Podcasts about nuclear information

While Governor Hochul opened up her energy summit in Syracuse on September 5 with a strong statement in support of the need for climate action, much of the focus on the event was her promotion of new nuclear power. We start off by hearing from Tim Judson of the Nuclear Information and Resource Services about why nuclear is not a climate solution. We then went across the street where several groups that were supportive of nuclear were tabling, where we talked with Martha Viglietta of the Citizens Climate Lobby, best known for its promotion of carbon pricing. We then hear from Cornel professor Robert Howarth, a member of the state's Climate Action Council, whose official NYS Climate Scoping Plan rejected new nuclear. He is followed by attorney Joe Heath representing the Onondaga Nation and Laura Shindell of Food and Water Watch. By Mark Dunlea for Hudson Mohawk Magazine.

Dr. Berger's impactful initiatives include co-founding the Nuclear Information and Resource Service and establishing Restoring the Earth, aimed at bringing national attention to environmental restoration efforts. During our conversation, Dr. John J. Berger delves into the motivations behind his latest work, "Solving The Climate Crisis:Frontline Reports From the Race to Save the Earth." This book, born out of years of dedicated research, reflects his deep-seated passion and concerns regarding the environment. We explore topics such as the imperative shift towards clean energy, the promising realm of electric vehicles, and the intriguing concept of regenerative agriculture.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/chatting-with-betsy--4211847/support.

