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Decommissioning board examines wastewater solutions A week after Holtec, the firm that is decommissioning the Indian Point nuclear power plant, challenged a state law that prevents it from discharging radioactive water into the Hudson River, an oversight board discussed alternate methods of handling the waste. Holtec says it needs to dispose of at least 1.3 million gallons of wastewater, telling the Indian Point Decommissioning Oversight Board that the amount will increase but not indicating by how much. While the plant routinely discharged radioactive wastewater into the river during the 50 years it operated, the process has drawn renewed concern by critics who say the risks have been underestimated. Arnie Gundersen, a former nuclear engineer and nuclear industry executive, told the oversight board at its April 25 meeting that the federal Environmental Protection Agency standards set in the 1970s for tritium, the radioactive material in the wastewater, were "not a health-based standard. It's based on what was easily achievable." Gundersen said that further research was needed to determine the "synergistic toxicity" of tritium, or how it could potentially increase the toxicity of non-radioactive pollutants it comes in contact with, particularly the PCBs in the Hudson River. "We need to take another look at tritium, because it's not as benign as we think," he asserted. "Let's wait for the science to catch up and store it until then." Environmental groups would like to see the wastewater kept on-site for at least 12 years, which is the amount of time that it would take for the tritium to decompose to half its current potency. David Lochbaum, a retired nuclear engineer and former director of nuclear safety at the Union of Concerned Scientists who serves on the oversight board, has repeatedly warned that the tanks used for long-term wastewater storage have leaked elsewhere, and that they must be vented, which allows tritium to escape into the atmosphere. In his presentation, Gundersen explained how the leakage problem could be addressed by storing the wastewater in tanks housed in the plant's former turbine building, which has not yet been torn down. An empty backup could also be available if one of the tanks fails. Berms placed around the tanks would stop leaks from reaching the Hudson, he said, and a rubber diaphragm placed over the vents once the tanks were filled "would allow air movement due to minor temperature changes while preventing evaporation." Frank Spagnuolo, a representative from Holtec, said Gundersen's plan would not solve its primary problem: Until the tanks and pools have been emptied and the wastewater is off-site, the company cannot fully decommission the plant. Holtec announced in November 2023 that the ban on discharging wastewater into the Hudson would delay the completion of its work from 2033 to 2041. It sued New York State in federal court on April 18 to overturn the law. At the April 25 meeting, Spagnuolo said the company had calculated the time lost to legal battles into the anticipated delay. "The tanks need to get released somehow, somewhere," Spagnuolo said. "We can make this our grandchildren's problem, if that's what we decide to do." In a second presentation, Bridget Frymire of the New York Department of Service discussed the feasibility of shipping the wastewater off-site. This is what happened at the decommissioned Vermont Yankee plant from 2021 to 2023, although Frymire noted the site already had a railroad spur. Vermont Yankee's wastewater was shipped to a Texas facility where it was solidified and buried. A facility in Tennessee that is also licensed for radiological waste disposal could put the Indian Point wastewater through a similar process. This potential solution did not appease many of the community members who spoke during the public comment portion of the meeting and said that offloading the Hudson Valley waste to another community would be an environmental justice violation. It w...

NH #583: New Ukraine Nuclear Risks – Arnie Gundersen + Newsom’s $1.4 BILLION Diablo Canyon Trickery Meets Ratepayer Rage This Week’s Featured Interviews: Arnie Gundersen reveals all the different ways that the Ukraine Nuclear reactors in Zaporizhzhia can be compromised to release more radioactivity than 60 Chernobyls. Gundersen is a licensed nuclear reactor operator with...

Ukrainian nuclear reactors' real vulnerability is cooling pump houses & grid lines, not containment according to nuclear engineer and licensed nuclear reactor operator Arnie Gundersen. And SPECIAL: Fukushima 11th Anniversary Voices from Japan puts a spotlight on TEPCO & Japanese government's “recovery” propaganda at Fukushima museum. NH #559

SPECIAL: Nuclear Ukraine in a Russian War Zone - cutting edge information on the catastrophe potential for nuclear Armageddon in Ukraine. It's more than bombs! 15 reactors risk direct hits, loss of diesel for cooling systems, loss of personnel, more! Then there's Chernobyl... Arnie Gundersen, Karl Grossman, Dave Kraft!

