NH #105: EXCLUSIVE Naoto Kan Interview

The Boys and Girls on the Nuclear Bus, June 4, 2013:

(l-r) Gregory Jaczko, Kendra Ulrich, Cathy Iwane, PM Naoto Kan, Arnie Gundersen, Shaun Burnie, Peter Bradford, Eric Pica

http://lhalevy.audioacrobat.com/download/NuclearHotseat105-EXCLUSIVENaotoKan.mp3 

FEATURED INTERVIEW:

In this Nuclear Hotseat Exclusive, former Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan shares about his anti-nuclear political moves in Japan, social media, and makes a startling request of Nuclear Hotseat’s Producer/Host Libbe HaLevy.  We also hear the second half of his presentation at the “Fukushima Daiichi Disaster: Lessons for California” panel discussion that took place on June 4, 2013 in San Diego.

NUMNUTZ OF THE WEEK FOR NUCLEAR BONEHEADEDNESS:

Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) for holding a “bizarre bazaar” to sell Fukushima produce at their company’s HQ in Tokyo.

PLUS:

• NRC Staff want to void Atomic Safety and Licensing Board (ASLB) ruling that played a significant role in Southern California Edison’s decision to shut down San Onofre.
• Hanford Site still leaking, getting worse.
• Brockovich investigator gets involved in St. Louis Landfill fire, now only 1,000 feet from buried nuclear waste.
• Nevada Governor Sandoval urged to block shipments of uranium waste.
• Radwaste barrels litter English Channel.
• Audiences reject pro-nuke Pandora’s Promise, now renamed Pandora’s Box-Office Flop.