Ralph is joined by Tim Judson from the Nuclear Information and Resource Service (N.I.R.S.) to discuss the growing support for nuclear power in Congress, and the persistent myths that fuel nuclear advocates' false hopes for a nuclear future. Then, Ralph pays tribute to Boeing whistleblower John Barnett, who died unexpectedly this week in the middle of giving his deposition for a whistleblower retaliation lawsuit against Boeing. Plus, Ralph answers some of your audience feedback from last week's interview with Barbara McQuade. Tim Judson is Executive Director of the Nuclear Information and Resource Service (N.I.R.S.). Mr. Judson leads N.I.R.S.' work on nuclear reactor and climate change issues, and has written a series of reports on nuclear bailouts and sustainable energy. He is Chair of the Board of Citizens Awareness Network, one of the lead organizations in the successful campaign to close the Vermont Yankee reactor, and co-founder of Alliance for a Green Economy in New York.Listeners should know that this very complex system called the nuclear fuel cycle—that starts with uranium mines out west piling up radioactive tailings, which have exposed people downwind to radioactive hazards…And then they have to enrich the uranium—and that is often done by burning coal, which pollutes the air and contributes to climate disruption. And then they have to fabricate the fuel rods and build the nuclear plants. And then they have to make sure that these nuclear plants are secure against sabotage. And then you have the problem of transporting—by trucks or rail—radioactive waste to some depositories that don't exist. And they have to go through towns, cities, and villages. And what is all this for? It's to boil water. Ralph NaderIn 2021 and 2022, when the big infrastructure bills— the bipartisan infrastructure bill and the Inflation Reduction Act—were being passed by Congress, the utility industry spent $192 million on federal lobbying in those two years. That's more than the oil industry spent in those two years on lobbying. These are the utility companies that are present in every community around the country. And their business is actually less in selling electricity and natural gas, and more in lobbying state and federal governments to get their rates approved…The utility industry (and the nuclear industry as a subset of that) have been lobbying Congress relentlessly for years to protect what they've got.Tim JudsonFusion is one of these technologies that's always been 30 years away. Whenever there's an announcement about an advancement in fusion research, it's still “going to be 30 years before we get a reactor going.” Now there's a lot more hype, and these tech investors are putting money into fusion with the promise that they're going to have a reactor online in a few years. But there's no track record to suggest that that's going to happen. It keeps the dream of nuclear alive— “We could have infinite amounts of clean energy for the future.” It sounds too good to be true. It's always proven to be too good to be true.Tim JudsonOne of the lines that they're using to promote theAtomic Energy Advancement Act and all of these investments in nuclear… is that we can't let Russia and China be the ones that are expanding nuclear energy worldwide. It's got to be the US that does it.Tim JudsonIn Case You Haven't Heard with Francesco DeSantisNews 3/12/241. The United Nations Relief and Works Agency, or UNRWA, has released a report claiming that “employees released into Gaza from Israeli detention [were] pressured by Israeli authorities into falsely stating that the agency has Hamas links and that staff took part in the October 7 attacks,” per the Times of Israel. These supposed admissions of guilt led to the United States and many European countries cutting off or delaying aid to the agency. The unpublished report alleges that UNRWA staffers were “detained by the Israeli army, and…experienced…severe physical beatings, waterboarding, and threats of harm to family members.” The report goes on to say “In addition to the alleged abuse endured by UNRWA staff members, Palestinian detainees more broadly described allegations of abuse, including beatings, humiliation, threats, dog attacks, sexual violence, and deaths of detainees denied medical treatment.”2. Continuing the genocidal assault on Gaza, Israel has been bombing the densely populated city of Rafah in the South. Domestically, this seems to be too far for even Biden's closest allies, with the AP reporting just before the assault that “[Senator Chris] Coons…of Delaware, called for the U.S. to cut military aid to Israel if Netanyahu goes ahead with a threatened offensive on the southern city of Rafah without significant provisions to protect the more than 1 million civilians sheltering there. [And Senator] Jack Reed, head of the Senate Armed Services Committee, appealed to Biden to deploy the U.S. Navy to get humanitarian aid to Gaza. Biden ally Sen. Tim Kaine challenged the U.S. strikes on the Houthis as unlikely to stop the Red Sea attacks. And the most senior Democrat in the Senate [Patty Murray of Washington] called for Israel to ‘change course.'” Hewing to these voices within his party, President Biden declared that an invasion of Rafah would be a “red line.” Yet POLTICO reports that Israeli PM Netanyahu “says he intends to press ahead with an invasion.” POLTICO now reports that Biden is threatening to condition military aid to Israel in response to Netanyahu's defiance, but it remains to be seen whether the president will follow through on this threat.3. POLITICO also reports that CIA Director Bill Burns is calling for a ceasefire in Gaza, saying “The reality is that there are children who are starving…They're malnourished as a result of the fact that humanitarian assistance can't get to them. It's very difficult to distribute humanitarian assistance effectively unless you have a ceasefire.” This is obviously correct, and illustrates how out of touch the Democratic Party is that they are getting outflanked on peace issues by the literal director of the CIA.4. Whether unwilling – or unable – to change course on Gaza, President Biden is paying the electoral price. In last week's Super Tuesday primaries, the Nation reports “Uncommitted” won 19 percent of the vote and 11 delegates in Minnesota, 29 percent and seven delegates in Hawaii, and 12.7 percent in North Carolina. This week, the New York Times reports Uncommitted took 7.5% – nearly 50,000 votes – in Washington State. Biden also lost the caucus in American Samoa, making him the first incumbent president since Carter to lose a nominating contest, per Newsweek.5. In yet another manifestation of opposition to the genocide in Gaza, Jewish director Jonathan Glazer used his Oscar acceptance speech to “[denounce] the bloodshed in the Middle East and [ask] the audience to consider how it could ‘resist…dehumanization,'” per NBC. Glazer's award winning film “The Zone of Interest” examines how “[a] Nazi commandant…and his family…attempt to build an idyllic life right outside the walls of the Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland during the Holocaust.” Glazer said “All our choices were made to reflect and confront us in the present — not to say, 'Look what we did then,' rather, 'Look what we do now.' Our film shows where dehumanization leads at its worst…Right now, we stand here as men who refute their Jewishness and the Holocaust being hijacked by an occupation, which has led to conflict for so many people." Glazer was the most forthright in his criticism of the Israeli campaign, but NBC notes “Billie Eilish, Mark Ruffalo and Ramy Youssef wore red pins on the Oscars red carpet symbolizing calls for a cease-fire.”6. Aware that they are losing the public relations battle, pro-Israel lobbying groups like the UJA-Federation and the Jewish Community Relations Council have enlisted Right-wing messaging guru Frank Luntz to help with their Hasbara PR, the Grayzone reports. Leaked talking points from his presentation run the gamut from playing up unsubstantiated claims of systematic sexual violence committed by Hamas to acknowledging that “'The most potent' tactic in mobilizing opposition to Israel's assault…‘is the visual destruction of Gaza and the human toll'… [because] ‘It ‘looks like a genocide'.”7. Turning from Palestine to East Palestine, Ohio Cleveland.com reports that during a recent Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee hearing, National Transportation Safety Board  Chair Jennifer L. Homendy told Ohio's junior Senator JD Vance that “The deliberate burn of rail cars carrying hazardous chemicals after last year's crash…wasn't needed to avoid an explosion because the rail cars were cooling off before they were set on fire.” In a statement, Ohio's senior Senator, progressive Democrat Sherrod Brown, called the testimony “outrageous,” and said “This explosion – which devastated so many – was unnecessary…The people of East Palestine are still living with the consequences of this toxic burn. This is more proof that Norfolk Southern put profits over safety & cannot be trusted.”8. In positive labor news, Bloomberg reports that “About 600 video game testers at Microsoft…'s Activision Blizzard studios have unionized, more than doubling the size of labor's foothold at the software giant, according to the Communications Workers of America.” This brings the unionized workforce at Microsoft to approximately 1,000. To the company's credit, Microsoft has been friendly towards unionization, a marked difference from other technology companies – namely Amazon and Tesla – which have gone to extreme lengths to prevent worker organizing.9. In not so positive labor news, Matt Bruenig's NLRB Edge reports “The ACLU Is Trying to Destroy the Biden NLRB.” In a narrow sense, this story is about the ACLU fighting its workers to preserve its internal mandatory arbitration process. More broadly however, Bruenig illustrates how the ACLU is seeking to oust Biden's NLRB General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo – arguing her appointment was unconstitutional – which “could potentially invalidate everything the Biden Board has done.” This is yet another example of the non-profit industrial complex run amok, doing damage to progressive values and opting to possibly inflict economic harm on workers nationwide rather than treat their own workers fairly.10. Finally, according to the Corporate Crime Reporter, “Boeing whistleblower John Barnett was found dead in his truck at a hotel in Charleston, South Carolina after a break in depositions in a whistleblower retaliation lawsuit.” Barnett's lawyer Brian Knowles told the paper “They found him in his truck dead from an ‘alleged' self-inflicted gunshot.” Barnett had gone on record saying “[Boeing] started pressuring us to not document defects, to work outside the procedures, to allow defective material to be installed without being corrected. They started bypassing procedures and not maintaining configurement control of airplanes, not maintaining control of non conforming parts –  they just wanted to get the planes pushed out the door and make the cash register ring.” The timing and circumstances of Barnett's death raise disturbing questions; we hope an exhaustive investigation turns up some answers.This has been Francesco DeSantis, with In Case You Haven't Heard. 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TRAVIS, TAY-TAY, THE SUPER-BOWL AND AMERICA'S INSANE POLITICAL CIRCUS….PLUS NUKES, ASSANGE, LETHAL GAS & MORE OHIO MADNESS     In our first hour we start with TIM JUDSON of the Nuclear Information & Resource Service who joins with KARL GROSSMAN on the realities of America's bogus “Nuclear Renaissance.”   MYLA RESON, TATANKA BRICCA, and CONNIE KLINE update us on a wide range of issues.   We're then updated by ANNE BATIZA on a postcard campaign and other attempts to free Julian Assange.   We then hear from STEVE GOLDSMITH on the perils of a lethal poison gas now threatening Los Angeles.   STEVE CARUSO gives us the latest on the crazed efforts of Ohio officials to kill democracy.   With pop music on our music, we hear from the brilliant ALAN MINSKY the intersection of sports & politics as we head into the SuperBowl.   SANDY BOLZENIUS, MIKE HERSCH, MYLA RESON, WENDI LEDERMAN, STEVEN GOLDSMITH chime in.   ELISSA MATROSS explains the classic dilemma of a powerful political activists who roots for the home team….in this case the 49ers.   ALEX WILLIAMS adds his opinions about whether NFL games are fixed.    TATANKA BRICCA reminds us of the sacrifice of Tommy Smith and John Carlos at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics.   RUTH STRAUSS brings us a reminder of Alabama football, ending this wonderful gathering on a Crimson Tide.

