Arnie Gundersen, Nuclear Expert, Analyzes Current Fukushima Daiichi Situation & Japanese Govt Plan
The disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power facility in Japan has set off a debate in the international community about the future of nuclear energy. There are currently 440 nuclear reactors in operation worldwide, generating about 14 percent of global electricity—and plans for construction of new plants have soared in the last decade, especially in India and China. This was the focus on Monday as the fifth review meeting of the Convention on Nuclear Safety kicked off in Vienna, hosted by the United Nations atomic watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency. We are joined by Philip White of the Tokyo-based Citizens’ Nuclear Information Center and Jan Beránek, the director of Greenpeace International’s Nuclear Campaign. Baránek argues the IAEA is preventing an honest review by “focusing its efforts to restore the public confidence in nuclear power and to help other countries expand the usage of civilian nuclear reactors to generate electricity.” [includes rush transcript]
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| QUESTIONS As a result of the BP oil spill, the part of the federal government that oversees drilling was separated from the office that handed out licenses to drill. What about the NRC and nukes? - aren't they are one of the PR arms of the nuclear industry in the US? - how can it be their job to "restore the public confidence in nuclear power" when their job is supposedly (and by name) to regulate? - who are they working for, anyway? - where does their funding come from? - what do they spend it on? same questions for the IAEA - - is there any regulation of nukes on an international level? - who is in charge, and who are they accountable to? - who pays them? - what do they do with the money, and why? |
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As Radiation Continues to Leak from Japan Nuke Plant, Owners of Vermont Yankee Plant Sue to Stay Open
Workers at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power facility in Japan have started to pump radioactive water from a leaking reactor into a makeshift storage area—an effort they say is a crucial step toward easing the nuclear crisis. The Tokyo Electric Power Company says it will take six to nine months to achieve a “cold shutdown.” Meanwhile in the United States, the owners of the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant have filed a federal lawsuit on Monday against a state law that gives the Vermont state legislature veto power over operation of the reactor when its current license expires next March. We speak with longtime nuclear expert Arnie Gundersen in Burlington, Vermont. [includes rush transcript]
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