http://www.nuclearhotseat.com Nuclear news from an anti-nuclear activist perspective, including holistic healing tips and protection from radiation, interviews w/leading activists, and how you can help stop the nuclear madness. Nuclear Hotseat is produced and hosted by 3 Mile Island survivor Libbe HaLevy. Copyright © 2011, Libbe S. HaLevy; All Rights Reserved nuclearhotseatpodcast@gmail.com (Libbe HaLevy) en-us Thu, 23 May 2013 10:20:14 GMT AudioAcrobat RSS Feeder 1.25 News & Current Events 1440 http://lhalevy.audioacrobat.com/albumart/1000.1369304414.jpg http://www.nuclearhotseat.com Libbe S. HaLevy All the Week's Nuclear News, Expert Interviews, Holistic Healing and Activist Opportunities, Produce and Hosted by Libbe HaLevy, Three Mile Island Survivor no nuclear,reactor,radiation,NRC,nuclear,regulatory,commission,Fukushima,Japan,Daichi,San,Onofre,Libbe,HaLevy Libbe HaLevy lhalevy@aol.com b908de31-3c65-f62c-3d79-283238dc3fe9 ; massive anti-nuke protests in Taiwan; Fukushima growing rice for sale in "former" hot zone ; and all you need to march Hanford waste across town is a parade permit! No, really!]]> Wed, 22 May 2013 06:01:36 GMT 01:00:01 Libbe S. HaLevy Daniel Noonan of Washington State Physicians for Social Responsibility on the complex history of the Hanford nuclear site, repository of 60% of America's high level nuclear waste and this week's public meeting at the University of Washington. Plus organic grape grower and winemaker Paul Frey on reactor accident impact on America's agriculture. BONUS: How to make a radiation impact map for your local neighborhood nuclear reactor! PLUS: Belgium's 2 nukes cracked "but safe!"; Hamburg ship fire threatened radioactive materials AND explosives in same cargo hold <!>; massive anti-nuke protests in Taiwan; Fukushima growing rice for sale in "former" hot zone <!>; and all you need to march Hanford waste across town is a parade permit! No, really! Food Safety w/Paul Frey - Make Your Own Plume Map! no #101: Hanford Spotlight w/PSR's Daniel Noonan Daniel Noonan of Washington State Physicians for Social Responsibility on the complex history of the Hanford nuclear site, repository of 60% of America's high level nuclear waste and this week's public meeting at the University of Washington. Plus organic grape grower and winemaker Paul Frey on reactor accident impact on America's agriculture. BONUS: How to make a radiation impact map for your local neighborhood nuclear reactor! PLUS: Belgium's 2 nukes cracked "but safe!"; Hamburg ship fire threatened radioactive materials AND explosives in same cargo hold <!>; massive anti-nuke protests in Taiwan; Fukushima growing rice for sale in "former" hot zone <!>; and all you need to march Hanford waste across town is a parade permit! No, really! http://www.NuclearHotseat.com/blog 7a7d7053-2a7b-1ae7-410e-1426eaf90bd3 ; Palisades NPP crack caused leaks into Lake Michigan and Michigan Congressman w/clout demands full accountability; Hanford may be "too dangerous to clean up" - huh?; NRC Commissioner Ostendorff owned stock in NRC licensee Honeywell during labor lockout; horses dying and stroke rate spiking in Fukushima; and SCE still trying to get someoe to take that senior management position as Nuclear Communications Project Manager - any takers? ]]> Wed, 15 May 2013 06:43:34 GMT 01:00:01 Libbe S. HaLevy Friends of the Earth's Nuclear Campaigner Kendra Ulrich explains the importance of the ASLB's determination calling for the NRC to hold an adjudicated evidentiary hearing - a TRIAL - on Southern California Edison's proposed restart of the damaged leaking Unit 2. Featured interview w/Rudolph Herzog, author of "A SHORT HISTORY OF NUCLEAR FOLLY: MAD SCIENTISTS, DITHERING NAZIS, LOST NUKES AND CATASTROPHIC COVER-UPS." PLUS: 83-year-old Sister Megan Rice and two associates found guilty of conscience-driven break-in at Y-12 nuclear processing plant in Tennessee, could get 30 years <!>; Palisades NPP crack caused leaks into Lake Michigan and Michigan Congressman w/clout demands full accountability; Hanford may be "too dangerous to clean up" - huh?; NRC Commissioner Ostendorff owned stock in NRC licensee Honeywell during labor lockout; horses dying and stroke rate spiking in Fukushima; and SCE still trying to get someoe to take that senior management position as Nuclear Communications Project Manager - any takers? <g> FOE's Ulrich, Author Rudolph Herzog, Sister Megan Rice Found Guilty! no Nuclear Hotseat #100! - Big San Onofre Win: ASLB Mandates Public Hearings Friends of the Earth's Nuclear Campaigner Kendra Ulrich explains the importance of the ASLB's determination calling for the NRC to hold an adjudicated evidentiary hearing - a TRIAL - on Southern California Edison's proposed restart of the damaged leaking Unit 2. Featured interview w/Rudolph Herzog, author of "A SHORT HISTORY OF NUCLEAR FOLLY: MAD SCIENTISTS, DITHERING NAZIS, LOST NUKES AND CATASTROPHIC COVER-UPS." PLUS: 83-year-old Sister Megan Rice and two associates found guilty of conscience-driven break-in at Y-12 nuclear processing plant in Tennessee, could get 30 years <!>; Palisades NPP crack caused leaks into Lake Michigan and Michigan Congressman w/clout demands full accountability; Hanford may be "too dangerous to clean up" - huh?; NRC Commissioner Ostendorff owned stock in NRC licensee Honeywell during labor lockout; horses dying and stroke rate spiking in Fukushima; and SCE still trying to get someoe to take that senior management position as Nuclear Communications Project Manager - any takers? <g> http://www.NuclearHotseat.com/blog 211fbf0e-4cf5-05d4-3eda-2ecd4cf08f1c Wed, 08 May 2013 05:57:35 GMT 01:00:05 Libbe S. HaLevy From the Macro to the Micro on San Onofre: Friends of the Earth's Nuclear Campaigner Kendra Ulrich on facing down the NRC "in the belly of the beast," and nuclear videographer Myla Reson gets Rep. Henry Waxman all righteous on our behalf. PLUS: Palisades leaks "very slightly/mildly/diluted' radioactive water into Lake Michigan but "there's no impact on health and safety!"; Duke dumps plans for 2 new nukes; DU implicted in GI suicides?; 83-year-old nun + 2 on trial for breaking into Oak Ridge and praying; Indian high court okays Koodankulam start-up; KEWAUNEE IS HISTORY - 103 AND COUNTING DOWN!... and all right, who put the goldfish in Perry? Friends of the Earth's Kendra Ulrich, Videographer Myla Reson no Nuclear Hotseat #99: San Onofre Heats Up From the Macro to the Micro on San Onofre: Friends of the Earth's Nuclear Campaigner Kendra Ulrich on facing down the NRC "in the belly of the beast," and nuclear videographer Myla Reson gets Rep. Henry Waxman all righteous on our behalf. PLUS: Palisades leaks "very slightly/mildly/diluted' radioactive water into Lake Michigan but "there's no impact on health and safety!"; Duke dumps plans for 2 new nukes; DU implicted in GI suicides?; 83-year-old nun + 2 on trial for breaking into Oak Ridge and praying; Indian high court okays Koodankulam start-up; KEWAUNEE IS HISTORY - 103 AND COUNTING DOWN!... and all right, who put the goldfish in Perry? http://www.NuclearHotseat.com/blog 983b3ca3-dfe2-6708-d50a-37ff2bb8ca5b Wed, 01 May 2013 05:53:13 GMT 01:00:01 Libbe S. HaLevy LaSalle NPP near Chicago goes SCRAM four times w/an uncontrolled radiation leak in less than two weeks; is the country's most nuclear state about to go critical? Nuclear Energy and Information Service's Gail Payne and Andrew Kishner of NuclearCrimes.org explain the complex issues while admitting that no one knows exactly how much radiation was vented. Oy. PLUS: NYTimes says TEPCO "just hanging on," hasn't a clue; Japan refuses its responsibility to evacuate kids from Fukushima radiation zone; More peaceful Koodankulam protesters arrested in India; radiation rises in Tokyo and no one knows -- or will admit to -- why; Entergy told to pay Red Cross over $700K for evacuation plan; and Leverett, Massachusetts, votes to abolish the NRC! (Would that it were so easy...) Midwest Nuke Experts Gail Payne of NEIS and Andrew Kishner no #98: LaSalle NPP Radiation Leak Threatens Chicago LaSalle NPP near Chicago goes SCRAM four times w/an uncontrolled radiation leak in less than two weeks; is the country's most nuclear state about to go critical? Nuclear Energy and Information Service's Gail Payne and Andrew Kishner of NuclearCrimes.org explain the complex issues while admitting that no one knows exactly how much radiation was vented. Oy. PLUS: NYTimes says TEPCO "just hanging on," hasn't a clue; Japan refuses its responsibility to evacuate kids from Fukushima radiation zone; More peaceful Koodankulam protesters arrested in India; radiation rises in Tokyo and no one knows -- or will admit to -- why; Entergy told to pay Red Cross over $700K for evacuation plan; and Leverett, Massachusetts, votes to abolish the NRC! (Would that it were so easy...) http://www.NuclearHotseat.com/blog 46989a8b-dc58-10e1-8241-77d3d283996d Wed, 24 Apr 2013 05:46:01 GMT 01:00:01 Libbe S. HaLevy In commemoration of the 27th anniversary of Chernobyl on April 26, three interviews: Dr. Alexei Yablokov, author of the groundbreaking book, CHERNOBYL: Consequences of the Catastrophe for People and the Environment; Dr. Janette Sherman, who edited the English translation of Dr. Yablokov's book and speaks to her own expertise about the impact of radiation on fetuses, children and adults; and Chernobyl survivor Bonnie Kouneva, who as a teenager lived 800 miles away in Bulgaria... but it wasn't far enough. PLUS: Los Angeles tells NRC: Hold SCE's feet to the fire at an Adjudicated Evidentiary Hearing (a legally-binding trial) on San Onofre; Florida tells Progress Energy: No more taxpayer money for non-existent nuclear reactors! (Duh!); and then there's always Koodankulam, Fukushima, TEPCO - it's all numnutz! Interviews w/Yablokov, Dr. Sherman, Chernobyl Survivor Kouneva no #97: CHERNOBYL ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL In commemoration of the 27th anniversary of Chernobyl on April 26, three interviews: Dr. Alexei Yablokov, author of the groundbreaking book, CHERNOBYL: Consequences of the Catastrophe for People and the Environment; Dr. Janette Sherman, who edited the English translation of Dr. Yablokov's book and speaks to her own expertise about the impact of radiation on fetuses, children and adults; and Chernobyl survivor Bonnie Kouneva, who as a teenager lived 800 miles away in Bulgaria... but it wasn't far enough. PLUS: Los Angeles tells NRC: Hold SCE's feet to the fire at an Adjudicated Evidentiary Hearing (a legally-binding trial) on San Onofre; Florida tells Progress Energy: No more taxpayer money for non-existent nuclear reactors! (Duh!); and then there's always Koodankulam, Fukushima, TEPCO - it's all numnutz! http://www.NuclearHotseat.com/blog 9df5f22c-c7c9-d08d-6a69-94f03b337c7b Wed, 17 Apr 2013 05:58:37 GMT 01:00:05 Libbe S. HaLevy You may have heard about the sailors from the USS Ronald Reagan suing TEPCO for their radiation exposure, but you haven't heard the whole story. "The devil's in the details," as they say, and the details in this story will change you. Presentation by and uncensored press interview with former quartermasters Jaime Plym and Maurice Enis, taken from the Dr. Caldicott/PSR Symposium on the Medical and Ecological Consequences of Fukushima. PLUS: EPA thinks it's just dandy for 1 in 23 of us to get cancer and they much prefer that to the silly old standard of no more than 1 in 10,000!; NRC ignores Sen. Boxer/Rep. Markey to rev up for what looks like The Battle of San Onofre; LA radiation shows spike of 419%; all 7 Fukushima underground pools leaking radioactive water into the Pacific; US committed secret Nazi-style radiation tests on helpless US citizens; Might they still be doing that today? EPA thinks 1-in-23 Cancers OK! NRC Ignores US Govt as Irrelevant no Nuclear Hotseat #96: Shocking Full Story of Fukushima Rad-Nuked US Sailors You may have heard about the sailors from the USS Ronald Reagan suing TEPCO for their radiation exposure, but you haven't heard the whole story. "The devil's in the details," as they say, and the details in this story will change you. Presentation by and uncensored press interview with former quartermasters Jaime Plym and Maurice Enis, taken from the Dr. Caldicott/PSR Symposium on the Medical and Ecological Consequences of Fukushima. PLUS: EPA thinks it's just dandy for 1 in 23 of us to get cancer and they much prefer that to the silly old standard of no more than 1 in 10,000!; NRC ignores Sen. Boxer/Rep. Markey to rev up for what looks like The Battle of San Onofre; LA radiation shows spike of 419%; all 7 Fukushima underground pools leaking radioactive water into the Pacific; US committed secret Nazi-style radiation tests on helpless US citizens; Might they still be doing that today? http://www.NuclearHotseat.com/blog 71b46876-26bc-58c0-bfb9-4783d74a6714 .]]