Nuclear Hotseat

 
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 Flamanville reactor's construction delays and cost overruns loses Italy as their partner;
• death toll from Chernobyl now believed to be 1.5 million;
• Fukushima kids are getting fatter because they can't exercise outside any more.

LINKS:

• "Did the Atom Bomb Test Fallout Cause Cancer?" - Great Huffington Post article on the updated study of Strontium 90 in baby teeth and the health risks posed by both weapons and reactors.  http://huff.to/h0MCI7
•   Truth-Out is offering a free bonus copy of Gar Smith's Nuclear Roulette: The Truth about the Most Dangerous Energy Source on Earth as a bonus when you donate to them.  http://bit.ly/WxjQ2J

THIS IS WHAT WE'RE FIGHTING FOR: 

Just a reminder of what we're fighting for...

THIS IS WHAT WE'RE FIGHTING AGAINST:  The flooded Fort Calhoun Nuclear Power Plant in June, 2011:

Just a reminder of the nuclear dangers we face: Flooding of the Ft. Calhoun Nuclear Power Plant, 18 miles north of Omaha, Nebraska in June, 2011. The only thing keeping us from disaster was the 8' inflatable berm that surrounded the facility that, at one point, was damaged and deflated, causing flooding.

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 battle to keep San Onofre shut down.  Now they're heading back to Japan for the holidays.  Learn how their lives have changed and what they're facing with this trip back to Japan.

PLUS:

• LA City Council gamed out of having a voice in NRC's actions as Southern California Edison continues to forge towards a San Onofre restart;
• Japan's election manipulations yield bad news for nuclear sanity as right wing, pro-nuke LDP wins; lawsuits immediately filed against results;
• TEPCO proves once again it doesn't know its ass from its elbow when it comes to the condition of Fukushima - where the dickens did that corium go?!?
• Black gunk radiating 40-MILLION bequerels per kilogram found in Fukushima;
• EVIL NUMNUTZ OF THE WEEK:  Japan mandates use of Fukushima rice in all school lunches.
• ...and ever so much more!

LA CITY COUNCIL MEETING ON NRC/SAN ONOFRE RESTART SAFETY RESOLUTION (Video courtesy Myla Reson)

Nuclear Hotseat's Libbe HaLevy:

DAN HIRSCH from the Committee to Bridge the Gap:

STRONG WOMAN SONG performed by Lisa Muswagon and Raven Hart-Bellecourt

BONUS:

• Great article in LA Times about ongoing nuclear contamination of the Santa Susana Field Lab in Simi Valley, 30 miles from downtown Los Angeles:  http://lat.ms/WnJpmx