Fukushima

American Fukushima

radioecoshock — Sun, 09 Mar 2014 18:03:04 +0000

FUKUSHIMA - 3 YEARS LATER AND AMERICA LEARNED NOTHING

On the third anniversary of the worst nuclear disaster in the world, I talk with the authors of "Fukushima, The Story of a Nuclear Disaster".

As you'll hear, America is just waiting for it's own nuclear mega-disaster. Despite promises after March 2011, the U.S. industry is still stalling on safety-critical fixes to aging reactors. It's just a matter of time.

I interview a 17 year veteran of the American nuclear industry, expert David Lochbaum from the Union of Concerned Scientists.

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Climate & Fukushima: Where Are We Really?

radioecoshock — Wed, 11 Sep 2013 19:22:55 +0000

Welcome back to the Fall 2013 season of Radio Ecoshock, broadcast on more than 70 college and community stations around the world.

This is Alex Smith. Big news continues to pour in from around the world. We've got a lineup of guests, experts and activists, waiting to make sense of it all.

Download the program here:
http://www.ecoshock.net/downloads/ES_130911_Show_LoFi.mp3

As I left for a break in July, I issued a special podcast on the global heat wave. If you missed that, join the thousands who download it from our web site at ecoshock.org or download it here:

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Helen Caldicott: The meaning of Fukushima

radioecoshock — Sun, 24 Mar 2013 00:42:50 +0000

From New York City: a dose of the awful truth from the long-term nuclear guardian, Dr. Helen Caldicott. In her time to speak on the second anniversary of the Fukushima Dai-ichi triple melt-down in Japan - Helen lays it out.

Due to increased radiation, toxic chemicals and climate change, life on earth is in the Intensive Care Unit.

Caldicott says it's up to us - we are all physicians for the Earth now. It's a powerful speech from a famous force for sanity.

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Dangerous myths of Fukushima

radioecoshock — Sun, 17 Mar 2013 18:49:39 +0000

It isn't over. Danger to women, children, wildlife.

Download/listen to Radio Ecoshock 130320 1 hour in CD Quality (56 MB)

http://www.ecoshock.net/eshock13/ES_130320_Show.mp3

Or use the faster downloading/lower quality Lo-Fi (14 MB)

http://www.ecoshock.net/eshock13/ES_130320_Show_LoFi.mp3

MYTH #1 THE ACCIDENT IS OVER

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Poisoned flag: US sailors nuked by Fukushima

radioecoshock — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 21:47:29 +0000

BREAKING NEWS:

Two U.S. sailors tell their stories of being poisoned with radioactivity aboard the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan during the Fukushima nuclear accident in Japan.

Quartermasters Maurice Enis, and Jaime Plym, now out of the Navy, speak in New York City, at a press
conference organized by the Helen Caldicott Foundation and the Physicians for Social Responsibility on March 11th, 2013, two years after the triple melt down in Japan.

In addition to the sailors, we hear from Jeff Patterson, president of PSR, Helen Caldicott, and Robert Alvarez.

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The Fallout from Fukushima

Anonymous — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 17:07:29 +0000

Jim Green

Two important reports have been released in recent weeks - one analysing the March 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster and another on the impact of the disaster on the nuclear 'renaissance'.

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Fukushima Disaster - One Year Later

Anonymous — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 23:09:05 +0000

Government lies, Tokyo radioactive, 3 out-of-control reactors. News from nuclear expert Arnold Gundersen to Vancouver conference March 11th, plus reports of citizen activism in Japan, as parents measure radiation in their air, food, and children.

Reports from Aya Marumori & Wataru Iwata of CRMS from Fukushima.

Bottom line: when disaster strikes (whether nuclear, hurricanes, floods, etc) - big government hides the truth, and will not help. We have to organize and act as local communities to survive.

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Footage from "From Chernobyl to Fukushima - is there a future in nuclear?" Public Meeting

Anonymous — Tue, 10 May 2011 21:50:54 +0000

Video extracts from a public meeting organised by Friends of the Earth's Anti-Nuclear and Clean Energy Collective on 28 April 2011 under the heading "From Chernobyl to Fukushima, Is there a future in nuclear?".

Video from Engage Media by PC

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Palm Sunday silent vigil for peace - 17 April 2011

peter — Sun, 17 Apr 2011 11:29:38 +0000

Peace activists held a silent vigil on the lawns of the State Library in Melbourne on Palm Sunday before making their way to a Peace Forum at the Wesley Uniting Church in Lonsdale Street (details http://indymedia.org.au/melbourne-palm-sunday-peace-forum).

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Yvonne Margarula's letter to the UN expressing solidarity with the people of Fukushima

Anonymous — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 23:00:07 +0000

Below is a letter sent by Yvonne Margarula of the Mirrar people to Ban Ki Moon the Secretary General of the UN on the 6th of April 2011. The Mirrar are the traditional owners of the land that Ranger and Jabiluka Uranium mines are located on. These mines have been developed without the consent of the Mirrar people. The letter expresses solidarity with the people of Japan and sorrow that uraniun from the land of the Mirrar was used in the Fukushima plant.>

Dear Secretary-General,

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Real cost of nuclear power apparent at Fukushima

Nichole S — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 06:15:42 +0000

Nuclear power appeared on the brink of a renaissance, until the Fukushima disaster. However, the darker side of nuclear energy has been exposed by Japan's struggle to contain radiation from the reactor damaged by the earthquake and tsunami. Measures to protect nuclear reactors from earthquakes in the future might be so expensive that investors will think twice before believing that an investment in nuclear energy can be profitable.

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Statement by Helen Caldicott on Fukushima disaster

Anonymous — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 05:27:57 +0000

“I have become Death, the destroyer of worlds”. Robert Oppenheimer, quoting the Baghavad Gita, on witnessing the first atomic bomb test, 1945

As I write this – on the afternoon of March 16 in the United States – the situation at the Fukushima Nuclear Plant No. 1 is, tragically, looking increasingly grim. Radiation levels are increasing, mass evacuations in the area surrounding Fukushima are underway; and experts are speculating –with trepidation, but understandable caution – about how far the radiation will spread, both within Japan and to other parts of the planet.

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Spinning Fukushima

Anonymous — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 03:36:51 +0000

Below is an article from FOE Mellbourne's website explaining how Austalian nuclear scientists/boosters have tried to spin the ongoing crisis in Fukushima in Japan.

How have Australian scientists handled the difficult task of keeping us informed about the unfolding nuclear disaster in Japan? The first thing to note is that precious few Australian scientists have featured in the media. The most prominent have been Prof Aidan Byrne from the Australian National University, RMIT Chancellor Dr Ziggy Switkowski, and Prof. Barry Brook from Adelaide University.

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