Former Japanese PM Kan on Fukushima

Former PM Naoto Kan of Japan Speaks Out on Fukushima

The Big Picture – Thom Hartmann

9 October, 2013

More than two years after the deadly 2011 earthquake and tsunami that unleashed the worst nuclear crisis since Chernobyl - things are only getting worse at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant.

During a speech in Kyoto on Sunday - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe asked for international help to fight the growing crisis at the plant.

He said, "We are wide open to receive the most advanced knowledge from overseas to contain the problem...My country needs your knowledge and expertise."

For more on this story - I'm joined now by Naoto Kan - who was Prime Minister of Japan during the Fukushima meltdown and Arnie Gundersen - Veteran U.S. Nuclear Engineer and Chief Engineer for Fairewinds Energy Education.