Rochelle Becker on KPBS Midday Edition Radio–Lessons from Fukushima
OUR TOP STORY ON MIDDAY EDITION:
FOUR YEARS AGO ON 11 MARCH A 9.0 EARTHQUAKE HIT OFF THE COAST OF JAPAN GIVING BIRTH TO A TSUNAMI THAT SLAMMED INTO THE COUNTRY’S EASTERN COAST. THIS DISASTER KILLED THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE IN THE 14 METER HIGH TSUNAMI WAVE POURED OVER THE SEAWALL SURROUNDING THE FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR PLANT SHUTTING DOWN COOLING SYSTEMS AND CAUSING A PARTIAL MELTDOWN. TODAY IN CALIFORNIA WE STILL HAVE TWO NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS RIGHT ON THE COAST. ONE, SAN ONOFRE, HAS BEEN SHUT DOWN BUT BOTH PLANTS ARE STILL HOME TO NUCLEAR FUEL AND WASTE THAT ISN’T GOING ANYWHERE AS FAR AS WE KNOW. TODAY WE’RE GOING TO LOOK BACK ON THE WORST NUCLEAR IS DISASTER SINCE CHERNOBYL AND ASK WHAT IT MEANS FOR US. AND JOINING ME IN THIS ENDEAVOR ARE DAVID VICTOR AND ROCHELLE BECKER.
LISTEN TO ROCHELLE BECKER OF THE ALLIANCE FOR NUCLEAR RESPONSIBILITY HERE:
http://www.kpbs.org/news/2015/mar/10/lessons-fukushima-disaster-what-it-means-californi/
