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HaLevy; All Rights Reserved nuclearhotseatpodcast@gmail.com (Libbe HaLevy) en-us Wed, 16 May 2012 13:50:23 GMT AudioAcrobat RSS Feeder 1.25 News & Current Events 1440 http://lhalevy.audioacrobat.com/albumart/1000.1337176223.jpg http://www.nuclearhotseat.com 36127230-e259-1ab0-24c2-8f6133f572f6 Wed, 16 May 2012 06:04:22 GMT Nuclear Hotseat #48 - Radiation Remediation, Neutralization Long time activist Elise Longhi shared how to get radiation out of the soil using mushrooms and hemp, out of water using nano technology that already exists, along with information on long-suppressed research by physicist Dr. Roy that actually neutralized radioactive cesium and strontium! Why is no one grabbing onto these technologies to solve the radiation threat? Plus Koodankulam protests in India being taken to National Human Rights Commission, French election may sink British nukes, Iowa legislature too smart to fall for nuclear Ponzi scheme, radioactive black dust all over Tokyo, cesium spike in Tokyo Bay "no IMMEDIATE health risk" (note that adjective!), and radioactive mice found just outside Fukushima evacuation zone. www.NuclearHotseat.com/blog 5e830117-91d3-badd-450d-e060cfc78908 Wed, 09 May 2012 17:22:07 GMT Nuclear Hotseat #47 - Dan Hirsch on LA's Hidden Nuclear Disaster Interview with Daniel Hirsch on the 1959 Santa Susana Field Laboratory nuclear meltdown - more radiation released than Three Mile Island! - and the current status of clean-up attempts. PLUS: The battle over San Onofre heats up with four times the number of damaged pipes in the steam generators as SCE assumes restart in June and NRC Chairman Jaczko smacks 'em down; Japan celebrates the shut-down of its last nuclear reactor; Physicians for Social Responsibility press conference in NYC presents Japanese physicians and nuclear experts telling the truth about Fukushima's current impact (scary health risks and Unit 4 dangers); 70 Japanese civil organizations petition UN to organize a Nuclear Security Summit re: Unit 4; Washington State finally testing seafood, clams for radioactivity; and Greenpeace activist bombs French nuclear reactor! (Smoke bomb, but still, it makes the point.) www.NuclearHotseat.com/blog 1de2add0-e853-7b1f-4130-465ddcebfee6 Wed, 02 May 2012 06:26:11 GMT Nuclear Hotseat #46 - Friends of Earth's Shaun Burnie Interview w/Shaun Burnie, nuclear consultant to Friends of the Earth, U.S. and Greenpeace, Germany; new Chernobyl structure started to replace sarcophagus, but radiation released by digging at 100 to 1000 times normal; in India, Koodankulam activists resume hunger strike against nuclear power; California nuke-free after jellyfish-like salps jam water intake pipes and shut down Diablo Canyon; 90% of Japanese urine samples contaminated w/cesium within 200 kilometers of Fukushima; Vermont Yankee protesters breach security before arrest... and release; NIRS protests NRC's Svnicki's attempt to re-up for another 5 years as Commissioner while Beyond Nuclear spearheads protest of Washington Post pro-nuke editorial that labels Fukushima "non-catastrophic;' and Arnie Gundersen of Fairewinds.com tells us exactly how to shut down the entire U.S. nuclear industry (hint: it's a "capital" idea)! www.NuclearHotseat.com/blog aca41244-d1c3-8557-effb-64ddd0e3b2d6 Tue, 24 Apr 2012 23:43:36 GMT Nuclear Hotseat #45 - Arnie Gundersen on San Onofre - SPECIAL to Nuclear Hotseat Arnie Gundersen of Fairewinds.com on San Onofre, how and when the problems happened, and the dangers of even thinking about a restart this summer (as SCE has announced they are planning to do). Battle heats up over NRC's Svnicki going for second term as Commissioner; EPA's Radnet "potentially impaired" for Fukushima and not in great shape if anything happens in the US; TEPCO to dump groundwater into the ocean at a rate of 1,000 gallons a day; Fukushima Women organize to share reliable information about radiation; Rumors spread of dead fetuses in utero; big demos coming at GE shareholders meeting and at San Onofre this Sunday, April 29; Poetry helps Japanese people heal via iPhone/iPad app; and when 92-year old Frances Crowe, arrested for protesting Vermont Yankee, was asked what her plea was to the charge, she answered, "I plead for the future of life and all living things in New England." Amen, Sister! www.NuclearHotseat.com/blog e50503f9-d7d8-f889-856a-76299ef4c75c Wed, 18 Apr 2012 00:33:57 GMT Nuclear Hotseat #44 - US Sen. Wyden takes on Unit 4 Interview w/Cecile Pineda, author of "Devil's Tango: How I Learned the Fukushima Step By Step," an eminently readable mosaic of information on the nuclear situation -- terrific for the person in your life who hasn't a clue but is willing to risk getting one! PLUS: • Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) publicly acknowledges the risks of Fukushima Unit 4 and pushes for international support in eliminating the risk; • TEPCO starts covering Unit 4; • Exelon's Limerick nuke plant leaks several thousand gallons of radioactive water into Philadelphia's drinking water source; • Florida Power & Light's Turkey Point nuke plant fined for "forgetting" to report a 7-month power outage in its emergency preparedness