Fukushima Update & Nuclear Power Safety: Part II

In Part II of our series on the Fukushima Update, we continue our discussion on the safety of nuclear power, the environmental impact of the Fukushima meltdown on Japan and the west coast of the United States, and the long-term health effects of the radiation exposure on the people living in the vicinity of Fukushima.

Our guest, Dr. Kai Vetter, also talks about the RadWatch Project, a Global initiative to monitor radiation releases into the environment, and his efforts to help create Resilient Communities that are better prepared to deal with disasters like Fukushima.

About Our Guest

Dr. Kai Vetter is the Head of the Applied Physics Program at the University of California, Berkeley. He is also the Head of the Applied Nuclear Physics program at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.

Dr. Vetter is the Director of the Institute for Resilience Communities and the founder of The Berkeley RadWatch Project, a group that has been performing a large range of radiation measurements following the release of radioactive materials from the Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in Japan in March 2011.

Dr. Vetter has visited Japan regarding the Fukushima nuclear power plant meltdown and its devastating effects approximately a dozen times since the incident in March 2011.