Nuclear Hotseat

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Nuclear Hotseat #67 – SPECIAL – Report on CAN Rally for a Nuclear-Free Future Sep 26, 2012

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Nuclear Hotseat Special Report on the Coalition Against Nukes Rally for a Nuclear-Free Future September 20-22, 2012 An audio journey through three days of top-level activism, starring the best minds and hearts in the Nuclear-Free Future activist community. This podcast includes interviews with or speeches by: Green Party Presidential candidate Jill Stein Rep. Dennis Kucinich...

NH #65 – Dr. Janette Sherman & Joseph Mangano on Post-Fukushima Deaths in US Sep 12, 2012

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Plus: Police kill anti-nuke protesters, including a small girl, as thousands continue to protest at Koodankulam NPP in India; The fight is on to stop PG&E from exterminating CA sea life to justify keeping Diablo Canyon NPP chugging away atop its earthquake faults; TEPCO says Unit 4 is “perfectly safe” in a quake up to...

NH #64: Fukushima Diary’s Iori Mochizuki; NRC Denies License (!) to Calvert Cliff Sep 05, 2012

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PLUS: For only the second time in history, the NRC denies a request for a license! NIRS Exec. Director Michael Mariotte labels this action, “A blow to the so-called ‘nuclear renaissance.'” San Onofre to get cost/benefit analysis to see if it makes sense to attempt to reopen it (CLUE: The answer is NO!); Dr. Michael...

NH #63 – BREDL’s Lou Zeller, Whales Picket Diablo, India’s $9 Nuclear Special! Aug 29, 2012

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Lou Zeller, Executive Director of the Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League, on how to grow grassroots activism, southeastern U.S. nuke issues, support for the CAN Rally for a Nuclear Free Future. News: Whales Picket Diablo Canyon; India’s $9 Numnutz – the ultimate pro-nuker’s sweet deal; tsunami debris already hitting Alaska hard; Dr. Caldicott’s 14 recommendations...

NH #62 – Hanford Leaks, Mutated Worms, Kucinich sics NRC on NRC over Davis Besse Aug 22, 2012

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Mary Olson of NIRS on what it means when nuclear reactors are in hot water – literally. How To Be a Homebound Activist (hint: Yes You CAN – in time for the Coalition Against Nukes Congressional Briefing on Sept. 20 in DC); Hanford site leaking; NRC just might decide to maybe study health risks for...

NH #61: Mary Olson of NIRS.org on Nuclear Waste; “Terrorist” 82-Year Old Nun Assaults Nuke Facility w/a Bible! Aug 15, 2012

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Interview: Mary Olson, Director of Southeast Office of NIRS.org, on what the June 8 DC court ruling means to the battle against nuclear waste production (meaning reactors and their radioactive legacy). This woman is a clear, concise powerhouse! News: 82-year-old “terrorist” nun breaks into Oak Ridge nuclear facility armed w/a Bible, candles and spray paint. ...

NH #60 – NRC Freezes Nuclear Reactor Construction, Plus Kevin Kamps on Reactor Waste Aug 08, 2012

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Interview w/Kevin Kamps of Beyond Nuclear on radioactive waste storage problems, options, how we got in this mess and what if anything can be done about this ever-lasting health menace. www.BeyondNuclear.org BREAKING NEWS – NRC freezes all nuclear reactor construction and operating licenses! PLUS: San Diego’s COPS (Citizens Oversight Projects) challenges San Onofre’s failure to...

NH #59: Consciousness Raising for West Hollywood Mayor’s Office Aug 01, 2012

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PLUS: Japanese anti-nuke demonstrators get pushy at their Parliament building; Extreme increase in mortality from heart attacks in Japan since Fukushima disaster began; Southern California Edison laying plans to restart San Onofre by November while activists prepare to launch their “Hell, no!”; US nuclear power production at 9-year low because of heat and drought; Anti-radiation...

NH #58 – Ray Lutz Shreds the NRC’s Whitewash of SCE/San Onofre Steam Generator Redesign Jul 25, 2012

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Featured Interview: Engineer and activist Ray Lutz “nukes” the NRC’s cover-up of SCE’s responsibility for San Onofre’s steam generator problems. PLUS: Four nuke plants trigger NRC “Unusual Events” in a single day. With that many, is it still “unusual?” (And still, no blackouts!); Illinois reactor in “hot water” – at 102 degrees, cooling water can’t...

NH #57 – Filmmaker Chris Noland, CA’s Radioactive Almonds & Prunes Jul 18, 2012

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Interview w/filmmaker Chris Noland (NOT Christopher Nolan from “Batman”),who recorded the first months after Fukushima as a relief worker in thefield. His film, “311 Surviving Japan” is in post-production and alreadygarnering overwhelming response in preview screenings. PLUS: 170,000 march against nuclear energy and the Oi restart in Japan; KEPCO cooked the energy books, turning off...

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