GOOGLE POLICY MAKER RUNS FOR CONGRESS; DESANTIS GETS HIS OWN GESTAPO     Our gathering begins with former Google executive AHMED MUSTAFA and a deep dive into the politics of the world's leading search engine.    With power and clarity, Ahmed, among other things, issues a stark warning on the challenges being posed to our future by Artificial Intelligence.   JOHN STEINER asks for specifics on Ahmed's campaign for Congress now navigating the primaries in Silicon Valley.   SETEVE CARUSO, ERIC LAZARUS, LYNNE FEINERMAN and CAMILLA REES join the dialog.   TIM JUDSON of the Nuclear Information & Resource Service updates us on the horrendous Senate decision to remove Commissioner Jeff Baran from the Nuclear Regulator Commission, proving beyond any lingering doubt that any member of the NRC who values public safety over private profit will not remain.   MYLA RESON updates us on our YouTube presence and asks for your thumbs up!   MIKE HERSH then introduces us to “local hero” KEN BAWERS, who gives us a very impressive deep dive into the demanding world of Stormwater Control and his battles with the $25 billion Riverine Restoration industry.   RON LEONARD raises an interesting challenge to Ken's presentation as we further hear from DIANE CAMERON in praise of Ken's work.   We finish with WENDI LEDERMAN and her horrifying account of life in Florida after DeSantis's presidential bust, extending to his assemblage of an armed “militia” that essentially translates into a private army financed at taxpayer expense.   HANIEH JODAT tells us about supporting a number of progressive candidates in upcoming races.   As Wendi further describes the private DeSantis army, we sign off on another great gathering, and invite you to the next one, which will convene on Monday, February 5, and be rebroadcast soon thereafter at PRN.    Thank you for listening.  No Nuke, and we'll see you soon in Solartopia.    

