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NH #187: Rocky Flats and Atomic Worker Compensation – Kristen Iversen, Terrie Barrie Jan 21, 2015

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SISTER MEAGAN RICE’S MAILING ADDRESS: Megan Rice 88101-020 MDC Brooklyn Metropolitan Detention Center P.O. Box 329002 Brooklyn, NY 11232 TWEET THE POPE: @Pontifex – Free Sister Megan Rice, 84-year-old who protested nuclear weapons, in jail for 32 months. INTERVIEWS: Kristen Iversen, author of Full Body Burden: Growing Up in the Nuclear Shadow of Rocky Flats,...

NH #186: Kimberly Roberson on Radiation Awareness and Protection Jan 14, 2015

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INTERVIEW: Kimberly Roberson and Nuclear Hotseat producer/host Libbe HaLevy discuss their new audio program, RAPT, which stands for Radiation Awareness Protection Talk. It’s intended to introduce those who don’t know about radiation’s negative impact on health to the problem and some actions they can take to best protect their health. To learn more about the...

NHt #185: ACTIVIST SPECIAL! VT Yankee Shutdown Celebration, Lawrence Livermore Vigil, Tweet the Pope! Jan 07, 2015

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Jon Stewart hasn’t said this on-air yet… but maybe he will in 2015! VERMONT YANKEE ORAL HISTORY MONTAGE Join activists from throughout New England as they celebrate the closure of the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plant. Hear from Leslie Sullivan Sachs, Paul Gunter and Kevin Kamps of Beyond Nuclear, plus locals who’ve been in the...

NH #184: Fukushima Radiation Lies Exposed w/IPPNW’s Dr. Alex Rosen, RPHP’s Joseph Mangano Dec 31, 2014

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INTERVIEWS: Dr. Alex Rosen of International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, who takes on and eviscerates the United Nations’ UNSCEAR report that criminally underplays the radiation dangers from Fukushima; International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War; www.ippnw.org Epidemiologist Joseph Mangano, executive director of Radiation and Public Health Project, who explains why TEPCO’s...

NH #182: Prof. Haider on Russian Nukes in Bangladesh + Dr. Caldicott’s Symposium Dec 17, 2014

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INTERVIEWS: Prof. Quamrul Haider of Fordham University, a nuclear physicist, authored the op-ed explaining nuclear reactor dangers and calling nukes “The Sixth Horseman of the Apocalypse.” He blasts nuclear reactors built by Russia as unsafe, reveals why Bangladesh has ordered a technology it doesn’t need, and explains why he left behind his (non-classified) work at...

NH #181: Entergy Loses Power! Kamps on Palisades Intervenors, Sachs on Vt Yankee Closure Dec 10, 2014

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INTERVIEWS: Kevin Kamps, Nuclear Waste Watchdog for Beyond Nuclear, goes into the longstanding issues against Palisades Nuclear Generating Station, a “lemon” of a nuke reactor on the shores of Lake Michigan only 70 miles from Chicago. Highlighted is a coalition of environmental groups that has intervened against Palisades’ operator Entergy Nuclear’s attempt to get the...

NH #179: BREAKING: 2nd USS Reagan Death + US Nuke Accident Updates – WIPP, Metropolis Nov 26, 2014

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BREAKING: Second death in the USS Reagan/Operation Tomadachi case. Exclusive interview w/Charles Bonner, attorney for the sailors in the $1 Billion lawsuit against TEPCO, General Electric, EBASCO, Toshiba and Hitachi. INTERVIEWS: Don Hancock, Executive Director of Southwest Research and Information Center, again updates us on the most recent radiation release at the Waste Isolation Pilot...

NH #177: Fukushima Update – Arnie Gundersen Nov 12, 2014

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INTERVIEW:Arnie Gundersen of Fairewinds Energy Education (Fairewinds.com), Nuclear Hotseat’s favorite nuclear engineer, gives a concise, clear interpretation of what’s behind TEPCO’s recent announcements regarding water radiation levels, the removal of fuel rods from the fuel pool at Unit 4, and the hole in the roof of Unit 1; manipulation of Japanese doctors to eliminate evidence...

NH #176: USS Reagan Sailors’ Lawsuit v. TEPCO Clears Judicial Hurdle, Expands! Nov 05, 2014

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INTERVIEW: Attorneys for the USS Reagan sailors hit by Fukushima radiation won big in court last week: Judge Janis Sammartino ruled that the $1 billion lawsuit against TEPCO for health damages and medical treatment CAN not only move forward, it adds as defendants General Electric, EBASCO, Toshiba and Hitachi – the companies that designed and...

NH #175: SPECIAL – Trial of the 4 Grandmothers for Pilgrim Nuke Protest + Halloween (What’s Scarier than Nuclear?)) Oct 29, 2014

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SPECIAL: Full coverage of last week’s trial of the Four Grandmothers, Cape Cod Downwinders who were arrested for trespass for their Mother’s Day, 2014 protest at the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Hear from Downwinders co-founder Diane Turco; first-time-ever activist Mary Conathan (71); and attorney Bruce Taub. Talk about speaking Truth to Power!...

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