an Investment Worth Making:

http://www.forbes.com/sites/peterdetwiler/2013/01/15/new-centralized-nuclear-plants-still-an-investment-worth-making/