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A clearly animated representation of how many blasts we’ve had since the first ones in 1945.  Remember, each blast releases radiation into the atmosphere and/or the ground, where it remains until a minimum of ten half-life cycles are completed.  None of us will outlive the radiational pollution of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, let alone the domestic…

On this week’s Nuclear Hotseat: Great interview w/author-activist Ace Hoffman on problems at San Onofre and the power of his free ebook, an expose of the nuclear industry, THE CODE KILLERS; available for free at: www.AceHoffman.org. multiple problems emerging at Fukushima including evidence of renewed criticality, groundwater contamination, missing plutonium <!> and radioactive cesium coming…

Rachel Maddow nails it about Vermont’s battle to shut down the Vermont Yankee nuclear reactor in this brief but powerful excerpt from her MSNBC program: http://www.nuclearfreeplanet.org/rachel-maddow-how-much-political-power-does-nuclear-power-wield.html  So who has the right to decide aabout ongoing exposure to the radioactive detritus of a nuclear reactor – We-the-People or corporation-as-“legal-person”?  Corporations can’t sicken and die from radiation,…

On today’s Nuclear Hotseat Podcast: Interview w/Sean Bonner of Safecast on his work providing free on-the-ground radiation monitoring devices to groups in Japan; post-quake damage suspected at North Anna nuke plant in Virginia; post-Hurricane Irene “Unusual Event” at Calvert Cliffs in Maryland; Tweets and email from Japan reveal the devastating human toll of Fukushima, including…

Here’s what happened on today’s Nuclear Hotseat podcast: Interview w/Kevin Kamps, Nuclear Waste Watchdog for Beyond Nuclear, on what to do with 75,000 TONS of nuclear waste and how to keep one’s balance while dealing with such intense information; Today’s 5.8 East Coast quake knocks out emergency generator at  Virginia nuke plant and causes NRC…

Any time Arnie Gunderson of Fairewinds.com posts an updated report, it’s important to pay attention.  As a former nuclear industry insider who ran a power plant, he has a clear eye on the truth of what’s happening and presents the most reliable information, directly from the source.  As I don’t yet know how to post…

Rarely have I seen anything as profoundly moving as this video, which makes the indellible case for international support in forcing the Japanese government to evacuate the children of Fukushima from the danger zone.  The picture painted, which pinpoints many of the aspects of the story we’ve been featuring on the weekly podcast, is concise,…