Nuclear Hotseat #158: San Onofre’s Latest Dangers With Donna Gilmore

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BREAKING NEWS:

Scott Portzline of TMI Alert, the Three Mile Island group based in Harrisburg, PA, on a new level of cyber-vulnerability in nuclear reactors and other energy generators, with a current attack that originates in Russia.  This is a story that has not yet made it into mainstream media.  Hear it here first!

INTERVIEW:

Donna Gilmore, one of the activists deeply involved in the actions that helped shut down the San Onofre nuclear reactors in southern California, now brings us up to speed on the latest set of dangerous possibilities at the site.  She focuses on the problems of storing high burn-up fuel in substandard dry casks — and minces no words about the problems created by the California Public Utilities Commission.  You thought all you had to do was shut them down?  Hah!

NUMNUTZ OF THE WEEK:

When is an “Unusual Event” (aka Level One Warning of malfunction or potential accident) at a nuclear facility NOT an Unusual Event?  When it only happens for a really short time… and nobody notices!

PLUS:

• WIPP radiation release numbers up for the first time since the Valentine’s Day Plutonium and Americium releases at the Carlsbad, NM facility;
• International Fish Oil Standards Program now testing fish oil samples for radiation;
• More than 50 Canadian and US communities oppose nuke waste dump half a mile from Lake Huron that Canada’s government is poised to approve:

• Government-funded study in Japan shows Fukushima radiation release  into the Pacific Ocean exceeds Chernobyl’s total releases for land and water;
• And if you’re flying to or from Japan, avoid hard candies and ice cream en route because both JAL and Thai Airways found to be serving sweets made in Fukushima from local ingredients.

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Nuclear Hotseat is the weekly international news magazine keeping you up to date on all things anti-nuclear. Produced and hosted by Three Mile Island survivor Libbe HaLevy, each podcast contains the week’s international nuclear news, at least one expert interview, ways to protect physical health of yourself and your loved ones from the dangers of radiation exposure, and activist opportunities.

Experts interviewed by Nuclear Hotseat in its first two years include: Arnie Gundersen, nuclear engineer and head of Fairewinds Energy Education; Dr. Helen Caldicott, founding President of Physicians for Social Responsibility; Dr. Janette Sherman and Joseph Mangano, authors of “An Unexpected Mortality Increase in the United States Follows Arrival of the Radioactive Plume from Fukushima: Is There a Correlation?”; Karl Grossman, Journalist and host of “Enviro Close-Up”; Daniel Hirsch, Nuclear Policy Lecturer at UC Santa Cruz; Alice Slater, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation; Mochizuki Iori, blogger, Fukushima Diary. Nuclear Hotseat accepts no advertising and is entirely community supported. To learn how you can help keep this vital resource going please click here.

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