Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Nuclear Hotseat #122: Puncturing Pandora's Propaganda w/Beyond Nuclear's Linda Gunter | Nuclear Hotseat


Japan’s PM Abe-Baby (center) and friends chow down on Fukushima seafood


INTERVIEW: Beyond Nuclear’s Linda Gunter, Physicians for Social Responsibility’s John W. Rachow and nuclear physicist Dr. M.V. Ramana give us the facts to counter CNN’s November airings of the pro-nuclear propaganda film “Pandora’s Promise.” Listen to learn how you can be ready to counter the lies, distortions, omissions and pro-nuclear spin-speak by using the information they provide for your op-eds, letters to the editor and more.


LISTEN NOW > Nuclear Hotseat #122: Puncturing Pandora's Propaganda w/Beyond Nuclear's Linda Gunter | Nuclear Hotseat


LINK TO BEYOND NUCLEAR’S “PANDORA’S FALSE PROMISES” DOCUMENTS – 2-page hand-out and full report:



PLUS:
  • Fukushima‘s radiation releases continue to spike;
  • Highly radioactive rainwater overflows TEPCO‘s Fukushima dams after rainfall as TWO typhoons bear down on Japan promising more of the same;
  • The world’s voices rise demanding that Fukushima be managed by an international coalition of experts instead of just TEPCO;
  • Pink salmon turns canary yellow in British Columbia;
  • Koodankulam NPP starts up despite six years of community protests;
  • and Japan’s capitalists set to make a killing by selling lead-lined underwear and wetsuits.






Tuesday, October 22, 2013

Report/報告 for October 18,19 The Truth and Reality of Fukushima / an Educational Conference with Dr. Robert Gould, Dr. Masaki Shimoji / 教育/勉強会 『除染は果たして可能か?福島の現実と真実』下地真樹さん、Robert Gould医師を招いた教育討論会 | No Nukes Action Committee



Fukushima, Nuclear Power and  Repression With Osaka Professor Masaki Shimoji
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKRvT3Ku_H0&feature=youtu.be


Osaka Professor Masaki Shimoji who is the president of the Hannan University Teachers Union discusses the fight against the burning of nuclear rubble from Fukushima ordered by the Japanese government and the jailing of him and others for providing educational material about the growing dangers of radiation and contamination from the meltdowns at the Fukushima nuclear reactors.


Professor Shimoji was jailed for 20 days in Osaka along with other anti-nuclear activists and he discusses the continuing repression by the Japanese government in order to prevent the Japanese people from learning about the continuing dangers from the Fukushima nuclear power plant catastrophe.


Professor Shimoji spoke in Berkeley, California on October 17, 2013 and the interpretation was by Umi Hagitani of No Nukes Action.
The criminal charges against Shimoji have been dropped but the repression continues.


For more information on his case go to:
http://monmojimoji.jimdo.com/論説-エッセイ/address-to-my-students/
http://www.jfissures.org/2013/01/20/osaka-pushes-incendiary-tsunami-debris-plan/.
http://ex-skf.blogspot.jp/2012/12/arrest-over-disaster-debris-disposal.html
http://fukushimavoice-eng.blogspot.com/2012/12/unjust-arrest-of-professor-opposing.html


For more information from the No Nukes Action Committee go to:
http://nonukesaction.wordpress.com/
Production of Labor Video Project www.laborvideo.org
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We have done it!
There were only 10 people at the Berkeley panel discussion but were 75 people at the SF conference !
Thank you, everybody, for your work!  I think both conferences were successful.
I think we had a good time together, Shimoji-san seemed happy being here.
Here are the links of IWJ Ustream
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video “HOW NUCLEAR POWER WAS INTRODUCED TO JAPAN”
Since we did not get to show the film on conference, the subtitled version of the documentary that has been uploaded here:



Report/報告 for October 18,19 The Truth and Reality of Fukushima / an Educational Conference with Dr. Robert Gould, Dr. Masaki Shimoji / 教育/勉強会 『除染は果たして可能か?福島の現実と真実』下地真樹さん、Robert Gould医師を招いた教育討論会

No Nukes Action Committee


10.24 STANFORD: FILMS 'A2-B-C' & URANIUM DRIVE-IN + Panel “Nuclear Trade-offs”






THURSDAY OCTOBER 24 :: UNAFF 2013 (United Nations Association Film Festival)

