Interviews

The Dream of a Nuclear Japan: Interview with Mr. Koide Hiroaki

The Dream of a Nuclear Japan: Interview with Mr. Koide Hiroaki

Fukushima, Interviews June 13, 2011 at 3:02 pm 1 comment

    This interview with nuclear specialist Hiroaki Koide was originally posted on September 3, 2007 at gyaku.jp, and can still be found in its original form via the Wayback Machine, as can the script of the original interview in Japanese. (The gyaku.jp domain was not renewed last year.) MoreRead More

The state of Nuclear after Fukushima and Germany

The state of Nuclear after Fukushima and Germany

Fukushima, Interviews June 7, 2011 at 4:42 pm 0 comments

          Steve Kidd, deputy director general at the World Nuclear Association, takes a look at the long term outlook for nuclear power in a post Fukushima world without Germany as a major player. (Listen to the interview at the original source – Mineweb)   GEOFF CANDY: Read More

Interview with Akira Tokuhiro, Nuclear Engineer: Fukushima and the Mass Media

Interview with Akira Tokuhiro, Nuclear Engineer: Fukushima and the Mass Media

Fukushima, Interviews, Resources May 20, 2011 at 12:56 pm 0 comments

  “Only the mass media can put the kind of pressure on TEPCO and the Japanese government to bring about major change. This will cost at least 10 billion dollars if not 20-30 billion to clean up. It will take at least 10 years if not 20 and roughly 10,000Read More

Fukushima Daiichi Is a ‘Ticking Time Bomb’: Prof Michio Kaku

Fukushima Daiichi Is a ‘Ticking Time Bomb’: Prof Michio Kaku

Fukushima, Interviews April 21, 2011 at 5:41 am 0 comments

    The Japanese government is trying to calm fears about radiation levels and food safety in the region around the heavily damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power facility, even as it has raised the severity rating of the crisis to the highest possible level.   “Radiation is continuing to leakRead More