We Almost Lost Tokyo: A $600 Billion Nuclear Disaster That Nearly Ended the Japanese State

Update: 2024-05-15

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This podcast focuses on the unprecedented plan to restart the dangerously obsolete and severely age-degraded Palisades nuclear reactor on the Lake Michigan shoreline near South Haven. In the face of decade long delays, billions in cost overruns and dozens of cancellations, the nuclear power industry is promoting this insanely expensive, high-risk $8.3 billion pilot project. Against all odds, utilities see a Palisades restart as the way to quickly bring failed and shuttered nuclear reactors around the world back from the dead. Holtec International, the company that wants to restart Palisades, has never operated a nuclear reactor.

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Episode 10: "It's like driving a Ferrari with a learners permit – in a snowstorm!" – Palisades Update from Nuclear Expert Alan Blind

2025-04-2201:27:38

Why is Holtec International Resurrecting A Risky Michigan Nuclear Power Plant Without Meeting Federal Regulatory Requirements?

2024-09-0538:45

As Holtec International Plans to Restart The Palisades Reactor, Next Door Neighbors Bruce and Karen Speak Out.

2024-08-0925:23

Discussion with Epidemiologist Joe Mangano – Cancer Rates Before the Palisades Nuclear Plant was Built and After the Plant was Built.

2024-07-2830:43

No Thanks For The Memories: Why The False Promise of “Too Cheap To Meter” Nuclear Power Has Led to Collusion, Bankruptcy and Meltdowns

2024-05-1527:25

Palisades: The Secret $8.3 Billion Plan To Bring A Dangerous Nuclear Reactor Back From The Dead

2024-05-1532:37

We Almost Lost Tokyo: A $600 Billion Nuclear Disaster That Nearly Ended the Japanese State

2024-05-1527:25

Help Wanted: Michigan Seeks Nuclear Reactor Operator, No Experience Necessary, Ability to Work Miracles A Plus!

2024-05-1532:21

Why $16 per watt Nuclear Power Can’t Compete With $1 per watt Carbon Free Wind and Solar. Conversation with Mark Z. Jacobson, PhD, Stanford University

2024-05-1301:12:47

Radioactive Raindrops: The View From Inside Palisades

2024-05-0901:03:09

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We Almost Lost Tokyo: A $600 Billion Nuclear Disaster That Nearly Ended the Japanese State

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We Almost Lost Tokyo: A $600 Billion Nuclear Disaster That Nearly Ended the Japanese State

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We Almost Lost Tokyo: A $600 Billion Nuclear Disaster That Nearly Ended the Japanese State