Tag: Fukushima
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How Renewable Energy Can Power Japan Post-Fukushima
Naoto Kan tells PBS’s Miles O’Brien he looks forward to a Japan where “all electricity produced by nuclear power will be supplied by solar panels.” Kan was Japan’s pro-nuke Prime Minister until three melt-downs and four explosions ripped Fukushima apart and spewed its unmeasurable clouds of deadly radiation into the air and ocean. Now a member…
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PBS Takes Us on a Terrifying ‘Post-Apocalyptic’ Tour of Fukushima
Nuclear opponents are often criticized for using the term “apocalypse” to describe the triple meltdown/quadruple-explosion/endless-radiation gusher reality at Fukushima. But PBS has now penetrated where ordinary journalists may not tread—the interior of the most radioactive place on Earth. PBS reporter Miles O’Brien shows us for the first time some of the visual reality of what has…
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Documentary Spotlight: The Horses of Fukushima
One of my favorite events of the year is almost here—the Cleveland International Film Festival (CIFF) from March 19 to March 30 at Tower City Cinemas. There are eight eco-films this year, in CIFF’s It’s Easy Being Green sidebar sponsored by Great Lakes Brewing Company, bringing awareness and support to the environmental movement working to save our planet. I’ll feature one…
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Documents Say Navy Knew Fukushima Dangerously Contaminated the USS Reagan
A stunning new report indicates the U.S. Navy knew that sailors from the nuclear-powered USS Ronald Reagan took major radiation hits from the Fukushima atomic power plant after its meltdowns and explosions nearly three years ago. If true, the revelations cast new light on the $1 billion lawsuit filed by the sailors against Tokyo Electric Power. Many…
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International Witnesses Tour Fukushima Area, Hear Victims’ Stories
By Brian Blomme When most of us think of the ongoing Fukushima nuclear disaster we think about leaks of contaminated water, criminal gangs hiring ill-trained workers to work on cleaning up radioactive materials on the site, ice-dams to stop water flowing, or government announcements that never improve anything. [caption id="attachment_322751" align="alignnone" width="500"] Six anti-nuclear activists…