Nuclear Hotseat #117: Fukushima w/Gundersen in Charge?

Published: Sept. 11, 2013, 6:55 a.m.

Arnie Gundersen of Fairewinds Energy Education provides a vision of how he would proceed with Fukushima, including missed opportunities, TEPCO incompetence and the all-important moves he would make to minimize the negative impact of the world's worst nuclear/industrial disaster. NUMNUTZ OF THE WEEK: Could anyone top the International Olympic Committee this week? Two strong contenders, but still, the IOC wins, hands down. PLUS: Spin-speak attaining dizzying speeds as Japan seeks to quash any suspicions about the negative impact of Fukushima radionuclides on Olympic athletes and fans; Japanese professor equates TEPCO w/Homer Simpson ; Fukushima crane suffers cracks, starts to fall over; fish of public concern to China, Korea, some Canadians... and Guam?!?; and British embassy supports Fukushima by playing cricket in the evacuation zone. There's a reason why they lost the empire...