NH #515: Indian Point Shutdown! What’s Next? Manna Jo Greene, Dr. Gordon Edwards on Nuclear Decommissioning Process

NH #515: Indian Point Shutdown! What’s Next? Manna Jo Greene, Dr. Gordon Edwards on Nuclear Decommissioning Process

This Week’s Featured Interviews: Indian Point Shutdown!  The closure of Indian Point’s last operating nuclear reactor – only 25 miles from Manhattan – is a cause for celebration… and a recalibration of the activist response to focus on decommissioning challenges.  Two genuine experts paint the decommissioning picture: Manna Jo Greene has been the Environmental Director…

NH #488: Hot Nukes & Global Warming: Nuclear’s Climate Change Connection – Attny Susan Hito Shapiro

Hot nukes – The thermal plume from Indian Point and Lovett power plants in this infra-red image taken in 1998 by scientists from GER/SpectroTech, Inc. The reds indicate discharge temperatures from 1-8 degrees hotter than ambient river water, and the yellows go up to 14.5 degrees hotter. One scientist noted that the plume appeared to…

NH #267: INDIAN POINT Film – Former NRC Chair Jaczko, Director Meeropol

This Week’s Featured Interviews: Filmmaker, subject and activists converged at the Los Angeles run of the documentary, INDIAN POINT, an exploration of nuclear issues seen through the lens of the two aging nuclear reactors located only 25 miles from New York City. We talk with director Ivy Meeropol about what led her to devote four…