Nuclear Hotseat #83: Dr. Helen Caldicott & Fukushima Symposium

Published: Jan. 16, 2013, 5:44 a.m.

BEST NUCLEAR HOTSEAT INTERVIEW EVER: Dr. Helen Caldicott. She talks about her March 11-12 Symposium: "The Medical and Environmental Consequences of Fukushima" - a watershed event for our movement - as well as how she became an activist while still a teenager, major breakthroughs along her journey, and specific tips to make our activism even more effective. PLUS; Vogtle reactor ready for the nuclear "ding and dent" center (but the NRC says the shrinkwrap wasn't damaged!); Fukushima Governor hospitalized with symptoms consistent with exposure to radiation; Miyagi rice contaminated with too much radiation for Japan... but it's still legal to sell it in the US; new song debuts, "What Part of Fukushima Do You Not Understand?; NRC's Chair Macfarlane meets with SanO activists, but will it make any difference in their decision on restart? Stay tuned...