March 1, 2012
Nuclear Power After Fukushima Daiichi
March 11th marks the one-year anniversary of the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear accident at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant in Japan. Since the disaster, Germany has announced plans to move away from nuclear power, raising new questions about the viability of the nuclear industry as a whole, both here and abroad.
Joan Cartan-Hansen talks with John Grossenbacher, the director of the Idaho National Laboratory, about what scientists have learned from the Fukushima Daiichi disaster and about the future of nuclear power.
- John Grossenbacher, Director, Idaho National Laboratory
Guests
- Idaho National Laboratory
- INL Nuclear Energy Virtual Tour App
- NHK World (Japan Television in English)
- Tokyo Electric Power Company
- United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- Idaho Department of Environmental Quality
- Radnet: Tracking Environmental Radiation Nationwide
- Radnet Monitoring: Idaho
- FRONTLINE: Inside Japan's Nuclear Meltdown
- NOVA: Japan's Killer Quake
- Article: Japan Earthquake Before and After (Atlantic)
- Article: New Nuclear plant gets permits (Reuters)
- Article: Japan Weighed Evacuating Tokyo in Nuclear Crisis (New York Times)
- Article: The Fukushima Question (Slate)
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Video and Audio
Full Show: "Nuclear Power After Fukushima Daiichi"
Web Extra: "The Mission of the Idaho National Laboratory"