Nuclear Hotseat for November 1, 2011

Published: Nov. 4, 2011, 6:03 p.m.

TEPCO to get Japanese bail-out funds instead of jail time; radiation effects showing up on Japanese children; radiation plume in March hit west coast of US and Canada much harder than previously thought; Japanese kitten mutated in way eerily similar to children at Chernobyl; Japanese official drinks Fukushima water collected from puddle between reactors 5 and 6 by hazmat-suited worker; Belgium agrees to shut down its remaining nuclear reactors; and Homer Simpson proves to be a prophet: three-eyed fish found outside Argentine nuke plant.