This week I spoke with Maggie and Arnie Gundersen. Maggie is the president of Fairewinds Energy Education and Arnie is a nuclear engineer and expert witness he is also the chief engineer for Fairewinds Associates, Inc, paralegal services and expert testimony firm. They both previously worked in the nuclear industry when they both came to the conclusion that this is not the future they want to support or work in and began their research and formation of Fairewinds to inform and educate people around the world, legislative officials, and members of the press concerning the scientific and economic issues relating to the production of electricity and the sources of energy used to create power. With both Maggie and Arnie we talk about the history of nuclear, what resources we need for it, fission vs. fusion, their peer-reviewed publications, and what they're currently working on. To contact and connect with them and Fairewinds Energy Education will be in the show notes below. Thank you so much to both Maggie and Arnie for speaking with me. To read their peer-reviewed publications and learn more about their organizations Fairewinds will be in the show notes below. And tune in next week where we will talk about how the uranium is mined to get the end product of nuclear. Thanks everyone and have a good week! Contact and connect with Maggie and Arnie Gundersen: fairewinds@gmail.com Fairewinds: https://www.fairewinds.org/ Peer Reviewed Papers: https://www.fairewinds.org/fairewinds-peer-reviewed-papers

This Week’s SPECIAL Interview: Woolsey Fire radioactive releases revealed:  In 2018, the massive Woolsey Fire started at the Santa Susana Field Lab – a nuclear radiation- and rocket fuel-contaminated former Rocketdyne site, located in the hills of Simi Valley only 30 miles from downtown Los Angeles.  It burned through contaminated brush and debris, releasing smoke...

SPECIAL: The 2018 Woolsey fire, which started at the radioactively contaminated Santa Susana Field Lab in LA , has been shown in peer-reviewed scientific study to have released radioactive microparticles at 19x background radiation that traveled up to 9 miles away. Authors of the report, based on 360 samples, are the principle researchers Dr. Marco Kaltofen, and Arnie Gundersen and Maggie Gundersen of Fairewinds Energy Education.

Waterford nuclear reactor 25 miles from New Orleans is shut down, off grid, on emergency power, no road access, other problems. Mainstream Media remains silent; Nuclear Hotseat has the crucial info w/Arnie Gundersen and Maggie Gundersen of Fairewinds Energy Education, and Nancy Foust of SimplyInfo.org.

This Week’s SPECIAL Interviews: Following the devastation to New Orleans by Hurricane Ida, mainstream media has failed to cover the situation at the Waterford nuclear facility only 25 miles west of the city.  The facility is shut down, without grid power, and currently cooling the reactor with emergency back-up generators. But is this enough? Will...

This week's full-lengthThree Mile Island Anniversary SPECIALfeatures interviews with: Arnie Gundersen, Chief Engineer for Fairewinds Energy Education.Watch a video of Arnie Gundersen speaking about the accident at the 40th Anniversary of the founding of TMI Alert. Peter Bradford, who was a Commissioner at the Nuclear Regulatory Commissioner  during the TMI accident. Eric Epstein, Chair of...

by Libbe HaLevy | May 20, 2020 Arnie Gundersen, Chief Engineer at Fairewinds Energy Education, has more than 45 years of nuclear power engineering experience. He holds a nuclear safety patent, was a licensed reactor operator, and is a former nuclear industry senior vice president. During his nuclear power industry career, Arnie managed and coordinated projects at 70-nuclear power plants in the US. Here, he goes over the problems at the Vogtle nuclear reactor build in Georgia, where the weight of the unit is already causing it to sink into Georgia’s red clay. Arnie analyzed the data that became the basis for the Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League (BREDL)’s petition to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission called on regulators to revoke the plant’s license for false statements made by its owners, Southern Nuclear Operating Company. Here is the latest Fairewinds blog post by Arnie and Maggie Gundersen about the sinking reactor of Vogtle.Here is the BREDL legal petition and Arnie’s expert report for BREDL via the Fairewinds website.Fairewinds’ research about safety issues of AP1000 reactor design, the same reactors at Vogtle Nancy Burton is Director of Connecticut Coalition Against Millstone (MothballMillstone.org), and she joined us to talk about the implications of the latest Covid cases at Millstone nuclear reactor in Waterford, CT during the current refueling outage.Go to www.nuclearhotseat.com to sign up for weekly information directly to your email boxPodcast is also putlished on YouTube: nutzforart

Vogtle Nuclear in Georgia dangerously sinking under its own weight: Arnie Gundersen explains problems, how it happened, how bad it is... and it's bad. Nancy Burton of Connecticut Coalition Against Millstone reports on 11 Covid positive diagnoses, some of them predating the start of the current refueling process, and how it is disproportionately impacting control room personnel.

Leaning (Nuclear) Tower of Vogtle: Fairewinds Energy Education’s Arnie Gundersenon the dangers of a sinking nuclear reactor in Georgia This Week’s Featured Interviews: Arnie Gundersen, Chief Engineer at Fairewinds Energy Education, has more than 45 years of nuclear power engineering experience. He holds a nuclear safety patent, was a licensed reactor operator, and is a...

