Dr. Helen Caldicott Tells of Fukushima's Lethal Toll

Listen to Harvey Wasserman’s recent interview with Dr. Helen Caldicott. Following this short article is a review of her new book, “Crisis Without End – the Medical and Ecological Consequences of the Fukushima Nuclear Catastrophe”.

Dr. Helen Caldicott Tells of Fukushima's Lethal Toll & Meeting Ronald Reagan
by Harvey Wasserman, 17 October 2014

The great Dr. Helen Caldicott graced the Solartopia Green Power & Wellness Show this week with her unique assessment of the health effects of Fukushima and the rest of the nuclear power industry.

She tells us about what’s happening to the renewable industry in Australia, and why Dr. James Hansen needs to reassess his views on atomic energy.

“Nuclear Power Plants are cancer factories and bomb factories … because any country that has a nuclear reactor makes 500 pounds of plutonium a year and you need 10 pounds to make an atomic bomb … so the nuclear power industry in this country in its wisdom and in Japan, Canada and elsewhere is selling nuclear reactors as fast as it can … and they will have enough plutonium to make enough atomic bombs for the next half a million years … cause that’s how long the plutonium lasts …,” said Dr. Caldicott.
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