NH #444: Anti-Nuclear Peace Nun Sister Megan Rice of Plowshares

Anti-nuclear peace nun Sister Megan Rice of Plowshares with co-protestors Michael Walli (l) and Gregory Bortje-Obed (r) Listen Here: [powerpress] This Week’s Featured Interviews: Anti-Nuclear Peace Nun Sister Megan Rice – To celebrate the holidays, a reminder of one of 2015’s successes — the early release from prison of Sister Megan Rice, one of three…

NH #442: Smug Stupid Los Alamos: Joni Arend’s Toxic Tour of Radioactive Manhattan Project Legacy Sites

Smug Stupid Los Alamos: A guide to the atomic hot spots – meaning REALLY hot – around the radioactive Manhattan Project legacy sites with Joni Arends of Concerned Citizens for Nuclear Safety. Pictured above: How much more smug can it get than boasting about atomic bombs and making radiation “jokes” on tee shirts for small…

NH #441: Nuclear Waste Warriors: USA National Activists Gather to Fight for Truth, Sanity in Radioactive Waste Storage

Nuclear Waste Warriors from around the United States gathered in Albuquerque, NM in November to brainstorm, strategize, and coordinate efforts and actions. This Week’s SPECIAL: Nuclear Waste Warriors from around the U.S. came together November 7-11, 2019, in Albuquerque, New Mexico, to brainstorm, strategize, and coordinate work against the nuclear nightmares in their own backyards,…

NH #441: Nuclear Bailout Battle in Ohio: Harvey Wasserman, Pat Marida on HB 6, Nuke Industry Dirty Tricks, Physical Threats

Nuclear bailout battle in Ohio over a referendum to reverse HB 6, which gives billions of dollars to First Energy and its aging nuclear reactors – Davis Besse and Perry – has at its core the lie that nuclear is going to somehow reverse the climate crisis. It won’t. LISTEN HERE: [powerpress] This Week’s Featured…

NH #440: Fukushima Journey, Pt. 2: Olympics Propaganda, Thyroid Cancers, Japanese Govt. Lies – 4 days in Fukushima Prefecture w/Beverly Findlay-Kaneko

Fukushima Journey – 4 days on-the-ground in Fukushima Prefecture w/Beverly Findlay-Kaneko (l) and Setsuko Kida-san, here pictured in front of memorial for those who died in the 3/11/11 earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear disaster. Note the incinerator in the background (r), built to deal with fields of bags full of decontamination debris. Photo Copyright 2019, Yuji…

NH #439: Fukushima Disappearing?: 4- Day Journey through Japan’s Radioactive Olympics Prefecture w/Beverly Findlay-Kaneko (Pt. 1)

Fukushima Disappearing? Tomioka 2019 – the dead end at the “difficult to return” zone. One side of the street is in the repatriation zone; the other, behind the red and white barriacade, is in the exclusion zone. Can you see the difference? Photo: Copyright 2019 Yuji Kaneko; used by permission of photographer. Listen Here: [powerpress]…

NH #438: Radiation: The Invisible Threat – Mary Olson on Gender/Age Dangers, Joseph Mangano on Thyroid Cancer Risks

Listen Here: [powerpress] This Week’s Featured Interviews: Radiation: The invisible threat is discussed by two researchers who have each spent decades focused on nuclear radiation dangers: Mary Olson is a retiring member of Nuclear Information and Resource Service (NIRS) staff after almost 30 years. She now serves as Acting Director of Gender and Radiation Impact…

NH #437: Navajo Birth Cohort Study finds Uranium Contamination in Navajo Women, Babies: Dr. Johnnye Lewis, Anna Rondon

Navajo Birth Cohort Study (logo above) discovered uranium in the bodies of more than one-quarter of the women and children studied thus far. This Week’s Featured Interviews: Navajo Birth Cohort Study toxicologist and principal investigator Dr. Johnnye Lewis explains the medical research that has been done so far on Navajo Nation women and their babies,…