Nuclear Hotseat #164: India's Kumar Sundaram in Japan

Published: Aug. 13, 2014, 5:55 a.m.

INTERVIEW: Kumar Sundaram, India's "Nuclear Gandhi," on his recent trip to Japan to raise awareness of the pending deal for Japan to sell nuclear technology to India. MINI-INTERVIEW: Beverly Kerr, Associate Director of the Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League, comments on last week's Numnutz of the Week about the scuttled Oak Ridge Nat'l Lab plans to offer Southern accent reduction classes at $805/person. NUMNUTZ OF THE WEEK: the NRC wants to join the fun on Facebook! "Friends?" PLUS: Water, radioactive water everywhere and TEPCO hasn't a plan or a clue; Thyroid cancer rates way up in Fukushima children despite government officials trying to squelch the info; Chernobyl nesting sarcophagi; Top PR companies refuse to work with climate deniers - now when will they take that stance on nukes?