SESSION 23: STANFORD UNIVERSITY: FREEMAN SPOGLI INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES, ENCINA HALL, 616 SERRA STREET

3:30 PM West Coast Premier of 'A2-B-C' in the United Nations Association Film Festival ( UNAFF) this coming Thursday in the Bay Area! INFO: http://www.unaff.org/2013/f_a2.html
• A2-B-C (Japan, 71 min)
co-presented with Center for Asian American Media, Organization for Global Health

4:40 PM
• URANIUM DRIVE-IN(USA, 71 min)
 co-presented with Acterra, San Francisco Green Film Fesival

5:50 PM
• Panel “Nuclear Trade-offs” (FREE Admission)




A2-B-C
(71 min) Japan
[watch trailer]

Thursday 10/24, 3:00 PM (Session 23)


Director/Producer: Ian Thomas Ash
Description:
Eighteen months after the nuclear meltdown, children in Fukushima suffer from severe nosebleeds and are developing skin rashes and thyroid cysts. Citing a lack of transparency in the official medical testing of their children and the ineffectiveness of the decontamination of their homes and schools, the children's mothers take radiation monitoring into their own hands.
Biography:
Born in America, Ian Thomas Ash earned an MA in Film and Television Production at the University of Bristol, UK. His first feature documentary, The Ballad of Vicki and Jake, received the Prix du Canton Vaud prize at the 2006 Visions du ReÈl International Documentary Film Festival in Nyon, Switzerland. At the 2012 Rhode Island International Film Festival, Ian's film In the Grey Zone won the Audience Choice Award First Prize for Best Documentary, and at the same festival Ian was presented with the ìFilmmaker of the Future Award.î Ian has lived in Japan for 10 years and currently lives in Tokyo.
Contact Information:
e: info@DocumentingIan.com
w: www.a2documentary.com



Director: Suzan Beraza
Producers: Judith Kohin, Michelle Maughan, Casey Nay
Description:
The promise of jobs from a proposed uranium mill has an economically devastated mining community in Colorado hopeful for the first time in decades. When environmentalists step in to stop the mill, pro-mill advocates are enraged. A debate ensues, pitting jobs against health and the environment. Without judgment, both sides of the issue are brought to life in heart-wrenching detail as the film follows conflicting visions for the future. The film offers no easy answers but aims instead to capture personal stories and paint a social portrait of the lives behind this nuanced and complex issue.
Biography:
Suzan Beraza was born in Jamaica and raised in Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic. Her thought-provoking films challenge viewers to examine their lives and consider the impact of their choices. Founder of Reel Thing, Suzan wears many hats from producer to editor to director.
Contact Information:
Reel Thing
e: michelle@reelthing.us
w: uraniumdrivein.com/


UNAFF 2013 | October 24
UNAFF 2013: Mission


#FukushimaIsHere PHOTOS • 19 OCT 2013 - SF, PARIS, BOSTON, PERTH, TORONTO, MANLY, MELBOURNE...



 


Ocean Beach, SF California
Ocean Beach, SF California
Ocean Beach, SF California







Toronto, Canada


Paris, France


St Kilda Beach, Melbourne, Australia
St Kilda Beach, Melbourne, Australia

St Kilda Beach, Melbourne, Australia


Manly Beach, New South Wales, Australia

Cottesloe Beach, (Perth Area) Western Australia


Boston, Mass USA
  
Tazewell, Virginia, USA



Actions confirmed in U.S., Canada, India, Australia, France, Belgium....
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"FUKUSHIMA IS HERE" website
http://www.fukushimaishere.info/index.php
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Promotional video for "FUKUSHIMA IS HERE"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cwL9Kqt2FQ
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Fukushima is here: Californians to spell it out for the world to see
http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/15755470-fukushima-is-here-californians-to-spell-it-out-for-the-world-to-see
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"FUKUSHIMA IS HERE" event page on facebook
https://www.facebook.com/events/213378488825140/
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Fukushima Response Campaign on facebook
https://www.facebook.com/FukushimaResponseCampaign
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"Fix Fukushima" on facebook.
https://www.facebook.com/fixfukushima


Monday, October 21, 2013

The Convenient Solution



The Convenient Solution - YouTube
GreenpeaceUK
Uploaded on Jul 20, 2007
Find out more at http://www.greenpeace.org.uk/solution

A short film about climate change, energy and nuclear power. If you're confused about whether we need nuclear power to stop climate change, take nine minutes of your time to watch our new film. It doesn't just explain why nuclear power can't stop climate change - it also points the way to a better, cheaper, more convenient solution.


