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Nuclear industry film – Knocking on the Devil’s Door

   Knocking on the Devil’s Door,    http://wwwknockingonthedevilsdoor.com/      by award winning documentary director Gary Null, deconstructs the  corporate and political rhetoric feeding the media misinformation agenda to seduce us into believing  that low level radiation emitted from nuclear plants is safe and that our future energy needs depend upon nuclear reactors.  
http://www.knockingonthedevilsdoor.com/

September 3, 2011 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Resources -audiovicual | Leave a comment

108 million Americans at risk. The vulnerability of nuclear plants

VIDEO   http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/en/news-and-blogs/campaign-blog/nuclear-plants-are-vulnerable-to-earthquakes-/blog/36524/   Nuclear plants are vulnerable to earthquakes, hurricanes, and attacks – are you at risk?   Greenpeace, by Jim Riccio – August 26, 2011

108 million. That’s how many people live within 50 miles of a nuclear plant in the United States, as our new nuclear locator map shows. It’s an astonishing number. Every day one in three Americans go to work, school and church with the threat of a nuclear catastrophe looming in their own backyard. Continue reading →

August 27, 2011 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Resources -audiovicual | Leave a comment

Maps of 104 USA nuclear plants and earthquake history

see map http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/aug/24/east-coast-earthquake-nuclear-plants What the east coast earthquake means for US nuclear plants Tuesday’s earthquake on the US east coast shut down several nuclear plants. Seismic activity in the US is unlikely to cause a meltdown, but it poses serious engineering challenges

Michael D. Lemonick for Climate Central, Network, guardian.co.uk,   24 August 2011 Continue reading →

August 25, 2011 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Resources -audiovicual | Leave a comment

Australian TV show spells it out about the Fukushima radiation human guinea pigs

  VIDEO      http://www.asianweek.com/2011/08/14/aussie-60-min-and-kaku-fukushima-and-chernobyl-radiation-in-all-of-us/       Aussie 60 Min and Kaku: Fukushima and Chernobyl Radiation In All Of Us   Asian Week,  BY  ARTHUR HU – AUGUST 14, 2011 As usual, US media is carrying next to zero coverage of the continuing nuclear mess as now radiation is affecting rice, mushrooms, hay, beef, tea, fish, seafood, sewage, playgrounds, compost, firewood, and now they can’t even drain swimming pools that are contaminated with fallout. … Continue reading →

August 16, 2011 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Resources -audiovicual | Leave a comment

Nuclear company ENTERGY must pay up for plant closedown

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http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wamc/news.newsmain/article/0/0/1839200/WAMC.New.England.News/NRC.Requires.Decommissioning.Payment.by.Vermont.Yankee.Owner NRC Requires Decommissioning Payment by Vermont Yankee Owner,  North East Public Radio, Pat Bradley 11 Aug 11, VERNON, VT (WAMC) – Entergy had filed a notice to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission that it planned to cancel a guarantee payment of 40-million dollars to the decommissioning fund for the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plant. In it’s notice, Entergy stated that because the federal agency had extended its license for 20 years, there was no need for the guarantee funds, and sufficient money could be earned on current investments over the 20 year renewal period.

But on Wednesday, Entergy was informed that it must make the payment. The NRC says it would be premature to cancel the payment because the Vernon plant might not be able to operate after next March. In its letter to Entergy, the NRC the decision is “…based on the ongoing civil court case Entergy Nuclear Vermont vs. Schumlin…” New England Coalition Advisor Ray Shadis believes it is the first federal acknowledgement that the plant is on track to shutdown next March…..
http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wamc/news.newsmain/article/0/0/1839200/WAMC.New.England.News/NRC.Requires.Decommissioning.Payment.by.Vermont.Yankee.Owner

August 13, 2011 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Resources -audiovicual | Leave a comment

Fukushima radiation too high to be measured

 VIDEO Fukushima radiation so high geiger counter can’t register it   PlanetSave 6 Aug 11,  The Fukushima nuclear power plant, the epicenter of the earthquake-tsunami disaster, according to TEPCO, the company that owns the plant, now has radiation levels six times higher than the highest level they have ever record before.

TEPCO reported that radiation levels are over 10,000 millisieverts per hour on the second floor of reactor one. The problem with that report is that Geiger counters can’t measure past 10,000 millisieverts per hour.

