Episode 405 • • 2:29:56 - 2:34:51
405: Piles of Pelicans
Fukushima Unit 4 Spent Fuel Pool, Robert Alvarez
Reports circulating online warn of a global radiation catastrophe if the spent fuel pool at Fukushima's Unit 4 collapses. The hosts debunk these claims by citing an American Nuclear Society report on structural reinforcements and identifying the primary source of the alarm, Robert Alvarez, as an anti-nuclear activist with questionable credentials.