Nuclear Hotseat

INTERVIEWS: Rudolph Herzog, author of A SHORT HISTORY OF NUCLEAR FOLLY: MAD SCIENTISTS, DITHERING NAZIS, LOST NUKES AND CATASTROPHIC COVER-UPS. Kendra Ulrich, Nuclear Campaigner for Friends of the Earth, explains the significance of the May 13 Atomic Safety Licensing Board (ASLB) ruling that mandates an adjudicated public hearing on Southern California Edison’s (SCE’s) scheme to...

INTERVIEWS:  Kendra Ulrich, Nuclear Campaigner for Friends of the Earth, who explains what it’s like to stand up solo and face down the Nuclear Regulatory Commission on their home turf — and what the macro conversation is about getting San Onofre shut down. Nuclear videographer Myla Reson asks Rep. Henry Waxman tough questions and gets...

Nuclear Engineering at San Onofre (Photo: 10 News San Diego) INTERVIEW: When the LaSalle Nuclear Power Plant 125 miles from Chicago got hit with lightning on April 17, it set up a series of emergency shut-downs, unvented gas releases, and an untold amount of radiation let loose in the environment.  The issues are complex and deeply...

INTERVIEWS: Three special interviews on the Legacy of Chernobyl and the implications to Fukushima and the future of the people of Japan: Chernobyl survivor Bonnie Kouneva, who as a 16-year-old lived in Bulgaria, 800 miles away from the nuclear disaster… but it wasn’t far enough. Dr. Alexei Yablokov, who compiled over 5,000 research papers in...

 FEATURED:  You may have heard about the sailors from the USS Ronald Reagan suing TEPCO for their radiation exposure, but you haven’t heard the whole story.  “The devil’s in the details,” as they say, and the details in this story from former quartermasters Jaime Plym and Maurice Enis promises to break your heart and and...

INTERVIEW:  Radiation from Fukushima, nuclear reactors and leftover atmospheric testing continue to compromise the safety of our food.  Learn the dangers of radiation contamination — and how to take action — from two members of the Fukushima Fallout Awareness Network (FFAN): Cindy Folkers of Beyond Nuclear and Mary Beth Brangan of EON (Ecological Options Network). ...

INTERVIEW:  Gary Headrick of San Clemente Green walks us through recent manipulations and slickery by Southern California Edison and explains why SCE’s request for a licensing hearing by the NRC is not the same as an adjudicated licensing hearing by the NRC.  Plus the sudden departure of NRC Region IV head Elmo Collins, the new...

SPECIAL:  Direct from Dr. Helen Caldicott’s Global Symposium on the Medical and Ecoogical Consequences of Fukushima, the voices of activists from around the world share what they saw, heard, felt — and decided they’d have to do about it once they got home.  Close to 20 individuals share their take-aways at the most exciting and...

INTERVIEW:  Dr. Lloyd C. Williams, international Fortune 100-level coach/consultant/organizational psychologist, on Organizational Psychosis as it relates to Japan, TEPCO, the NRC and the rest of the nuclear industry, with tips to activists on how to break the nuclear cycle of abuse.  DR. WILLIAMS’ CONTACT INFORMATION: Website:  http://www.i-ttl.com/, http://www.drlloydcwilliams.com Email:  orgdoctor@ittl.org Phone:  +1-(678)-834-5441 PLUS: BREAKING NEWS:...

PLUS:  Hanford leaking up to two Olympic-sized swimming pools worth of plutonium-laden waste, endangering Columbia River; Germany facing nuke waste dangers and admits they haven’t a clue how to handle it; Nuke workers dying – three in February alone! Rep. Markey suspects Southern California Edison, operators of San Onofre, guilty of violating federal securities laws; Entergy...