> Wed, 10 Apr 2013 05:39:35 GMT 01:00:01 Libbe S. HaLevy Fukushima Fallout Awareness Network (FFAN), represented by Cindy Folkers of Beyond Nuclear and Mary Beth Brangan of EON (Ecological Options Network), on their new citizen-action petitions. Want clean food? Sign and send to your list! PLUS: Former NRC Chair Jaczko says nuke reactors not safe and need to be shut down; So Cal Edison trying to dictate restart plans to a compliant (somnambulant?) NRC; TEPCO rat-chasers knock fuel pool #3 offline - again!; Fukushima leaking highly radioactive water and the pool they're pumping it into leaks just as badly as the first one; and NUMNUTZ OF THE WEEK: White House planning to suspend radiation clean-up standards to allow 1 in 23 of us to get cancer, and citizens told by EPA official to "put their big boy pants on and suck it up" <!>. Beyond Nuclear's Cindy Folkers & EON's Mary Beth Brangan for FFAN no Nuclear Hotseat #95: Radioactive Food, Activist Petitions Fukushima Fallout Awareness Network (FFAN), represented by Cindy Folkers of Beyond Nuclear and Mary Beth Brangan of EON (Ecological Options Network), on their new citizen-action petitions. Want clean food? Sign and send to your list! PLUS: Former NRC Chair Jaczko says nuke reactors not safe and need to be shut down; So Cal Edison trying to dictate restart plans to a compliant (somnambulant?) NRC; TEPCO rat-chasers knock fuel pool #3 offline - again!; Fukushima leaking highly radioactive water and the pool they're pumping it into leaks just as badly as the first one; and NUMNUTZ OF THE WEEK: White House planning to suspend radiation clean-up standards to allow 1 in 23 of us to get cancer, and citizens told by EPA official to "put their big boy pants on and suck it up" <!>. http://www.NuclearHotseat.com/blog c4a849b0-3405-1958-10d2-ed5d3ea8933b Wed, 03 Apr 2013 05:07:33 GMT 00:31:04 Libbe S. HaLevy Quick: Southern California Edison asks NRC for licensing hearing - good or bad? Gary Headrick reveals recent SCE feints, manipulations and slickery, as well as sudden NRC personnel changes (investigation lead Elmo Collins "retires," engineer Art Howell takes over!) that may directly impact the results of the restart hearings. PLUS: Arkansas nuke plant accident kills 1, injures 8; new study indicates nuke plant shutdowns reduce local cancer rates; Quebec puts a moratorium on uranium exploration and development; cops turn Indian anti-nuke protest into mass jailing; no new nukes in Fukushima (can you believe they were thinking seriously about it?!?); and Nuclear Reactors: When Animals Attack! SCE SanO Slickery Explained - Gary Headrick, San Clemente Green no #94: Study Shows Shut Down Reactors, Local Cancer Rates Go Down! Quick: Southern California Edison asks NRC for licensing hearing - good or bad? Gary Headrick reveals recent SCE feints, manipulations and slickery, as well as sudden NRC personnel changes (investigation lead Elmo Collins "retires," engineer Art Howell takes over!) that may directly impact the results of the restart hearings. PLUS: Arkansas nuke plant accident kills 1, injures 8; new study indicates nuke plant shutdowns reduce local cancer rates; Quebec puts a moratorium on uranium exploration and development; cops turn Indian anti-nuke protest into mass jailing; no new nukes in Fukushima (can you believe they were thinking seriously about it?!?); and Nuclear Reactors: When Animals Attack! http://www.NuclearHotseat.com/blog c2f41469-0218-4e25-74c8-256542840f49 Wed, 27 Mar 2013 03:43:53 GMT 00:49:34 Libbe S. HaLevy Nuclear Hotseat Special Report on the 34th Anniversary of the Nuclear Accident at Three Mile Island in Middletown, Pennsylvania. Live through the first three days of the nuclear meltdown from an inside/outside perspective that will have you feeling like you've gone through the looking glass! Featuring nuclear engineer Arnie Gundersen of Fairewinds.com; longtime Middletown resident Mary Stamos; Walter Cronkite, "The Most Trusted Newsman in America;" the long-suppressed Dictaphone recording made inside the control room less than four hours after the accident began; and a surprise kicker at the end that will have you shaking your head at that wacky nuclear industry! Lies! Spin-speak! An unfettered media getting angry and upset! Hair loss! Mutated flowers! Activist response! And a nuclear industry stopped dead in its tracks for over 40 years! PLUS: Producer/Host Libbe HaLevy's personal story, previewed from her book, "Yes, I Glow in the Dark!" America's Forgotten Nuclear Terror no #93: SPECIAL: THREE MILE ISLAND ANNIVERSARY Nuclear Hotseat Special Report on the 34th Anniversary of the Nuclear Accident at Three Mile Island in Middletown, Pennsylvania. Live through the first three days of the nuclear meltdown from an inside/outside perspective that will have you feeling like you've gone through the looking glass! Featuring nuclear engineer Arnie Gundersen of Fairewinds.com; longtime Middletown resident Mary Stamos; Walter Cronkite, "The Most Trusted Newsman in America;" the long-suppressed Dictaphone recording made inside the control room less than four hours after the accident began; and a surprise kicker at the end that will have you shaking your head at that wacky nuclear industry! Lies! Spin-speak! An unfettered media getting angry and upset! Hair loss! Mutated flowers! Activist response! And a nuclear industry stopped dead in its tracks for over 40 years! PLUS: Producer/Host Libbe HaLevy's personal story, previewed from her book, "Yes, I Glow in the Dark!" http://www.NuclearHotseat.com/blog 514bf8d6-1f4f-c592-e94f-634783aa2163 ; NRC denies license to Calvert Cliffs ; Caldicott Symposium smashing success w/online viewers in 650 cities worldwide; France wins Numnutz of the Week for hiding results of a worst-case-scenario study for six years, then redacting the text and gaming the numbers in full view of the world; and Dr. Catherine Euler of the LANL 6 gets the best community service "punishment" ever!]]> Wed, 20 Mar 2013 05:02:20 GMT 00:51:10 Libbe S. HaLevy Fukushima power outage timeline and potential consequences; Interview on maintaining health in the face of radiation with Kimberly Roberson, founder of Fukushima Fallout Awareness Network and author of Silence Deafening: Fukushima Fallout... A Mother's Response; SCE wants to restart San Onofre at full power despite likelihood of breakdown <!>; NRC denies license to Calvert Cliffs <!>; Caldicott Symposium smashing success w/online viewers in 650 cities worldwide; France wins Numnutz of the Week for hiding results of a worst-case-scenario study for six years, then redacting the text and gaming the numbers in full view of the world; and Dr. Catherine Euler of the LANL 6 gets the best community service "punishment" ever! Radiation Health Protection Tips with FFAN's Kimberly Roberson no #92: FUKUSHIMA BLACKOUT! Fukushima power outage timeline and potential consequences; Interview on maintaining health in the face of radiation with Kimberly Roberson, founder of Fukushima Fallout Awareness Network and author of Silence Deafening: Fukushima Fallout... A Mother's Response; SCE wants to restart San Onofre at full power despite likelihood of breakdown <!>; NRC denies license to Calvert Cliffs <!>; Caldicott Symposium smashing success w/online viewers in 650 cities worldwide; France wins Numnutz of the Week for hiding results of a worst-case-scenario study for six years, then redacting the text and gaming the numbers in full view of the world; and Dr. Catherine Euler of the LANL 6 gets the best community service "punishment" ever! http://www.NuclearHotseat.com/blog 96a040dc-7fdd-4738-12ef-3e208d9c47fa Wed, 13 Mar 2013 03:41:50 GMT 00:31:45 Libbe S. HaLevy Activists from around the world report on their experiences at the Global Symposium on the Consequences of the Fukushima Nuclear Disaster, produced by Dr. Helen Caldicott. Get a ringside seat and hear what they heard, learn what they learned! Medical and Ecological Consequences of the Ongoing Nuclear Disaster no #91: Dr. Caldicott Global Symposium on Fukushima - SPECIAL! Activists from around the world report on their experiences at the Global Symposium on the Consequences of the Fukushima Nuclear Disaster, produced by Dr. Helen Caldicott. Get a ringside seat and hear what they heard, learn what they learned! http://www.NuclearHotseat.com/blog f8e462a3-3fb6-0a4a-e34e-3e4d62948826 ; 67 tanks found to be leaking radwaste at Hanford in Washington state into the Columbia River; US legislators souring on nuclear because it costs too much; and activists around the world gear up for Fukushima's second anniversary.]]> Wed, 06 Mar 2013 01:21:56 GMT 00:55:56 Libbe S. HaLevy Interview w/international Fortune 100-level coach/consultant/organizational psychologist Dr. Lloyd Williams on organizational psychosis as it relates to Japan, TEPCO, the NRC and the rest of the nuclear industry, with tips to activists on how to break the nuclear cycle of abuse. BREAKING NEWS: Canadian company recycling radwaste into consumer goods forced out of business (now comes the clean-up). PLUS: World Health Organization issues shameful, lying report claiming no health damage in Japan from Fukushima radiation <!>; 67 tanks found to be leaking radwaste at Hanford in Washington state into the Columbia River; US legislators souring on nuclear because it costs too much; and activists around the world gear up for Fukushima's second anniversary. Dr. Lloyd C. Williams + BREAKING: Radwaste Recycler Forced to Shut Down no Nuclear Hotseat #90: Organizational Psychosis & the Nuclear Industry Interview w/international Fortune 100-level coach/consultant/organizational psychologist Dr. Lloyd Williams on organizational psychosis as it relates to Japan, TEPCO, the NRC and the rest of the nuclear industry, with tips to activists on how to break the nuclear cycle of abuse. BREAKING NEWS: Canadian company recycling radwaste into consumer goods forced out of business (now comes the clean-up). PLUS: World Health Organization issues shameful, lying report claiming no health damage in Japan from Fukushima radiation <!>; 67 tanks found to be leaking radwaste at Hanford in Washington state into the Columbia River; US legislators souring on nuclear because it costs too much; and activists around the world gear up for Fukushima's second anniversary. http://www.NuclearHotseat.com/blog 50370728-8d83-dfa7-7283-41d46490ffc1 Wed, 27 Feb 2013 05:45:19 GMT 00:36:05 Libbe S. HaLevy Interview w/Christopher Noland, whose documentary, "3.11: Surviving Japan," captures the raw pain, confusion and anger of the Japanese people in the first six months after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster began. Film debuts on 3/11/13 around the country. PLUS: Hanford leaking up to two Olympic-sized swimming pools worth of plutonium-laden waste, endangering Columbia River; Germany facing nuke waste dangers and admit they haven't a clue how to handle it; Rep. Markey suspects Southern California Edison, operators of San Onofre, guilty of violating federal securities laws; Entergy spanked by Beyond Nuclear; Gundersen reports on mutations and miscarriages in Japan. Interview w/Filmmaker Chris Noland on 3.11: Surviving Japan no #89 - Documentary on Japan's Post-Fuku Pain, Hanford Leaking, Nuke Workers Dying Interview w/Christopher Noland, whose documentary, "3.11: Surviving Japan," captures the raw pain, confusion and anger of the Japanese people in the first six months after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster began. Film debuts on 3/11/13 around the country. PLUS: Hanford leaking up to two Olympic-sized swimming pools worth of plutonium-laden waste, endangering Columbia River; Germany facing nuke waste dangers and admit they haven't a clue how to handle it; Rep. Markey suspects Southern California Edison, operators of San Onofre, guilty of violating federal securities laws; Entergy spanked by Beyond Nuclear; Gundersen reports on mutations and miscarriages in Japan. http://www.NuclearHotseat.com/blog 9985edd5-73ed-e089-3874-2a9733b80535 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 05:24:51 GMT 00:30:59 Libbe S. HaLevy Special report on two major actions this week: the NRC's public meeting on San Onofre in southern California and the Climate Change Rally in DC. Interviews w/San Clemente Green leader Gary Headrick, member Grace Van Thillo, plus Priscilla Star of Coalition Against Nukes (CAN). PLUS: Hanford radwaste leak threatens Columbia river; Russian meteor barely missed 7 nuke facilities; two more confirmed cases of thyroid cancer in children near Fukushima; snow collapses roof at Chernobyl; It's official: with Crystal River closing, the number of nuke reactors in the US is down to 103. Progress, not perfection. Meteor Nearly Nukes Russia, Hanford Leaking Radwaste, no Nuclear Hotseat #88: Bicoastal Activist Special - Priscilla