Nuclear Hotseat

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NH #760: Supreme Court Nukes Petition Opposing NM Proposed Radioactive Waste Dump – Kevin Kamps + Why Greenland? Award-winning Film Explains the Background Jan 22, 2026

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Demonstration in New Mexico against the High Level Radioactive Waste Dump This Week’s Featured Interview: Award-Winning Greenland Film on Uranium Mining/Rare Earth Battle – Kuannersuit / Kvanefjeld Nuclear Hotseat Hot Story with Linda Pentz Gunter Even worse news at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission as environmental oversight is set to be weakened. Numnutz of the Week...

NH #759: States & Nukes: Hawaii Report Nixes Nuclear Energy – Lynda Williams; Court Sides w/ Boeing on Superfund Clean-up at CA’s SSFL – Melissa Bumstead Jan 15, 2026

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This Week’s Featured Interviews: Lynda Williams Nuclear Hotseat Hot Story w/Linda Pentz Gunter Numnutz of the Week (for Outstanding Nuclear Boneheadedness): Sambal goreng udang (Indonesian sambal shrimp) – radioactive??? More radioactive food warnings from the FDA. You really don’t want to have any Indonesian shrimp dishes! Activist Shoutout:

NH #758: BOMBSHELL! – Explosive New PBS Documentary on Atomic Bomb Media Manipulation + Parallels to Libbe’s Play! Jan 07, 2026

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KEYSTONE COVER PHOTO: NYTimes science reporter William L. Laurence – aka “Atomic Bill” – with Gen. Leslie Groves at the Trinity site. Credit: U.S. Army Corp of Engineers This Week’s Special Featured Interview: Atomic bomb “bedtime story” sold to Americans and the media manipulation it took to create it. Having spent more than 13 years...

NH #757: SPECIAL – Uplifting Stories of Nuclear Resisters, Heroes, Success! – Jack Cohen-Joppa Dec 31, 2025

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This Week’s Year-End SPECIAL: Uplifting Stories of Nuclear Resisters, Heroes, Success! with Jack Cohen-Joppa Yes, fighting nuclear is an uphill battle – but sometimes we win! Here, for a year-end boost of optimism, hope and community is Jack Cohen-Joppa. He and his wife, Felice Cohen-Joppa, are co-founders and co-coordinators of The Nuclear Resister, a 45...

NH #756: Holiday Special – 83-Year Old Peace Hero Nun, Sr. Megan Rice, on her Y12/US “Uranium Fort Knox” Break-in Dec 23, 2025

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Sister Megan Rice getting a well-earned hug upon her release from prison for her non-violent break-in to the Y12 “U.S. Uranium Fort Knox” to protest nuclear weapons. She served more than two years in prison. This Week’s Peace Special Year-End Interviews: Sister Megan Rice Susi Snyder: What You CAN Do to Help De-Fund Nuclear Weapons...

NH #755: Japan’s 7.6 Quake & Fukushima Radioactive Water Releases – Marine Biologist Tim Deere-Jones + Emmy Winning Journalist Helen Young on Activist Media Strategies Dec 18, 2025

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This Week’s Featured Interview: Here’s This Week’s Second Featured Interview: Helen Young is an Emmy award-winning broadcast journalist who has forged a career as a filmmaker and writer by blending a passion for investigative reporting with a commitment to illuminating critical issues of the day. She was a staff writer and producer for CBS News...

NH #755: Japan’s 7.6 Quake & Fukushima Radioactive Water Releases – Marine Biologist Tim Deere-Jones + Emmy Winning Journalist Helen Young on Activist Media Strategies Dec 18, 2025

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NH #754: Nukes in Space? Just One Explosion = Massive Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) = Buh-bye Grid! – Prof. Steven Starr + Cancer Rates near US Nuclear Reactors – Joseph Mangano Dec 11, 2025

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This Week’s Featured Interview: Zoomathon interview with Prof. Steven Starr Steven Starr LINKS: This Week’s Second Featured Interview: Joseph Mangano Joseph Mangano and RPHP LINKS: Nuclear Hotseat Hot Story with Linda Pentz Gunter: Will a Supreme Court ruling mean the end of Democratic commissioners at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission? Numnutz of the Week (for Outstanding Nuclear Boneheadedness):...

NH #753: Childhood Leukemia Rates Soar for Kids Living Near Nuclear Reactors: UK Researcher Dr. Ian Fairlie Exposes Industry Lies Dec 04, 2025

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Dr. Ian Fairlie speaking at Dr. Helen Caldicott’s Symposium: Fukushima Two Years Later: NYC – March 11-12, 2013 This Week’s Featured Interview: Dr. Ian Fairlie, UK-based radiation expert, compiled statistics from 60 international studies done on leukemia rates for children living within 5 kilometers/3 miles of a nuclear reactor. His shocking results – all supported...

NH #752: In Memorium – Jim Heddle, Director, SOS: San Onofre Syndrome – Nuclear Film’s Fierce, Gentle Warrior Nov 26, 2025

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Filmmakers and life partners Mary Beth Brangan and Jim Heddle, who along with Morgan Peterson directed the award-winning film SOS: The San Onofre Syndrome This Week’s Feature: Some weeks, it’s personal. It is with great sadness that this week’s Nuclear Hotseat commemorates and memorializes a fierce, gentle anti-nuclear warrior who spent decades filming protests, meetings,...

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