Nuclear Hotseat

Rachel Maddow nails it about Vermont's battle to shut down the Vermont Yankee nuclear reactor in this brief but powerful excerpt from her MSNBC program:

http://www.nuclearfreeplanet.org/rachel-maddow-how-much-political-power-does-nuclear-power-wield.html 

So who has the right to decide aabout ongoing exposure to the radioactive detritus of a nuclear reactor - We-the-People or corporation-as-"legal-person"?  Corporations can't sicken and die from radiation, but people can.  Do the emotional math.

Today's Nuclear Hotseat Podcast:

• North Anna's operators caught in a lie about quake-readiness of that plant, even as they break ground for reactor #3;
• Fukushima radiation levels for workers more than 10 times too high;
• Interview with Dr. Robert Gould of Physicians for Social Responsibility on radiation dangers;
• Report on Vermont's nuclear sanity - a big win!
• Why is President Obama is giving $8 BILLION in loan guarantees to build nuke plants in Georgia?;
• Synopsis of Arnie Gunderson's interview by Dr. Helen Caldicott (access full call at: www.ifyoulovethisplanet.org)
• Orthomolecular medicine's take on holistic health-building to resist radiation (http://orthomolecular.org/resources/omns/v07n04.shtml)
• and the one policy Lloyds of London will not write.

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On today's Nuclear Hotseat Podcast:

• Interview w/Sean Bonner of Safecast on his work providing free on-the-ground radiation monitoring devices to groups in Japan;
• post-quake damage suspected at North Anna nuke plant in Virginia;
• post-Hurricane Irene "Unusual Event" at Calvert Cliffs in Maryland;
• Tweets and email from Japan reveal the devastating human toll of Fukushima, including animal birth defects and women seeking abortions;
• Activist opportunities in California, DC, Atlanta, Boston, Denver, Minneapolis;
• and a superfood for radiation detox that was used successfully on children after Chernobyl.

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To access free ebook on holistic healing from radiation, go to: radiationdetox.com

Produced and hosted by Libbe HaLevy.