A Town Hall Forum
Held at The Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists (BFUU.org), Berkeley, CA Oct. 17, 2013

Co-Sponsors:
Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Univeralists
FukushimaResponse.org
No Nukes Action Committee
Codepink
EON – the Ecological Options Network

Presentations:
Facing Fukushima Facts – Mary Beth Brangan

Solidarity & Empowerment – Nick Thabit & Holly Harwood

International Solidarity & Links – Steve Zeltzer

Suppression of Nuclear Protest in Japan – Prof. Masaki Shimoji

Responding to Fukushima – John Bertucci

Refuse to Loose – Vic Sadot

Making Visions Happen – Cynthia Papermaster, Brad Newsham

Nuclear Consciousness Raising – Dr. Carol Wolman

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Your Own Health & Fitness
Layna Berman in conversation with EON’s Mary Beth Brangan & James Heddle
Broadcast 1 pm – 2 pm PST, Nov. 12, 2013, KPFA Radio https://www.kpfa.org on Pacifica Radio
Archived here:
https://www.kpfa.org/archive/id/97068

As of this airing, Fukushima oceanic contamination continues & may be perpetual. There are 300 tons of radioactive water per day pouring into the Pacific. The plant still emits 10 million becquerels per hour into the atmosphere.

Michio Aoyama, a senior researcher of marine chemistry at the Japan Meteorological Agency’s Meteorological Research Institute, estimates that 30 billion becquerels of radioactive cesium and another 30 billion becquerels of radioactive strontium continue to leak into the outer ocean every day.
Radioactive ocean dispersal travels both on the surface and on sub-surface currents. The radioactive plume will eventually disperse throughout entire ocean system, with heaviest concentration on West Coast.

There is a massive cover-up by TEPCO, Japanese & U.S. governments, the global nuclear industry & compliant establishment media. Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) has no incentive for adequate management of the crisis.
The incompetent TEPCO plans to begin removal of volatile fuel rods from damaged and teetering pool in November – ‘most dangerous engineering project in history.’
There are increasing calls for international effort of expert oversight and intervention. Independent fallout monitoring is imperative.

Layna and her guests, discuss the situation and what can be done to monitor the radiation and mitigate its impact on public health.

For more information…

EON sites:
EON’s YouTube Channel
eon3EMFblog.net
PlanetarianPerspectives.net
On FaceBook – EON-Ecological Options Network
On Twitter EonNewsNet

Information, Networking & Organizing
Fukushima Response Campaign on FaceBook
FukushimaResponse.org – Mobilizing a global effort to fix the escalating nuclear catastrophe in Japan
Fukushima Fallout Awareness Network
Pacific Awareness Group – Vancouver Nuclear Preparedness – 15 Steps to Nuclear Preparedness
Green Action Japan – Working for a Nuclear Free Japan

Nuclear Guardianship Project – Joanna Macy – Three Dimensions of the Great Turning

NukeFree petition – Please sign this petition – only takes a few sec. And pass it on. Thanks!

Citizen Monitoring – Networks & Tools
SafeCast
Safecast is a global sensor network for collecting and sharing radiation measurements to empower people with data about their environments.

Radiation Watch
Radiation Watch is a group to learn about geigers, to post geiger readings, to educate yourself on the units of measurement on geigers.

Nuclear emergency Tracking Center – Mission is provide free radiation monitoring information from private and government sites to the public.
International Radiation Monitoring Stations – Australia
NOTE: A lot of evidence points to Government run monitoring systems in Japan, USA and Europe being manipulated to protect the Nuclear industry. High detections are explained away by equipment malfunctions, or they just turn the monitoring equipment off during an event.

Environmental Radiation Data Report No 150 – PDF

Greg’s Lab – California radioactivity monitoring map

International MedCom, Inc. – Radiation measuring instruments for citizens & professionals

Nuke News sources:
NukeFree.org – Harvey Wasserman, Editor
BeyondNuclear.org – Paul Gunter says “We are all downwind”

Nuclear Information and Resource Service – NIRS
Fairewinds Energy Education Fairewinds.org – Arnie Gundersen
FukushimaFacts.com – Christina Consolo
Fukushima-Diary.com – Insider information about Japan
ENEnews.org
Enformable Nuclear News
EnviroReporter -Radiation Food Lab

Can Vitamins or Herbs Help Protect Us from Radiation?

What You Should Be Doing Now to Protect Yourself from Nuclear Radiation

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Decommissioning San Onofre and the Ongoing Dangers of Nuclear Waste

A community symposium held October 19, 2013 in San Clemente, California.

The June 7, 2013 shutdown of the two remaining nuclear reactors at Southern California Edison’s San Onofre plant is an important milestone for the resurgent Nuclear Free California movement.

But much work still remains.

Now activists are turning their attention closing California’s one remaining nuclear plant, Pacific Gas & Electric’s Diablo Canyon.

They are also beginning the process of educating themselves and the public to confront the looming challenge of the massive amounts of high-level nuclear waste still stored on-site at San Onofre and Diablo, which are both in earthquake and tsunami zones.

It has now emerged that, like many nuclear utilities around the country, SoCal Edison and PG&E have been using what’s called ‘high burn-up’ fueling practices for years. That means that the fuel assemblies burn hotter, longer and produce more profits. It also means they must be kept in cooling pools longer than conventional bundles and it is not known whether they can be safely stored in dry casks.

The speakers and the audience examine the waste perplex at San Onofre in depth as a microcosm of the tough challenges facing other nuclear reactor sites and communities around the country and around the world.
For more info: SanOnofreSafety.org

Main speakers: Dr. Arjun Makhijani, Dr. Don Mosier and Dr. Marvin Resnikoff.

Coalition sponsors include: Peace Resource Center of San Diego, Citizens Oversight Project, Sierra Club Angeles Chapter, Women Occupy San Diego, San Clemente Green, San Onofre Safety, and Residents Organized for a Safe Environment (ROSE).

Video Production: Laurent Malaquais, EON

The Symposium in Six Parts

Decommissioning San Onofre Nuclear Power Plant (part 1 of 6)

Decommissioning San Onofre Nuclear Power Plant (part 2 of 6)

Decommissioning San Onofre Nuclear Power Plant (part 3 of 6)

Decommissioning San Onofre Nuclear Power Plant (part 4 of 6)

Decommissioning San Onofre Nuclear Power Plant (part 5 of 6)

Decommissioning San Onofre Nuclear Power Plant (part 6 of 6)

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