center; • Japan to be nuke-free on May 5, but nursery school children fed radioactive mushrooms; • European pro-nukers try to get subsidies from the EU budget paid for by anti-nuke countries; • California Nuclear Initiative on hold until 2012; Activist Alert! -- NRC Commissioner Kristine L. Svinicki's term ends June 30 unless she gets Senate approval for another 5 years. She voted against the implementation of safety concerns spotlighted in the NRC's Near Term Report on Fukushima Safety. Send letters to your US senators and let's get someone in there who cares about "protecting people and the environment," shall we? Learn how to contact your US Senator here: www.NuclearHotseat.com/blog 6465dd89-9228-242f-e768-ee0b91728559 Wed, 11 Apr 2012 00:30:02 GMT Nuclear Hotseat #43 - NRC Chairman, Sen. Feinstein at San Onofre Interview with Gene Stone of ROSE on visit by NRC Chairman Jaczko and Sen. Feinstein to San Onofre last week in the wake of burst pipes and pipe degradation in the new steam generators. Includes requests for letters to the NRC and live bodies to show up for San Onofre demo on April 28. Plus Fukushima shown to be 85 times worse than Chernobyl; newly leaked Japanese faxes show TEPCO knew it was the quake, not the tsunami, that caused the reactor damage; UK nukes at risk over possible downgrade of credit rating of two energy behemoths; NRC finds last years Ft. Calhoun fire of "high safety significance" [it took them a year to figure that out?]; UC Berkeley tests SF area milk and discovers almost double EPA's maxiumum contaminant level for Cesium 137; and Japan paying Chinese tourists to come to Fukushima, see the sights, take pictures and post them online. A continuation of the hostilities between these two countries? www.NuclearHotseat.com/blog 3a05bd09-7df2-117a-c60c-7a0f957770b1 ; and Friends of Earth produce a TV ad to keep San Onofre shut -- Jon Stewart, when will it be on The Daily Show?]]> Wed, 04 Apr 2012 04:15:54 GMT Nuclear Hotseat #42 - How Safe is Our Post-Fukushima Food? Terrific food safety interview w/Kimberly Roberson of Fukushima Fallout Awareness Network and Mary Beth Brangan of Ecological Awareness Network. Learn what you can do to boost your health and resist the effects of our increasingly radioactive food chain. Plus radiation in Fukushima #2 too hot for even the robots; Japanese politicians furious that Sapporo mayor refuses radioactive waste from Miyagi and Iwate; Former Prime Minister Kan now an anti-nuke activist!; San Onofre slammed into shutdown by NRC; NRC licenses 2 new nukes in South Carolina; radioactive kelp in southern California; Japan to provide canned radioactive fish to Cambodia for school lunches w/United Nations approval <INSANE!>; and Friends of Earth produce a TV ad to keep San Onofre shut -- Jon Stewart, when will it be on The Daily Show? http://www.nuclearhotseat.com/nuclear-hotseat-42-foodchain-safety-issues-wkimberly-roberson-mary-beth-brangan/ 4ec11c26-da3a-8bcd-2f31-c510fee9efd4 Wed, 28 Mar 2012 07:01:53 GMT Nuclear Hotseat - Three Mile Island Commemoration Special report on Three Mile Island on the eve of the 33rd anniversary, including host Libbe HaLevy's personal story of having been one mile away when it happened; Exclusive interview w/Dr. Helen Caldicott; 15 Koodankulam activists now 9 days into a fast to the death to stop two nuclear reactors from going online; ongoing radiation woes in Japan; North Anna hits NRC's "Unusual Occurrence" list yet again (it's not so unusual...); and according to Japanese psychiatric workers, if you're afraid of radiation, you're nuts! With thanks to sources for the Three Mile Island Special: Voices from TMI on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fmmdh8Xlbvg, compiled and uploaded by Mark Catlin; and "A is for Atom" – a film by Adam Curtis – Dictaphone audio from inside TMI. http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/adamcurtis/2011/03/a_is_for_atom.html# www.NuclearHotseat.com/blog 03320af5-241d-e47b-8959-c3cea457eb19 Wed, 21 Mar 2012 01:36:58 GMT Nuclear Hotseat - San Onofre Failing Tests; Flunking Out? Donna Gilmore and Ace Hoffman interviewed for a CA update on San Onofre testing, the state's TRUE energy needs, and the CA Ballot Initiative. Plus: Jon Stewart/Daily Show to carry nuke industry ads - NIRS.org starts the protest, Nuclear Hotseat joins in; since March 15, TEPCO no longer provides stats on the reactors; Japanese radiation hits new high in Iitate and farmers face a deadly harvest; Arnie predicts 20% cancer rate in Fukushima girls; US finally admits post-war nuke workers got cancer from exposure; in India, Koodankoolam anti-nuke protesters arrested; and a 68-year old Japanese man urges other seniors to buy and eat Fukushima rice so it doesn't otherwise get eaten by children. One of the most vulnerable populations urging suicidal action on behalf of another vulnerable population, commit slow hiri-kiri, death by TEPCO. Where is government? Where is protection? Where are the cranes...? http://www.nuclearhotseat.com/blog/ 093e6cbd-dbfd-a030-e6c6-5f44cdb80c0e Wed, 14 Mar 2012 01:04:05 GMT Nuclear Hotseat #39 - San Onofre Demo at First Anniversary of Fukushima Special audio report from the March 11 San