Nuclear Hotseat #120: Tokyo Blogger Dennis Riches on Nuclear Self-Deception

Published: Oct. 2, 2013, 6:20 a.m.

Tokyo resident, blogger and neighborhood activist Dennis Riches, living 120 miles from Fukushima, gives us a first-hand glimpse at the mental twists and turns that let TEPCO executives and PM Abe live with themselves. BONUS INTERVIEW: Michael Leonardi of Toledo Coalition for Safe Energy and the Coalition Against Nukes gives a first-hand account of police shenanigans around Canadian hearings on nuclear waste dump proposed for less than a mile from Lake Huron. PLUS: FDA "decision" to test or even ban foods from Japan is non-binding and essentially meaningless (SMOKE AND MIRRORS ALERT!); Duke Energy given North Carolina Utilities Commission to continue to gouge ratepayers for its nuclear debacles; more cracks found in Davis-Besse containment vessel but the NRC thinks that's just safe as safe can be!; nosebleed epidemic in Japan w/over 5,000 tweets in two days; 70% of kids in Kanto have cesium in their urine; 2011 increase in Japanese birth defects documented; Kaku says TEPCO the equivalent of the Three Stooges - Wo wo wo wo wo...!