Nuclear Hotseat #217: Radiation Deniers (Hormesis) & the NRC

Published: Aug. 19, 2015, 5:05 a.m.

INTERVIEW: More on the NRC petition to allow radiation-denying hormesis theory set the standards for radiation exposure with Dr. Ian Fairlie, a British scientist and independent consultant on radioactivity in the environment. SOCIAL MEDIA SUPERTRICKS #5: Pretty Pictures, w/Dave Parrish of Operation Save the Earth. NUMNUTZ OF THE WEEK: Beer is no way to commemorate the violent death of almost a quarter of a million people. PLUS: Japan restarts nuke in Sendai just in time for nearby volcano to threaten to blow its top; update on species mutations in Fukushima; billions of dead fish washing up on shore in Alaska "because of warm water" and no one says a word about Fukushima's leaks into the ocean and how radiation creates heat; Feds must build new storage for Hanford's radwaste in Washington State; and Sen. Bernie Sanders becomes the only candidate for the presidential nomination to make his nuclear policy known.