History Repeating Itself: Hanford Downwinders and Fukushima Daiichi Downwinders (Part One)

NukeTalk

This week, Trisha Thompson Pritikin and Dr. Yuki Miyamoto have the microphone.

In part one of this conversation, they discuss the parallels between the Hanford and the Fukushima Daiichi downwinders, and how radioactive iodine can impact the body.

Trisha Thompson Pritikin is a Hanford Downwinder and author of the book The Hanford Plaintiffs. Dr. Yuki Miyamoto is a second generation Hiroshima Hibakusha and an associate professor at DePaul University, where she uses comparative ethical framework to examine nuclear discourse.