So, how high is the radiation level on the second floor of reactor one? With radiation levels over 10,ooo millisieverts it could possibly kill a man in a matter seconds, if directly exposed to the radiation. With levels off the Geiger counter chart, TEPCO is basically unable to resolve the disaster.

This could be why they recently updated their recovery plan. They removed the idea of plugging the holes and cracks in the containment vessels of the reactors. Some analysis claims it may take over 30 years for any progress to be made at Fukushima. Question is, do we have 30 years to wait? There seems to be no solution brought forth on how to stop the radiation or how bad it is actually affecting the earth.

It seems no one wants to address the seriousness of this global problem. Levels this high cannot be good and it is more than likely spreading farther than is being reported.

So, what’s at risk? The air we breathe, the water we drink,  the food we eat, and, most of all, our overall health. http://planetsave.com/2011/08/06/fukushima-radiation-so-high-geiger-counter-cant-register-it-video/

August 7, 2011 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Resources -audiovicual | Leave a comment

TEPCO report highest possible radiation reading at Fukushima nuclear plant

AUDIO  http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-08-02/radiation-levels-spike-at-fukushima-nuclear-power/2820930?section=world Radiation levels spike at Fukushima nuclear power plant ABC News Radio National, Mark Willacy  August 02, 2011 Record levels of radiation have been recorded at the damaged Fukushima Dai-ichi reactor months after the nuclear accident resulting from the earthquake and tsunami in March. TEPCO reported that Geiger counters registered their highest possible reading at the site yesterday.

August 2, 2011 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Resources -audiovicual | Leave a comment

The finish for Japan’s nuclear industry

Video http://www.presstv.ir/detail/190032.html—    Analyst: Japan’s nuclear industry is finished, Michael Penn, Press TV, Tokyo, 20 July 11, At one level, it seems that a fierce political struggle is now developing over the future of nuclear energy in Japan. While the prime minister has outlined a non-nuclear vision for his country, the opposition Liberal Democratic Party is moving toward a political position defending the need for Japan’s nuclear power plants to remain in operation-albeit with stricter safety regulations.

Many big business groups say that keeping nuclear power is the only realistic policy, but others point out that political conditions now make such an idea impractical.
How can Japan run nuclear power plants, Mr. Hosono suggests, if no local communities will have them? …
Another problem that officials point out is that existing nuclear power plants will have to undergo much stricter monitoring of their safety standards, and they will be required to make much greater efforts to assure the government and people that they can continue operating without posing an unbearable public threat.
Some older power plants, under such watchful eyes, could very well fail the strict new safety tests and be closed. http://www.presstv.ir/detail/190032.html—

July 22, 2011 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Resources -audiovicual | Leave a comment

CBS investigation of safety of Tennessee nuclear plant

VIDEO   http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/07/20/earlyshow/main20080965.shtml   Whistleblowers “terrified” at TVA nuke plants?, (CBS News)  20 July 11,  In the wake of the Fukushima disaster in Japan, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has released a task force report on the safety of America’s 104 nuclear reactors.

And on “The Early Show” Wednesday, CBS News Chief Investigative Correspondent Armen Keteyian offered Part Two of his investigation into one troubled nuclear power plant, in Spring City, Tenn.

On Tuesday, he reported on whistleblower Ann Harris, a 71-year-old great-grandmother who’s made it her life’s calling to hold those operating the plant accountable when it comes to safety……

CBS News spoke with one whistleblower, Gail Richards, who said she was too afraid to appear on-camera for “fear of further risk of retaliation for me and my family by the TVA and NRC.”

July 21, 2011 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Resources -audiovicual | Leave a comment

Risks for USA’s 10 oldest nuclear power plants

 http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/energy/2011/07/pictures/110720-10-oldest-nuclear-plants-in-the-us/

   Pictures—Ten Oldest U.S. Nuclear Plants: Post-Japan Risks, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC,  Marianne Lavelle and Christina Nunez, 20 July 11The world’s largest nuclear energy producer, the United States, Tuesday aired its first detailed public examination of whether stronger safety standards are needed in light of Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster.

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July 21, 2011 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Resources -audiovicual | Leave a comment