Vogtle Nuclear in Georgia dangerously sinking under its own weight: Arnie Gundersen explains problems, how it happened, how bad it is... and it's bad. Nancy Burton of Connecticut Coalition Against Millstone reports on 11 Covid positive diagnoses, some of them predating the start of the current refueling process, and how it is disproportionately impacting control room personnel.

Vogtle Nuclear in Georgia dangerously sinking under its own weight: Arnie Gundersen explains problems, how it happened, how bad it is... and it's bad. Nancy Burton of Connecticut Coalition Against Millstone reports on 11 Covid positive diagnoses, some of them predating the start of the current refueling process, and how it is disproportionately impacting control room personnel.

This Week’s Featured Interview:Covid/Nuclear Dangers and Lies: As the Covid pandemic continues to ravage its way through society, the nuclear industry is placed in serious jeopardy of being able to maintain safety at its 98 U.S. operating nuclear reactors. How bad are the problems? How much should we believe the industry’s claims of being “safe” while asking for enormous bailouts from the Covid stimulous package? We turned to two experts to find out. Arnie Headshot.jpg Arnie Gundersen has more than 45-years of nuclear power engineering experience. He attended Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) where he earned his Bachelor Degree cum laude while also becoming the recipient of a prestigious Atomic Energy Commission Fellowship for his Master Degree in nuclear engineering. Arnie holds a nuclear safety patent, was a licensed reactor operator, and is a former nuclear industry senior vice president. During his nuclear power industry career, Arnie also managed and coordinated projects at 70 nuclear power plants in the US. Maggie Gundersen founded Fairewinds Energy Education, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization, in 2008. Its mission has remained to educate the public about nuclear power production, engineering, reliability, and safety issues. Maggie also founded Fairewinds Associates, Inc, a paralegal and expert witness services firm in 2003. She has a history as well expertise within the nuclear power industry.Go to www.nuclearhotseat.com to subscribe and contribute to Nuclear Hotseat: Be Part of the SolutionAll podcasts are also posted on Lonnie Clark's YouTube channel: nutzforart

Arnie Gundersen & Maggie Gundersen of Fairewinds Energy Education call out COVID19/Nuclear dangers as nuke industry asks for tax credits, fee waivers, continued fuel transfers... but hides personnel impact of the disease.

Covid/Nuclear Dangers – More industry lies, problems revealed:Arnie Gundersen and Maggie Gundersen,interviewed by Nuclear Hotseat producer/host Libbe HaLevy This Week’s Featured Interview: Covid/Nuclear Dangers and Lies:  As the Covid pandemic continues to ravage its way through society, the nuclear industry is placed in serious jeopardy of being able to maintain safety at its 98 U.S....

Arnie Gundersen & Maggie Gundersen of Fairewinds Energy Education call out COVID19/Nuclear dangers as nuke industry asks for tax credits, fee waivers, continued fuel transfers... but hides personnel impact of the disease.

Arnie Gundersen & Maggie Gundersen of Fairewinds Energy Education call out COVID19/Nuclear dangers as nuke industry asks for tax credits, fee waivers, continued fuel transfers... but hides personnel impact of the disease.

Today on Sojourner Truth, we kick off our 2020 Election Watch series. We get updates and analysis from Alan Minsky, Executive Director of the Progressive Democrats of America. Wednesday, March 11, marked the nine-year anniversary of the earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan, triggering the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster. We speak with Arnie Gundersen, an energy advisor with almost 50 years of nuclear power engineering experience. He is the chief engineer of Fairewinds Energy Education and a former nuclear industry senior vice president. He earned his Bachelor's and Master's Degrees in nuclear engineering, holds a nuclear safety patent, and was a licensed reactor operator. During his nuclear industry career, Arnie managed and coordinated projects at 70-nuclear power plants around the country. For our weekly Earth Watch, we speak with Josey Tenorio Peyestewa, a Hopi descendant born in Third Mesa Hotevilla, Arizona and raised in Los Angeles, California. She is an Advocate for Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women. She organizes Prayer Runs through many states asking for justice for our sisters and brothers who have been murdered. Josey also raises awareness for our Missing Women and Men and Man Camps and Human Trafficking.