EPISODE 1777: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to John J. Berger, author of SOLVING THE CLIMATE CRISIS, about the three essential dimensions to saving the earthJOHN J. BERGER Ph.D. is an environmental science and policy specialist, prize-winning author, and journalist. A graduate of Stanford and the University of California, he has written and edited 11 books, including three previous books on climate change, and written over 100 articles on climate change and transitioning to clean energy. His journalism has appeared in Scientific American, Los Angeles Times, Boston Globe and others. He has been a consultant to the National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences, corporations, utilities, and the U.S. Congress, as well as a newspaperman, editor, and a professor at the University of Maryland. John co-founded the Nuclear Information and Resource Service to assist citizen safe-energy groups and founded Restoring the Earth, to bring environmental restoration to national attention. He lives in El Cerrito, CA.Named as one of the "100 most connected men" by GQ magazine, Andrew Keen is amongst the world's best known broadcasters and commentators. In addition to presenting KEEN ON, he is the host of the long-running How To Fix Democracy show. He is also the author of four prescient books about digital technology: CULT OF THE AMATEUR, DIGITAL VERTIGO, THE INTERNET IS NOT THE ANSWER and HOW TO FIX THE FUTURE. Andrew lives in San Francisco, is married to Cassandra Knight, Google's VP of Litigation & Discovery, and has two grown children.

Produced by KSQD 89.5, 89.7 & 90.7FM and KSQT Prunedale “Be Bold America!” Sunday, September 24, 2023 at 5:00pm (PDT) “We don't need to rely just on climate scientists anymore to warn us that we are in a Code Red emergency.” - John J. Berger The news is undeniably grim. Raging wildfires, record-breaking temperatures, monster storms, and any number of other climate-related disasters … warn us regularly that we are barreling toward environmental ruin. Yet, Dr. Berger also insists that rescue is possible. In his new book, “Solving the Climate Crisis: Frontline Reports from the Race to Save the Earth” he introduces us to the bold, practical, proven solutions that are ready to scale right now, and he profiles the scientists, ranchers, business leaders, community organizers, activists, engineers, farmers, and (yes) politicians who are implementing them. Interview Guest:  JOHN J. BERGER Ph.D. is an environmental science and policy specialist, prize-winning author, and journalist. A graduate of Stanford and the University of California, he has written and edited 11 books, including three previous books on climate change, and written over 100 articles on climate change and transitioning to clean energy. His journalism has appeared in Scientific American, Los Angeles Times, Boston Globe and others.    He has been a consultant to the National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences, corporations, utilities, and the U.S. Congress, as well as a newspaperman, editor, and a professor at the University of Maryland. John co-founded the Nuclear Information and Resource Service to assist citizen safe-energy groups and founded Restoring the Earth, to bring environmental restoration to national attention. He lives in El Cerrito, CA.   Guest Cohost: Mike Clancy is the current Chair of the Monterey County Chapter of the Citizens' Climate Lobby and serves on the Question Review Team for the Annual Leon Panetta Lecture Series.  He has authored over 100 publications and is the recipient of the Navy's highest civilian award, the Distinguished Civilian Service Award.  

