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NH #41 – Three Mile Island Anniversary Special, The Koodankulam 15, Dr. Helen Caldicott Mar 28, 2012

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Download it here:http://lhalevy.audioacrobat.com/download/e0e8afa5-1b3d-95df-37be-2ffd0ba3ade2.mp3 Special report on Three Mile Island on the eve of the 33rd anniversary, including host Libbe HaLevy’s personal story of having been one mile away when it happened; Exclusive interview w/Dr. Helen Caldicott; 15 Koodankulam activists in India now 9 days into a fast to the death (if necessary) to stop two...

NH #39 for March 13, 2012 – 1st Anniversary of Fukushima, San Onofre Demonstration Mar 14, 2012

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On the first anniversary of the Tohoku earthquake, tsunami and the start of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster: Special audio report from the March 11 San Onofre anti-nuke demo; Interviews with two survivors of Tohoku quake, tsunami and ongoing Fukushima Daiichi disaster, direct from Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture in Japan, who were speaking at the...

NH #37: US Media Pick Up Severely Flawed Pro-Nuke “Study” of Radiation in Japan Mar 06, 2012

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This from simplyinfo.com, forwarded from Dr. Helen Caldicott’s Facebook page: US Media Promotes Another Flawed “Study”, Downplays Fukushima Journalism standards hit a new low as the NYTimes, Wall Street Journal, Time Magazine’s blog and Scientific American all picked up the story without fact checking. So much for mainstream media’s credibility on the nuclear issue.

NH #35: Arnie Gunderson + Greenpeace = Nuclear Info You Can Believe Feb 29, 2012

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Here’s the latest from Arnie Gunderson and Fairewinds, done in conjunction with Greenpeace. Fairewinds was retained by Greenpeace to write a chapter of their newly released report entitled “The Echo Chamber: Regulatory Capture and the Fukushima Daiichi Disaster”. Fairewinds concludes that Fukushima Daiichi was not just a nuclear accident; rather, for decades it was a...

NH #34: February 28, 2012 Feb 28, 2012

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Japanese government shown to have been in chaos after Fukushima, w/possible Tokyo evacuation; only 2 nuke reactors left online in Japan… and no rolling blackouts; stillborn calves at Fukushima-area farm; NRC cites Palisades Power Plant in Michigan for safety violations, plus Perry near Cleveland and Susquhanna near Harrisburg, PA; North Anna tritium double federal standard,...

NH# 33 Feb 17, 2012

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NH #32: Vermont Yankee Activist Hattie Nestel Feb 15, 2012

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Kick-ass interview w/Hattie Nestle, 73-year-old anti-nuke activist arrested on Feb. 13 at Vermont Yankee nuclear facility; Fukushima 2 in recriticality; NRC licenses two new nuclear reactors for Georgia; Two quakes – 6.2 and 5.5 – at Fukushima within the past 24 hours; 1/3 of kids from Fukushima who were tested have “lumps” on their thyroids...

NH #31: SPECIAL REPORT: San Onofre: How SaFe Is It? Feb 08, 2012

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A summary of the current status of San Onofre nuclear reactors in San Diego after last week’s leaks, the discovery of over 800 damaged pipes, and an employee falling into the radioactive refueling pool. Featuring an interview with James Chambers, a licensed nuclear reactor operator and whistleblower from San Onofre, who offers his unique perspective...

NH #30: How Nuclear Activists Can Get on the Radar of Reporters BEFORE March 11 Jan 23, 2012

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Reporters always need sources and don’t know where to find them. They’ll also take the easiest way out whenever possible. News and journalism have been so degraded since I got my BA in the field that it’s sad to see such simplistic “reporting” when stories are so much richer and more complex than get represented...

NH #29: The (Nuclear) Chain of Life: Are Cancer and Autism Linked to Your Grandmother’s Radiation Exposure? Jan 20, 2012

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An email forwarded to me from Mary Olsen of Nuclear Information and Resource Service (NIRS.com) has been haunting me. It’s well known within the anti-nuclear movement that radiation most profoundly affects fetuses and the very young. In explaining this phenomenon, Mary wrote, “In addition to radiation impacts on DNA (both egg and sperm), there is...

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