In Japan - officials estimate that 7 tons of radioactive waste is flowing into the ocean every hour at the crippled Daiichi nuclear facility. The source of the leaking waste appears to be reactor 2. Attempts to clog the leak with cement have failed - and new attempts to plug the hole with a “junk-shot” of saw dust - chemicals, and shredded newspaper doesn’t appear to be working either.

Officials have now put a timeframe on containing the situation, saying it could take several months for the plant’s cooling systems to come back online and for the radiation to be contained.

Of course - that would just be a first step. It will then take hundreds of thousands of years for the mess caused by the use of nuclear power to decay to safety.

-Thom

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The Daily Stack

Quote: "...something is happening in our world. The masses of people are rising up. And wherever they are assembled today, whether they are in Johannesburg, South Africa; Nairobi, Kenya: Accra, Ghana; New York City; Atlanta, Georgia; Jackson, Mississippi; or Memphis, Tennessee — the cry is always the same — "We want to be free." -- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (April 3, 1968, Memphis, TN "I've Been to the Mountaintop").

Hour One: Latest on Fukushima disaster With Paul Gunter, Director Reactor Oversight Project - Beyond Nuclear.

Article: "Two workers' bodies recovered at Fukushima nuclear plant" by Julie Makinen and Kenji Hall, Los Angeles Times.

Article: "Radioactive Iodine-131 in rainwater sample near San Francisco 18,100% above federal drinking waters" by Generic Other.

Article: "NY Times contributor confirms California rainwater 181 times above drinking water standards for radioactive iodine-131" by EneNews.

Article: "What Caused the High Cl-38 Radioactivity in the Fukushima Daiichi Reactor #1?" by F. Dalnoki-Veress with an introduction by Arjun Makhijani.

Article: "TEPCO taking measures to seal crack at reactor 2" by Xinhuanet.

Article: "Efforts to Plug Japanese Reactor Leak Seem to Fail" by Hiroko Tabuchi and Ken Belson.

Latest on the war on democracy with John Nichols of The Nation Magazine...

Article: "Manning Marable: A Public Intellectual in the Service of Democracy" by John Nichols.

Article: "In the Courts of Fitzwalkerstan: April 5 Judicial Election Could Renew Checks & Balances in Wisconsin" by John Nichols.

Article: "Dan Kapanke Recall Effort Garners Sufficient Signatures, Wisconsin Democrats Say".

Event: "April Day of Action". Participate to make April 4, 2011, and the days surrounding it, a day to stand in solidarity with working people in Wisconsin and dozens of other states where corporate-bought politicians are trying to take away the rights Dr. King gave his life for.

Video: "Dr. King Supports Memphis Workers ", On April 4, 1968.

Article: "International Judge the Koran Day, March 20, 2011" by Terry Jones.

Hour Two: Labor Segment: "We Are One" day of action today with Ted Smukler, Public Policy Director - InterFaith Worker Justice.

Video: "Dr. King and the 1968 AFSCME Memphis Sanitation Strike", April 3, 1968.

Site: "we-r-1.org".

Book: "Liberalism is a Mental Disorder: Savage Solutions" by Michael Savage.

Case: "VIRGINIA v. BLACK et al.", April 7, 2003.

Article: "Paul Ryan Dodges Fox News’ Questions About Whether He’ll Eliminate Tax Breaks For Oil Companies" by Faiz Shakir .

Article: "VIDEO: Tea Party Activists Oppose Billions In Taxpayer Subsidies To Big Oil" by Lee Fang.

Article: "Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal Proposes Massive Tax Cuts For The Rich, Big Tax Hikes for Middle Class" by Zaid Jilani.

Talk Radio News Segment: Jay Goodman Tamboli, Legal Affairs Correspondent and IT Director.

Article: "Supreme Court Limits Scope Of Appeals By Death-Row Inmates" by Jay Goodman Tamboli.

Article: "Supreme Court Tosses Taxpayer Challenge To Funding Of Religion" by Jay Goodman Tamboli.

Talk Radio News Segment: Victoria Jones, White House Correspondent.

Article: "Notes From Today's White House Briefing" by Victoria Jones.

Article: "41 senators vow to oppose Planned Parenthood rider" by Alexander Bolton.

Hour Three: It's the day to remember the murder of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr 43 years ago...what details do we know now that we didn't know then? Lamar Waldron, my co-author on "Legacy of Secrecy: The Long Shadow of the JFK Assassination" will be here...

Book: "Ultimate Sacrifice" by Lamar Waldron with Thom Hartmann.

Book: "Legacy of Secrecy" by Lamar Waldron with Thom Hartmann.

Will America have social safety nets in the future? With Congresswoman Linda Sanchez, U.S. Congresswoman (D-CA, 39th District).

Article: "Cantor: Social Security "Cannot Exist" In The America "We" Want" by Isaiah J. Poole.

Article: "Democrats Rally To Support Social Security" by Audie Cornish.

The good: "Of the 1%, by the 1%, for the 1%" by Joseph E. Stiglitz.

The bad: "Transocean Execs Get Bonuses after ‘Best Year in Safety,’ Despite Gulf Oil Disaster" by Jeff McMahon.

The very, very ugly: "Trump: "We Should Just Stay There And Take The Oil" In Iraq Or US Soldiers Would Have "Died In Vain"" by MediMatters.

Article: "Radioactive Water Pours Into Ocean From Japan Plant" by .

Article: "Leader Of Koch Front Group Is Behind Ads Supporting Wisconsin Justice David Prosser " by Ian Millhiser.

Case: "STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellant, vs. T.B.D., a child, Appellee." (burning cross).

Article: "General Casts War in Religious Terms" by Richard T. Cooper, October 16, 2003.

Book: "The Prophet's Way" by Thom Hartmann.

Book: "The Greatest Spiritual Secret of the Century" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "The Kill Team" by Mark Boal.

Speech: "I've Been to the Mountaintop" by Martin Luther King, 3 April 1968.

Article: "Taliban exploits Afghan riots over Koran burning" by Laura King, Los Angeles Times.

Article: "Telecom-Funded North Carolina House Votes To Gut Cheap And Fast Public Broadband" by Zaid Jilani .

Article: "Letter to President Obama" by Food and Water Watch, 31 March 2011 (Japan radiation).

Article: "Ryan’s Budget Would Cut Medicare, Medicaid and Trim $4 Trillion" by Brian Faler.

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