66 Nuclear Hotseat episodes on this topic from June 2013 to July 2026. Most recent: “NH #786: Protecting Navajo Nation from New Uranium Rush – Dr. Tommy Rock + Trinity Blast Nuclear Downwinders Tina Cordova, Bernice Guttierez”.
Trinity atomic bomb blast – .025 seconds into the Atomic Age – July 16, 1945 This Week’s Featured Interviews: Dr. Tommy Rock is a member of the Navajo Nation from Monument Valley, Utah. He got his Bachelor’s degree from Arizona State University in Environmental Geography and Recreational Management
Nuclear Hotseat 15th Anniversary SPECIAL! A look back at a decade-and-a-half of hghlights from nuclear stories, activists, actions & awards.
Govt incompetence or cover-up? Army vet exposed to depleted uranium in Iraq reveals health impact, struggles with DOD & VA for testing, treatment, acknowledgement.
Navajo Nation abandoned uranium mine "clean-up" really resource extraction scheme for corporate profit - Anna Rondon. Kevin Kamps on restart dangers of Palisades reactor.
At 82, Peace Hero nun Sr. Megan Rice broke into Y-12, the US "Fort Knox" uranium stockpile, to protest nuclear weapons. Here's her story, straight out of prison.
Int'l Uranium Film Festival held in Navajo Nation brought together films, filmmakers, activists & community - 14 films exploring a full range of nuclear issues.
"Physics Chanteuse" Lynda Williams presents Atomic Cabaret at Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Songs, satire, videos, even a sing-along! PLUS: Remembering Church Rock - the interviews.
On the 80th anniversary of the first atomic bomb blast, Downwinders share stories of what the radiation did to their families and way of life, how the government failed them, and h
Iran can still build nuclear bombs. Dr. Gordon Edwards decodes uranium enrichment process & levels; they were already far above levels required for weapons.
At 83, Peace Hero nun Sr. Megan Rice broke into Y-12, the US "Fort Knox" uranium stockpile, to protest nuclear weapons. Here's her story, straight out of prison.
UN promotes Resolution for 21-scientist panel to examine nuclear war & climate change + G20-Rio hosts Int'l Uranium Film Fest. Art meets nuclear weapons, Hibakusha!
Depleted uranium (DU) weapons - what they are, what they do, who's got them, who's using them? Jack Cohen-Joppa of The Nuclear Resister focuses on Ukraine, Russia, Israel.
Nuclear anniversaries: First A-Bomb Test at Trinity in NM, Church Rock uranium tailings pond spill on Navajo Nation lands - both happened on July 16, 34 years apart.
Time to catch up: Uranium Film Fest N. American tour ends in Las Vegas, RECA lobbying in DC as deadline looms, activist Patti Ameno passes.
Int'l Uranium Film Festival kicked off its N. American tour in Navajo Nation w/11 films, creating a space for activists from 9 countries to network, plan.
Radiation Exposure Compensation Act now attached to Foreign Aid spending bill. Dawn Chapman on educating Congress, working w/Sen. Hawley.
International Uranium Film Festival coming to US/Canada for two months, 12 cities! Holtec illegally boiling off radioactive water from Pilgrim in MA.
Japan quake/nuclear reactor update + depleted uranium weapons depot explosion in Ukraine sent radioactive plume over Europe into UK - Chris Busby.
At 82, Peace hero nun Sister Megan Rice broke into Y-12, the highly guarded "Fort Knox" of the US uranium stockpile to protest nuclear weapons. Here's her story, straight out of p
LOOPHOLE! The new Grand Canyon National Monument protects 1 million acres from NEW uranium mines, but the OLD mines can still operate!
The 1979 Church Rock uranium tailings pond spill in Navajo Nation - the biggest nuclear contamination accident in US history. Ex-miner, survivors, explain.
Depleted Uranium expert/academic Damacio Lopez on why Ukraine's President Zelensky MUST NOT use DU weapons in Ukraine.
International Uranium Film Festival in Rio concludes w/awards ceremony & Lifetime Achievement Award to Nuclear Hotseat's Libbe HaLevy.