Star, Gary Headrick Special report on two major actions this week: the NRC's public meeting on San Onofre in southern California and the Climate Change Rally in DC. Interviews w/San Clemente Green leader Gary Headrick, member Grace Van Thillo, plus Priscilla Star of Coalition Against Nukes (CAN). PLUS: Hanford radwaste leak threatens Columbia river; Russian meteor barely missed 7 nuke facilities; two more confirmed cases of thyroid cancer in children near Fukushima; snow collapses roof at Chernobyl; It's official: with Crystal River closing, the number of nuke reactors in the US is down to 103. Progress, not perfection. http://www.NuclearHotseat.com/blog c999cd1a-ee31-6130-043f-1ed6b73523f9 Wed, 13 Feb 2013 18:50:25 GMT 00:44:42 Libbe S. HaLevy Sen. Boxer and Rep. Markey blister the NRC over report showing SCE knew about steam generator design flaws and STILL went ahead with installation; Interview w/Zach "No Cameco" Ruiter on the recent Idle No More demonstration in Toronto that stopped a train outside of GE-Hitachi's uranium processing facility; NRC to meet with community on San Onofre; Navy seamen exposed to Fukushima suffering laukemia, brain lesions, testicular cancer; Fukushima boy found w/6,000 bq/kg cesium in his body. SCE re: Bad Steam Generator Design: What did they know/When did they know it? no Nuclar Hotseat #87: Zach Ruiter f/Train Blockade, Boxer/Markey NRC/SCE Bombshell Sen. Boxer and Rep. Markey blister the NRC over report showing SCE knew about steam generator design flaws and STILL went ahead with installation; Interview w/Zach "No Cameco" Ruiter on the recent Idle No More demonstration in Toronto that stopped a train outside of GE-Hitachi's uranium processing facility; NRC to meet with community on San Onofre; Navy seamen exposed to Fukushima suffering laukemia, brain lesions, testicular cancer; Fukushima boy found w/6,000 bq/kg cesium in his body. http://www.NuclearHotseat.com/blog 357a9006-87b4-837f-c181-b16cd96b9ccf Wed, 06 Feb 2013 05:49:21 GMT 00:47:23 Libbe S. HaLevy Nuke protest is in the air w/Vermont Yankee activists arrested and the Los Alamos Nuclear Laboratory 6 convicted and awaiting sentencing. During our interview with one of the LANL 6, Dr. Catherine Euler, she describes getting arrested by cops but detained by Bechtel, along with info on the underestimated dangers of uranium mining and low level radiation. PLUS: Duke Energy to close Crystal River for good; 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; VA activist opposition defeats attempted repeal of state ban on uranium mining; and why the proper response to the NRC's usual "unusual occurrence" is: DUCK! Nuke Protesters Arrested, Sentenced; Gundersen Hacked no Nuclear Hotseat #86: Nuclear Hotseat #86: US Dumps Military Radiation Database; Crystal River Down Makes 102! Nuke protest is in the air w/Vermont Yankee activists arrested and the Los Alamos Nuclear Laboratory 6 convicted and awaiting sentencing. During our interview with one of the LANL 6, Dr. Catherine Euler, she describes getting arrested by cops but detained by Bechtel, along with info on the underestimated dangers of uranium mining and low level radiation. PLUS: Duke Energy to close Crystal River for good; 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; VA activist opposition defeats attempted repeal of state ban on uranium mining; and why the proper response to the NRC's usual "unusual occurrence" is: DUCK! http://www.NuclearHotseat.com/blog 9edbf424-0496-843a-5352-3d156dc8d9d1 Wed, 30 Jan 2013 05:50:55 GMT 00:52:14 Libbe S. HaLevy Veteran journalist Karl Grossman traces nuclear media manipulation back to before Hiroshima and up to the present day. A special encore presentation of one of our most popular interviews. PLUS: Republicans on House Energy and Commerce Committee refuse to learn any lessons from the NRC's technical staff and the Japan Lessons Learned from Fukushima Task Force, reject safety recommendations. NRC pushes back San Onofre never-start decision to late April or early May. Vogtle and Summer new nuke construction pushed back 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... Nuke Media Manipulation from Before Hiroshima no Nuclear Hotseat #85: Journalist Karl Grossman Decodes Nuclear History Veteran journalist Karl Grossman traces nuclear media manipulation back to before Hiroshima and up to the present day. A special encore presentation of one of our most popular interviews. PLUS: Republicans on House Energy and Commerce Committee refuse to learn any lessons from the NRC's technical staff and the Japan Lessons Learned from Fukushima Task Force, reject safety recommendations. NRC pushes back San Onofre never-start decision to late April or early May. Vogtle and Summer new nuke construction pushed back 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... http://www.NuclearHotseat.com/blog 348a4cd5-f082-ebe2-291b-0f09996ec247 ; 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!; and NRC asleep at the wheel literally as committee chair (NOT Allison MacFarlane) nods off and #2 chair (the stool?) gets upset that Arnie had more info on San Onofre's problems -- the nerve!]]> Wed, 23 Jan 2013 05:05:25 GMT 00:53:08 Libbe S. HaLevy Beyond Nuclear's Cindy Folkers (the brain behind those great weekly action bulletins) provides insights into nuke industry collusion and manipulation, as well asher specialty: ionizing radiation and its impact on health and the environment. PLUS: IAEA declares 47 Japanese reactors in "Long Term Shutdown;" allegations of fraud in Japan's general election that brought in a pro-nuke government; Nuke industry pre-3/11 talking points pushing the disinformation that "radiophobia" - fear of radiation - is 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!; and NRC asleep at the wheel literally as committee chair (NOT Allison MacFarlane) nods off and #2 chair (the stool?) gets upset that Arnie had more info on San Onofre's problems -- the nerve! Beyond Nuclear's Cindy Folkers no Nuclear Hotseat #84: Nuclear Collusion, Radioactive Food Beyond Nuclear's Cindy Folkers (the brain behind those great weekly action bulletins) provides insights into nuke industry collusion and manipulation, as well asher specialty: ionizing radiation and its impact on health and the environment. PLUS: IAEA declares 47 Japanese reactors in "Long Term Shutdown;" allegations of fraud in Japan's general election that brought in a pro-nuke government; Nuke industry pre-3/11 talking points pushing the disinformation that "radiophobia" - fear of radiation - is 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!; and NRC asleep at the wheel literally as committee chair (NOT Allison MacFarlane) nods off and #2 chair (the stool?) gets upset that Arnie had more info on San Onofre's problems -- the nerve! http://www.NuclearHotseat.com/blog 2776568d-1b6e-f582-6481-0f438a3579b9 Wed, 16 Jan 2013 05:44:56 GMT 00:39:20 Libbe S. HaLevy BEST NUCLEAR HOTSEAT INTERVIEW EVER: Dr. Helen Caldicott. She talks about her March 11-12 Symposium: "The Medical and Environmental Consequences of Fukushima" - a watershed event for our movement - as well as how she became an activist while still a teenager, major breakthroughs along her journey, and specific tips to make our activism even more effective. 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; new song debuts, "What Part of Fukushima Do You Not Understand?; NRC's Chair Macfarlane meets with SanO activists, but will it make any difference in their decision on restart? Stay tuned... Dr. Caldicott speaks out on "Medical and Ecological Consequences of Fukushima" no Nuclear Hotseat #83: Dr. Helen Caldicott & Fukushima Symposium BEST NUCLEAR HOTSEAT INTERVIEW EVER: Dr. Helen Caldicott. She talks about her March 11-12 Symposium: "The Medical and Environmental Consequences of Fukushima" - a watershed event for our movement - as well as how she became an activist while still a teenager, major breakthroughs along her journey, and specific tips to make our activism even more effective. 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; new song debuts, "What Part of Fukushima Do You Not Understand?; NRC's Chair Macfarlane meets with SanO activists, but will it make any difference in their decision on restart? Stay tuned... http://www.NuclearHotseat.com/blog 551610fa-93f1-3024-ea3e-ffc5376e9d43 Wed, 09 Jan 2013 06:09:43 GMT 00:40:13 Libbe S. HaLevy San Onofre steam generators may hold the key to global push-back against nuclear. Learn facts and strategies from DAB Safety Team principles Ace Hoffman and Don Liechtling, representing their network of whistleblowers from around the country. PLUS: Did Iran's Bushehr nuke plant have city evacuation-level accident? Thousands protest against 6 proposed nuke facilities in Jaitapur, India; Japan unlawfully detaining nuke protesters. Turkey tests all Japanese food for radiation while US does NOTHING; Lupus spike linked to Cincinnati former uraniume or processing facility; and Fukushima workers admit to only decontaminating areas around measurement sites. Oy! SanO Watchdog DAB Safety Team Seeks Whistleblowers no Nuclear Hotseat #82: Did Iran's Nukes Goof? San Onofre steam generators may hold the key to global push-back against nuclear. Learn facts and strategies from DAB Safety Team principles Ace Hoffman and Don Liechtling, representing their network of whistleblowers from around the country. PLUS: Did Iran's Bushehr nuke plant have city evacuation-level accident? Thousands protest against 6 proposed nuke facilities in Jaitapur, India; Japan unlawfully detaining nuke protesters. Turkey tests all Japanese food for radiation while US does NOTHING; Lupus spike linked to Cincinnati former uraniume or processing facility; and Fukushima workers admit to only decontaminating areas around measurement sites. Oy! http://www.NuclearHotseat.com/blog 663c2a68-4e91-530d-e8c3-95428df786ef ; Quebec's Chantilly 2 NPP offline for good; and "Three Mile Island," the musical (yes, a musical!) wins international award; can Broadway be far behind?]]> Wed, 02 Jan 2013 03:58:25 GMT 00:31:24 Libbe S. HaLevy HOT INTERVIEW w/Coalition Against Nukes founder Priscilla Star sharing her New Year's Resolutions, which include a run at the White House in 2013! Plus: US Navy rescue workers sue TEPCO for lies that subjected them to radiation levels that have already destroyed their health; NRC gets tough w/Southern California Edison over their restart plans, demands answers; Japan's Prime Minister Abe wins NUMNUTZ OF THE WEEK for his plans to BUILD MORE NUCLEAR REACTORS <!>; Quebec's Chantilly 2 NPP offline for good; and "Three Mile Island," the musical (yes, a musical!) wins international award; can Broadway be far behind? US Navy Rescuers Sue TEPCO; NRC Smacks SCE, Demands Answers no Nuclear Hotseat #81: Nuke-Year's Resolutions w/CAN's Priscilla Star HOT INTERVIEW w/Coalition Against Nukes founder Priscilla Star sharing her New Year's Resolutions, which include a run at the White House in 2013! Plus: US Navy rescue workers sue TEPCO for lies that subjected them to radiation levels that have already destroyed their health; NRC gets tough w/Southern California Edison over their restart plans, demands answers; Japan's Prime Minister Abe wins NUMNUTZ OF THE WEEK for his plans to BUILD MORE NUCLEAR REACTORS <!>; Quebec's Chantilly 2 NPP offline for good; and "Three Mile Island," the musical (yes, a musical!) wins international award; can Broadway be far behind? http://www.NuclearHotseat.com/blog c7cc884c-c2c8-c9bb-dfd0-a2e8483ffc3b Wed, 26 Dec 2012 05:05:25 GMT 00:20:42 Libbe S. HaLevy Activists ask Santa for their favorite nuclear-free future. PLUS: US 2012 nuclear scorecard show nukes a losing proposition everywhere; NRC denies San Onofre hearing; French electricity giant EDF's Flamanville reactor's construction delays and cost overruns loses Italy as their partner -- a win for our side; death toll from Chernobyl now believed to be 1.5 million; and Fukushima kids are getting fatter because they can't exercise outside any more. Ho ho ho? Activists send Santa their Wish List for 2013 no Nuclear Hotseat #80: Dear Santa - NO NUKES! Activists ask Santa for their favorite nuclear-free future. PLUS: US 2012 nuclear scorecard show nukes a losing proposition everywhere; NRC denies San Onofre hearing; French electricity giant EDF's Flamanville reactor's construction delays and cost overruns loses Italy as their partner -- a win for our side; death toll from Chernobyl now believed to be 1.5 million; and Fukushima kids are getting fatter because they can't exercise outside any more. Ho ho ho? http://www.NuclearHotseat.com/blog 453ec77a-1512-6060-0b42-45d697605676 Wed, 19 Dec 2012 05:10:37 GMT 00:51:31 Libbe S. HaLevy Two Japanese evacuees in Southern California are returning to Japan with their families for Christmas. Hear what Cathy Iwane and Beverly Findlay-Kaneko are up against, how they're preparing, what they face. PLUS: LA City Council gamed out of having a voice in NRC's actions as SCE continues to forge towards a San Onofre restart; Japan's election manipulations bad news for nuclear sanity; TEPCO proves once again it doesn't know its ass from its elbow when it comes to the condition of Fukushima; and Japan mandates use of Fukushima rice in all school lunches. This is insanity.   