Lies of Fukushima Radioactive Tritium Water Release Report w/Tim Deere-Jones + Palisades Restart Dangers - Arnie Gundersen

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Nuclear engineer Arne Gundersen exposes how $2.3 billion in government funds is reviving a dangerous, idle reactor.

This episode of Nuclear Hot Seat investigates two major nuclear safety issues: the risky restart of the Palisades reactor in Michigan, funded by over $2 billion in subsidies despite corrosion and regulatory failures, and Japan's release of radioactive tritium water from Fukushima into the Pacific, which experts debunk as environmentally harmful and scientifically misleading.

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A hard-edged listen that connects reactor risk to the politics behind who pays and who is exposed.

Libby Halevy frames Palisades as a risky restart built on public money, and that is the right frame for it. The episode moves from the shut-down Michigan reactor to the broader question of why the project is still hanging on subsidy support from Washington and Michigan, with the…

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You want the Palisades restart fight and tritium pathways explained without the industry varnish.

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