Fukushima, VT Yankee, Contamination, Waste & More (Nuclear Hotseat #210)
Channel: MsMilkytheclown1
Date: 2015-07-08

Nuclear Hotseat #210: Vt. Yankee Dry Cask Lies & Looney Tunes w/Donna Gilmore http://www.nuclearhotseat.com/2641/
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INTERVIEW:
Donna Gilmore of SanOnofreSafety.org http://sanonofresafety.org/ gives lie to dry cask manufacturerer Holtec’s presentation to Vermont Nuclear Decommissioning Citizens Advisory Panel regarding long term storage of the plutonium-contaminated nuclear waste at the now-defunct Vt. Yankee Nuclear Reactor.
PLUS:
    New forest fires near Chernobyl exclusion zone
    Illinois nuke reactor almost hit by tornado
    South Korea/Japan food fight continues as South Korea tells World Trade Organization it has a right to protect its citizens from the radiation dangers of Fukushima food;
    Pope’s encyclical on climate change gives heart and voice to anti-nuke religious denominations around the world https://miningawareness.wordpress.com/2015/06/26/nuclear-energy-opposed-by-protestant-anglican-orthodox-christian-churches-divestment-from-nuclear-called-for/
    New poll finds that when it comes to storage of nuclear waste, even Tea Party members go full NIMBY – are you surprised?  Can you blame them?

NUMNUTZ OF THE WEEK: 
I guess that, according to the Pentagon’s new tome, The Laws of War, I‘m a Belligerent Journalist of Unprivileged Persuasion — who knew?  Libbe HaLevy

BONUS LINKS: 
Coldwater Creek Facts http://www.coldwatercreekfacts.com/
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Army Corps finds more radioactive contamination along Coldwater Creek http://news.stlpublicradio.org/post/army-corps-finds-more-radioactive-contamination-along-coldwater-creek
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Fukushima plume model shows 1 Million Bq/m2 over West Coast after reactor explosions — TV: Private emails reveal highest levels of gov’t worried about health impact in US — Nuclear industry tried to bury truth, while UC Berkeley experts told public “there is no plume” (VIDEO) http://enenews.com/fukushima-plume-model-shows-1-million-bqm2-west-coast-after-explosions-tv-emails-reveal-highest-levels-govt-worried-about-health-impact-radiation-exposure-uc-berkeley-experts-claimed-publicly-pl
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Braidwood nuclear plant nearly hit by tornado http://abc7chicago.com/news/braidwood-nuclear-plant-nearly-hit-by-tornado-/801857/
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Rocky Flats Colorado Plutonium Contamination https://leroymoore.wordpress.com/2013/07/01/rocky-flats-and-the-risk-society-3/
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Company says nuclear fuel cask will last 300 years http://www.rutlandherald.com/article/20150627/THISJUSTIN/706279917
The president of the company that designs and sells the giant concrete and steel casks that will store Vermont Yankee’s waste for the foreseeable future told a Vermont panel Thursday night his invention will last for 300 years.
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Container lid bolts for low-level nuclear waste might be failing http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/06/28/national/container-lid-bolts-low-level-nuclear-waste-might-failing/#.VZ2GD_lQCFo
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    Japan Meteorological Agency admitted Mt. Hakone had minor eruption to raise the warning level to 3 

2 of 77 newly added tunas died in the first 2 days in a Tokyo aquarium http://fukushima-diary.com/2015/06/2-of-77-newly-added-tunas-died-in-the-first-2-days-in-a-tokyo-aquarium/
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40 percent of mackerel tuna died in 1 week in a Tokyo aquarium, where 99 percent of tuna died earlier this year http://fukushima-diary.com/2015/05/40-of-mackerel-tuna-died-in-1-week-in-a-tokyo-aquarium-where-99-of-tunas-died-earlier-this-year/
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Over 80% of Tuna died since December in a major Tokyo aquarium http://fukushima-diary.com/2015/01/over-80-of-tuna-died-since-december-in-a-major-tokyo-aquarium/
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129 dead tunas found to have broken spine / Experts “can be caused by stress and mass hysteria” http://fukushima-diary.com/2015/01/129-dead-tunas-found-broken-spine-experts-can-caused-stress-mass-hysteria/
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2 years old lion died from thyroid tumor in Nagoya / The twin lion also has a thyroid tumor http://fukushima-diary.com/2015/06/2-years-old-lion-died-from-thyroid-tumor-in-nagoya-the-twin-lion-also-has-a-thyroid-tumor/
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S. Korea returned 20 t of Japanese marine products for Cs-134/137 contamination / Not from Fukushima area http://fukushima-diary.com/?s=marine
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Beyond Nuclear on Harvey Wasserman's "Solartopia Green Power and Wellness" radio show http://www.beyondnuclear.org/home/2014/12/16/beyond-nuclear-on-harvey-wassermans-solartopia-green-power-a.html
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Dave Parrish Fuku Happy Hour Google Plus hangout: https://www.youtube.com/user/thedeaconrulz
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Pentagon's book The Law of War
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Dry Cask Storage with Donna Gillmore:  https://www.youtube.com/user/MsMilkytheclown1/search?query=donna
Dry Cask Radwaste Storage Issues - Donna Gilmore  
https://youtu.be/Z-pai5nu2WE
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nuclear fuel transport system http://www.nuclearhotseat.com/2641/