Onofre anti-nuke demo; interviews with two survivors of Tohoku quake, tsunami and ongoing Fukushima Daiichi disaster from Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture in Japan, who were speaking at the demo in So Cal; SHOCKING! radiation levels found in parking lot adjacent to San Onofre; spent fuel pool at Fukushima #4 continues to be a serious risk; some of the "Fukushima 50" speak out on TEPCO lies and manipulation, safety and risk at the devastated nuclear reactors; radioactive debris to be shipped to one of the cleanest areas of Japan for disposal (aka, contamination); Arnie Gundersen of Fairewinds.com on Fukushima vs. Chernobyl, future cancer epidemics, and Tokyo soil samples equal to radioactive waste in the US; the ongoing cancer epidemic in Chernobyl; plus how anti-nuclear activists need to protect themselves before and after demonstrating near an aging, leaking nuclear reactor like San Onofre. www.NuclearHotseat.com 3705102e-6a69-ebb6-6f7c-a506b595de16 Wed, 07 Mar 2012 18:19:41 GMT LA Area Cesium 1,000 x Standard 52 Years After SSFL Meltdown Report on anti-nuke activists meeting w/CA Gov. Jerry Brown's senior aide; this weekend's demonstrations at San Onofre features two Japanese survivors of the Tohoku earthquake, tsunami, and resulting nuclear disaster at Fukushima; transcript of NRC audio quashing US National Labs monitoring of radiation the day after the earthquake; LA area cesium levels found to be 1,000 times higher than standard 53 years after SSFL meltdown; Sen. Barbara Boxer asks NRC to review San Onofre safety (they're "thinking about it!"); First Energy tries to blame 1979 blizzard for 2012 cracks in David Besse; legal loophole means Vermont Yankee may still be forced to shut down on March 21; iodine 131 found in Japanese drinking water, while radiation has been detected in Sri Lanka fish and 100,000 square miles in the Pacific. And with all this, DOE head announces, "We are committed to restarting the nation's nuclear industry." WHY? https://www.NuclearHotseat.com 2ec0e79f-292e-a53f-5f01-606fb118cc83 ; Iowa taxpayers to shell out for nuke construction costs whether the plant gets built or not; Indian Prime Minister blames US for local Kudankulam anti-nuke protests; Germany NOT restarting nukes, but using alternatives to send electricity to France; and both Czech Republic and Kuwait decide to go nuclear-free.]]> Tue, 28 Feb 2012 23:33:48 GMT Nuclear Hotseat for February 28, 2012 Japanese government shown to have been in chaos after Fukushima, w/possible Tokyo evacuation; only 2 nuke reactors left online in Japan... and no rolling blackouts; stillborn calves at Fukushima-area farm; NRC cites Palisades Power Plant for safety violations, plus Perry near Cleveland and Susquhanna near Harrisburg, PA; North Anna tritium double federal standard, but plant operators claim no knowledge of where it's coming from or how it happened <Homer Simpson territory!>; Iowa taxpayers to shell out for nuke construction costs whether the plant gets built or not; Indian Prime Minister blames US for local Kudankulam anti-nuke protests; Germany NOT restarting nukes, but using alternatives to send electricity to France; and both Czech Republic and Kuwait decide to go nuclear-free. www.NuclearHotseat.com 347d3e46-920c-0f1b-123c-3dc5bf00c3ce Wed, 15 Feb 2012 19:46:30 GMT Nuclear Hotseat - Vermont Yankee activist Hattie Nestel Kick-ass interview w/Hattie Nestle, 73-year-old anti-nuke activist arrested on Feb. 13 at Vermont Yankee nuclear facility; Fukushima 2 in recriticality; NRC licenses two new nuclear reactors for Georgia; two quakes - 6.2 and 5.5 - at Fukushima within the past 24 hours; 1/3 of kids from Fukushima who were tested have "lumps" on their thyroids only 10 months after the accident; thousands march in Tokyo against nuclear energy; US Dept. of Energy laying the groundwork for "Life After 60" - the licensing extensions of antique nuclear reactors beyond the current 40 + 20 years; the healing power of green foods; and a special anti-nuclear valentine from Vermont. https://www.facebook.com/NuclearHotseat ebab52d6-b176-6ad6-11ef-9088ba3d125c Wed, 08 Feb 2012 04:04:56 GMT Interview w/Mary Olson of NIRS.org Interview w/Mary Olson, Director of the SE office of NIRS, on increased radiation risks to women and children as well as national perspectives on the anti-nuclear movement; San Onofre problems continue (SEE: Nuclear Hotseat Special Report); Fukushima 2 reactor increasing heat while TEPCO injects borax; radiation cloud over New Zealand; fire at a nuclear research center in Moscow; nuke accidents in France, North Anna, radioactive fish in Vermont and dying birds at Fukushima. www.NuclearHotseat.com cf55bc1e-5c5c-8aa2-05cb-c1f6a715133a Sun, 05 Feb 2012 02:15:25 GMT NUCLEAR HOTSEAT SPECIAL REPORT Update on current status of San Onofre nuclear reactors in San Diego after last week's leak and discovery of over 800 damaged pipes. Featuring an interview with James Chambers, a licensed nuclear reactor operator and whistleblower from San Onofre, who offers his unique perspective on what these alarming developments might mean. Recorded Saturday, February 4, 2012. https://www.facebook.com/groups/NuclearHotseat/322593277784518/?ref=notif&notif_t=group_activity 