Frontline's reporting on the Fukushima disaster

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These two documentaries are very good as most with Frontline are balanced.  Inside Japans nuclear meltdown is told by the people who were there.  And Nuclear aftershocks is the second one that examines implications for the American nuclear industry.  Frontline allows sharing which is good.

Inside Japans nuclear meltdown:



Nuclear aftershocks on the US nuclear industry:



Informative.....

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Japan considers energy future after Fukushima

A disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant on March 11, 2011, has greatly affected how Japanese citizens feel about that energy source. Polls suggest that 80 percent of voters now oppose nuclear power in Japan. But walking away from nuclear power is a tricky proposition for a country that has not invested much in renewable alternatives. Science correspondent Miles O'Brien reports.

Once again there is progress in Japan.  However will they turn the reactors on again?   That is the question??

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Japan surrenders part of its nuclear stockpile for disposal



Japan said it would relinquish a large cache of weapons-grade plutonium and highly enriched uranium -- enough to build dozens of nuclear weapons -- to the U.S. for disposal, just as a nuclear security summit opens at The Hague. Gwen Ifill assesses the deal with Matthew Bunn of Harvard University.

More information....

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Japan surrenders part of its nuclear stockpile for disposal


Japan said it would relinquish a large cache of weapons-grade plutonium and highly enriched uranium -- enough to build dozens of nuclear weapons -- to the U.S. for disposal, [snip]

Great, like we don't have enough of our own to deal with?