Today on Sojourner Truth, we kick off our 2020 Election Watch series. We get updates and analysis from Alan Minsky, Executive Director of the Progressive Democrats of America. Wednesday, March 11, marked the nine-year anniversary of the earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan, triggering the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster. We speak with Arnie Gundersen, an energy advisor with almost 50 years of nuclear power engineering experience. He is the chief engineer of Fairewinds Energy Education and a former nuclear industry senior vice president. He earned his Bachelor's and Master's Degrees in nuclear engineering, holds a nuclear safety patent, and was a licensed reactor operator. During his nuclear industry career, Arnie managed and coordinated projects at 70-nuclear power plants around the country. For our weekly Earth Watch, we speak with Josey Tenorio Peyestewa, a Hopi descendant born in Third Mesa Hotevilla, Arizona and raised in Los Angeles, California. She is an Advocate for Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women. She organizes Prayer Runs through many states asking for justice for our sisters and brothers who have been murdered. Josey also raises awareness for our Missing Women and Men and Man Camps and Human Trafficking.

Today on Sojourner Truth, we kick off our 2020 Election Watch series. We get updates and analysis from Alan Minsky, Executive Director of the Progressive Democrats of America. Wednesday, March 11, marked the nine-year anniversary of the earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan, triggering the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster. We speak with Arnie Gundersen, an energy advisor with almost 50 years of nuclear power engineering experience. He is the chief engineer of Fairewinds Energy Education and a former nuclear industry senior vice president. He earned his Bachelor's and Master's Degrees in nuclear engineering, holds a nuclear safety patent, and was a licensed reactor operator. During his nuclear industry career, Arnie managed and coordinated projects at 70-nuclear power plants around the country. For our weekly Earth Watch, we speak with Josey Tenorio Peyestewa, a Hopi descendant born in Third Mesa Hotevilla, Arizona and raised in Los Angeles, California. She is an Advocate for Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women. She organizes Prayer Runs through many states asking for justice for our sisters and brothers who have been murdered. Josey also raises awareness for our Missing Women and Men and Man Camps and Human Trafficking.

Today on Sojourner Truth, we kick off our 2020 Election Watch series. We get updates and analysis from Alan Minsky, Executive Director of the Progressive Democrats of America. Wednesday, March 11, marked the nine-year anniversary of the earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan, triggering the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster. We speak with Arnie Gundersen, an energy advisor with almost 50 years of nuclear power engineering experience. He is the chief engineer of Fairewinds Energy Education and a former nuclear industry senior vice president. He earned his Bachelor's and Master's Degrees in nuclear engineering, holds a nuclear safety patent, and was a licensed reactor operator. During his nuclear industry career, Arnie managed and coordinated projects at 70-nuclear power plants around the country. For our weekly Earth Watch, we speak with Josey Tenorio Peyestewa, a Hopi descendant born in Third Mesa Hotevilla, Arizona and raised in Los Angeles, California. She is an Advocate for Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women. She organizes Prayer Runs through many states asking for justice for our sisters and brothers who have been murdered. Josey also raises awareness for our Missing Women and Men and Man Camps and Human Trafficking.

Today on Sojourner Truth, we kick off our 2020 Election Watch series. We get updates and analysis from Alan Minsky, Executive Director of the Progressive Democrats of America. Wednesday, March 11, marked the nine-year anniversary of the earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan, triggering the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster. We speak with Arnie Gundersen, an energy advisor with almost 50 years of nuclear power engineering experience. He is the chief engineer of Fairewinds Energy Education and a former nuclear industry senior vice president. He earned his Bachelor's and Master's Degrees in nuclear engineering, holds a nuclear safety patent, and was a licensed reactor operator. During his nuclear industry career, Arnie managed and coordinated projects at 70-nuclear power plants around the country. For our weekly Earth Watch, we speak with Josey Tenorio Peyestewa, a Hopi descendant born in Third Mesa Hotevilla, Arizona and raised in Los Angeles, California. She is an Advocate for Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women. She organizes Prayer Runs through many states asking for justice for our sisters and brothers who have been murdered. Josey also raises awareness for our Missing Women and Men and Man Camps and Human Trafficking.

Today on Sojourner Truth, we kick off our 2020 Election Watch series. We get updates and analysis from Alan Minsky, Executive Director of the Progressive Democrats of America. Wednesday, March 11, marked the nine-year anniversary of the earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan, triggering the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster. We speak with Arnie Gundersen, an energy advisor with almost 50 years of nuclear power engineering experience. He is the chief engineer of Fairewinds Energy Education and a former nuclear industry senior vice president. He earned his Bachelor's and Master's Degrees in nuclear engineering, holds a nuclear safety patent, and was a licensed reactor operator. During his nuclear industry career, Arnie managed and coordinated projects at 70-nuclear power plants around the country. For our weekly Earth Watch, we speak with Josey Tenorio Peyestewa, a Hopi descendant born in Third Mesa Hotevilla, Arizona and raised in Los Angeles, California. She is an Advocate for Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women. She organizes Prayer Runs through many states asking for justice for our sisters and brothers who have been murdered. Josey also raises awareness for our Missing Women and Men and Man Camps and Human Trafficking.

