Nuclear Hotseat #155: Voices f/Japan - Komoro Homestay w/Laura & Giichi Inoue

Published: June 11, 2014, 5:17 a.m.

INTERVIEW: Laura and Giichi Inoue, who run Komoro Homestay, a safe retreat from radiation for Fukushima mothers and small children. BREAKING: First death recorded from USS Reagan sailors. PLUS: NRC needs to "duck and cover" as Sen. Boxer demands accountability and Sen. Markey blows the lid off NRC reprisals against employees who stand up for safety; Vermont Yankee critics use laugh track on NRC and Entergy spokesmodels; radioactive groundwater spikes under Indian Point NPP; TEPCO admits it hasn't a clue what's happening with the melted core or the water leaks at Fukushima; Japan forgets to report on its hidden stash of 80-bombs-worth of weapons grade plutonium; and Canada has the gall to produce report saying that while the rest of the world's radioactive materials may produce cancer, their s**t don't stink and their radiation won't hurt you... unless... well sometimes... but not often... really (said Pinnochio as his nose grew longer...).