Nuclear Hotseat

Three Mile Island Nuclear Accident – 37 Years Later Historical Audio ŸŸ-Ÿ First-Person AccountsOfficial Errors – Mutations and Deaths – Lack of Accountability What it was like on the ground at the first major commercial nuclear power reactor accident in US history… and what has happened in the 37 years since. Featuring: Eric Epstein of Three...

This Week’s Featured Interviews: Veteran environmental activist John Jackson is author of the report issued on March 2 by the Canadian Environmental Law Association, calling for radionuclides to be designated by the US and Canada as a “chemical of mutual concern” under the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement. More than 100+ groups signed onto this...

This Week’s Featured Interviews: The PSR/IPPNW report released last week projecting at least 10,000 excess cancer cases in Japan because of the radioactivity releases from the ongoing Fukushima nuclear disaster. We’ll hear from: Dr. Catherine Thomasson, Executive Director of Physicians for Social Responsibility; Dr. Alex Rosen of International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War;...

This Week’s Featured Interviews: Beverly Findlay-Kaneko provides an “on-the-ground in Japan” overview of the current situation faced by people living with the aftermath of the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster.  She is the producer behind our Voices from Japan series and this year is the Voice from Japan Kimberly Roberson is the founder of Fukushima...

This Week’s Featured Interview: Dr. Alex Rosen, a German pediatrician who is Vice President of International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW).  On behalf of that group, he takes on the United Nations’ UNSCEAR report on Fukushima that drastically, perhaps criminally downplayed the health dangers of that ongoing nuclear disaster. A pdf transcript...

“Atoms Next Door” Symposium on the St. Louis Nuclear Nightmare: A Full-Length Nuclear Hotseat SPECIAL Dr. Helen Caldicott (R) interviewed by Libbe HaLevy (L) on-site at the Bridgeton Landfill in North St. Louis.  Behind them:  (L-R) – Mali Martha Lightfoot, Byron DeLear, Kay Drey In North St. Louis, World War II era nuclear weapons waste...

This Week’s Featured Interviews: Dr. Diane Sandler is doctor of Oriental medicine and a craniosacral therapist who has been practicing in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles for three decades. Her focus has been to support her patients in co-creating optimum health through lifestyle changes and deep core work that lead to cellular change....

Full program devoted to the radon risk hiddenin the methane gas leak disaster at Porter Ranch in Los Angeles.  This Week’s Featured Interviews: Kevin Kamps is the Nuclear Waste Watchdog for Beyond Nuclear.  He gives an overview of the problems created by radon and suspicions about its impact on the people of Porter Ranch. Cindy...

This Week’s Featured Interview: Byron DeLear lives near the West Lake Landfill in North St. Louis, Missouri, and has been involved in clean energy issues as chairman and CEO of Energy Equity Funding. He is a columnist with Examiner.com and is currently running for state representative. We spoke about latest developments on radiological nightare site...

Special Encore Presentation: To celebrate the end-of-year holidays, a reminder from May of one of 2015’s successes — the early release from prison of three brave peace activists who staged the 2012 peaceful protest against nuclear weapons at the Y-12 nuclear facility in Oak Ridge, Tennessee.  We’ll hear from: Sister Megan Rice, the 85-year old...