Framelia Anonas heads the Philippine Nuclear Research Institute's Nuclear Information and Documentation Section, which handles the content creation, media relations, events organizing, information services, and social media of the Institute. We talked about what she likes most about nuclear power, her most memorable experience related to your work, being skeptical about new information, the most common objections about nuclear power, tips for communicating controversial science topics to the public, and more. How to contact Framelia: Facebook: fb.com/framelia.v.anonas PNRI Facebook Page: fb.com/PNRIDOST Instagram: @framvee

Idaho National Laboratory and Batelle Energy Alliance are reaching out to members of the nuclear industry to help develop new modular nuclear reactors. These microreactors will provide a more portable nuclear energy source that will aid INL in its mission to produce net-zero emissions by 2031. "We are gathering information from suppliers from utilities, and others that operate nuclear powerplants and are in the process of designing new microreactors, small modular reactor designs. So the input is from the nuclear industry," said Jhansi Kandasamy, the net-zero director at INL. In the world of engineering and science, modular refers to items that are built with standardized units or dimensions for flexibility and to allow for a variety of uses. You can read the request from input here: https://inl.gov/article/net-zero-program-requests-input-on-nuclear-generated-electricity-to-reduce-emissions/

Please join the Alliance for Nuclear Accountability and the Nuclear Information and Resource Service to acknowledge Robert Alvarez, one of the bedrock founders of the national movement to unmask the human and environmental carnage that resulted directly from the U.S. effort to create a massive nuclear arsenal. The live virtual event runs from 1 to 2:30 pm Mountain Daylight Time this Saturday March 19th. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ccnsupdate/support

Professor Micheal Mann (pictured) is famous for his renowned "hockey stick" that gave a near-perfect image of what is happening with regard to the climate crisis. The American professor has been watching closely what has been happening at COP26 in Glasgow and has said pledges given so far have been encouraging and all that was needed now was for countries to "walk their talk". Professor Tim Flannery is currently in Glasgow as was one of the guests in an event staged by Conversation at the Crossroads, "Can Climate Catastrophe be Averted". With a new electric vehicles strategy and more money for the Clean Energy Finance Corporation, Scott Morrison would appear to be announcing policies to help the nation reach its net-zero emissions goal by 2050. But do these policies represent a true change of heart for the Coalition, or are they just pamphlets with little action attached? Check out a podcast from The Guardian - "Scott Morrison's hollow climate campaigning". Günter Hermeyer from the Nuclear Information and Resource Service was at the climate summit in Glasgow, and told the Australian Conservation Foundation that  "It is very important to look at the whole story". Nuclear power is a dangerous distraction from real climate solutions that are ready to take off in Australia like clean energy from the sun and wind.  Other Quick Climate Links for today are: "The world is going to need a Covax for climate control"; "Government releases modelling underpinning net zero emissions by 2050 target"; "On the brink: will COP26 fail Greta's generation?"; "Coal industry halved by 2050 but greater costs avoided under net-zero plan"; "Calls for Climate Reparations Reach Boiling Point in Glasgow Talks"; "Glasgow climate summit in major backdown on coal, tougher targets"; "Meet the ‘inactivists', tangling up the climate crisis in culture wars"; "COP26 scorecard: Australia vs the world"; "World needs trillions to face climate threat: draft UN report"; "Here's how the government's modellers concluded net-zero would leave us better off"; "COP26: New Zealand depends on robust new rules for global carbon trading to meets its climate pledge"; "COP26 leaves too many loopholes for the fossil fuel industry. 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This Week’s Featured Interview: Oconee Nuclear reactors at risk of inland tsunami from Jocassee Dam – Paul Gunter has been a critic of nuclear power for over 30 years. He is an energy policy analyst and activist who worked as the Director of the Reactor Watchdog Project for Nuclear Information and Resource Service for almost...