41adb68e-2b80-ca1c-58ce-d690234d0cbb Wed, 01 Feb 2012 03:13:49 GMT Nuclear Hotseat - Organic Farmer Paul Frey of Frey Vineyards Nuclear Hotseat presents a realistic picture of a nuclear disaster 's impact on California agriculture, economy and image in an interview w/organic farmer Paul Frey of Frey Winery in Mendocino; peaceful women anti-nuke protestors in India attacked by hired thugs and government reps; NRC calls Level One accident at Illinois nuke reactor; German nuke waste to be shipped and burned in Tennessee; and Progress Energy in Florida continues to collect advance fees from consumers for a nuke plant they no longer plan to build -- another nuclear scam on par with "The Producers!" https://www.facebook.com/groups/NuclearHotseat/ c7988c5e-2755-6a58-09b0-e48443ad34c8 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 01:44:01 GMT Nuclear Hotseat - CA Initiative w/Donna Gilmore Interview with Donna Gilmore, Regional Coordinator for the California Nuclear Initiative, on San Onofre "safety" and an update on the Initiative; Fed Court blocks Vermont from forcing closure of Vermont Yankee (appeal to follow); 2 new quakes hit Fukushima in 24 hours; radiation camera good up to 1,000 sieverts goes dead when inserted into Fukushima #2; Japanese government re: nuclear disaster meeting notes: "The dog ate them!" (no records exits!); Gunderson on cesium in Japanese cedar pollen; 30-country Global Conference for a Nuclear-Free World in Japan; and think cigarettes can't be any worse for your health? In Japan, they're radioactive! https://www.facebook.com/groups/NuclearHotseat/ efa41a57-7d9d-699d-0e0f-8979d81a452e Wed, 18 Jan 2012 05:12:46 GMT Nuclear Hotseat - Peacewalk interview w/Louise Dunlap Interview w/activist Louise Dunlap on the planned Peacewalk to San Onofre; Japan comes clean: a second nuclear facility at Fukushima Daini was also damaged on March 11, 2012; reactor 4 spent fuel pond showing radiation spike; ongoing, growing dangers at Hanford Nuclear Reservation in Washington state; children living near nuclear reactors in France have double the leukemia rate; radioactivity in SF milk, Japanese fish sold to Canada, crickets and locusts in Japan, reindeer meat in Finland, and car parts in Russia; how to remove radioactivity from water; and Japanese numnutz sending school children to ski in Fukushima. https://www.facebook.com/groups/NuclearHotseat/ 35da647c-fe0f-ab7b-39d3-5372a1535a04 Wed, 11 Jan 2012 01:35:53 GMT Nuclear Hotseat - Dr. Janette Sherman, Joseph Magnano Knockout interview w/Dr. Janette Sherman and Joseph Magnano, co-authors of the medically peer-reviewed report on 14,000 additional US deaths in the weeks following Fukushima. Plus a cluster of quakes hit Japan; radiation spikes blamed by TEPCO on "the wind;" dying whales washing up on Japanese shores and near radioactive ash landfill; and the EU now recommending that its member nations test tuna, marlin and swordfish for radiation (while trying to deny that there's any risk to health). https://www.facebook.com/groups/NuclearHotseat/ 17c26603-64bb-5758-b97d-aff1403f009e Wed, 04 Jan 2012 01:37:49 GMT SAFETY LAST: Why PG&E Hates San Onofre Whistleblower James Chambers MUST LISTEN! Explosive interview with San Onofre whistleblower James Chambers, a 25-year veteran nuclear operator forced out after he voiced repeated concerns about safety issues. Plus: Reactor 4 at Fukushima continues to lean; radioactive "yellow cake" material pulled out from underneath the reactor; the TEPCO/Yakuza (Japanese Mafia) connection (HINT: there's more honor in the Yakuza); mutated animals (baby seals, walruses, sea turtles, dogs) and plants in the US, Canada, Chernobyl and Fukushima; and local Japanese official who spoke out against nuclear after Fukushima happened found dead in his car of a shotgun blast. https://www.facebook.com/groups/NuclearHotseat/ f707aa71-1887-0d07-8cef-7bfb53a04baa Tue, 27 Dec 2011 23:45:14 GMT Japan Almost Nuke-Free, NRC Licenses 4 More Reactors Japan down to only 6 of 54 nuke reactors on line... and still no blackouts! Japanese Nuclear Accident Minister admits nuclear fuel may have leaked out of Fukushima and that exposure to radioactive materials increases the risk of cancer; gift certificates and pandas for Sendai City? In the US, safety violations and accidents at 3 nuclear reactors doesn't stop NRC from licensing four new ones; Arthur D. Little study of German nukes shows power costs waaaaay more expensive than first believed; baking soda for radiation detox (as used at Los Alamos!), anti-nuke year-end donation sites and of course, a reminder to help get petitions signed to get the California anti-nuke Initiative on the November, 2012 ballot. https://www.facebook.com/groups/NuclearHotseat/ a5c899d7-6701-4636-0132-34d4b82b8d52 Mon, 26 Dec 2011 18:22:05 GMT Medical Journal: 14,000 Post-Fukushima USA Deaths Technical difficulties postponed planned interview w/Mary Olson of NIRS. Japan announces "cold-shutdown" of Fukushima to world-wide derision as the lie it is; peer-reviewed medical journal article links 14,000 USA deaths to Fukushima radiation - infants hardest hit; further compromise of Building 4 at Fukushima endangering the spent fuel