‘Very Grave And Serious’: More Analyses Suggesting Fukushima Disaster Reaching Chernobyl Levels

Rupture feared; Workers contaminated; Evacuations 'recommended'

PLUS: German study uses French data to corroborate findings from Austrian, U.S. scientists, suggesting Fukushima disaster should be reclassified as 'level 7' accident, on par with Chernobyl...

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Brad Friedman,
3/25/2011 -
6:20 pm PT

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AUDIO: Brad on ‘Randi Rhodes’ with Nicole Sandler on Latest News from the Fukushima Nuclear Disaster

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Brad Friedman,
3/25/2011 -
2:24 pm PT

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‘A Step at a Time, and a Few More Steps’: Disturbing Science Behind Calm at the Fukushima Nuke Plant

Progress, stabilization continues, as new data suggest 50% of the radioactive cesium released by Chernobyl may have already been released by Daiichi's crippled reactors...

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Brad Friedman,
3/24/2011 -
8:02 pm PT

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‘Green News Report’ – March 24, 2011

With Brad Friedman & Desi Doyen...

Continuing Coverage: Disaster in Japan...

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Desi Doyen,
3/24/2011 -
1:35 pm PT

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My KPFK Interview with VOA Asia Bureau Chief Steve Herman: Latest out of Fukushima & Tokyo

'Neutron beams,' water 'panic,' black smoke and the responses from TEPCO, the government and the people of Japan, LIVE from Tokyo...

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Brad Friedman,
3/23/2011 -
6:16 pm PT

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Setbacks at Fukushima: Black Smoke, Evacuations, Dangerous Radioactive Iodine in Tokyo Tap Water

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Brad Friedman,
3/23/2011 -
2:44 pm PT

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Toon of the Moment: ‘Invisible Hand & Nuke Safety’

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Brad Friedman,
3/23/2011 -
8:05 am PT

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‘Razor-Thin Margins’ and Positive Progress: Tuesday at the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant

U.S. officials on U.S. nuke plants: '100 percent confidence'...

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Brad Friedman,
3/22/2011 -
3:55 pm PT

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‘Green News Report’ – March 22, 2011

With Brad Friedman & Desi Doyen...

Continuing Coverage: Japan's Nuclear Emergency...

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Desi Doyen,
3/22/2011 -
1:40 pm PT

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Rightwing Xenophobic Dehumanization & 21st Century McCarthyism

Stoking fear of Muslims against NPR, and comparing feral hogs to 'illegal immigrants' -- Just another day in 2011 Rightwing World...

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Ernest A. Canning,
3/22/2011 -
7:00 am PT

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3/21/2011 -
2:08 pm PT

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‘Closer to Bringing the Situation Under Control’: Sunday Night, Monday Morning at Fukushima

LATER UPDATE: Workers return to plant, resume attempts to restore electricity to Units 1 to 4 | LATE UPDATES: Gray smoke at Unit 3, workers 'temporarily evacuated' | Workers training to spray concrete to encase Unit 4...

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Brad Friedman,
3/20/2011 -
11:59 pm PT

13 Comments

Happy Anniversary! Fukushima May be Cooling, the Gulf May be Leaking, and a Bad Moon is Rising…

UPDATED TWICE: Pressure said rising again at nuclear reactor Unit 3, now stabilized after all...

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Brad Friedman,
3/19/2011 -
8:34 pm PT

12 Comments

‘Renewed Nuclear Chain Reaction Feared’: Friday Fears at Fukushima’s Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant

Latest status of crippled reactors; Spent fuel rod danger; Fallout detected in S. California; Wind 'saving Japan's ass'; Coulter: Radiation is 'good for you'; Prime Minister's office tweets...

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Brad Friedman,
3/18/2011 -
5:20 pm PT

21 Comments

My KPFK Interview With Greg Palast on the Plan for TEPCO to Build Nuclear Reactors in Texas

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Brad Friedman,
3/17/2011 -
6:50 pm PT

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