Nuclear Hotseat

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...

 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. ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

FEATURED: Report on Fukushima resident and activist Chieko Shiina’s heartrending presentation on current life in Japan and Fukushima, along with information on how to help her start a Children’s Clinic to address pressing health problems. PLUS: Fukushima determined by Japanese committee to be “a man-made disaster” (incompetence can do that!); TEPCO top execs resign… only...

Get the inside scoop on this September’s Coalition Against Nukes rally and actions in Washington, D.C. from Dr. Heidi Hutner and Michael Leonardi, long time anti-nuclear activists serving as coordinators for the event. Plus: Japanese scientists share earthquake data and dire predictions as KEPCO restarts the Oi reactors; Fukushima Unit 4 a mere gasket failure...

MUST LISTEN!  Slammer interview w/environmental attorney Susan Hito Shapiro on the battle to shut down Indian Point near NYC, plus some legal strategies applicable for anti-nuke activists throughout the country. Plus: 45,000 Japanese protest at PM Noda’s front door against Oi nuclear restart, which has already been plagued by 27 WARNING ALARMS GOING OFF!; TILT! ...

Dr. Bill Cardozo of CreativeElectron.com and Darin McClure of SanOnofre.com on radiation monitors, what they’ll do and won’t do, crowd-source radiation monitoring and how to hook up some monitors directly to the Internet for real-time result posting. Radiation 101 classes the last Saturday of each month, w/streaming video and online posting available at: www.CreativeElectron.com. Plus:...