Cancer Risk To Young Children Near Fukushima Daiichi Underestimated

Cancer Risk To Young Children Near Fukushima Daiichi Underestimated

Fairewinds analyzes cancer rates for young children near Fukushima using the National Academy of Science's BEIR (Biological Effects of Ionizing Radiation) VII Report. Based on BEIR VII, Fairewinds determines that at least one in every 100 young girls will develop cancer for every year they are exposed to 20 millisieverts [millisievert (1 mSv = 0.001 Sv)] of radiation. The 20-millisievert/ year figure is what the Japanese government is currently calculating as the legal limit of radiological exposure to allow habitation of contaminated areas near the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. In this video, Fairewinds introduces additional analysis by Ian Goddard showing that the BEIR VII report underestimates the true cancer rates to young children living near Fukushima Daiichi. Looking at the scientific data presented by Mr. Goddard, Fairewinds has determined that at least one out of every 20 young girls (5%) living in an area where the radiological exposure is 20 millisieverts for five years will develop cancer in their lifetime.

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The Ongoing Damage and Danger at Fukushima

The Ongoing Damage and Danger at Fukushima

Arnie Gundersen joins Helen Caldicott on If You Love This Planet to discuss the ongoing release of radiation at Fukushima Daichi and what methods are being used to contain the damage. The water being used to cool the reactor is highly radioactive and is still being released into the Pacific. They deal with the dilemma of workers endangerment and ongoing radiation leakage. Information about health effects on children in the first 18 months since the accident is discussed

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CCTV Live at Five with Margaret Harrington and Arnie Gundersen

CCTV Live at Five with Margaret Harrington and Arnie Gundersen

CCTV Host Margaret Harrington and Fairewinds Energy Education’s Arnie Gundersen discuss the urgent need to empty spent fuel pools into dry cask storage to prevent a serious but avoidable accident. They also discuss the economic cost to nuclear plants if they where forced to withstand natural calamities, the future of Yucca Mountain, and the radiological contamination caused by depleted uranium weapons.

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Nuclear Power: Everything But The Kitchen Sink…

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

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

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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Going Nuclear: What is the Future of Nuclear Energy in the U.S?

Going Nuclear: What is the Future of Nuclear Energy in the U.S?

Al Jazeera segment "Inside Story Americas," host Shihab Rattansi, along with guests: Arnie Gundersen, veteran nuclear industry expert and chief engineer at Fairewinds Energy Education; Mindy Kay Bricker, the editor of the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists; and Jack Spencer, a senior research fellow in nuclear energy policy at the Heritage Foundation discuss the issues of nuclear power production, the regulation of the industry, and the storage of radioactive materials. Also, the debate continues about nuclear power as a safe source for energy within the United States and ultimately the world.

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