Today on Sojourner Truth, we kick off our 2020 Election Watch series. We get updates and analysis from Alan Minsky, Executive Director of the Progressive Democrats of America. Wednesday, March 11, marked the nine-year anniversary of the earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan, triggering the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster. We speak with Arnie Gundersen, an energy advisor with almost 50 years of nuclear power engineering experience. He is the chief engineer of Fairewinds Energy Education and a former nuclear industry senior vice president. He earned his Bachelor's and Master's Degrees in nuclear engineering, holds a nuclear safety patent, and was a licensed reactor operator. During his nuclear industry career, Arnie managed and coordinated projects at 70-nuclear power plants around the country. For our weekly Earth Watch, we speak with Josey Tenorio Peyestewa, a Hopi descendant born in Third Mesa Hotevilla, Arizona and raised in Los Angeles, California. She is an Advocate for Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women. She organizes Prayer Runs through many states asking for justice for our sisters and brothers who have been murdered. Josey also raises awareness for our Missing Women and Men and Man Camps and Human Trafficking.

Today on Sojourner Truth, we kick off our 2020 Election Watch series. We get updates and analysis from Alan Minsky, Executive Director of the Progressive Democrats of America. Wednesday, March 11, marked the nine-year anniversary of the earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan, triggering the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster. We speak with Arnie Gundersen, an energy advisor with almost 50 years of nuclear power engineering experience. He is the chief engineer of Fairewinds Energy Education and a former nuclear industry senior vice president. He earned his Bachelor's and Master's Degrees in nuclear engineering, holds a nuclear safety patent, and was a licensed reactor operator. During his nuclear industry career, Arnie managed and coordinated projects at 70-nuclear power plants around the country. For our weekly Earth Watch, we speak with Josey Tenorio Peyestewa, a Hopi descendant born in Third Mesa Hotevilla, Arizona and raised in Los Angeles, California. She is an Advocate for Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women. She organizes Prayer Runs through many states asking for justice for our sisters and brothers who have been murdered. Josey also raises awareness for our Missing Women and Men and Man Camps and Human Trafficking.

Today on Sojourner Truth, we kick off our 2020 Election Watch series. We get updates and analysis from Alan Minsky, Executive Director of the Progressive Democrats of America. Wednesday, March 11, marked the nine-year anniversary of the earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan, triggering the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster. We speak with Arnie Gundersen, an energy advisor with almost 50 years of nuclear power engineering experience. He is the chief engineer of Fairewinds Energy Education and a former nuclear industry senior vice president. He earned his Bachelor's and Master's Degrees in nuclear engineering, holds a nuclear safety patent, and was a licensed reactor operator. During his nuclear industry career, Arnie managed and coordinated projects at 70-nuclear power plants around the country. For our weekly Earth Watch, we speak with Josey Tenorio Peyestewa, a Hopi descendant born in Third Mesa Hotevilla, Arizona and raised in Los Angeles, California. She is an Advocate for Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women. She organizes Prayer Runs through many states asking for justice for our sisters and brothers who have been murdered. Josey also raises awareness for our Missing Women and Men and Man Camps and Human Trafficking.

Today on Sojourner Truth, we kick off our 2020 Election Watch series. We get updates and analysis from Alan Minsky, Executive Director of the Progressive Democrats of America. Wednesday, March 11, marked the nine-year anniversary of the earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan, triggering the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster. We speak with Arnie Gundersen, an energy advisor with almost 50 years of nuclear power engineering experience. He is the chief engineer of Fairewinds Energy Education and a former nuclear industry senior vice president. He earned his Bachelor's and Master's Degrees in nuclear engineering, holds a nuclear safety patent, and was a licensed reactor operator. During his nuclear industry career, Arnie managed and coordinated projects at 70-nuclear power plants around the country. For our weekly Earth Watch, we speak with Josey Tenorio Peyestewa, a Hopi descendant born in Third Mesa Hotevilla, Arizona and raised in Los Angeles, California. She is an Advocate for Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women. She organizes Prayer Runs through many states asking for justice for our sisters and brothers who have been murdered. Josey also raises awareness for our Missing Women and Men and Man Camps and Human Trafficking.

