NH #295: Code Red x 100! - Danger Reports the Nuke Industry Hides - Journalist Karl Grossman

This Week’s Featured Interview:

• Award-winning journalist Karl Grossman shares insights on the Indian Point Closure agreement, the hidden manipulation tactics of the Institute of Nuclear Power Operators, and gives us examples of how activists have successfully scuttled nuclear industry plans.

Karl Grossman’s Links:

• Article – “An Engineer’s Perspective on the Indian Point Shutdown“
• FREE download of Karl Grossman’s book, Cover Up: What You Are Not Supposed to Know About Nuclear Power

Suggested Groups:

• Beyond Nuclear
• Nuclear Information and Resource Service (NIRS)
• Radiation and Public Health Service

Numnutz of the Week (for Nuclear Boneheadedness):

One picture is worth a thousand words… but a selfie with the nuclear football?  Pictured: Trump cronie Richard DeAgazio (r in top photo) and the hapless aide-de-camp charged with carrying the nuclear launch codes (l in top photo – face obscured for security reasons).  Lower picture shows hapless aide-de-camp carrying briefcase with the President’s nuclear launch codes into Trump’s Mar-A-Lago resort.  Guess which one of those two guys undoubtedly lost his elevated position in the world?  (HINT: It probably wasn’t the guy on the right.)

European Report with Shaun McGee:

• Link to the notes for Shaun’s segment, including source attributions: https://europeannewsweekly.wordpress.com/2017/02/14/european-report-for-nuclear-hotseat-podcast-14-february-2017-notes/

The Missing Link:

• Dr. Helen Caldicott: The Fukushima Nuclear Meltdown Continues Unabate