LA City Council Gamed out of Influence by SCE; Japan Elections Bad Anti-Nuke News no Nuclear Hotseat #79: Home for the Hellidays: 2 Japanese Evacuees Return Two Japanese evacuees in Southern California are returning to Japan with their families for Christmas. Hear what Cathy Iwane and Beverly Findlay-Kaneko are up against, how they're preparing, what they face. PLUS: LA City Council gamed out of having a voice in NRC's actions as SCE continues to forge towards a San Onofre restart; Japan's election manipulations bad news for nuclear sanity; TEPCO proves once again it doesn't know its ass from its elbow when it comes to the condition of Fukushima; and Japan mandates use of Fukushima rice in all school lunches. This is insanity.   http://lhalevy.audioacrobat.com/deluge/4c867cfb-29f8-bb2a-f14e-ede74d2c2d29.mp3 a4d9b8a3-689c-7f73-cde2-c9ef002b2285 ; tens of thousands join P-MANE at Koodankulam to again blockade the sea in ongoing protests against the NPP going online; and researchers are going to study the impact of uranium mines on Navajo children... 30 years after the mines were closed. Timing is everything...]]> Wed, 12 Dec 2012 08:25:25 GMT 00:53:51 Libbe S. HaLevy Interview with Harvard-educated urban planner Torgen Johnson on the true impact in human and financial terms if/when San Onofre has an accident; Passionate final word from producer/host Libbe HaLevy; Japan 7.4 double-quake raises new concerns about the SFP at Unit 4; UN tries to straightjacket international nuclear conversation, while WHO actually has the gall to say there's no health danger from radiation at Fukushima <!>; tens of thousands join P-MANE at Koodankulam to again blockade the sea in ongoing protests against the NPP going online; and researchers are going to study the impact of uranium mines on Navajo children... 30 years after the mines were closed. Timing is everything... Japan Double-Quake 7.4, Koodankulam Sea Blockade no Nuclear Hotseat #78: Nuclear Perpetrators, Urban Planners Interview with Harvard-educated urban planner Torgen Johnson on the true impact in human and financial terms if/when San Onofre has an accident; Passionate final word from producer/host Libbe HaLevy; Japan 7.4 double-quake raises new concerns about the SFP at Unit 4; UN tries to straightjacket international nuclear conversation, while WHO actually has the gall to say there's no health danger from radiation at Fukushima <!>; tens of thousands join P-MANE at Koodankulam to again blockade the sea in ongoing protests against the NPP going online; and researchers are going to study the impact of uranium mines on Navajo children... 30 years after the mines were closed. Timing is everything... http://lhalevy.audioacrobat.com/deluge/01076c42-8afb-c039-fe93-f0664a03d7f1.mp3 b4df0172-793d-6651-fbb0-e0dd004f64be Wed, 05 Dec 2012 06:17:42 GMT 00:36:14 Libbe S. HaLevy SAN ONOFRE SPOTLIGHT: Sabotage, Buddhist monks, a pre-planned restart on Feb. 2 and SCE expects a softball from NRC; will they get it? Things heated up at San Onofre last week! Plus Greenpeace weather balloon models radiation dispersal pattern show Toronto will get nuked if/when Darlington NPP goofs up, Oyster Creek leaking and still offline after Sandy, and whistleblowers charge NRC with favoring secrecy over safety - can you imagine?!? NRC vs. SCE vs. Activists and Monks on SanO Restart, plus Sabotage and FBI no Nuclear Hotseat #77: SAN ONOFRE SPOTLIGHT SAN ONOFRE SPOTLIGHT: Sabotage, Buddhist monks, a pre-planned restart on Feb. 2 and SCE expects a softball from NRC; will they get it? Things heated up at San Onofre last week! Plus Greenpeace weather balloon models radiation dispersal pattern show Toronto will get nuked if/when Darlington NPP goofs up, Oyster Creek leaking and still offline after Sandy, and whistleblowers charge NRC with favoring secrecy over safety - can you imagine?!? http://www.NuclearHotseat.com/blog 6a5b3c1d-3edb-f113-f2d4-924b090916a3 Wed, 28 Nov 2012 04:44:25 GMT 00:38:55 Libbe S. HaLevy SAN ONOFRE SPECIAL: Interviews with four So Ca activists on this week's events surrounding Friday's NRC public meeting with Southern California Edison on their numnutz plan to restart San Onofre. Hear from video activist Myla Reson, Gary Headrick of San Clemente Green, Gene Stone from Residents Organized for a Safe Community, and engineer Ray Lutz of Citizen's Oversight on the politics, the positioning, untwisting pro-nuke spin and how in the world Buddhist monks came to be meditating and praying at the foot of the twin reactors themselves. PLUS: UN chastises Japan for post-Fukushima incompetence and cruelty to its own citizens, UK activists blockade Hinkley NPP, Illinois provides free potassium iodide to residents within ten miles of only one of its reactors (why not the other five locations?) and South Korea wonders if cracks in their nuke plant control rod tunnels will impact their efforts to export nuclear technology to other countries (ya think?!?). Hearing on SanO Restart on Friday; Activists and Buddhist Monks Pray no Nuclear Hotseat #76: SPECIAL San Onofre/NRC/SCE vs. Anti-Nuke Activists SAN ONOFRE SPECIAL: Interviews with four So Ca activists on this week's events surrounding Friday's NRC public meeting with Southern California Edison on their numnutz plan to restart San Onofre. Hear from video activist Myla Reson, Gary Headrick of San Clemente Green, Gene Stone from Residents Organized for a Safe Community, and engineer Ray Lutz of Citizen's Oversight on the politics, the positioning, untwisting pro-nuke spin and how in the world Buddhist monks came to be meditating and praying at the foot of the twin reactors themselves. PLUS: UN chastises Japan for post-Fukushima incompetence and cruelty to its own citizens, UK activists blockade Hinkley NPP, Illinois provides free potassium iodide to residents within ten miles of only one of its reactors (why not the other five locations?) and South Korea wonders if cracks in their nuke plant control rod tunnels will impact their efforts to export nuclear technology to other countries (ya think?!?). http://www.NuclearHotseat.com/blog 48135b24-2160-4a5f-ed7c-cbdb64f4fe77 Wed, 21 Nov 2012 06:24:23 GMT 00:38:53 Libbe S. HaLevy What do we anti-nukers have to be thankful for? Listen as a dozen activists from all over the country express their gratitude for wins, shared battles, unexpected camaraderie and the miracle that is our growing community. If you need a reminder of why we do it, listen with your heart, because it's all about love. PLUS THESE WINS: Whales and dolphins safe from PG&E! Exelon to shut down Oyster Creek? Switzerland to have a national initiative to shut down its nuclear reactors! And this NUMNUTZ ALERT: The newly formed Japan Nuclear Safety Institute (JANSI) has been formed "to strive to achieve the world's highest level of nuclear safety" by "enhancing safety culture, disseminating information about nuclear safety, and conducting peer reviews." How about CLEANING UP FUKUSHIMA, YOU NIMRODS?!? Montage of Nat'l Anti-Nuke Activists on What They're Thankful For no Nuclear Hotseat #75: Activists Share Gratitude; Nuclear's the Turkey What do we anti-nukers have to be thankful for? Listen as a dozen activists from all over the country express their gratitude for wins, shared battles, unexpected camaraderie and the miracle that is our growing community. If you need a reminder of why we do it, listen with your heart, because it's all about love. PLUS THESE WINS: Whales and dolphins safe from PG&E! Exelon to shut down Oyster Creek? Switzerland to have a national initiative to shut down its nuclear reactors! And this NUMNUTZ ALERT: The newly formed Japan Nuclear Safety Institute (JANSI) has been formed "to strive to achieve the world's highest level of nuclear safety" by "enhancing safety culture, disseminating information about nuclear safety, and conducting peer reviews." How about CLEANING UP FUKUSHIMA, YOU NIMRODS?!? http://www.NuclearHotseat.com/blog f6d56b69-6942-9376-a469-ad1602523afb ; Fukushima clean-up now estimated to cost 10 TRILLION yen ($125.6 billion US$); Japan ships radioactive apples to Thailand; and Russia (RUSSIA?!?) tests imports for radioactivity and sent 316 shipments back to Japan - but the US doesn't even bother to check. AAARRRRGGGGGHHHHH!]]> Wed, 21 Nov 2012 06:21:31 GMT 00:45:24 Libbe S. HaLevy Interview w/Marius Paul and Candyce Paul of Committee for Future Generations in Saskatchewan discuss their ancestral warnings against touching "black stone" (uranium), the impact of 12 uranium mines on the health of their people, the politics of poverty in guaranteeing the nuke interests always win, and the genocidal dangers of building Canada's proposed nuclear waste repository on their ancestral homelands. Plus: NRC, SCE duck the public and their responsibility for safety re: San Onofre while preparing to restart one reactor w/o any safety tests <!>; Fukushima clean-up now estimated to cost 10 TRILLION yen ($125.6 billion US$); Japan ships radioactive apples to Thailand; and Russia (RUSSIA?!?) tests imports for radioactivity and sent 316 shipments back to Japan - but the US doesn't even bother to check. AAARRRRGGGGGHHHHH! NRC Cancels SanO Public Meeting, Fire @NY Nuke Plant no Nuclear Hotseat #74: First Nations Battle Nuclear Genocide in Canada Interview w/Marius Paul and Candyce Paul of Committee for Future Generations in Saskatchewan discuss their ancestral warnings against touching "black stone" (uranium), the impact of 12 uranium mines on the health of their people, the politics of poverty in guaranteeing the nuke interests always win, and the genocidal dangers of building Canada's proposed nuclear waste repository on their ancestral homelands. Plus: NRC, SCE duck the public and their responsibility for safety re: San Onofre while preparing to restart one reactor w/o any safety tests <!>; Fukushima clean-up now estimated to cost 10 TRILLION yen ($125.6 billion US$); Japan ships radioactive apples to Thailand; and Russia (RUSSIA?!?) tests imports for radioactivity and sent 316 shipments back to Japan - but the US doesn't even bother to check. AAARRRRGGGGGHHHHH! http://www.NuclearHotseat.com/blog 8f46e447-59f8-de12-3c16-e7098b221b84 Wed, 07 Nov 2012 05:49:44 GMT 00:27:43 Libbe S. HaLevy Remember the senior citizens who volunteered to help clean up Fukushima to spare younger workers from radiation exposure? Nuclear Hotseat interviews Yastel Yamada, the man who helped start the group, as he talks about graft, censorship and the politics of the Fukushima clean-up. Plus the Japanese prince who's no prince, the nuclear amusement park, and radioactive tobacco so hazardous to your health, even Japanese cigarette makers won't touch it! Nuclear Amusement Park, Radioactive Tobacco no Nuclear Hotseat #73: Japanese Seniors Not Allowed Fukushima Clean-up Remember the senior citizens who volunteered to help clean up Fukushima to spare younger workers from radiation exposure? Nuclear Hotseat interviews Yastel Yamada, the man who helped start the group, as he talks about graft, censorship and the politics of the Fukushima clean-up. Plus the Japanese prince who's no prince, the nuclear amusement park, and radioactive tobacco so hazardous to your health, even Japanese cigarette makers won't touch it! http://www.NuclearHotseat.com/blog 68b2cea8-a928-2661-02c5-3c732654458f Wed, 31 Oct 2012 01:49:21 GMT 00:28:05 Libbe S. HaLevy It seems we ducked the nuclear bullet from Superstorm Sandy... but what happens the next time there's an attack like this from Mother Nature? Learn about what the real nuclear dangers were that we faced from Sandy, how the NRC "responded," what Arnie Gundersen of Fairewinds.com and Michael Mariotte of NIRS.org say about the unfolding events, and what we in the nuclear-free movement can do to reinforce the need to shut down these disasters-in-waiting. Gundersen, Mariotte on Ducking the Nuclear Bullet no Nuclear Hotseat #72 - Hurricane Sandy Special It seems we ducked the nuclear bullet from Superstorm Sandy... but what happens the next time there's an attack like this from Mother Nature? Learn about what the real nuclear dangers were that we faced from Sandy, how the NRC "responded," what Arnie Gundersen of Fairewinds.com and Michael Mariotte of NIRS.org say about the unfolding events, and what we in the nuclear-free movement can do to reinforce the need to shut down these disasters-in-waiting. http://www.NuclearHotseat.com/blog