Mickey and Chase host an hour dedicated to climate change, and how the world can move toward a low-emissions economy. This week’s guests are climate organizer Robert Manning, nuclear-energy expert Arnie Gundersen,…

A discussion of Electromagnetic Pulses – what they are, what they do, and what they would do to the U.S. energy grid and especially the safety controls of our nuclear reactors. Spoiler alert: it isn’t good. We talk with:Arnie Gundersen, Chief Engineer at Fairewinds Energy Education and a leading expert on nuclear technology. The Fairewinds website is designed to be a hub for fact-based, undistorted information about nuclear power in order to fulfill their mission to inform and educate people around the world, legislative officials, and members of the press concerning the scientific and economic issues relating to the production of electricity and the sources of energy used to create power.Robert Manning is a longtime activist against nuclear weapons and the founder of of Nuclear Terror Today, which contains the pledge he spoke about on the show.Susi Snyder is the head of PAX Netherlands and the leader in the international Don’t Bank on the Bomb campaign. This program contains a 90 second summary of the DBOTB strategy. A full-length discussion with Susi that explains all aspects of the program — and its growing list of successful divestments from nuclear weapons-producing companies, is on Nuclear Hotseat #412 from May 14, 2019.Resources: Fairewinds video on EMP from nuclear weapon in space Fairewinds video on EMP from Solar Storm Watch the video, take the pledge! Nuclear Terror Todaywww.nuclearhotseat.comPlease like, share, subscribeAlso follow Lonnie Clark on YouTube (where this podcasts also posts) at: nutzforart

his Week’s Featured Interview: Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff and management don’t like whistleblowers, and somebody who probably ranks as their least favorite one is this week’s Nuclear Hotseat guest. Arnie Gundersen is a former nuclear industry executive and nuclear engineer with more than 44 years of nuclear industry experience. He became a whistleblower in 1990. Gundersen has written dozens of expert reports for non-government organizations and the state of Vermont. His curriculum vitae shows Gundersen is a licensed Critical Facility Reactor Operator from 1971-1972. He is Chief Engineer at Fairewinds Energy Education. In this extended interview with Nuclear Hotseat Producer/Host Libbe HaLevy, Gundersen goes into his history as a nuclear industry insider, the consequences of his bringing safety considerations to the attention of his boss, and the personal and professional “fallout” that resulted from his standing up for the truth. Included is Arnie’s update on what can be shared thus far about the Woolsey Fire at the Santa Susana Field Lab and the challenges faced in trying to learn more from ash and soil samples. Links: CNN video of Arnie Gundersen’s presentation during the 40th anniversary of TMI: Three Mile Island Accident Reconsidered – March 27, 2019: https://www.fairewinds.org/nuclear-energy-education/nuclear-spring-a-legacy-of-lies?fbclid=IwAR2BpO7qiv3i2j_78Cy_gXWyy28S-CRjpRNFrGk1k0Sn5edEV9y5ZtjRFwg PETITION: Demand the presidential candidates oppose the first use of nuclear weapons – petition from WinWithoutWar.org. Add your name to demand a public commitment from every 2020 presidential candidate to institute a policy against the first use of nuclear weapons if elected president.Go to www.nuclearhotseat.com for all podcast inventory and to sign up for your monthly contribution.

Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) doesn’t care for nuclear engineer/whistleblower Arnie Gundersen, seen here speaking on Three Mile Island Accident Reconsidered on March 27, 2019 (video link below) This Week’s Featured Interview: Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff and management don’t like whistleblowers, and somebody who probably ranks as their least favorite one is this week’s Nuclear...

EMP – electromagnetic pulse – from nuclear blast in space over Ohio would fry electronic circuits in all nuclear reactor cooling systems from Chicago to the east coast – oh joy! This Week’s Featured Interview: A discussion of Electromagnetic Pulses – what they are, what they do, and what they would do to the U.S....

EMPs - the Electromagnetic Pulse - caused by one nuclear bomb detonation in space over Ohio would take out nuke reactor safety controls from E Coast to Chicago, causing 60 Fukushima type meltdowns. Arnie Gundersen of Fairewinds Energy and Robert Manning of Nuclear Terror Today share the bad news, necessary steps we need to be taking.

EMPs - the Electromagnetic Pulse - caused by one nuclear bomb detonation in space over Ohio would take out nuke reactor safety controls from E Coast to Chicago, causing 60 Fukushima type meltdowns. Arnie Gundersen of Fairewinds Energy and Robert Manning of Nuclear Terror Today share the bad news, necessary steps we need to be taking.

