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#108: Nebraskashima? Ft. Calhoun Update
Nuclear Hotseat hosted by Libbe HaLevy
English - July 10, 2013 06:25 - 1 hour - 54.9 MBLeisure Science nuclear reactor radiation nrc regulatory commission fukushima japan daichii san Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Two years ago, the Ft. Calhoun nuclear reactors near Omaha were surrounded by an inflatable berm that was surrounded by flood-level water - a veritable island of nukes. What's happened since? Nebraska energy activist LaVerne Traen fills in the picture, and like all things nukes, it's not a pretty one. PLUS: Fukushima radiation levels soaring for unexplained reasons; TEPCO failings revealed by Japanese comedienne; Japan's Labor Democratic Party pushes for nuke restarts and nuke-adjacent mayors agree; rats attack Fukushima Daiini; Japan selling nuke technology to Vietnam (what could possibly go wrong?!?); scandal brewing as North Anna operator covered up existence of fault lines to NRC; and SanO operator SCE bemoans nuke shutdown as it dumps chemicals into ocean and buys a solar company. Mixed metaphor, anyone?