bd049782-b818-bbb8-2e2d-98aa86bda5fb Wed, 24 Oct 2012 03:27:59 GMT 00:37:30 Libbe S. HaLevy San Onofre leaks again and it's not even on line! Wisconsin nuke plant Kewaunee goin' down because no one wanted to buy it! Interview w/Alice Slater of the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation on the reactors/bombs connection and how all our current political struggles are just outposts in the same battle; Lithuanian democracy's nonbinding referendum's 62% against nukes bums out GE-Hitachi (awwwww!); butterfly mutations showing up in genomic progression in Japan; and a "nuclear preparedness" boilerplate press kit suitable for any level of disaster! Our tax dollars at work, indeed... SanO leaks without being on line! Internet Fukushima Hoax no NH #71 - Alice Slater: "Nuclear Reactors = Nuclear Bombs" San Onofre leaks again and it's not even on line! Wisconsin nuke plant Kewaunee goin' down because no one wanted to buy it! Interview w/Alice Slater of the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation on the reactors/bombs connection and how all our current political struggles are just outposts in the same battle; Lithuanian democracy's nonbinding referendum's 62% against nukes bums out GE-Hitachi (awwwww!); butterfly mutations showing up in genomic progression in Japan; and a "nuclear preparedness" boilerplate press kit suitable for any level of disaster! Our tax dollars at work, indeed... http://www.NuclearHotseat.com/blog aefaa3c5-c780-8df5-156a-b817a3aaf8c0 ; Japan set to again export Kobe beef to US but doesn't mention the "R" word (radiation); Lithuania nixes new nuke plant; citizens set to sue Entergy over destruction of environment; and Indian nuclear industry publishes a glossy coffeetable book showing butterflies in nuclear exclusion zones... but forgot to include the mutations showing up at Fukushima or the fasciation mutations of plants, flowers, fruit, vegetables, animals... and people? Who are these people and what makes us trust that they're sane?]]> Wed, 17 Oct 2012 00:41:31 GMT 00:51:36 Libbe S. HaLevy Journalist Karl Grossman distills 45 years of covering this country's nuclear insanity into a compelling interview with Nuclear Hotseat producer/host Libbe HaLevy. The gamesmanship started BEFORE Hiroshima and continues to this day; learn how it happened and what we can do about it. PLUS: Greenpeace camps out atop a Swedish nuclear reactor... and nobody notices <!>; Japan set to again export Kobe beef to US but doesn't mention the "R" word (radiation); Lithuania nixes new nuke plant; citizens set to sue Entergy over destruction of environment; and Indian nuclear industry publishes a glossy coffeetable book showing butterflies in nuclear exclusion zones... but forgot to include the mutations showing up at Fukushima or the fasciation mutations of plants, flowers, fruit, vegetables, animals... and people? Who are these people and what makes us trust that they're sane? Greenpeace Invades Swedish Nuke Plant, NRC + SCE = Evil Empire no Nuclear hotseat #70: Karl Grossman Demystifies Nuclear Media Manipulation Journalist Karl Grossman distills 45 years of covering this country's nuclear insanity into a compelling interview with Nuclear Hotseat producer/host Libbe HaLevy. The gamesmanship started BEFORE Hiroshima and continues to this day; learn how it happened and what we can do about it. PLUS: Greenpeace camps out atop a Swedish nuclear reactor... and nobody notices <!>; Japan set to again export Kobe beef to US but doesn't mention the "R" word (radiation); Lithuania nixes new nuke plant; citizens set to sue Entergy over destruction of environment; and Indian nuclear industry publishes a glossy coffeetable book showing butterflies in nuclear exclusion zones... but forgot to include the mutations showing up at Fukushima or the fasciation mutations of plants, flowers, fruit, vegetables, animals... and people? Who are these people and what makes us trust that they're sane? http://www.NuclearHotseat.com/blog a9ff8b08-3137-75e0-c6fd-57adfdd00539 Tue, 09 Oct 2012 21:53:45 GMT 00:36:02 Libbe S. HaLevy Interview with Kristen Iversen, author of Full Body Burden: Growing Up in the Nuclear Shadow of Rocky Flats, on secrets both nuclear and familial. A stunningly well-researched, well-written book. PLUS: An update on Japan's ongoing nuclear tragedy, including governmental genocide towards Fukushima's children, cattle deaths, deadly condition of Units 1 and 4. Even the NRC's premiere pro-nuker, Commissioner Magwood, weighs in as not having much hope for Japan. Interview w/Kristen Iversen, author, Full Body Burden: Growing Up in the Nuclear Shadow of Rocky Flats no Nuclear Hotseat #69: Japan's Ongoing Nuclear Tragedy Interview with Kristen Iversen, author of Full Body Burden: Growing Up in the Nuclear Shadow of Rocky Flats, on secrets both nuclear and familial. A stunningly well-researched, well-written book. PLUS: An update on Japan's ongoing nuclear tragedy, including governmental genocide towards Fukushima's children, cattle deaths, deadly condition of Units 1 and 4. Even the NRC's premiere pro-nuker, Commissioner Magwood, weighs in as not having much hope for Japan. http://www.NuclearHotseat.com/blog f2d19535-7b34-ff35-9672-1c5e0f608731 Wed, 03 Oct 2012 06:07:54 GMT 00:37:27 Libbe S. HaLevy Interview w/Nuclear-Free Illinois founder Dr. Lora Chamberlain on setting up a Rapid Response Network that pulls small local groups into a statewide unit; US strongarms Japan's Noda away from no nukes by 2030 policy; Exxon to drill near massive Soviet radiation dump in Arctic ocean; Koodankulam protestors blockade sea lanes, thousands bury them selves in sand so they can't be moved, but India continues to fuel-up the nuclear reactors; five quakes of 6.3 to 4.4 in Northeast Japan, three at Fukushima, all in a single day; Nazi-style radiation testing center to be set up in Fukushima within the month; and Australia's capitol province to be nuke-free by 2020... and it won't cost anything! Listen and learn how! Nuclear-Free Illinois, Exxon to Drill thru Soviet Ocean RadWaste Dump no Nuclear Hotseat #68 - US Tells Noda: No Nuke-Free Japan! Interview w/Nuclear-Free Illinois founder Dr. Lora Chamberlain on setting up a Rapid Response Network that pulls small local groups into a statewide unit; US strongarms Japan's Noda away from no nukes by 2030 policy; Exxon to drill near massive Soviet radiation dump in Arctic ocean; Koodankulam protestors blockade sea lanes, thousands bury them selves in sand so they can't be moved, but India continues to fuel-up the nuclear reactors; five quakes of 6.3 to 4.4 in Northeast Japan, three at Fukushima, all in a single day; Nazi-style radiation testing center to be set up in Fukushima within the month; and Australia's capitol province to be nuke-free by 2020... and it won't cost anything! Listen and learn how! http://www.NuclearHotseat.com/blog a1c7f3db-4d7d-3baf-ef4f-64711e0f7d2a Tue, 18 Sep 2012 23:00:00 GMT 00:34:36 Libbe S. HaLevy Interview w/Sean Bonner, one of the founders of Safecast, which provides radiation testing devices on the ground in Japan and elsewhere in the world to map radiation levels. The group uses open source designs and encourages anyone who likes to use or adapt their designs. Humanitarianism at its best. Plus: Japan declares they're phasing out nuclear by the 2030's, but there are some holes in their announcement; two nukes in Belgium shut down because of cracks; Quebec will shut down its one reactor; and Spain closing down another; NRC accused of covering up flood threats from upstream dams; Indian Point loses to "terrorists" in safety drill; and Dianukes announces the first-ever (but definitely not the last) Nuke Liar Awards! Nominate your favorite numnutz! Give them the recognition they so richly deserve. Japan Announces Nuke-Free by 2030-ish, NRC Forced to Give a Dam its Due no Nuclear Hotseat #66 - Sean Bonner of Safecast Interview w/Sean Bonner, one of the founders of Safecast, which provides radiation testing devices on the ground in Japan and elsewhere in the world to map radiation levels. The group uses open source designs and encourages anyone who likes to use or adapt their designs. Humanitarianism at its best. Plus: Japan declares they're phasing out nuclear by the 2030's, but there are some holes in their announcement; two nukes in Belgium shut down because of cracks; Quebec will shut down its one reactor; and Spain closing down another; NRC accused of covering up flood threats from upstream dams; Indian Point loses to "terrorists" in safety drill; and Dianukes announces the first-ever (but definitely not the last) Nuke Liar Awards! Nominate your favorite numnutz! Give them the recognition they so richly deserve. http://www.NuclearHotseat.com/blog dec295b7-2ce7-28ca-d033-04ee208377ac Wed, 12 Sep 2012 04:59:51 GMT 00:38:26 Libbe S. HaLevy Re-engineered interview of January 10 w/Dr. Janette Sherman and epidemiologist Joseph Mangano on their analysis of EPA and CDC death statistics post-Fukushima that point to 14,000 additional US deaths in the weeks after the nuclear disaster. A classic of information on radiation effects of Fukushima as well as Chernobyl and Three Mile Island. PLUS: Police kill anti-nuke protesters at Koodankulam in India, including a small girl; the fight is on to stop PG&E from exterminating CA sea life to justify keeping Diablo Canyon NPP chugging away atop its earthquake faults; TEPCO's Unit 4 lies countered by nuclear physicist Nils Bohmer and Arnie Gundersen; TEPCO alters unit 4 photo w/bad photoshop, then pulls it, then crops it, then admits to it... but won't say why; Japan feeding school children radioactive milk, oranges, apples - why? Because they're the government and they say so and anyone who doesn't believe them and eat the food is "chicken!" (the Mayor of Kawasaki City really said that!). Anti-Nuke Protestors Killed in India, Radioactive School Lunches in Japan no Nuclear Hotseat #65 - Dr. Janette Sherman/Joseph Mangano on 14,000 Post-Fukushima US deaths Re-engineered interview of January 10 w/Dr. Janette Sherman and epidemiologist Joseph Mangano on their analysis of EPA and CDC death statistics post-Fukushima that point to 14,000 additional US deaths in the weeks after the nuclear disaster. A classic of information on radiation effects of Fukushima as well as Chernobyl and Three Mile Island. PLUS: Police kill anti-nuke protesters at Koodankulam in India, including a small girl; the fight is on to stop PG&E from exterminating CA sea life to justify keeping Diablo Canyon NPP chugging away atop its earthquake faults; TEPCO's Unit 4 lies countered by nuclear physicist Nils Bohmer and Arnie Gundersen; TEPCO alters unit 4 photo w/bad photoshop, then pulls it, then crops it, then admits to it... but won't say why; Japan feeding school children radioactive milk, oranges, apples - why? Because they're the government and they say so and anyone who doesn't believe them and eat the food is "chicken!" (the Mayor of Kawasaki City really said that!). http://www.NuclearHotseat.com/blog 9d0e902c-a408-aeec-33d3-cd1f391c3489 AND three cities in Saitama prefecture to recycle radioactive rubble from Fukushima as... cement . So much insanity, so little time...]]> Wed, 05 Sep 2012 05:49:26 GMT 00:34:35 Libbe S. HaLevy Fukushima Diary blogger Iori Mochizuki on how he accidentally founded one of the world's most read anti-nuclear blogs; NRC denies license to Calvert Cliffs - only the second time in its history these rubberstampers have turned down a nuclear request!; San Onofre to get cost/benefit analysis to see if it makes sense to attempt to reopen it (CLUE: The answer is NO!); Dr. Michael Nobel of the Nobel Prize family focuses attention on radioactive contamination of US milk and water in Hawaii and west coast; and double the Nuclear Numnutz this week: Fukushima trying to attract Tokyo's high school students as tourists <!> AND three cities in Saitama prefecture to recycle radioactive rubble from Fukushima as... cement <!>. So much insanity, so little time... San Onofre to get Cost/Benefit Analysis on Restart (IT'S NOT WORTH IT!) no Nuclear Hotseat #64: Fukushima Diary's Mochizuki, NRC Denies License <!> Fukushima Diary blogger Iori Mochizuki on how he accidentally founded one of the world's most read anti-nuclear blogs; NRC denies license to Calvert Cliffs - only the second time in its history these rubberstampers have turned down a nuclear request!; San Onofre to get cost/benefit analysis to see if it makes sense to attempt to reopen it (CLUE: The answer is NO!); Dr. Michael Nobel of the Nobel Prize family focuses attention on radioactive contamination of US milk and water in Hawaii and west coast; and double the Nuclear Numnutz this week: Fukushima trying to attract Tokyo's high school students as tourists <!> AND three cities in Saitama prefecture to recycle radioactive rubble from Fukushima as... cement <!