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NH #455: Fukushima Anniversary SPECIAL: Voices From Japan 2020 – Tokyo Shimbun Reporter Takeshi Yamakawa Mar 06, 2020

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Nuclear Hotseat Voices from Japan - #Fukushima 9th Anniversary SPECIAL. Interview with Takeshi Yamakawa from the Tokyo Shimbun #Nuclear Power Reporting Team; radiation problems in the Exclusion Zone from Voices from Japan investigative reporter Yuji Kaneko; commentary by co-producer Beverly Findlay-Kaneko.

NH #454: San Onofre Radioactive Geyser Potential? Nuclear Engineer Paul Blanch + Susi Snyder, Don’t Bank on the Bomb Mar 04, 2020

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This Week’s Featured Interviews: San Onofre nuclear reactors on the coast of southern California continue to offer a smorgasbord of nightmares to the eight-million people living within 50 miles of its radioactive waste. Public Watchdogs, a San Onofre citizens oversight group, consulted with veteran nuclear engineer Paul Blanch about the feasibility of flooding of high...

NH #452: Anti-nuclear weapons, Anti-war Catholic Protestors Facing Prison: Kings Bay Plowshares 7 Defendants Patrick O’Neill, Martha Hennessey Feb 20, 2020

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Anti-nuclear, anti-war protestors from the Kings Bay Plowshares action. Front row (l-r) – Clare Grady, Elizabeth McAlister, Carmen Trotta, Martha Hennessy; Back row: Patrick O’Neill, Stephen Kelly SJ, Mark Colville. This Week’s Featured Interview: Anti-nuclear, anti-war – the Kings Bay Plowshares 7. These Catholic Peace Activists performed a peaceful action protesting the nuclear weapons aboard...

NH #451: Chernobyl Truth, World Health Org Lies: Alison Katz, Independent WHO Feb 12, 2020

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Chernobyl children’s gas masks. Listen here: [powerpress] Chernobyl – NOTE: We’re having computer problems at Nuclear Hotseat that are preventing production of a new show for this week. However, it gives us the opportunity to offer this classic episode of the show, deemed the most important interview we’ve ever done. We hope to have a...

NH #450: Radioactive 2020 Olympics Torch Run – WTFutaba? Beverly Findlay-Kaneko Feb 05, 2020

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Radioactive 2020 Olympics Torch Relay will run through Futaba, town next to Fukushima Daiichi, near former location of PR sign, “Nuclear Power: Energy for a Bright Future.” (pictured above) Runners and tourists will NOT be wearing decontamination garb, unless they’re smart – and if they’re really smart, they won’t be there.. This Week’s Featured Interview:...

NH #446: Tokyo 2020 Olympics – the Radioactive Truth: Dr. Alex Rosen, Int’l Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War Jan 08, 2020

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Tokyo 2020 Olympics – the Radioactive Truth: Dr. Alex Rosen, Int’l Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War This Week’s Featured Interview: The Tokyo Radioactive 2020 Olympics Dr. Alex Rosen is a German pediatrician who serves as the Chair, International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW) Germany. He and the organization are deeply...

NH #445: Nuclear Numnutz of the Year 2019 SPECIAL! Jan 02, 2020

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This Week’s Feature SPECIAL: Nuclear Numnutz of the Week is Nuclear Hotseat’s most popular feature – always good for a laugh, a head-shake at some freshly revealed nuclear absurdity, or to provoke a sense of outrage at how a single industry has been allowed to play so loose and fast with all our futures. So...

NH #442: Smug Stupid Los Alamos: Joni Arend’s Toxic Tour of Radioactive Manhattan Project Legacy Sites Dec 19, 2019

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Smug Stupid Los Alamos: A guide to the atomic hot spots – meaning REALLY hot – around the radioactive Manhattan Project legacy sites with Joni Arends of Concerned Citizens for Nuclear Safety. Pictured above: How much more smug can it get than boasting about atomic bombs and making radiation “jokes” on tee shirts for small...

NH #441: Nuclear Waste Warriors: USA National Activists Gather to Fight for Truth, Sanity in Radioactive Waste Storage Dec 12, 2019

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Nuclear Waste Warriors from around the United States gathered in Albuquerque, NM in November to brainstorm, strategize, and coordinate efforts and actions. This Week’s SPECIAL: Nuclear Waste Warriors from around the U.S. came together November 7-11, 2019, in Albuquerque, New Mexico, to brainstorm, strategize, and coordinate work against the nuclear nightmares in their own backyards,...

NH #437: Navajo Birth Cohort Study finds Uranium Contamination in Navajo Women, Babies: Dr. Johnnye Lewis, Anna Rondon Nov 06, 2019

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Navajo Birth Cohort Study (logo above) discovered uranium in the bodies of more than one-quarter of the women and children studied thus far. This Week’s Featured Interviews: Navajo Birth Cohort Study toxicologist and principal investigator Dr. Johnnye Lewis explains the medical research that has been done so far on Navajo Nation women and their babies,...

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