rods it contains; atomic radiation proven more harmful to women than men, according to NIRS.org briefing paper; French power giant EDF dropping out of building new Maryland nukes; Japanese hospitals refusing to see patients who are sick from radiation; mutant vegetables in Japanese harvest; cilantro (coriander) for heavy metal detox; and California Initiative petitions now available at: SanOnofreSafety.org. https://www.facebook.com/groups/NuclearHotseat/ 1c9e7e9f-b9a3-7b5b-02c2-9a813d31fe6f Wed, 14 Dec 2011 02:00:52 GMT Local Activist Strategies that Work! Interview w/Gary and Laurie Headrick on how San Clemente Green worked in local government to make significant anti-nuke advances... and how you can do it, too. PLUS: Attempt at a nuclear coup as 4 NRC Commissioners - one w/direct nuke industry ties - try to oust the semi pro-safety Chairman Jaczko, while Rep. Markey (D-Mass) calls them out as interfering with post-Fukushima nuke safety in the US. Plus 3 Fukushima-related deaths, radiation leaking from Hanford into Columbia River in Washington State, and TEPCO prevented from releasing "treated" radioactive water by raging Japanese fishing interests. Oh, and the jellyfish are at it again! http://www.facebook.com/groups/NuclearHotseat/ 1aca57d4-4690-770e-45ae-565bdd7147d0 Wed, 30 Nov 2011 02:49:01 GMT Steve Zeltzer interview on Nukes/Media Conference Interview w/Steve Zeltzer, organizer of the Dec. 3 conference on Fukushima, The Lessons of Nuclear Power and the Media; Japanese government panel studying enbrittlement of steel in nuclear reactors; Director of Fukushima nuke reactor stepping down because of undisclosed "condition" but no one is saying the "r-word" ("radiation"); Christian Science Monitor says nuclear power "threatens human civilization;" Hanford not safe according to Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass); further Obama ties to nuke industry revealed; and Japan's richest man is building 10 mega-solar installations while donating his future earnings for life to the victims of the March 11 triple disaster. Yay for this member of the 1%! http://lhalevy.audioacrobat.com/deluge/NuclearHotseat-25_11-29-11.mp3 ef157782-798d-a862-14bc-aa40daaf5c61 Wed, 23 Nov 2011 22:39:04 GMT CA Anti-Nuke Initiative - interview w/Ben Davis, Jr. Terrific interview on the proposed California ballot initiative to shut down all in-state nuclear reactors with Ben Davis, Jr., who wrote it and spearheads the drive to collect signatures and get it passed. Plus Fukushima Diary blogger Mochizuki interrogated by 4 "officials" in Japan on his anti-nuclear activities and intimidated into considering leaving the country - financial and legal help needed, fast; Fukushima designer admits that the reactors are now in China Syndrome - melt-through to hydrovolcanic explosion possible; TWO, count them, TWO accidents in TWO days at Brunswick Nuclear Plant in North Carolina; two important Fukushima studies revealed to be edited by pro-nuker; NRC asks about Vermont Yankee and Entergy, "When is strontium 90 NOT strontium 90?"; background radiation spikes to danger level for first time in Los Angeles; Japanese food supply showing first indications of radioactivity above even government-inflated levels; and 1% of Fukuoka, Japan's population (15,000) show up for an anti-nuke demo; what would 1% turnout look like in YOUR home town? Let's try, shall we...?! http://www.nuclearhotseat.com f21943f9-0960-8d34-6a22-f56423b6c3e3 Wed, 23 Nov 2011 01:43:13 GMT Interview w/author of CA Anti-Nuke Ballot Initiative, Ben Davis, Jr. Terrific interview on the proposed California ballot initiative to shut down all in-state nuclear reactors with Ben Davis, Jr., who wrote it and spearheads the drive to collect signatures and get it passed. Plus Fukushima Diary blogger Mochizuki interrogated by 4 "officials" in Japan on his anti-nuclear activities and intimidated into considering leaving the country - help needed, fast; Fukushima designer admits that the reactors are now in China Syndrome - melt-through to possible hydrovolcanic explosion; TWO, count them, TWO accidents in TWO days at Brunswick Nuclear Plant in North Carolina; two important Fukushima studies revealed to be edited by pro-nuker; NRC asks about Vermont Yankee and Entergy, "When is strontium 90 NOT strontium 90?"; bg radiation spikes to danger level for first time in Los Angeles; Japanese food supply showing first indications of radioactivity above even the government's inflated levels; and 1% of Fukuoka, Japan's population (15,000) show up for an anti-nuke demo; what would 1% turnout look like in YOUR home town? Let's try, shall we...?! http://www.facebook.com/groups/NuclearHotseat/ de887e1e-90ec-8cc1-0a97-2fe8517f261e , mystery radiation all over Europe, Japan's free trips to visit their irradiated land (all it costs are your chromosomes and your integrity), The Fukushima Marathon for teenaged girls (no, I'm not kidding), The Biggest Nuclear Liar in India and more! What a week, what a world...]]> Wed, 16 Nov 2011 02:27:34 GMT Nuclear Hotseat for November 15, 2011 In-depth interview with engineer Dr. Ernest Goytein (a former nuclear insider who switched sides more than 30 years ago) on nuclear impact on global warming, the embrittlement problem in aging reactors, and nuclear disasters we barely missed. Solid info from a genuine expert. PLUS: North Anna restart <!