>. So much insanity, so little time... http://www.NuclearHotseat.com/blog 583127da-b90c-7cf7-22b3-2d6aacdfce24 Wed, 29 Aug 2012 16:45:41 GMT 00:37:03 Libbe S. HaLevy Interview with Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League Executive Director Lou Zeller on how to grow grassroots activism, southeastern U.S. nuke issues, plus his organizaation's support for the CAN Rally for a Nuclear Free Future. PLUS: Picketing Whales, India's $9 numnutz protection of nukers (say it isn't so!), tsunami debris already hitting Alaska hard, and Katie, the radioactive goat, has died. In a related story, Dominion Resources denies that its Millstone nuclear power plant, only five miles away from Katie's pasture, was the source of the strontium in her milk. By that logic, they would also like to interest you in land speculation in northeast Japan. Whales Picket Diablo Cyn, Does Japan Know Where its Corium Is? no Nuclear Hotseat #63 - BREDL's Lou Zeller on SE Nuke Issues Interview with Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League Executive Director Lou Zeller on how to grow grassroots activism, southeastern U.S. nuke issues, plus his organizaation's support for the CAN Rally for a Nuclear Free Future. PLUS: Picketing Whales, India's $9 numnutz protection of nukers (say it isn't so!), tsunami debris already hitting Alaska hard, and Katie, the radioactive goat, has died. In a related story, Dominion Resources denies that its Millstone nuclear power plant, only five miles away from Katie's pasture, was the source of the strontium in her milk. By that logic, they would also like to interest you in land speculation in northeast Japan. http://www.NuclearHotseat.com/blog fde72a6b-4852-e28e-545a-f661bb77a959 Wed, 22 Aug 2012 04:02:51 GMT 00:27:34 Libbe S. HaLevy Mary Olson on nuclear reactors in hot water and what it really means; How To Be a Homebound Activist (hint: Yes You CAN); Hanford leaking; NRC just might decide to maybe study health risks for those who live near nuclear reactors; SCE letting 730 San Onofre workers go "beause Unit 3 is unlikely to produce power any time soon" (Let's retrain them to work in solar!); Kucinich demands NRC investigate its own handling of Davis Besse restart; mutated worms and eggplant in Japan; radioactive fish 258 times higher than Japanese government deems safe found 12.5 miles off Fukushima; and Pennsylvania gives free potassium iodide tablets to anyone living near Limerick NPP - the question being: WHY??? Hanford Leaking, Worms Mutating, Kucinich Sics NRC on NRC no Nuclear Hotseat #62 - Mary Olson on Nukes in Hot Water Mary Olson on nuclear reactors in hot water and what it really means; How To Be a Homebound Activist (hint: Yes You CAN); Hanford leaking; NRC just might decide to maybe study health risks for those who live near nuclear reactors; SCE letting 730 San Onofre workers go "beause Unit 3 is unlikely to produce power any time soon" (Let's retrain them to work in solar!); Kucinich demands NRC investigate its own handling of Davis Besse restart; mutated worms and eggplant in Japan; radioactive fish 258 times higher than Japanese government deems safe found 12.5 miles off Fukushima; and Pennsylvania gives free potassium iodide tablets to anyone living near Limerick NPP - the question being: WHY??? http://www.NuclearHotseat.com/blog b4a3b6c1-2361-9538-8082-54a3dd9c341d Wed, 15 Aug 2012 04:29:17 GMT 00:38:52 Libbe S. HaLevy Interview w/Mary Olson, Director of the SE office of NIRS.org, on what the June 8 DC court ruling means to the battle against nuclear waste production (meaning reactors and their radioactive legacy). PLUS: 82 year old "terrorist" nun breaks into Oak Ridge nuclear facility armed w/a Bible, candles and spray paint - embarrassing the National Nuclear Security Administration for their ridiculous lack of security for 100 tons of highly enriched uranium (Jellyfish*, meet Numnutz**); on a scale of 1-7 for nuclear disasters, Fukushima now ranks at an 8; mutated butterflies in Japan; "suspicion of cracks" in Belgian reactor; Republican VP nominee's wife lobbied for Vermont Yankee; and new NRC Chair Macfarlane wonders how quake-proof all those nuclear reactors really are (heck the latest "quake-proof" rankings at www.NuclearHotseat.com/blog). *Jellyfish - Nuclear heroes - that's the nun ** Nuclear Numnutz - Just what it sounds like. Nuclear Waste, "Terrorist" 82-Year Old Nun, Mutated Butterflies no Nuclear Hotseat #61 - Mary Olson of NIRS.org Interview w/Mary Olson, Director of the SE office of NIRS.org, on what the June 8 DC court ruling means to the battle against nuclear waste production (meaning reactors and their radioactive legacy). PLUS: 82 year old "terrorist" nun breaks into Oak Ridge nuclear facility armed w/a Bible, candles and spray paint - embarrassing the National Nuclear Security Administration for their ridiculous lack of security for 100 tons of highly enriched uranium (Jellyfish*, meet Numnutz**); on a scale of 1-7 for nuclear disasters, Fukushima now ranks at an 8; mutated butterflies in Japan; "suspicion of cracks" in Belgian reactor; Republican VP nominee's wife lobbied for Vermont Yankee; and new NRC Chair Macfarlane wonders how quake-proof all those nuclear reactors really are (heck the latest "quake-proof" rankings at www.NuclearHotseat.com/blog). *Jellyfish - Nuclear heroes - that's the nun ** Nuclear Numnutz - Just what it sounds like. http://www.NuclearHotseat.com/blog d702d78b-ee85-d5dc-a2e3-ab5999a15d38 Wed, 08 Aug 2012 03:29:54 GMT 00:41:21 Libbe S. HaLevy Kevin Kamps of Beyond Nuclear on radioactive waste storage problems, options, how we got in this mess and what if anything can be done about it. BREAKING NEWS - NRC freezes all nuclear reactor construction and operating licenses! PLUS: San Diego's COPS (Citizens Oversight Projects) challenges San Onofre's failure to review steam generator failure (Go, Ray Lutz!); California Democratic party calls for independent design review before restart can be considered; Prime Minister "The Pendulum" Noda agrees to meet with protestors, then cancels, says Japan's nuke future will be decided by end of month, then says maybe not; TEPCO games radiation monitors in Fukushima, while radiation showing up 300x normal in mushrooms 80 miles from the damaged reactors; and Mochizuki Iori from Fukushima Diary does the math: the radiation released from Fukushima equals 168 Hiroshima-type a-bombs... and they did it to themselves. NRC Freezes ALL Nuclear Reactor Construction Licenses! no Nuclear Hotseat #60 - Kevin Kamps of Beyond Nuclear Kevin Kamps of Beyond Nuclear on radioactive waste storage problems, options, how we got in this mess and what if anything can be done about it. BREAKING NEWS - NRC freezes all nuclear reactor construction and operating licenses! PLUS: San Diego's COPS (Citizens Oversight Projects) challenges San Onofre's failure to review steam generator failure (Go, Ray Lutz!); California Democratic party calls for independent design review before restart can be considered; Prime Minister "The Pendulum" Noda agrees to meet with protestors, then cancels, says Japan's nuke future will be decided by end of month, then says maybe not; TEPCO games radiation monitors in Fukushima, while radiation showing up 300x normal in mushrooms 80 miles from the damaged reactors; and Mochizuki Iori from Fukushima Diary does the math: the radiation released from Fukushima equals 168 Hiroshima-type a-bombs... and they did it to themselves. http://www.NuclearHotseat.com/blog 80f9a393-4cc5-4841-b24b-f4224faab26b Wed, 01 Aug 2012 05:49:00 GMT 00:27:15 Libbe S. HaLevy Anatomy of a consciousness raising meeting with an aide to the Mayor of West Hollywood - a basic how-to for activists. PLUS: Japanese anti-nuke demonstrators get pushy at their Parliament building; Extreme increase in mortality from heart attacks in Japan since Fukushima disaster began; Southern California Edison laying plans to restart San Onofre by November while activists launch their "Hell, no!"; US nuclear power production at 9-year low because of heat and drought; and the Numnutz of the Week Award returns because the TVA and Brown's Ferry deserve it. SCE Lays Plans to Restart San Onofre in Nov; Activists Respond: Hell No! no Nuclear Hotseat #59 - Anti-Nuclear Consciousness Raising w/West Hollywood Mayor's Office Anatomy of a consciousness raising meeting with an aide to the Mayor of West Hollywood - a basic how-to for activists. PLUS: Japanese anti-nuke demonstrators get pushy at their Parliament building; Extreme increase in mortality from heart attacks in Japan since Fukushima disaster began; Southern California Edison laying plans to restart San Onofre by November while activists launch their "Hell, no!"; US nuclear power production at 9-year low because of heat and drought; and the Numnutz of the Week Award returns because the TVA and Brown's Ferry deserve it. http://www.NuclearHotseat.com/blog 0fc6eab3-d963-5bb8-6cf2-2ebd46291e30 Wed, 25 Jul 2012 03:36:21 GMT 00:40:58 Libbe S. HaLevy Engineer and activist Ray Lutz "nukes" the NRC's cover-up of SCE's responsibility for San Onofre's steam generator problems; 4 nuke plants trigger NRC "Unusual Events" in a single day... but no blackouts; Illinois reactor in "hot water" - at 102 degrees, cooling water can't cool; Japanese prime minister admits that nuclear energy is dividing the nation; TEPCO gets a rate hike as well as a bailout, while temperature gauge cables on verge of breaking at Fukushima and subcontractor forces clean-up workers to cover their dosimeters w/lead shields; and in all this, Russia is doing a better job at protecting its citizens from radiation than the US.! 4 NRC "Unusual Occurrences" in One Day, Cooling Water Too Hot! no Nuclear Hotseat #58 - July 24, 2012 - Lutz "Nukes" NRC's Whitewash of SanO Engineer and activist Ray Lutz "nukes" the NRC's cover-up of SCE's responsibility for San Onofre's steam generator problems; 4 nuke plants trigger NRC "Unusual Events" in a single day... but no blackouts; Illinois reactor in "hot water" - at 102 degrees, cooling water can't cool; Japanese prime minister admits that nuclear energy is dividing the nation; TEPCO gets a rate hike as well as a bailout, while temperature gauge cables on verge of breaking at Fukushima and subcontractor forces clean-up workers to cover their dosimeters w/lead shields; and in all this, Russia is doing a better job at protecting its citizens from radiation than the US.! http://www.NuclearHotseat.com/blog fd3d36d3-f83a-900b-7c52-b2cba8102772 Wed, 18 Jul 2012 03:44:08 GMT 00:31:13 Libbe S. HaLevy Interview w/filmmaker Chris Noland (NOT Christopher Nolan from "Batman"), who recorded the first months after Fukushima as a relief worker in the field. His film, "311 Surviving Japan" is in post-production and already garnering overwhelming response in preview screenings. PLUS: 170,000 march against nukes in Japan; KEPCO cooked the energy books, turning off 8 functioning thermal plants to "justify" restarting the nukes; Cesium 134 and 137 found in 2011 crop CA almonds and prunes; internal radiation 100 times worse than a chest x-ray; and SCE scolds San Onofre employees for leaking documents to Arnie Gundersen at Fairewinds.com... which we learned because somebody leaked THAT document to Fairewinds! 170,000 Protest Nukes in Tokyo, KEPCO "Cooks the Energy Books" no Nuclear Hotseat #57 - Filmmaker Chris Noland, Radioactive CA Almonds Interview w/filmmaker Chris Noland (NOT Christopher Nolan from "Batman"), who recorded the first months after Fukushima as a relief worker in the field. His film, "311 Surviving Japan" is in post-production and already garnering overwhelming response in preview screenings. PLUS: 170,000 march against nukes in Japan; KEPCO cooked the energy books, turning off 8 functioning thermal plants to "justify" restarting the nukes; Cesium 134 and 137 found in 2011 crop CA almonds and prunes; internal radiation 100 times worse than a chest x-ray; and SCE scolds San Onofre employees for leaking documents to Arnie Gundersen at Fairewinds.com... which we learned because somebody leaked THAT document to Fairewinds! http://www.NuclearHotseat.com/blog c97d92ff-cd5b-ed65-625d-f7a7f39b9f78 ; San Onofre whistleblowers not covered by state protective laws (blame it on the Marines!); ; more evil doings by Dr. Shunich Yamashita, Japan's equivalent of Dr. Mengele; health problems rampant in Fukushima but the governnment isn't listening; international nukes take a business hit across the board; Japanese TB outbreak believed linked to radiation; Czech Republic to give sanctuary and healing protocols for 30 "radiation refugees" -- Fukushima children ages 12-14; and 150,000 protest restart of Oi reactors, but it's the direct attack by swarms of jellyfish that slowed it down. Let's hear it for Ma Nature's spineless warriors!]]