Aging Pickering nuclear plant seeks five more years

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Aging Pickering nuclear plant seeks five more years

Ontario Power Generation is confident it can safely operate its 40-year-old Pickering nuclear generating station 18 per cent longer than originally planned, OPG officials told Canada’s nuclear regulator Wednesday. But members of the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission still peppered emergency planners with questions about what happens if a nuclear accident does occur at the station, located in Canada’s largest urban area.

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Nuclear Free Future: The Ongoing Fukushima Nuclear Disaster: Eyewitness Report

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Nuclear Free Future: The Ongoing Fukushima Nuclear Disaster: Eyewitness Report

Host Margaret Harrington speaks with Arnie Gundersen of Fairewinds Energy Education, and Chiho Kaneka, Artist and Journalist, who has been to Fukishima several times after the disaster, and Chikako Nishiyama who lives near Fukushima-Daiichi, giving an eyewitness report on the current status.

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Nuclear Power: Everything But The Kitchen Sink…

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Nuclear Power: Everything But The Kitchen Sink…

All Things Political host Steve Leal interviews chief engineer Arnie Gundersen of Fairewinds Energy Education and financial analyst Russell Lowe. The show discusses the recently released Fukushima Nuclear Accident Independent Investigation Commission report; the San Onofre steam generator modifications and ensuing complications in California; loan guarantees for the nuclear industry; radiation concerns worldwide; whistleblowers and domestic nuclear issues; and a future with energy alternatives.

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Capitol Forum: Japanese Demonstrators Continue Major Civil Disobedience Action Against Nuke Restart

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Capitol Forum: Japanese Demonstrators Continue Major Civil Disobedience Action Against Nuke Restart

Capitol Forum's Tom Ritter interviews Arnie Gundersen of Fairewinds Energy Education in order to update listeners about the status of Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant and the public outcry against the restart of the Oi nuclear power plant in Japan's Kansai region.  Arnie and Tom discuss the civil disobedience exhibited by the Japanese citizens against the production of nuclear energy in the wake of this restart following the Fukushima Daiichi triple meltdown. This interview also discusses the ongoing spread of radiation around the world and Japan’s contaminated food supply.

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Arnie Gundersen and Robert Knight Discuss Latest Updates on Fukushima Daiichi

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Arnie Gundersen and Robert Knight Discuss Latest Updates on Fukushima Daiichi

WBAI's Robert Knight hosts Arnie Gundersen, of Fairewinds Energy Education, for an update concerning the ongoing situation in Japan. Gundersen and Knight talk about the science of bioaccumulation in the Pacific Ocean and on the Japanese mainland and the current status of radioactivity surrounding the stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. Gundersen and Knight also discuss the magnitude of radioactive contamination inside Japanese homes and outdoors in Tokyo parks.

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Arnie Gundersen and Helen Caldicott Discuss the Fukushima Daiichi Meltdowns

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Arnie Gundersen and Helen Caldicott Discuss the Fukushima Daiichi Meltdowns

If You Love This Planet's Dr. Helen Caldicott speaks with Arnie Gundersen of Fairewinds for another update on the stricken Fukushima Daiichi nulcear power plant which suffered multiple nuclear meltdowns in 2011 and the worldwide implications of the disaster. Also, they talk about California’s two nuclear power plants, both right on the coastline and on or very close to major earthquake faults.

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Hot Particles and Measurement of Radioactivity From Fukushima Daiichi

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Hot Particles and Measurement of Radioactivity From Fukushima Daiichi

Fairewinds' Arnie Gundersen and Boston Chemical Data Corporation’s Founder Marco Kaltofen have an in-depth conversation regarding the challenges of measuring radiation exposures to people around the globe. Kaltofen explains the methodology involved in measuring radioactive releases from Fukushima Daiichi.

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Gundersen on Earthfiles: Fukushima One Year Later: Not Yet Out of the Woods

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Gundersen on Earthfiles: Fukushima One Year Later: Not Yet Out of the Woods

Linda and Arnie discuss the triple meltdown of Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant and Japan’s energy future. They discuss the Japanese government's attempts to dilute the Daiichi contaminated waste from the Fukushima prefecture by mixing it with everyday trash, burning it, and then dumping it into Tokyo Bay and other locations around Japan.

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