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NHt #138: USS Reagan Sailors v. TEPCO Lawsuit Update w/Attny Charles Bonner Feb 12, 2014

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USS Reagan sailors on deck trying to clean up radiation during Operation Tomadachi, their humanitarian aid mission to Fukushima immediately after the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami. (Note the lack of protective gear.) INTERVIEW: Attorney Charles Bonner, representing USS Ronald Reagan sailors harmed by Fukushima radiation, with an update on their lawsuit against TEPCO. ...

NH #137: Sierra Club’s Nuke Nuker Susan Corbett vs. South Carolina! Feb 05, 2014

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NOTE: From now on, Nuclear Hotseat will be posted to YouTube as the one place you’ll be able to get the programs. No elaborate visuals yet; exploring ways to do that… CONTENTS OF NUCLEAR HOTSEAT #137: INTERVIEW: Susan Corbett is Chair of the National Sierra Club Nuclear Issues Activist Team and Chair of the...

NH #136: DC Smackdown! Resnikoff on NRC/High Burn-up Fuel, NIRS’ D’Arrigo on EPA/Radiation Jan 29, 2014

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INTERVIEWS: First-hand reports on the recent meetings between anti-nuclear activists and top level reps of the NRC, EPA and Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works. Dr. Marvin Resnikoff, Senior Associate at Radioactive Waste Management Associates, has been an international consultant on radioactive waste management for decades. He met with NRC Chair Alison Macfarlane and Commissioners...

NH #135: Fukushima On-the-Ground w/Beverly Findlay-Kaneko Jan 22, 2014

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INTERVIEW: Beverly Findlay-Kaneko of Families for Safe Energy reports on the deeply human side of Fukushima following her recent trip back home. Learn how nuclear refugees cope with radiation and catch up with the heartbreaking story of former Fukushima resident Setsuko Kida, previously interviewed on Nuclear Hotseat #127. To contact Beverly Findlay-Kaneko: https://www.facebook.com/FamiliesForSafeEnergy NUMNUTZ OF...

NH #134: NIRS New Head Tim Judson + India’s Kumar Sundaram Jan 15, 2014

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http://lhalevy.audioacrobat.com/download/f6d50b6e-8387-69b7-4fb0-1dd602808c06.mp3 INTERVIEW: Long-time anti-nuclear activist Tim Judson took over as Executive Director of the Nuclear Information and Resource Service (NIRS) on the first of the year. Hear what this long-time anti-nuclear activist sees as the strategies our movement can use against entrenched, monied nuclear interests, as well as a fascinating revelation about Entergy that exposes...

NH #133: SKY NOT FALLING! Debunking False Info w/Bonner of Safecast, German of RadCast Jan 08, 2014

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INTERVIEWS: The holiday season saw rumors flying about Fukushima, radiation and elevated dangers in the U.S. Wildly exaggerated claims got picked up by mainstream media and had people panicking. Nuclear Hotseat gets to the root of the problems with Sean Bonner, one of the founders of Safecast. He talks about how a radiation reading can...

NH #132: WHO/IAEA Unholy Alliance w/Alison Katz Dec 31, 2013

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INTERVIEW: Special Encore presentation of Alison Katz of Independent WHO (World Health Organization) on how the International Atomic Energy Alliance (IAEA) censors WHO’s nuclear information and distorts the world’s understanding of nuclear radiation dangers. Alison dissects the history, politics and manipulations of the “Unholy Alliance” between the agency we’re supposed to trust to safeguard the...

NH #131: Xmas Gifts: Caldicott, Gundersen, Nader – Oh My! Dec 25, 2013

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FEATURING: Season’s greetings in the form of a trio of gifts: the chance to revisit three of the top, most respected voices within the anti-nuclear community, all of them presented during the past year of Nuclear Hotseat. Dr. Helen Caldicott talks about how she became an activist and her then-upcoming Symposium on the Medical and...

NH #130: Friends of the Earth’s Australian Nuke Campaigner Dr. Jim Green Dec 18, 2013

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Japanese National Cancer Institutecomic book telling kids thathalf of them will get cancer…and they need to practice “prevention.” Like what? Smiling? This Week’s Featured Interview: Dr. Jim Green is Nuclear Campaigner for Friends of the Earth in Australia. What’s that country’s culpability for Fukushima? How does the country function as a “nuclear umbrella” for the...

NH #129: US Sailors Vs. TEPCO w/Attorney Charles Bonner Dec 11, 2013

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Japanese citizens protest the newly-passed Secrecy Law INTERVIEW: Attorney Charles Bonner, one of the team representing sailors from the USS Ronald Reagan in their lawsuit against TEPCO for the health damages they sustained from Fukushima radiation during Operation Tomadachi, the humanitarian aid mission to Japan immediately after the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami. NUMNUTZ...

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