> Wed, 11 Jul 2012 05:09:02 GMT 00:30:34 Libbe S. HaLevy Report on Fukushima resident and activist Chieko Shiina's heartrending presentation on current life in Japan and Fukushima, along with information on how to help her start the Fukushima Children's Clinic to address pressing health problems. Plus: Fukushima determined by Japanese committee to be "a man-made disaster" (incompetence can do that!); TEPCO top execs resign... only to get their golden parachutes <!>; San Onofre whistleblowers not covered by state protective laws (blame it on the Marines!); ; more evil doings by Dr. Shunich Yamashita, Japan's equivalent of Dr. Mengele; health problems rampant in Fukushima but the governnment isn't listening; international nukes take a business hit across the board; Japanese TB outbreak believed linked to radiation; Czech Republic to give sanctuary and healing protocols for 30 "radiation refugees" -- Fukushima children ages 12-14; and 150,000 protest restart of Oi reactors, but it's the direct attack by swarms of jellyfish that slowed it down. Let's hear it for Ma Nature's spineless warriors! TEPCO's Golden Parachutes, SanO Whistleblowers Lose Protection no Nuclear Hotseat #56 - July 10, 2012 - Fukushima Activist Cheiko Shiina Report on Fukushima resident and activist Chieko Shiina's heartrending presentation on current life in Japan and Fukushima, along with information on how to help her start the Fukushima Children's Clinic to address pressing health problems. Plus: Fukushima determined by Japanese committee to be "a man-made disaster" (incompetence can do that!); TEPCO top execs resign... only to get their golden parachutes <!>; San Onofre whistleblowers not covered by state protective laws (blame it on the Marines!); ; more evil doings by Dr. Shunich Yamashita, Japan's equivalent of Dr. Mengele; health problems rampant in Fukushima but the governnment isn't listening; international nukes take a business hit across the board; Japanese TB outbreak believed linked to radiation; Czech Republic to give sanctuary and healing protocols for 30 "radiation refugees" -- Fukushima children ages 12-14; and 150,000 protest restart of Oi reactors, but it's the direct attack by swarms of jellyfish that slowed it down. Let's hear it for Ma Nature's spineless warriors! http://www.NuclearHotseat.com/blog c13bda7b-6666-dbc4-22c3-5080b91ab156 Wed, 04 Jul 2012 04:05:18 GMT 00:33:00 Libbe S. HaLevy Get the inside scoop on this September's Coalition Against Nukes rally and actions in Washington, D.C. from Dr. Heidi Hutner and Michael Leonardi, long time anti-nuclear activists serving as coordinators for the event. Plus Japanese scientists share earthquake data and dire predictions as KEPCO restarts the Oi reactors; Fukushima Unit 4 a mere gasket failure away from catastrophe, while Unit 1 radiation is so high its dismantling (a 40 year process at best) will require robot technology that has not yet been invented; Federal appellate court sinks Vermont's recent strategy to deny Entergy's Vermont Yankee re-license; Colorado's Rocky Flats $926 million judgment struck down; South Korea bans 35 Japanese seafood products, bringing their total to 64; Contact info from last week's interviewee, environment attorney Susan Hito Shapiro, for anti-nuke lawyers who want to support each other; and evacuation advice from Fukushima to Oi -- also works for the 1/3 of all Americans who live within 50 miles of a nuclear reactor. Dr. Heidi Hutner, Michael Leonardi on National Anti-Nuke Action no Nuclear Hotseat #55 - July 3, 2012 - September CAN Rally in DC Get the inside scoop on this September's Coalition Against Nukes rally and actions in Washington, D.C. from Dr. Heidi Hutner and Michael Leonardi, long time anti-nuclear activists serving as coordinators for the event. Plus Japanese scientists share earthquake data and dire predictions as KEPCO restarts the Oi reactors; Fukushima Unit 4 a mere gasket failure away from catastrophe, while Unit 1 radiation is so high its dismantling (a 40 year process at best) will require robot technology that has not yet been invented; Federal appellate court sinks Vermont's recent strategy to deny Entergy's Vermont Yankee re-license; Colorado's Rocky Flats $926 million judgment struck down; South Korea bans 35 Japanese seafood products, bringing their total to 64; Contact info from last week's interviewee, environment attorney Susan Hito Shapiro, for anti-nuke lawyers who want to support each other; and evacuation advice from Fukushima to Oi -- also works for the 1/3 of all Americans who live within 50 miles of a nuclear reactor. http://www.NuclearHotseat.com/blog 7ec01776-ab33-c977-c53e-494a8f651a1a Wed, 27 Jun 2012 00:49:01 GMT 00:41:13 Libbe S. HaLevy MUST LISTEN! Slammer interview w/environmental attorney Susan Hito Shapiro on the battle to shut down Indian Point near NYC, plus some legal strategies applicable for anti-nuke activists throughout the country. Plus: 45,000 Japanese protest at PM Noda's front door against Oi nuke restart, which has already been plagued by 27 ALARMS GOING OFF!; bulge in Fukushima Unit 4 now 40% larger than in May; the swallows did NOT come back to Fukushima, in a big way (Silent Spring, Summer, Fall...); LA Times editorial to keep San Onofre shut down marks the most important major media anti-nuke stance in decades; and both TEPCO and Japanese government tell skeptical consumers that fish caught near Fukushima is safe to eat... even though they won't let independent experts test within 12 miles of the still-leaking facility. Sushi, anyone? (Hell, no!) SAKAIDO HANSAI! Environmental Attorney Susan Shapiro + 45K March in Japan Against Oi, LA Times OpEd Anti SanO! no Nuclear Hotseat #54 - June 26, 2012 - Indian Pt., Legal Strategies MUST LISTEN! Slammer interview w/environmental attorney Susan Hito Shapiro on the battle to shut down Indian Point near NYC, plus some legal strategies applicable for anti-nuke activists throughout the country. Plus: 45,000 Japanese protest at PM Noda's front door against Oi nuke restart, which has already been plagued by 27 ALARMS GOING OFF!; bulge in Fukushima Unit 4 now 40% larger than in May; the swallows did NOT come back to Fukushima, in a big way (Silent Spring, Summer, Fall...); LA Times editorial to keep San Onofre shut down marks the most important major media anti-nuke stance in decades; and both TEPCO and Japanese government tell skeptical consumers that fish caught near Fukushima is safe to eat... even though they won't let independent experts test within 12 miles of the still-leaking facility. Sushi, anyone? (Hell, no!) SAKAIDO HANSAI! http://www.NuclearHotseat.com/blog c1fccd5b-6b59-4dbc-96fe-d2fa14df6a4a Wed, 20 Jun 2012 18:04:54 GMT 00:28:04 Libbe S. HaLevy Dr. Bill Cardozo and Darin McClure on radiation monitors, what they'll do and won't do, crowd-source radiation monitoring and how to hook up some monitors directly to the Internet for real-time result posting. Plus: Japan's PM Noda approves restart of Oi reactors over thousands of protestors; 10 Fukushima mothers confront elected officials with their painful truths before staging a die-in (video link on NuclearHotseat.com/blog); Friends of the Earth file lawsuit to force NRC relicensing hearings of faulty San Onofre reactors; tsunami debris docks in Oregon; and northeast Japan bracing for monster typhoon that's taking aim at Fukushima. Plus some cautions about taking zeolite, pro-nuke as mental illness, and a chance to join a die-in demonstration of your own! Oi Nukes Cleared to Go Online, FOE Petitions NRC, Japanese Die-Ins no Nuclear Hotseat #53 - June 19, 2012 - Radiation Monitoring Dr. Bill Cardozo and Darin McClure on radiation monitors, what they'll do and won't do, crowd-source radiation monitoring and how to hook up some monitors directly to the Internet for real-time result posting. Plus: Japan's PM Noda approves restart of Oi reactors over thousands of protestors; 10 Fukushima mothers confront elected officials with their painful truths before staging a die-in (video link on NuclearHotseat.com/blog); Friends of the Earth file lawsuit to force NRC relicensing hearings of faulty San Onofre reactors; tsunami debris docks in Oregon; and northeast Japan bracing for monster typhoon that's taking aim at Fukushima. Plus some cautions about taking zeolite, pro-nuke as mental illness, and a chance to join a die-in demonstration of your own! http://www.NuclearHotseat.com/blog a1623e6b-acb4-42d7-397e-fa0fd3267439 Tue, 12 Jun 2012 23:00:00 GMT 00:31:53 Libbe S. HaLevy Special extended interview with Irvine City Councilmember Larry Agran on the politics of nuclear power, San Onofre, and what we can do to keep the pressure up against nukes in all our communities. Grass roots encouragement at its best! Politics of Nuclear Power and San Onofre no Nuclear Hotseat #52 - June 12, 2012 - Larry Agran Special extended interview with Irvine City Councilmember Larry Agran on the politics of nuclear power, San Onofre, and what we can do to keep the pressure up against nukes in all our communities. Grass roots encouragement at its best! http://www.NuclearHotseat.com/blog 0903df78-c5ad-2481-aa69-5bb6850cdaa7 Tue, 05 Jun 2012 23:00:00 GMT 00:49:11 Libbe S. HaLevy Nuclear Hotseat Exclusive: Special panel discussion on The Roy Process for Neutralization and Elimination of Nuclear Waste. Is this the missing technology for ultimately getting rid of the radioactive byproducts of the nuclear industry? Can it work? What will it take to find out? Learn about the process, the doubts, the tantalizing possibilities, and what stands in the way of this potentially game-changing nuclear technology from Dennis Nester, agent for The Roy Process; engineer and physicist Ernest Goitein; veteran anti-nuclear activist Ace Hoffman; and a surprise "deus ex machina" appearance by environmental attorney Susan Shapiro. Be sure to listen through to the end, then visit www.NuclearHotseat.com/blog for June 5, 2012, to access the information referenced in the call. HOT STUFF! Can Radioactive Waste Be Neutralized and Eliminated? no Nuclear Hotseat #51 - The Roy Process - June 5, 2012 Nuclear Hotseat Exclusive: Special panel discussion on The Roy Process for Neutralization and Elimination of Nuclear Waste. Is this the missing technology for ultimately getting rid of the radioactive byproducts of the nuclear industry? Can it work? What will it take to find out? Learn about the process, the doubts, the tantalizing possibilities, and what stands in the way of this potentially game-changing nuclear technology from Dennis Nester, agent for The Roy Process; engineer and physicist Ernest Goitein; veteran anti-nuclear activist Ace Hoffman; and a surprise "deus ex machina" appearance by environmental attorney Susan Shapiro. Be sure to listen through to the end, then visit www.NuclearHotseat.com/blog for June 5, 2012, to access the information referenced in the call. HOT STUFF! http://www.NuclearHotseat.com/blog 039dae29-66f5-f2ff-5a13-60f91bf0642c Wed, 30 May 2012 03:19:03 GMT 00:31:47 Libbe S. HaLevy Michael Mariotte of NIRS.org on NRC evacuation zone radius and emergency exercises; Bluefin tuna caught off CA all found contaminated with Fukushima Cesium 134 & 137; Jaczko stands for safety as NRC rubberstamps Massachusetts' Pilgrim reactor for 20 more years; Canada reports 3 radioactive nuke leaks in just one month!; former Prime Minister Naoto Kan comes out strongly against nukes; Japan radiation still circling the globe, prevents TEPCO from even starting decommissioning work, mutating cedar seeds... but that doesn't stop the International Olympic Committee from implying that if Japan would only restart its nuke plants to guarantee electricity, it still might be chosen to host the 2020 Olympics. NUMNUTZ! Mariotte of NIRS on NRC Evac Zones, Emergency Exercises no Nuclear Hotseat #50 - May 29, 2012 - Radioactive Tuna Michael Mariotte of NIRS.org on NRC evacuation zone radius and emergency exercises; Bluefin tuna caught off CA all found contaminated with Fukushima Cesium 134 & 137; Jaczko stands for safety as NRC rubberstamps Massachusetts' Pilgrim reactor for 20 more years; Canada reports 3 radioactive nuke leaks in just one month!; former Prime Minister Naoto Kan comes out strongly against nukes; Japan radiation still circling the globe, prevents TEPCO from even starting decommissioning work, mutating cedar seeds... but that doesn't stop the International Olympic Committee from implying that if Japan would only restart its nuke plants to guarantee electricity, it still might be chosen to host the 2020 Olympics. NUMNUTZ! http://www.NuclearHotseat.com/blog daffd444-1843-b456-94f4-06bd939513ea Wed, 23 May 2012 06:19:16 GMT 00:42:40 Libbe S. HaLevy Interpreter/anti-nuke activist Umi Hagitani talks about the real concerns of the Japanese people and her experiences