Disaster Fallout: Fukushima's Legacy Five Years Later

Five years after three nuclear reactors catastrophically failed in Fukushima, an anonymous young woman has broken cultural taboos by speaking about thyroid cancer she contracted due to radiation exposure.

Radio Sputnik’s Loud & Clear spoke with Kevin Kamps, the radioactive waste watchdog for Beyond Nuclear, about the Fukushima tragedy, how victims have been silenced and whether a similar meltdown could occur in America.

Listen to the full 18 minute 30 second interview at the following link:

Read more: http://sputniknews.com/asia/20160609/1041095086/fukushima-legacy-five-years-later.html#ixzz4BayETVGZ

(The interview was recorded on June 8th, and aired on June 9, 2016.)