EMPs - the Electromagnetic Pulse - caused by one nuclear bomb detonation in space over Ohio would take out nuke reactor safety controls from E Coast to Chicago, causing 60 Fukushima type meltdowns. Arnie Gundersen of Fairewinds Energy and Robert Manning of Nuclear Terror Today share the bad news, necessary steps we need to be taking.

http://nuclearhotseat.com/2019/03/26/three-mile-island-40th-anniversary-pt-1-wtf-happened-at-tmi-nh-405/Arnie Gundersen, Chief Engineer for Fairewinds Energy Education.Watch a video of Arnie Gundersen speaking about the accident at the 40th Anniversary of the founding of Three Mile Island Alert. Peter Bradford, who was a Commissioner at the Nuclear Regulatory Commissioner during the TMI accident.Eric Epstein, Chair of Three Mile Island Alert at TMIA.org.Three Mile Island Alert’s Radiation monitoring at EFMR.orgMary Stamos (Osborn), long time Middletown resident, TMI survivor, and TMIA member, whose collection of mutated plants and flowers has just been accepted by the Smithsonian Institution.Walter Cronkite, anchor for the CBS Evening News at the time of TMI and known as “the most trusted newsman in America. (Cronkite’s CBS network reports on TMI have been SCRUBBED FROM YOUTUBE!)Podcast is also on Lonnie Clark's social media:Facebook: Lonnie ClarkTwitter: Tweetnot3Tumblr: nutzforartYouTube: nutzforart

Three Mile Island, site of 1979 nuclear meltdown, hits its 40th anniversary amid shutdown plans vs. nuke industry push to keep it open. TMI survivor Libbe HaLevy recreates that time in historic audio along w/terrifying personal account. A Nuclear Hotseat SPECIAL featuring: Arnie Gundersen, Chief Engineer for Fairewinds Energy Education. Watch a video of Arnie Gundersen speaking about the accident at the 40th Anniversary of the founding of Three Mile Island Alert. Peter Bradford, who was a Commissioner at the Nuclear Regulatory Commissioner during the TMI accident. Eric Epstein, Chair of Three Mile Island Alert at TMIA.org. Three Mile Island Alert's Radiation monitoring at EFMR.org Mary Stamos (Osborn), long time Middletown resident, TMI survivor, and TMIA member, whose collection of mutated plants and flowers has just been accepted by the Smithsonian Institution. Walter Cronkite, anchor for the CBS Evening News at the time of TMI and known as “the most trusted newsman in America. (NOTE: Cronkite's CBS network reports on TMI have been SCRUBBED FROM YOUTUBE!) Interviews with residents, doctors, activists, audio from inside TMI as the accident was happening, media reports, and more. PLUS: Nuclear Hotseat host Libbe HaLevy's personal story of having been one mile away from TMI while the accident was happening. This is the subject of Libbe's recently published nuclear memoir, Yes, I Glow in the Dark! One Mile from Three Mile Island to Fukushima and Nuclear Hotseat. Available on Amazon.

Three Mile Island, site of 1979 nuclear meltdown, hits its 40th anniversary amid shutdown plans vs. nuke industry push to keep it open. TMI survivor Libbe HaLevy recreates that time in historic audio along w/terrifying personal account. A Nuclear Hotseat SPECIAL featuring: Arnie Gundersen, Chief Engineer for Fairewinds Energy Education. Watch a video of Arnie Gundersen speaking about the accident at the 40th Anniversary of the founding of Three Mile Island Alert. Peter Bradford, who was a Commissioner at the Nuclear Regulatory Commissioner during the TMI accident. Eric Epstein, Chair of Three Mile Island Alert at TMIA.org. Three Mile Island Alert’s Radiation monitoring at EFMR.org Mary Stamos (Osborn), long time Middletown resident, TMI survivor, and TMIA member, whose collection of mutated plants and flowers has just been accepted by the Smithsonian Institution. Walter Cronkite, anchor for the CBS Evening News at the time of TMI and known as “the most trusted newsman in America. (NOTE: Cronkite’s CBS network reports on TMI have been SCRUBBED FROM YOUTUBE!) Interviews with residents, doctors, activists, audio from inside TMI as the accident was happening, media reports, and more. PLUS: Nuclear Hotseat host Libbe HaLevy’s personal story of having been one mile away from TMI while the accident was happening. This is the subject of Libbe’s recently published nuclear memoir, Yes, I Glow in the Dark! One Mile from Three Mile Island to Fukushima and Nuclear Hotseat. Available on Amazon.