translating for Fukushima survivors who addressed U.S. anti-nuke demos and the media. Plus: NRC's Jaczko resigns his Chairmanship; Sen. Barbara Boxer goes after Southern California Electric over sidestepped licensing amendment for steam generator design changes; Alaska Senator Mark Begich says tsunami debris will be worse than Exxon Valdez - but Washington still can't tell him a plan for dealing with it; Arnie Gundersen of Fairewinds says Unit 3 may be just as bad as Unit 4; meanwhile Unit 1 has only 15" of water and no one's sure where the corium is; Koodankulam protestors get UK MP support, while Indian government numnutz will be sending shrinks to Koodankulam to create "don't worry, be happy" mental exercises to calm down those wascally nuclear protesters! Japan Connection w/Umi Hagitani, NRC's Jaczko Steps Down no Nuclear Hotseat #49, Hosted by Libbe HaLevy - May 22, 2012 Interpreter/anti-nuke activist Umi Hagitani talks about the real concerns of the Japanese people and her experiences translating for Fukushima survivors who addressed U.S. anti-nuke demos and the media. Plus: NRC's Jaczko resigns his Chairmanship; Sen. Barbara Boxer goes after Southern California Electric over sidestepped licensing amendment for steam generator design changes; Alaska Senator Mark Begich says tsunami debris will be worse than Exxon Valdez - but Washington still can't tell him a plan for dealing with it; Arnie Gundersen of Fairewinds says Unit 3 may be just as bad as Unit 4; meanwhile Unit 1 has only 15" of water and no one's sure where the corium is; Koodankulam protestors get UK MP support, while Indian government numnutz will be sending shrinks to Koodankulam to create "don't worry, be happy" mental exercises to calm down those wascally nuclear protesters! http://www.NuclearHotseat.com/blog 36127230-e259-1ab0-24c2-8f6133f572f6 Wed, 16 May 2012 06:04:22 GMT 00:30:28 Libbe S. HaLevy 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. Mushrooms and Nanos and Hemp - Oh My! no 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. http://www.NuclearHotseat.com/blog 5e830117-91d3-badd-450d-e060cfc78908 Wed, 09 May 2012 17:22:07 GMT 00:33:10 Libbe S. HaLevy 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.) Japan Nuclear-Free, the Battle of San Onofre Heats Up no 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.) http://www.NuclearHotseat.com/blog 1de2add0-e853-7b1f-4130-465ddcebfee6 Wed, 02 May 2012 06:26:11 GMT 00:33:21 Libbe S. HaLevy 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)! California Nuke-Free! Japan Nuke-Free this Saturday! no Nuclear Hotseat #46 - Friends of the 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)! http://www.NuclearHotseat.com/blog aca41244-d1c3-8557-effb-64ddd0e3b2d6 Tue, 24 Apr 2012 23:43:36 GMT 00:38:47 Libbe S. HaLevy 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! Renewal Fight Heats Up for NRC's Svnicki, TEPCO Releases More Water from Fukushima no 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! http://www.NuclearHotseat.com/blog e50503f9-d7d8-f889-856a-76299ef4c75c Wed, 18 Apr 2012 00:33:57 GMT 00:38:15 Libbe S. HaLevy 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: Interview w/Cecile Pineda, author, Devil's Tango + Radiation Leaks Upriver of Philadelphia no 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: http://www.NuclearHotseat.com/blog 6465dd89-9228-242f-e768-ee0b91728559 Wed, 11 Apr 2012 00:30:02 GMT 00:33:26 Libbe S. HaLevy 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? Gene Stone on Private NRC Promises to Activists no 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? http://www.NuclearHotseat.com/blog 3a05bd09-7df2-117a-c60c-7a0f957770b1 Wed, 04 Apr 2012 04:15:54 GMT 00:38:47 Libbe S. HaLevy 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? San Onofre Down for the Count and the Nuclear Ad Jon Stewart Will Not Run! no 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 00:24:02 Libbe S. HaLevy 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# Three Mile Island at 33, Exclusive Interview w/Dr. Helen Caldicott, Nonviolent Koodankulam Activists Willing to Fast to the Death no 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# http://www.NuclearHotseat.com/blog 03320af5-241d-e47b-8959-c3cea457eb19 Wed, 21 Mar 2012 01:36:58 GMT 00:38:37 Libbe S. HaLevy 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...? Jon Stewart Gets Nuked, Fukushima Farmers Spooked, Japanese People Fuked no 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 00:36:59 Libbe S. HaLevy 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. Interview w/Japanese survivors of earthquake, tsunami and ongoing nuclear disaster no 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. http://www.NuclearHotseat.com/blog 3705102e-6a69-ebb6-6f7c-a506b595de16 Wed, 07 Mar 2012 18:19:41 GMT 00:37:52 Libbe S. HaLevy 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? CA Anti-Nukers Meet w/Gov. Brown's Top Aide, This Weekend's Fukushima Anniversary Demos no 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 Tue, 28 Feb 2012 23:33:48 GMT 00:19:59 Libbe S. HaLevy 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. Japan Govt Post-Fukushima Meltdown, North Anna Leaking Tritium no 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. http://www.NuclearHotseat.com/blog 347d3e46-920c-0f1b-123c-3dc5bf00c3ce Wed, 15 Feb 2012 19:46:30 GMT 00:47:52 Libbe S. HaLevy 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. Fukushima #2 Recriticality, NRC Licenses 2 New Nukes in GA, Big Quakes in Japan no 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 00:42:44 Libbe S. HaLevy 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. Fukushima #2 temperature rising, Radiation worse for Women than Men, Fire at Nuke Institute in Moscow no 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. http://www.NuclearHotseat.com/blog cf55bc1e-5c5c-8aa2-05cb-c1f6a715133a Sun, 05 Feb 2012 02:15:25 GMT 00:19:44 Libbe S. HaLevy 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. San Onofre: How Safe Is It? no 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 00:47:58 Libbe S. HaLevy 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!" NRC Level One in Illinois; Women anti-nuke protestors attacked in India no 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 00:42:27 Libbe S. HaLevy 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! VT Yankee closure blocked by Feds, TEPCO camera fries at Fuku, Radioactive Cigarettes no 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 00:44:28 Libbe S. HaLevy 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. Radiation Round-Up, Schoolchildren Sent to Ski in Fukushima <!> no 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 00:47:00 Libbe S. HaLevy 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). Interview w/authors of report on US additional deaths following Fukushima no 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 00:46:01 Libbe S. HaLevy 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. Genetic Mutations of Animals and Plants, from Chernobyl to Fukushima to A Beach Near You! no 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 00:20:45 Libbe S. HaLevy 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. Arthur D. Little Study Shows Nuclear Power Waaaay More Expensive no 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 00:21:57 Libbe S. HaLevy 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. Japanese Govt Lies, saying Fukushima in "Cold Shutdown" instead of heading for China Syndrome no 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 00:52:28 Libbe S. HaLevy 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! Interview w/Gary and Laurie Headrick of San Clemente Green no 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 00:46:16 Libbe S. HaLevy 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%! Obama nuke industry ties, Japan's richest man to build mega-solar installations no 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 00:47:12 Libbe S. HaLevy 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...?! Japan anti-nuke blogger intimidation, Fuku in "China Syndrome" no 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 00:47:12 Libbe S. HaLevy 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...?! Nuke News from Japan, US, Europe, Holistic Health Protection no 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 Wed, 16 Nov 2011 02:27:34 GMT 00:42:53 Libbe S. HaLevy 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... Dr. Ernest Goitein interview on Nuclear Nightmares Barely Ducked no 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 Wed, 16 Nov 2011 02:26:07 GMT 00:42:53 Libbe S. HaLevy 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... Dr. Ernest Goitein interview on Nuclear Nightmares Barely Ducked no 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 00:45:53 Libbe S. HaLevy 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!" Dr. Janette Sherman on neonatal radiation affects, Fukushima's media underground, France may go no-nuke! no 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 Fri, 04 Nov 2011 18:03:02 GMT 00:27:19 Libbe S. HaLevy 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. TEPCO bail-out, US/Canada radiation news, 3-eyed fish found near nuke plant! no 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 00:46:59 Libbe S. HaLevy 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. Radiation news from Fukushima, Canada, San Francisco; Radiation more dangerous for women than men; Swedish nuke fire; more! no 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 00:46:28 Libbe S. HaLevy 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. Japan radiation, TEPCO as Hitler, flaws in Florida new nuke design, cracks in Ohio reactor, wise words from JFK no 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 00:25:21 Libbe S. HaLevy 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?!? Radiation News from Japan, Dying Plants, Safety Generator Failures at 4 US Nuke Plants since April, 2011 no 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 Wed, 05 Oct 2011 00:18:01 GMT 00:44:34 Libbe S. HaLevy 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. Radioactive water found under Hatch in GA, GE admits 35 US nuke plants could fail in an earthquake no 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 00:25:51 Libbe S. HaLevy 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. Spike in NW USA infant mortality, French nuke worker buried in "antiradioactive" casket, Tweets f/ Fukushima plant worker no 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 00:25:51 Libbe S. HaLevy 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. Spike in NW USA infant mortality, French nuke worker buried in "antiradioactive" casket, Tweets f/ Fukushima plant worker no 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 00:25:51 Libbe S. HaLevy 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. Spike in NW USA infant mortality, French nuke worker buried in "antiradioactive" casket, Tweets f/ Fukushima plant worker no 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 Wed, 21 Sep 2011 00:23:22 GMT 00:46:02 Libbe S. 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! Interview w/anti-nuclear author Ace Hoffman, NRC hearings on San Onofre, 60K Japanese demonstrate against nuclear power no 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 00:49:19 Libbe S. 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. NRC/San Onofre Shenanigans, National Anti-Nuke Demos Oct. 1 no 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 00:50:01 Libbe S. HaLevy 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. Interview: Dr. Robert Gould, Physicans for Social Responsibility no 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 00:49:53 Libbe S. HaLevy 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. Post-Hurricane, Post-Quake NRC "Unusual Events" Not So Unusual no 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 00:45:12 Libbe S. HaLevy 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 Quake takes out emergency back-up generator at VA nuke plant no 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 00:46:42 Libbe S. HaLevy 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. New legal action against Diablo Canyon re-licensing + 25 other nuke reactors around the country no 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 00:30:31 Libbe S. HaLevy 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. Interview: Aileen Mioko Smith, Japan-based Fukushima Activist no 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 00:48:55 Libbe S. HaLevy 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. National Perspective on Fukushima and U.S. Nuclear Policy no 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