Music in Japanese Antinuclear Demonstrations: The Evolution of a Contentious Performance Model :: JapanFocus


Since Japan's triple disaster of March 11, 2011, music has served to inform and give voice to unspoken opinions in several spaces—cyberspace, recordings, festivals and concerts, and public demonstrations. 1  In particular, music has been an integral part of antinuclear demonstrations: here, music functions not only as an expression to be heard, but also—and perhaps more importantly—as a mechanism for encouraging participation and building solidarity among antinuclear citizens. Music has long been a part of demonstrations in Japan: percussive instruments and the rhythmic eejanaika (why not) call-and-response pattern were featured in demonstrations since the end of the Edo Period. Today, demonstrations in Japan include stationary demonstrations (kōgi), in which protesters voice claims in front of the offices of the offending parties, such as the prime minister, the Diet, or TEPCO. There are also "demos," in which protesters walk through parts of the city; they are often preceded and/or followed by rallies, in which speeches by politicians and activists alternate with musical performances. In the weekly Friday kōgi in front of the prime minister's office (Kantei)—among the largest and longest-running weekly demonstrations Tokyo has ever seen, attracting 200,000 protesters on June 29, 2012, and running without a break for an unprecedented 19 months—drummers and horn players accompany the protesters' calls and responses of slogans (Sprechchor), while folk singers, traditional drummers, chanters with uchiwadaiko, and fans of the late rocker Iwamano Kiyoshirō play in different spots around the block. In marching demos—which attracted 15,000–20,000 people per event in 2011, as many as 200,000 in 2012, and up to 60,000 in 2013—drum corps, brass bands, chindon bands,2 and other ambulatory musicians perform alongside "sound trucks," piled with sound equipment, upon which rappers, singers, DJs, and bands perform. "Sound demos"—the name given to some demonstrations with sound trucks—have been credited with attracting masses of first-time demonstrators. In addition, protesters often credit the performances of musicians for establishing the mood of a demonstration.  Drawing from the theories of Charles Tilly and Thomas Turino, this article focuses on the music of ambulatory demonstrations and explains the political catalysts for shifts between two styles: presentational and participatory, which I define below..."


more > The Evolution of Musical Style in Antinuclear Sound Demonstrations :: JapanFocus



Saturday, October 19, 2013

VIDEO ▶ Community Symposium on Decommissioning #SanOnofre (#CSDSO)



Community Symposium on Decommissioning San Onofre #CSDSO - YouTube


Streamed live on Oct 19, 2013
Due to technical dificultys Sound improves at 4;11

The Community Symposium on Decommissioning San Onofre #CSDSO

Marvin Resnikoff has worked on nuclear waste issues with government, industry, and activists for decades, Senior Associate at Radioactive Waste Management Associates and is an international consultant on radioactive waste management issues. He is Principal Manager at Associates and is Project Director for dose reconstruction and risk assessment studies of radioactive waste facilities and transportation of radioactive materials.

Dr. Donald Moiser will speak on the health effects of radiation. Councilmember City of Del Mar, CA. Department of Immunology at The Scripps Research Institute, where both are Professors.

Arjun Makhijani, expert on Hardened On Site Storage of nuclear waste and long-term high-level waste management issues and President of the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research.

Held at the Center for Spiritual Living,1201 Puerta Del Sol, Suite 100, San Clemente, CA


Friday, October 18, 2013

10.19 Community Symposium on Decommissioning San Onofre & the Ongoing Dangers of Nuclear Waste | Schedule | LIVE FEED | facebook | twitter




Saturday, October 19, 2013 Symposium Schedule

1:30-2 pm Public Registration

2-2:10 p.m. Introduction and welcome

2:10 - 2:15 Moderator comments

2:15 to 2:30 Donald Mosier Radiation effects on the human body and DNA

2:35 to 3:05 Speaker

3:05 to 3:20 Questions
Publish Post
3:20 to 4:10 Speaker

4:10 to 4:25 Questions

4:25 to 5:40 Panel

4:40 to 5:30 Panel discussion: Next Steps



LIVE FEED:

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Watch the Nuclear Waste Symposium live HERE on Oct 19 starting at 1 pm pacific time.