>, mystery radiation all over Europe, Japan's free trips to visit their irradiated land (all it costs are your chromosomes and your integrity), The Fukushima Marathon for teenaged girls (no, I'm not kidding), The Biggest Nuclear Liar in India and more! What a week, what a world... http://lhalevy.audioacrobat.com/deluge/NuclearHotseat-23-11-15-11.mp3 c6080203-9104-6957-7c62-37e10484b7eb , mystery radiation all over Europe, Japan's free trips to visit their irradiated land (all it costs are your chromosomes and your integrity), The Fukushima Marathon for teenaged girls (no, I'm not kidding) and The Biggest Nuclear Liar in India. What a week, what a world...]]> Wed, 16 Nov 2011 02:26:07 GMT Nuclear Hotseat for November 15, 2011 In-depth interview w/engineer Dr. Ernest Goytein (a former nuclear insider who switched sides more than 30 years ago) on nuclear impact on global warming, the embrittlement problem in aging reactors, and nuclear disasters we barely missed. Solid info from a genuine expert. PLUS: North Anna restart <!>, mystery radiation all over Europe, Japan's free trips to visit their irradiated land (all it costs are your chromosomes and your integrity), The Fukushima Marathon for teenaged girls (no, I'm not kidding) and The Biggest Nuclear Liar in India. What a week, what a world... http://lhalevy.audioacrobat.com/deluge/NuclearHotseat-23-11-15-11.mp3 e2bf91e3-1f92-76a8-f8b2-31a4d1994c96 Wed, 09 Nov 2011 01:47:01 GMT Nuclear Hotseat for November 8, 2011 Fabulous interview with Dr. Janette Sherman, contributing editor to Chernobyl - Consequences of the Catastrophe for People and Nature. Hear how she's been forced to re-prove her study with epidemiologist Joseph Mangano on the effects of Fukushima radiation on neonatal mortality in the US in the seven weeks after the disaster started; French presidential candidate proposes cuts to nuke industry - and he's ahead of Sarkozy in the polls; Germany's alternative energy has them generating enough power to export it; Japanese broadcaster who ate Fukushima food on air now in chemo for leukemia; and North Anna's Dominion Power oligarchy again shown to deserve the epithet, "Liar, liar, pants on fire!" http://lhalevy.audioacrobat.com/deluge/57825678-7372-be8c-6422-2e09b885a43c.mp3 acd608b2-c53b-3489-9a14-399a4655e02c ; radiation effects showing up on Japanese children; radiation plume in March hit west coast of US and Canada much harder than previously thought; Japanese kitten mutated in way eerily similar to children at Chernobyl; Japanese official drinks Fukushima water collected from puddle between reactors 5 and 6 by hazmat-suited worker ; Belgium agrees to shut down its remaining nuclear reactors; and Homer Simpson proves to be a prophet: three-eyed fish found outside Argentine nuke plant.]]> Fri, 04 Nov 2011 18:03:02 GMT Nuclear Hotseat for November 1, 2011 TEPCO to get Japanese bail-out funds instead of jail time <!>; radiation effects showing up on Japanese children; radiation plume in March hit west coast of US and Canada much harder than previously thought; Japanese kitten mutated in way eerily similar to children at Chernobyl; Japanese official drinks Fukushima water collected from puddle between reactors 5 and 6 by hazmat-suited worker <!>; Belgium agrees to shut down its remaining nuclear reactors; and Homer Simpson proves to be a prophet: three-eyed fish found outside Argentine nuke plant. http://lhalevy.audioacrobat.com/deluge/NuclearHotseat21-11-1-11.mp3 9f18cb65-0908-362e-2470-cd72f07adc73 Wed, 26 Oct 2011 03:19:56 GMT Nuclear Hotseat - Michael Keegan of Nuclear-Free Great Lakes Interview with Michael Keegan of Nuclear-Free Great Lakes; radiation news and health problems from Japan; Swedish nuclear plant fire; Canadian radiation higher than originally reported; Cesium in San Francisco-area milk... again; NIRS report on radiational harm worse for women than men; apple pectin good for more than jelly; San Clemente unanimous in lobbying for disposal of nuclear waste at San Onofre and construction of additional roads for evacuation; and eavesdrop on email between Arnie Gunderson and Prof. Christopher Busby. http://lhalevy.audioacrobat.com/deluge/040e8c06-e61c-45ed-4a06-7d5f544d6b20.mp3 e260d0cc-af81-9425-4089-a0bf09c37ed0 Wed, 19 Oct 2011 02:52:27 GMT Interview w/Barbara George, Women's Energy Matters, Marin County, CA Interview with Barbara George of Women's Energy Matters of Marin County, Ca; radiation news from Japan, including compromises to the food chain in plankton and rice; TEPCO muzzles anyone who wants to work for them and makes workers who accept a "danger bonus" of 10 euros ($13.50) an hour give up the right to sue later if they get sick; TEPCO shorts evacuees, cutting monthly payments from the equivalent of $1,300 to $650; crack found in nuclear reactor head in Ohio; new reactor design for Florida provokes "non-concurrence statement of dissent" from the NRC's lead structural reviewer; Interfaith Peace Walk from Diablo Canyon; Prof. Christopher Busby offers video on supplementation; and a surprisingly relevant 