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Nuclear Hotseat #73: Japanese Seniors Not Allowed Fukushima Clean-up

Nuclear Hotseat hosted by Libbe HaLevy

English - November 07, 2012 05:49 - 27 minutes - 25.4 MB
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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!