*Critical Battle Ahead to Make New Poverty-Fighting Child Tax Credit Permanent; Ben Anderson, Director of Health Policy at the Children's Defense Fund Campaigns; Producer: Scott Harris. *Youth-Led Lawsuit Seeks to Hold Lawmakers Accountable for Harm Caused by Climate Change to Future Generations; Philip Gregory, co-lead counsel in the Our Children’s Trust lawsuit case; Producer: Melinda Tuhus. *Japan's Fukushima Nuclear Disaster Continues 10 Years Later; Tim Judson, Executive Director of the Nuclear Information and Resource Service; Producer: Scott Harris.

Carolyn Harding with Pat Marida and Mary Olson, advocates for the United Nations Treaty banning Nuclear Weapons, Enters into Force Today, Friday, January 22, 2021. Pat Marida has worked to stop the threats posed by nuclear weapons since the 1980s, as a volunteer with the Ohio Nuclear Weapons Freeze Campaign and the Sierra Club. She served as an Executive Committee Member of the Ohio Sierra Club and is currently a Core Team Member of the national Sierra Club's Nuclear Free Campaign. As a pharmacist, she well understands the deadly effects of ionizing radiation on people and other life forms. Pat lives in Columbus. Mary Olson is Acting Director of the Gender and Radiation Impact Project. She served as Staff Biologist and Senior Radioactive Waste Policy Analyst at US-based Nuclear Information and Resource Service. Her work on radiation education lead her to the question of whether biological sex is a factor in radiation harm. Her paper, ‘Atomic Radiation is More Harmful to Women' was featured at the Vienna Conference on the Humanitarian Impacts of Nuclear Weapons; the UN Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty Review; the International Committee of the Red Cross Asia meeting in St. Petersburg, Russia and many other conferences. She is currently raising funds to support a 2021 project to define a new, gender-inclusive basis for radiation protection standards to help prevent unnecessary radiation exposure and reduce radiation harm. https://www.genderandradiation.org icanw.org https://www.hiroshimanagasaki75.org/partners We just witnessed the inauguration of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris to take the leadership and unify the United States of America. And today, January 22, 2021 The United Nations Nuclear Weapon Ban Treaty, a landmark Treaty, Enters into Force. GrassRoot Ohio, Conversations with everyday people working on important issues, here in Columbus and all around Ohio. Every Friday 5:00pm, EST on 94.1FM & streaming worldwide @ WGRN.org, Sundays at 2:00pm EST on 92.7/98.3 FM and streams @ WCRSFM.org, and Sundays at 4:00pm EST, at 107.1 FM, Wheeling/Moundsville WV on WEJP-LP FM. Contact Us if you would like GrassRoot Ohio on your local station. Check us out and Like us on Face Book: https://www.facebook.com/GrassRootOhio/ Check us out on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/grassroot_ohio/ If you miss the Friday broadcast, you can find it here: All shows/podcasts archived at SoundCloud! https://soundcloud.com/user-42674753 GrassRoot Ohio is now on Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/.../grassroot-ohio/id1522559085 This GrassRoot Ohio interview can also be found on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAX2t1Z7_qae803BzDF4PtQ/ Intro and Exit music for GrassRoot Ohio is "Resilient" by Rising Appalachia: https://youtu.be/tx17RvPMaQ8 There's a time to listen and learn, a time to organize and strategize, And a time to Stand Up/ Fight Back!