51-year-old quote from President John F. Kennedy. http://lhalevy.audioacrobat.com/deluge/5e28ed99-7d9c-625b-8c04-289765cb4890.mp3 c7d53ef3-a519-3151-0258-0c6b16ef0a58 Tue, 11 Oct 2011 21:00:00 GMT Nuclear Hotseat - going to San Onofre hearings Second of two hearings on San Onofre nuclear reactors will present the anti-nuke perspective tonight in San Clemente, CA; Japan radiation updates; Plants and trees reported dying in northwest Japan; Four generator failures hit US nuclear plants since April; NRC knew about thyroid irregularities in Alaska following Fukushima; TEPCO injects nitrogen into piles of reactor vessel #1 eject explosive hydrogen created when radiation dissolved water into its component atoms; Japan government tells residents to return to their homes in the former evacuation zone… and they refuse – can you imagine?!? http://lhalevy.audioacrobat.com/deluge/3866a26f-3e06-be38-984d-6c6ef2055a01.mp3 741a8fce-8773-e29e-f4d3-3aae1c37af58 ; TEPCO admits its own nuclear accident manual "useless;" mutant rats found in Tokyo; zeolite for health and radiation mitigation; activists blockade Hinkley Pint power station in UK; and approval of South Texas power plants delayed to allow full hearing on plant's foreign ownership - which is illegal.]]> Wed, 05 Oct 2011 00:18:01 GMT San Onofre/NRC hearings a debacle, TEPCO admits its emergency manual "useless" Report on NRC hearings on San Onofre in San Clemente, including on-site interiew with Gene Stone of Residents Organized for a Safe Environment (ROSE); Radioactive water found beneath Hatch reactor in Georgia; GE Hitachi says 35 US nuclear reactors could fail during quake; North Anna semantic manipulation point to restart soon whether it's proven safe or not; nuke industry group sent $580,000 lobbying federal officials in second quarter 2011; Los Alamos clean-up claims toxed land will soon be suitable for residential development <!>; TEPCO admits its own nuclear accident manual "useless;" mutant rats found in Tokyo; zeolite for health and radiation mitigation; activists blockade Hinkley Pint power station in UK; and approval of South Texas power plants delayed to allow full hearing on plant's foreign ownership - which is illegal. http://www.nuclearhotseat.com 959f79b9-8372-0f26-2c43-e6c3ffe6fef6 Wed, 28 Sep 2011 04:00:00 GMT Breaking News - radiation leak at Michigan nuke plant Infant mortality spike in Pacific Northwest; radiation leak at Michigan nuclear reactor; Tweets from nuclear plant worker at Fukushima on potential for another explosion; cesium found in Japanese rice at 2-1/2 times safety level; if French explosion at nuclear reactor at Marcoule was "not nuclear," why was the worker killed there buried in a coffin with "antiradioactive internal shielding?" Calcium Bentonite Clay for detoxing your produce and yourself. http://lhalevy.audioacrobat.com/deluge/dd0311cf-bac1-21d6-738c-747b4fe7f178.mp3 3681ee50-2e50-de08-8d44-ba9548f98ba3 Tue, 27 Sep 2011 18:27:54 GMT Breaking News - radiation leak at Michigan nuke plant Infant mortality spike in Pacific Northwest; radiation leak at Michigan nuclear reactor; Tweets from nuclear plant worker at Fukushima on potential for another explosion; cesium found in Japanese rice at 2-1/2 times safety level; if French explosion at nuclear reactor at Marcoule was "not nuclear," why was the worker killed there buried in a coffin with "antiradioactive internal shielding?" Calcium Bentonite Clay for detoxing your produce and yourself. http://lhalevy.audioacrobat.com/deluge/dd0311cf-bac1-21d6-738c-747b4fe7f178.mp3 e9ca80b1-77a6-6cf4-b762-e45e3129c5cd Tue, 27 Sep 2011 18:26:27 GMT Breaking News - radiation leak at Michigan nuke plant Infant mortality spike in Pacific Northwest; radiation leak at Michigan nuclear reactor; Tweets from nuclear plant worker at Fukushima on potential for another explosion; cesium found in Japanese rice at 2-1/2 times safety level; if French explosion at nuclear reactor at Marcoule was "not nuclear," why was the worker killed there buried in a coffin with "antiradioactive internal shielding?" Calcium Bentonite Clay for detoxing your produce and yourself. http://lhalevy.audioacrobat.com/deluge/dd0311cf-bac1-21d6-738c-747b4fe7f178.mp3 d26eddc2-31f7-042a-e850-d97d3216f828 and radioactive cesium coming soon to an ocean near you; 60,000 Japanese in Tokyo demonstrate against nuclear power; new Arnie Gunderson/Fairewinds.com video on design flaws in the GE Mark I reactor, plus a list of 23 GEMIs still online in the US; radioactivity detected in France following explosion at Mancoule nuke plant last Monday; radical suggestion for managing radiation exposure (HINT: it's legal for some in California...); and NRC hearing on San Onofre in San Clemente next Tuesday - be there!]]> Wed, 21 Sep 2011 00:23:22 GMT Nuclear Hotseat hosted by Libbe HaLevy Great interview w/author-activist Ace Hoffman on problems at San Onofre and the power of his free ebook, an expose of the nuclear industry, THE CODE KILLERS; multiple problems emerging at Fukushima including evidence of renewed criticality, groundwater contamination, missing plutonium <!