Hartmann: A Fukushima survivor reveals all www.youtube.com Uploaded by TheBigPictureRT on Sep 20, 2011 Aileen Mioko SMITH, Kaori Izumi & Kevin Kamps from Beyond Nuclear join Thom Hartmann. We here at the Big Picture and on my radio show have been doing our best to keep you updated on the latest developments coming out of Japan - as that nation tries to deal with one of the worst nuclear catastrophes in the history of the world. To help us do that - tonight - I'm joined by a few special guests in the studio who've flown here all the way from Japan to share their story - and to warn the world about the dangers of nuclear power. Later this week - they will travel to the United Nations where they will call on the UN to recognize human rights violations against children caused by the Fukushima crisis - and ask the UN to stop its global promotion of nuclear energy. Encountering Auschwitz (2005) www.youtube.com [NOTE: Half-life is the time taken for a radioactive substance to decay by half.] * Cesium-134 ~ 2 years * Cesium-137 ~ 30 years * Iodine-131 ~ 8 days * Plutonium-239 ~ 24200 years * Ruthenium-103 ~ 39 days [Ruthenium is a fission product of uranium-235.] * Ruthenium-106 ~ 374 days * Strontium-90 ~ 28.85 years [Strontium-90 is a product of nuclear fission and is found in large amounts in spent nuclear fuel and in radioactive waste from nuclear reactors.] * Uranium-234 ~ 246000 years * Uranium-235 ~ 703.8 million years * Uranium-238 ~ 4.468 billion years gamma rays, alpha ...
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