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AUDIO: Japan’s anti nuclear protest, and new report on Fukushima

Thousands protest in Tokyo as report finds “collusion” of failure in Fukushima nuclear disaster http://fsrn.org/audio/thousands-protest-tokyo-report-finds-%E2%80%9Ccollusion%E2%80%9D-failure-fukushima-nuclear-disaster/10555  07/06/2012 – 
Length: 4:59 minutes (4.57 MB)
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Thousands of protesters filled the streets in Tokyo today calling for an end to nuclear power in the country. Video of the protests streamed online showed a heavy police presence as crowds lined the street chanting and holding umbrellas in the rain. Crowds were prompted to the streets by news that the first nuclear reactor came online this week.

According to Japan Times, Reactor 3 at Oi nuclear plant in Fukui Prefecture resumed  generating electricity Thursday. Others are scheduled to follow. The protests coincide with an independent report that concluded the Fukushima disaster was “man-made” and faulted the
government, regulators and the nuclear industry for failing to adequately prepare for the damage at the Fukushima Daiichi plant and protect public safety. The report, released by the Fukushima Nuclear Accident Independent Investigation Commission said authorities
“effectively betrayed the nation’s right to be safe from nuclear accidents.”

For more on the report and what it could mean for nuclear safety in the US, we’re joined by Karl Grossman, professor of journalism at State University of New York/College at Old  Westbury, and author of “Cover Up: What You Are Not Supposed to Know About Nuclear Power.”

July 7, 2012 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Resources -audiovicual