Michael Welch is host and producer of the Global Research News Hour in Canada. His guest, Arnie Gundersen, holds an MA in nuclear engineering and once worked for the nuclear industry. Gundersen was a licensed reactor operator and managed and coordinated projects at 70 nuclear power plants in the US. However he became increasingly more aware of the high risks while at the same time observing serious safety breaches. He spoke out and became a whistle blower. After 20 years as nuclear engineer and executive, Gundersen was fired from his job in 1990.
He was an expert witness on the Three Mile Island partial melt-down, and on the serious safety risks at the Vermont Yankee and Californiaâs San Onofre reactors. He and his website at Fairewinds Energy Education <www.fairewinds.org/> became well known and respected after the Fukushima accident for his often weekly updated reports.
His non-profit, Fairewinds Energy Education, is an information hub showcasing over 200 videos, numerous podcasts and newsletters on nuclear energy and the entire power production paradigm.
This is an excerpt of a one hour broadcast. The full version includes a conversation with life-long anti nuclear activist Helen Caldicott - and there is a transcript at <https://www.globalresearch.ca/fukushima-at-eight-ongoing-cover-up-of-the-nuclear-hazards-in-japan-and-abroad/5671690>.
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