Biologist Mary Olson's life's mission is to bring to light to the disproportionate impact of radiation on girls and women. Through her work as a staff biologist and policy analyst at Nuclear Information and Resource Service, Olson has spent decades working for greater health and greater protection for people in communities impacted by nuclear activities. After the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster in 2011, Olson decided to pursue questions about greater harm to girls and women from ionizing exposures. Mary is now the founder of Gender + Radiation Impact Project, their mission is to catalyze better choices for preventing unintended exposure to low level ionizing radiation and an overall reduction in harm – for everyone, but especially little girls who are most impacted by radiation exposure. Ionizing radiation as “radiation with enough energy so that during an interaction with an atom, it can remove tightly bound electrons from the orbit of an atom, causing the atom to become charged or ionized.” Ionizing radiation can be found in many places in our modern world, including residue and waste from the nuclear industry, both electric power and weapon production, medical procedures like x-rays and CT scans, and even air travel. For every two men who develop cancer through exposure to ionizing radiation, three women will get the disease. With Mary we talk about how radiation impacts girls and women, the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, the 75th anniversary of Hiroshima Nagasaki which led her to this work, impacts of her research, and what she hopes to see for girls and women concerning radiation for the future. Contact and connect with Mary: gender.radiation@gmail.com Mary's work: https://www.nirs.org/mary-olson-nirs-medical-consequences-using-nuclear-weapons-radiation-risks-women-girls/ Nuclear Information and Resource Service (NIRS): https://www.nirs.org/ Gender + Radiation Impact Project: https://www.genderandradiation.org/ UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons: UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons Hiroshima Nagasaki 75: https://www.hiroshimanagasaki75.org/ Reference Man: https://www.nature.com/articles/ejcn2010125 Background Music Credits: https://www.youtube.com/c/mbbmusic https://soundcloud.com/mbbofficial https://www.instagram.com/mbb_music

Today we are delighted to have Paul Gunter on the show. Paul Gunter is a co-founder of the Clamshell Alliance anti-nuclear group. He has been arrested at Seabrook Station Nuclear Power Plant for non-violent civil disobedience on several occasions. An energy policy analyst and activist, he has been a vocal critic of nuclear power for more than 30 years. Gunter worked as the Director of the Reactor Watchdog Project for Nuclear Information and Resource Service for almost 20 years. In 2007, Gunter joined Beyond Nuclear as their nuclear reactor specialist.

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, as well as national issues. More than 100 individuals shared the most successful and most challenging aspects of their work, trading actions and talking points, networking and bonding, and working to create a unified force against this never-ending nuclear menace.Among those heard on the show: Dave Kraft of Nuclear Energy Information Service in Chicago Kevin Kamps, Nuclear Waste Specialist at Beyond Nuclear Mary Olson, retiring veteran staff member of Nuclear Information and Resource Service, and Acting Director of Gender and Radiation Impact Project Holly Harris, Snake River Alliance (Idaho) John LaForge, Nukewatch (Wisconsin) Molly Johnson, San Luis Obispo Mothers for Peace (California) Dr. Scott Williams, HEAL Utah (Utah) Mervyn Tilden, Navajo Nation Petush Gilbert, Laguna/Acoma Coalition for a Safe Environment (Navajo Nation) Wally Taylor, attorney (Iowa) Eileen O’Shaugnessy, Nuclear Issues Study Group (New Mexico) Steve Kent (New York, Indian Point) Pat Marida, Sierra Club (Ohio) Pat Townsend (Northwest New York state) …and many more! A report on the van trip we took through Los Alamos National Laboratory-adjacent lands and the town of Los Alamos will be in next week’s show, Nuclear Hotseat #443. This Toxic Atomic Road Trip was guided by Joni Arends of Concerned Citizens for Nuclear Safety and Leona Morgan of Nuclear Issues Study Group, with pertinent additions by Ian Zabarte, Director of the Nuclear Oversight Project of the Western Shoshone Nation.Please go to www.nuclearhotseat.com to support Nuclear Hotseat

Radioactive waste generated by U.S. nuclear reactors stands at over 80,000 TONS of the stuff – with nowhere safe to store it long-term. The nuclear industry is pushing hard for an ill-advised so-called “interim” storage site in either New Mexico or West Texas – or both. Recent hearings held by the House and Senate barely allowed the public to be heard, and more hearings are on their way. But what does it all mean to the people most immediately affected?Nuclear Hotseat’s Libbe HaLevy talks with four genuine experts on various aspects of the radioactive waste problem: Kevin Kamps, Nuclear Waste Specialist for Beyond Nuclear, gives the horrifying overview. Diane D’Arrigo, Radioactive Waste Project Director for Nuclear Information and Resource Service (NIRS), goes into the legal issues and current manipulations being attempted by the nuclear industry. Leona Morgan, Nuclear Issues Study Group in Albuquerque, New Mexico, reveals what it’s like on-the-ground, protesting and working to raise public awareness. Karen Hadden, SEED (Sustainable Energy and Economic Development) Coalition, reports on the West Texas proposed site and how the state government is responding to industry pressure… and public outrage. www,nuclearhotseat.comPlease like, share and subscribe.Also follow Lonnie Clark on YouTube: nutzforart