Three Mile Island, site of 1979 nuclear meltdown, hits its 40th anniversary amid shutdown plans vs. nuke industry push to keep it open. TMI survivor Libbe HaLevy recreates that time in historic audio along w/terrifying personal account. A Nuclear Hotseat SPECIAL featuring: Arnie Gundersen, Chief Engineer for Fairewinds Energy Education. Watch a video of Arnie Gundersen speaking about the accident at the 40th Anniversary of the founding of Three Mile Island Alert. Peter Bradford, who was a Commissioner at the Nuclear Regulatory Commissioner during the TMI accident. Eric Epstein, Chair of Three Mile Island Alert at TMIA.org. Three Mile Island Alert’s Radiation monitoring at EFMR.org Mary Stamos (Osborn), long time Middletown resident, TMI survivor, and TMIA member, whose collection of mutated plants and flowers has just been accepted by the Smithsonian Institution. Walter Cronkite, anchor for the CBS Evening News at the time of TMI and known as “the most trusted newsman in America. (NOTE: Cronkite’s CBS network reports on TMI have been SCRUBBED FROM YOUTUBE!) Interviews with residents, doctors, activists, audio from inside TMI as the accident was happening, media reports, and more. PLUS: Nuclear Hotseat host Libbe HaLevy’s personal story of having been one mile away from TMI while the accident was happening. This is the subject of Libbe’s recently published nuclear memoir, Yes, I Glow in the Dark! One Mile from Three Mile Island to Fukushima and Nuclear Hotseat. Available on Amazon.

This week’s full-length Three Mile Island SPECIAL includes interviews with or information from: Arnie Gundersen, Chief Engineer for Fairewinds Enery Education.Watch a video of Arnie Gundersen speaking about the accident at the 40th Anniversary of the founding of Three Mile Island Alert.  Former Nuclear Regulatory Commissioner Peter Bradford, who was at the NRC during the...

This Week’s Featured Interview: Filmmaker Robbie Leppzer discusses his new film, POWER STRUGGLE, about the battle to close down the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant.  Excerpts from the film include some choice observations by nuclear engineer and Fairewinds Energy's Arnie Gundersen. Nuclear Engineer Arnie Gundersen of Fairewinds Energy EducationTestifying on the Vermont Yankee Shutdown hearings as...

Nuclear-industry critics Arnie and Maggie Gundersen warn that, four-and-a-half years after the meltdown, Fukushima still poses a danger to Japan and the Pacific region, and that the Japanese government is trying to prevent journalists and physicians from disclosing the ongoing problems. The program closes with an excerpt from a speech by Arnie Gundersen rebutting the idea of nuclear power as a solution to global warming. Arnie and Maggie Gundersen both worked in the nuclear-power industry, then became whistleblowers about problems in the industry. They now operate the Fairewinds foundation (www.fairewinds.org) The post Nuclear-industry critics Arnie and Maggie Gundersen appeared first on KPFA.

INTERVIEW:Arnie Gundersen of Fairewinds Energy Education (Fairewinds.com), Nuclear Hotseat’s favorite nuclear engineer, gives a concise, clear interpretation of what’s behind TEPCO’s recent announcements regarding water radiation levels, the removal of fuel rods from the fuel pool at Unit 4, and the hole in the roof of Unit 1; manipulation of Japanese doctors to eliminate evidence...

 INTERVIEW:  Former nuclear industry insider Arnie Gundersen of Fairewinds Energy Education (www.Fairewinds.com) paints a clear picture of the current state of problems at Fukushima Daiichi… and then explains what he would do if he were in charge of the disaster site.  His first five minutes on the job would be awesome – and that’s a...

INTERVIEWS: Former nuclear insider Arnie Gundersen, head of Fairewinds.com, explains how and why Vermont Yankee was shut down.  Audio courtesy Fairewinds.com from their podcast series. Hattie Nestle, a member of the Vermont Yankee Women’s Affinity Group, on why she’s not ecstatic over Entergy announcement re: Vermont Yankee.   NUMNUTZ OF THE WEEK:  International Atomic Energy Agency...

The Boys and Girls on the Nuclear Bus, June 4, 2013: (l-r) Gregory Jaczko, Kendra Ulrich, Cathy Iwane, PM Naoto Kan, Arnie Gundersen, Shaun Burnie, Peter Bradford, Eric Pica http://lhalevy.audioacrobat.com/download/NuclearHotseat105-EXCLUSIVENaotoKan.mp3  FEATURED INTERVIEW: In this Nuclear Hotseat Exclusive, former Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan shares about his anti-nuclear political moves in Japan, social media, and makes...

An exclusive Nuclear Hotseat interview with Arnie Gundersen of Fairewinds.com on San Onofre, how and when the problems happened with the steam generators, and the dangers of even thinking about a restart this summer (as SCE has announced they are planning to do).  PLUS: Battle heats up over NRC’s anti-safety Svnicki going for second term...