SPECIAL! Nuclear Hotseat's Libbe HaLevy reports on the International Uranium Film Festival in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Our history made visible, on film.
Depleted uranium weapons sent by UK to Ukraine equal nuclear war without the fireball, an eternal threat to human DNA. Dr. Helen Caldicott minces no words.
NRC semantics risks turning Utah uranium mine into int'l nuclear waste dump. Ute Mountain Ute Tribe fights back to save their water, land.
Saskatchewan Indigenous activist Candyce Paul on uranium company lies, disinformation, manipulation of communities, First Nations pushback.
In this episode, learn why Russian uranium and reactor fuel rods are NOT sanctioned and continue to be delivered around the world.
This week we preview Nuclear Films for the Int'l Uranium Film Festival, including a first-ever panel of Indigenous uranium activists in N & S America.
Trinity A-Bomb – First photo of the birth of the Atomic Age: Trinity atomic bomb test blast on July 16, 1945. Fallout from this “dirty bomb” is still harming Downwinders, who were exposed and are still exposed to the radia
Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) Extension Needed for Downwinders of Trinity and Nevada A-bomb Tests, Uranium Miners: Map of U.S. areas hit by fallout from at least three of the 100 atmospheric bomb tests done above ground in Neva
Uranium Film Festival continues with the German film (English Subtitles), Of the Sense of the Whole: The Network of Physicist Hans-Peter Dürr (r). This Week’s Featured Interview: The International Uranium Film Festival continues
Uranium Film Festival – Frame from long-suppressed U.S. Government film taken on-the-ground in Nagasaki after A-bomb blast on August 9, 1945. This film footage focuses on the human aspect of nuclear holocaust and is used in films by b
Oregon Nuclear Legislation – a full court press of propaganda Podcaster/Citizen Activist Lonnie Clark on nuclear shenanigans at the Oregon State House This Week’s Featured Interview: Oregon Nuclear Legislation is being proposed
Nuclear Hotseat #500! Treaty to Prohibit Nuclear Weapons takes on Force of Law! Lots to celebrate! Treaty to Prohibit Nuclear Weapons passes into international law as of Friday, January 22, 2021! An important message (above) to those countr
Nuclear Racism: Navajo Nation’s Radioactive Legacy – Uranium mining disaster site: SRIC’s Chris Shuey on site at Church Rock, explaining the devastation of the 1979 uranium tailings pond spill of 94-million gallons of highly aci
At the Church Rock 40th anniversary of the spill of 90 million gallons of uranium-contaminated water into Navajo Nation's Puerco River.
Navajo Nation’s Janene Yazzie, protesting the missing and dead Navajo women, working on uranium mining/contamination issues, and now on the front lines of covid pandemic relief This Week’s Featured Interview: Navajo
Chernobyl Fire – representation of radioactive smoke dispersion over Europe from the 3+ week wildfire in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone This Week’s Featured Interviews: Kate Brown is the author of Manual for Survival: A Cher
Covid19/Nuclear impacts felt even in the wilds of the Grand Canyon as uranium mines cry crocodile tears in an attempt to grab stimulus money. Covid19/Nuclear UPDATE: This Week’s Featured Interview: Covid19/Nuclear impact – bad n
Radiation causes disproportionate harm to women, little girls, but the model for safety is adult men. Mary Olson crunches the data. Shocking results!
