NH #174: MacFarlane Bails NRC, WIPP Rad-Fan Restart, Food Safety for Japanese Imports

INTERVIEWS: At Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP Site) near Carlsbad, NM, Department of Energy restarts exhaust fan exposed to Plutonium and Americium during February 14, 2014 radiation leak; Don Hancock of Southwest Resource and Information Center provides us with an update and insights. One From the Vault:  Nuclear Hotseat #7, July 26, 2011Jon Solomon of…

NH #172: Dr. Helen Caldicott, “Crisis Without End”

 Rudolph’s not the only reindeer glowing in Norway… INTERVIEW:Dr. Helen Caldicott – Nobel Peace Prize nominee, founder of Physicians for Social Responsibility, pediatrician, veteran anti-nuclear activist and author – discusses her latest book,“Crisis Without End” about Fukushima’s medical and ecological consequences, and her upcoming2015 Symposium on Nuclear Weapons. Dr. Helen Caldicott (r) with Nuclear Hotseat’s…

NH #160: WIPP Radiation Accident Update w/Don Hancock, Voices from Japan w/Filmmaker Yumiko Hayakawa

URGENT – THE EPA PLANS TO RAISE “ALLOWABLE” RADIATION LIMITS BY AS MUCH AS A FACTOR OF 350!  ACCEPTING COMMENTS UNTIL AUGUST 3, 2014 – WRITE TO THEM NOW!http://www.regulations.gov/#!submitComment;D=EPA-HQ-OAR-2013-0689-0001 INTERVIEWS: WIPP ACCIDENT – Don Hancock, Director of Southwest Research and Information Center in Albuquerque, NM, brings us up to date again about the February 14…

NH #157: Climate Change w/Nuke Engineer Ernie Goitein, NIRS Head Tim Judson

Image by 281_Anti nuke INTERVIEWS:Nuclear engineer Ernie Goitein offers clear explanations of engineering problems w/aging nuclear plants and provides a new insight as to how nukes directly impact global warming. Tim Judson, Executive Director of Nuclear Information and Resource Service (NIRS) on this September’s People’s Climate March and why anti-nuclear activists must rally and participate…

NH #155: BREAKING: 1st USS Reagan Death + Voices f/Japan: Komoro Homestay w/Laura & Giichi Inoue

LISTEN HERE: DOWNLOAD HERE: http://lhalevy.audioacrobat.com/download/9be8296a-eae1-763b-5077-de36432384a6.mp3 BREAKING – A NUCLEAR HOTSEAT EXCLUSIVE: First death of a USS Ronald Reagan sailor hit by radiation from Fukushima Daiichi while on the humanitarian aid Operation Tomodachi.  Information just released today by the legal team representing the USS Reagan sailors in their billion dollar lawsuit against TEPCO. Military honors for…

NH #143: WIPP Update #4 w/Don Hancock + New Food Safety Feature

INTERVIEW:  Don Hancock of Southwest Research and Information Center again fills us in on the latest developments at the Waste Isolation Pilot Project (WIPP) in Carlsbad New Mexico following the Valentine’s Day radiation leak.  What exactly happened, how much leaked, how far has it traveled in which direction, what are the radiation levels — we…

NH #136: DC Smackdown! Resnikoff on NRC/High Burn-up Fuel, NIRS’ D’Arrigo on EPA/Radiation

INTERVIEWS:  First-hand reports on the recent meetings between  anti-nuclear activists and top level reps of the NRC, EPA and Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works. Dr. Marvin Resnikoff, Senior Associate at Radioactive Waste Management Associates, has been an international consultant on radioactive waste management for decades.  He met with NRC Chair Alison Macfarlane and Commissioners…