(8 July 2014) Nuclear Hotseat #159 USS Reagan's Steve Simmons Tepco Lawsuit
Nuclear Hotseat #159 USS Reagan's Steve Simmons and $1 Billion Lawsuit Against Tepco INTERVIEW: Steve Simmons, a 17-year Navy veteran who served on the USS Ronald Reagan when it was called to do humanitarian aid work in Japan following the 9.0 earthquake and tsunami on March 11, 2011, which began the Fukushima nuclear disaster. He is one of 112 sailors currently suing Fukushima Daiichi power plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Company -- TEPCO -- to create a $1 billion fund to cover medical expenses for all the armed forces personnel whose health has been devastated by their exposure to radiation. For other USS Reagan/Fukushima radiation victims to contact the attorneys for the TEPCO lawsuit: www.victims.net To contact lead attorney Paul Garner: PCG@Garner law.com NUMNUTZ OF THE WEEK: Surf's up! Anyone want to go swimming at a cesium-laden beach in northeast Japan? Of course not! So just don't test for cesium -- et voila! -- problem goes away... er, not! NEWS: *More suspec...