Nuclear Hotseat for February 28, 2012
Nuclear Hotseat hosted by Libbe HaLevy
English - February 28, 2012 23:33 - 19 minutes - 4.58 MBLeisure Science nuclear reactor radiation nrc regulatory commission fukushima japan daichii san Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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.