If the ROSE link is not working for you please try one of these: http://decommission.sanonofre.com/2013/10/news-conference-decommission-san-onofre.html http://sanonofresafety.org/2013/10/15/10192013-san-clemente-symposium-decommissioning-san-onofre-and-the-dangers-of-high-burnup-fuel/


facebook: Community Symposium on Decommissioning San Onofre and the Ongoing Dangers of Nuclear Waste


twitter:  #CSDSO



COALITION TO DECOMMISSION SAN ONOFRE is working on our behalf.

Several months ago, civic and environmental activists won a huge victory in shutting down the San Onofre nuclear plant near San Clemente, California. It may seem that all is now quiet in San Onofre land, but that is not the case. Yes, we are safer since the plant has been retired – but we are not safe.

The Coalition to Decommission San Onofre (CDSO) has been startled by the enormous challenge of managing radioactive nuclear waste at the plant. The issues include: unusually potent forms of fuel, dense storage of spent fuel far beyond design limits, large uncertainties about where the waste will ultimately be stored and for how long, and last but not least, the economics of decommissioning. These issues were below the radar during the shutdown debate, but they now loom large.

The Coalition has secured the involvement of top-rated nuclear waste specialists to provide crucial details about the current situation at San Onofre and other U.S. nuclear power plants.

Arjun Makhijani is an expert on HOSS (Hardened On Site Storage) and long-term high-level waste management issues. Marvin Resnikoff has worked on nuclear waste issues with government, industry, and activists for decades.

Our immediate goal in securing this expertise is to assure that best practices will be applied to minimize the risk for those who must live with San Onofre as a nuclear waste dump. Our ultimate goal is to reinvigorate America’s national dialog on radioactive nuclear waste.

This event is co-sponsored by the Coalition to Decommission San Onofre (Peace Resource Center of San Diego, Citizens Oversight Projects, ROSE, San Clemente Green, San Onofre Safety.org, Women Occupy San Diego) and the Sierra Club Angeles Chapter.

The Coalition is equally active on economic issues. Since January 2013, we have been a formal Party to the California Public Utilities Commission investigations regarding who will pay for the defective plant, and what costs will be authorized for reimbursement from the Decommissioning Fund. Much is at stake. Will the $3.4 billion in the Fund be used solely to cover crucial tasks? Will utility customers be protected from unjustified future charges?

Representing the Coalition on behalf of Southern California ratepayers are Martha Sullivan, with 20 years’ experience as a CPUC staffer, and engineer Ray Lutz, CEO of Citizens Oversight, Inc. They have formal standing as interveners along with other ratepayer advocates during four upcoming multi-year phases.

Responses received from our panel of experts, in video and written form, will serve to better inform public participation at upcoming hearings and public meetings of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC). They will also provide program content for briefings and seminars held by the Coalition, with an invitation to other groups around the country to use these presentations at their own events.


We need your help in this public awareness and involvement campaign!

There is an urgent need for contributions to support expert research on the crucial facts and realities of radioactive waste, and to cover the costs of our ratepayer advocates’ presence on the scene at extensive upcoming hearings.

The basic cost is $8,500 to secure the best information and to hold the Nuclear Waste Symposium in San Clemente, along with the video copy that can be sent around the nation and world to help shut down more nuclear power plants. An additional $3,000 is required to cover the necessary expenses of ratepayer advocates. We have already received $4153 toward the symposium and $400 toward ratepayer advocates. To make your tax deductible donation use one of the methods below.

To support these efforts, please send a check made out to the “Coalition to Decommission San Onofre”, lower left memo "Nuclear Waste Symposium" or CPUC actions, c/o Gene Stone, 1203 Via Presa San Clemente, CA 92672.

To us PayPal use these links below:

PayPal link for Nuclear Waste Symposium link: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=5K6JAPS2EGU4W

PayPal link for CPUC action: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=M8DAR46WLV5AE

We hope the potential value of this information and outreach initiative will encourage you and/or your organization to become a funding partner. Your investment will help assure a higher level of public awareness about crucial facts, and will increase the likelihood that best practices are applied to deal with the continuing threat to the environment, land use and public health created by the nuclear waste challenge.

Our thanks for your attention to this appeal.

Contact information:
Gene Stone 949-233-7724 genston@sbcglobal.net
Glenn Pascall 949-248-3183 gpascall@sbcglobal.net

Community Symposium on Decommissioning San Onofre and the Ongoing Dangers of Nuclear Waste

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