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
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 investi
NUCLEAR UPDATE: Three Mile Island Alert billboard states the plain and ugly truth about the radioactive waste left behind – that closing the reactors is only the first step in an endless process. Listen Here: [powerpress] This Week
Uranium Miner Larry J. King (center) explains the site of the 1979 Church Rock uranium tailings pond breach that dumped more than 94 million gallons of uranium contaminated waste water into the adjacent Puerco River – a nuclear disast
Uranium mining disaster site: SRIC’s Chris Shuey on site at Church Rock, explaining the devastation of the 1979 uranium tailings pond spill of 94-million gallons of highly acidic radioactive waste into Puerco River on Navajo Nation la
Nuclear Earthquake fears for Diablo Canyon nuclear reactors (above) got kicked up by the 7.1 Ridgecrest quake on July 5. According to veteran activist Harvey Wasserman , if the quake had hit closer than its less than 200 miles from Diablo C
Radioactive Nuclear Reactors – Millstone Nuclear’s strontium 90 spew into surrounding community was exposed by the late Katie the Goat’s milk. Her great-granddaughter Victoria carries on the family tradition. This WeekR
Indigenous Nuclear activists (clockwise from upper left) Candyce Paul, webinar producers from the UK’s Stop New Nuclear, Ashish Birulee, and Leona Morgan This Week’s Featured Speakers: Indigenous Nuclear Genocide: The star
Norbert Suchanek & Marcia Olviera Gomez, Organizers Filmmakers, Audience Members – and one Podcaster w/a Book – at the International Uranium Film Festival in Window Rock, Arizona. SPECIAL: International Uranium Film Festival
Nuke films from around the world featured in AZ and NM at Int’l Uranium Film Festival This Week’s Featured Interviews: Nuke films? This man’s got ’em! Norbert Suchanek is the Executive Director of the Int
This Week’s Featured Interviews: Mari Inoue of Manhattan Project for a Nuclear-Free World talks about the issues surrounding the US-Japan Nuclear Energy Cooperation Treaty – and why we really don’t want it to be renewed. LINK to infor
This Week’s Featured Interviews: BREAKING: After last week’s latest SCRAM emergency shutdown at the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Plant in Massachusetts, Diane Turco of Cape Downwinders and two others were arrested after deliverin
BREAKING: Nuclear Hotseat Producer/Host Libbe HaLevy will be interviewed by John B. Wells for Caravan to Midnight , airing Friday, July 8, 2016, available for download thereafter for a small fee. This Week’s Featured Interview:
Featured Interviews: An audio mosaic of the celebrities, filmmakers, activists, actorvists, fans and media at the first-ever International Uranium Film Festival in Los Angeles, April 27, 2016 . Among the featured interviews and person
FEATURED INTERVIEWS: Norbert Suchanek , Director of the International Uranium Film Festival , reports from events in Berlin about the week’s screenings and specific films, plus plans to bring the IUFF to Los Angeles next year.&n
This Week’s Featured Interview: Karen Hadden , executive director of the Sustainabe energy and Economic Develoopment Coalition , or SEED Coalition environmental watchdog group based in Texas, on the discovery of high levels of uranium
INTERVIEWS: Leona Morgan of Diné No Nukes is a Diné (“Navajo”) advocate for clean water, focused on protecting her people and the land from new uranium mining and nuclear developments in the Southwest, specifically around
LISTEN HERE: DOWNLOAD HERE SPECIAL REPORT NUCLEAR HOTSEAT EXCLUSIVE! QUEBEC CITY — The world’s perception of nuclear issues shifted in mid-April in Quebec at the World Uranium Symposium and the Uranium Film Festival. More
INTERVIEWS: Alicyn Gitlin, who coordinates the Campaign to Restore and Protect the Greater Grand Canyon Ecoregion for the Sierra Club Grand Canyon Chapter. She is joined by: Sandy Bahr , who is Chapter Director for the Grand Ca
Caution! Podcaster at work… FEATURED INTERVIEWS: Christian Levesque , organizer for this year’s Uranium Film Festival in Quebec , explains how he coordinated the timing of this year’s event with an international scientific
This Week’s Featured Interview: Alicyn Gitlin , who coordinates the Campaign to Restore and Protect the Greater Grand Canyon Ecoregion for the Sierra Club Grand Canyon Chapter , on uranium mining and “zombie mines” a
US Energy Secretary Earnest Moniz well on his way to blackmailing Japan into indemnifying GE over Fukushima. INTERVIEW: Norbert Suchanek is the founder and General Director of t he Uranium Film Festival, which covers all aspects of th
Davis (R) and Besse (L) at home downwind of the nuclear disaster-in-the-making that bears their names. INTERVIEWS: Michael Keegan , Chair of the Coalition for a Nuclear-Free Great Lakes , fills us in on how San Onofre strategy will impact t