Nuclear Hotseat #218: Radiation Special - Uranium in US Aquifers

Published: Aug. 26, 2015, 6:40 a.m.

INTERVIEWS: With the revelation of high levels of uranium in the drinking water of six million Americans, Nuclear Hotseat digs into the story w/Karen Hadden of SEED Coalition in Texas, who points to a number of nuclear sites that may be implicated in the aquifer contamination. Then Mimi German of No Nukes NW and Radcast reveals problems at the Columbia Generating Station, a Fukushima-style nuclear reactor on the Columbia River in Washington State. NUMNUTZ OF THE WEEK: A vaccine for radiation?!? Do you think you're Edward Jenner's cow? PLUS: Restarted Sendai nuke in Japan found to be leaking in five pipes as a major typhoon barrels down on it a mere 31 miles from a volcano threatening major eruption. Ya'd think they'd get the message…