> and radioactive cesium coming soon to an ocean near you; 60,000 Japanese in Tokyo demonstrate against nuclear power; new Arnie Gunderson/Fairewinds.com video on design flaws in the GE Mark I reactor, plus a list of 23 GEMIs still online in the US; radioactivity detected in France following explosion at Mancoule nuke plant last Monday; radical suggestion for managing radiation exposure (HINT: it's legal for some in California...); and NRC hearing on San Onofre in San Clemente next Tuesday - be there! http://lhalevy.audioacrobat.com/deluge/4cd1fa9c-f7f9-0dfe-f310-294c042818b2.mp3 96c6a431-380b-73c2-26c0-55c834e66e70 Wed, 14 Sep 2011 00:14:33 GMT Nuclear Hotseat hosted by Libbe HaLevy Interview with Gene Stone of ROSE (Residents Organized for a Safe Environment) on upcoming San Onofre/NRC hearings in San Clemente; Oct. 1 anti-nuke rallies planned in NYC and around the country - join in or form one!; North Anna exceeded design stats during east coast quake (we scooped the LA Times on that one); Fort Calhoun almost flunks safety; water leak shuts Connecticutt's Millstone reactor; NRC votes w/President Obama to shut Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Dump, but Republicans in Congress vow to fight this sudden outbreak of nuclear sanity; Fukushima sea radiation at least 3x higher than estimated...and increasing; Japan's government wants to stop citizens from taking thir own radiation measurements; Japanese seniors volunteer for Fukushima clean-up; effects of fallout on in-utero infants; and what Adm. Hyman Rickover told Congress about nuclear energy. http://lhalevy.audioacrobat.com/deluge/NuclearHotseat14-09-13-11.mp3 34f058ba-510c-4be5-c392-1434b203f8d6 Wed, 07 Sep 2011 00:26:29 GMT Radiation Facts, North Anna Lies, Vermont's Nuclear Sanity Summary of new audio - Arnie Gunderson interviewed by Dr. Helen Caldicott - wow!; North Anna's Dominion operators caught in lie about quake-resistance; Vermont Senate votes to block nuclear plant as of 2012; Fukushima workers receiving 17 times the maximum allowable radiation dose; and one bet Lloyds of London won't make. http://lhalevy.audioacrobat.com/deluge/159b80f0-6d0b-6ccc-b309-a0e8775a2455.mp3 a3502996-4787-8d99-fe56-ca6130e51d9d Wed, 31 Aug 2011 00:19:12 GMT Sean Bonner of Safecast on Radiation Monitoring in Japan Interview w/Sean Bonner of Safecast on providing free on-the-ground radiation monitoring devices to groups in Japan; post-quake damage suspected at North Anna in Virginia; post-Hurricane Irene "Unusual Event" at Calvert Cliffs in Maryland; "anecdotal" tweets and email from Japan reveal the devastating human toll of Fukushima; Activist opportunities in California, DC, Atlanta, Boston, Denver, Minneapolis; and a superfood for radiation detox that was used successfully on children after Chernobyl. http://lhalevy.audioacrobat.com/deluge/c84e4d37-1ef5-d49b-2a57-78e197eaa703.mp3 0f06cfab-f94b-f76d-351b-d4988d04bb87 Wed, 24 Aug 2011 00:09:24 GMT Nuclear Hotseat interview w/Kevin Kamps, Beyond Nuclear Interview w/Kevin Kamps, Nuclear Waste Watchdog for Beyond Nuclear; East Coast quake knocks out emergency generator at Virginia nuke plant, causes NRC "unusual occurrences" at eight others; Arnie Gunderson of Fairewinds on Japan's burning of nuclear waste as "recreating Fukushima;" Evacuate Fukushima video and petition - please sign!; Canada to test food sources; and what the Nuclear Numnutz say to each other when they think we aren't listening! www.NuclearHotseat.com http://www.nuclearhotseat.com 2d03e68b-811f-92c7-339d-68d7e5681c19 Wed, 17 Aug 2011 23:35:12 GMT Interview w/Jane Swanson, San Luis Obispo Mothers for Peace Nuclear News: Excessive radiation found in Fukushima fish; radioactive iodine found in the thyroid glands of Japanese children; shipping containers from Japan found to be radioactive; tweets from a hospital nurse in Sendai City @cases of radiation poisoning; Arnie Gunderson's latest update on hot particles and US government collusion with Japan to downplay Fukushima to the American public; audio of radiation rain in Toronto; demonstrations; Adrenal Fatigue in the wake of all this nuclear talk; and the music of decaying isotopes. http://lhalevy.audioacrobat.com/deluge/NuclearHotseat_10-08-16-11.mp3 ad15e007-4a92-6757-9906-0b96d73e92b7 Wed, 17 Aug 2011 23:21:27 GMT CA Anti-Nuclear Summit held to Shut Down Diablo, San Onofre Interview with Aileen Mioko Smith, Executive Director of Green Action - Japan, based in Kyoto, about her work with families unable to evacuate children from Fukushima; Japanese govt. lies @ radiation plume lead would-be evacuees into greater danger; Wall Street Journal finds economics of nuclear waste "unsustainable;" Activist Moment by Mary Beth Branagan of EON3.net on how to handle nuclear depression; and a nuke "eco-tourism" site in the Phillippines. http://lhalevy.audioacrobat.com/deluge/NuclearHotseat_9-08-9-11.mp3 c116d7d7-58e5-9e28-ed37-fd92c6ed21bd Thu, 04 Aug 2011 18:41:51 GMT Nuclear Hotseat interview with Michael Mariotte of NIRS.org Interview w/Michael Mariotte of Nuclear Information and Referral Service (NIRS.org); the week's nuclear news from Fukushima, Alabama, Ft. Calhoun; radiation protection tips from Arnie Gunderson of Fairewinds.com; and simple ways YOU can get involved in creating a nuclear-free future. http://www.nuclearhotseat.com/yes