Radioactive waste generated by U.S. nuclear reactors stands at over 80,000 TONS of the stuff – with nowhere safe to store it long-term. The nuclear industry is pushing hard for an ill-advised so-called “interim” storage site in either New Mexico or West Texas – or both. Recent hearings held by the House and Senate barely allowed the public to be heard, and more hearings are on their way. But what does it all mean to the people most immediately effected? Nuclear Hotseat’s Libbe HaLevy talks with four genuine experts on various aspects of the radioactive waste problem: Kevin Kamps, Nuclear Waste Specialist for Beyond Nuclear, gives the horrifying overview. Diane D’Arrigo, Radioactive Waste Project Director for Nuclear Information and Resource Service (NIRS), goes into the legal issues and current manipulations being attempted by the nuclear industry. Leona Morgan, Nuclear Issues Study Group in Albuquerque, New Mexico, reveals what it’s like on-the-ground, protesting and working to raise public awareness. Karen Hadden, SEED (Sustainable Energy and Economic Development) Coalition, reports on the West Texas proposed site and how the state government is responding to industry pressure… and public outrage.

Radioactive waste generated by U.S. nuclear reactors stands at over 80,000 TONS of the stuff – with nowhere safe to store it long-term. The nuclear industry is pushing hard for an ill-advised so-called “interim” storage site in either New Mexico or West Texas – or both. Recent hearings held by the House and Senate barely allowed the public to be heard, and more hearings are on their way. But what does it all mean to the people most immediately effected? Nuclear Hotseat’s Libbe HaLevy talks with four genuine experts on various aspects of the radioactive waste problem: Kevin Kamps, Nuclear Waste Specialist for Beyond Nuclear, gives the horrifying overview. Diane D’Arrigo, Radioactive Waste Project Director for Nuclear Information and Resource Service (NIRS), goes into the legal issues and current manipulations being attempted by the nuclear industry. Leona Morgan, Nuclear Issues Study Group in Albuquerque, New Mexico, reveals what it’s like on-the-ground, protesting and working to raise public awareness. Karen Hadden, SEED (Sustainable Energy and Economic Development) Coalition, reports on the West Texas proposed site and how the state government is responding to industry pressure… and public outrage.

Radioactive waste generated by U.S. nuclear reactors stands at over 80,000 TONS of the stuff – with nowhere safe to store it long-term. The nuclear industry is pushing hard for an ill-advised so-called “interim” storage site in either New Mexico or West Texas – or both. Recent hearings held by the House and Senate barely allowed the public to be heard, and more hearings are on their way. But what does it all mean to the people most immediately effected? Nuclear Hotseat's Libbe HaLevy talks with four genuine experts on various aspects of the radioactive waste problem: Kevin Kamps, Nuclear Waste Specialist for Beyond Nuclear, gives the horrifying overview. Diane D'Arrigo, Radioactive Waste Project Director for Nuclear Information and Resource Service (NIRS), goes into the legal issues and current manipulations being attempted by the nuclear industry. Leona Morgan, Nuclear Issues Study Group in Albuquerque, New Mexico, reveals what it's like on-the-ground, protesting and working to raise public awareness. Karen Hadden, SEED (Sustainable Energy and Economic Development) Coalition, reports on the West Texas proposed site and how the state government is responding to industry pressure… and public outrage.

Of the many formidable and threatening issues facing our species is the abominably reckless, irresponsible actions of politicians who began the nuclear project at Los Allamos and have continued it in various forms since such that we have warheads facing Russia now as we have since the Cold War and they too have theirs facing us.  We have utterly tenuous and volatile nuclear power plants across the country, some sitting on earthquake faults (Diablo) and others situated within 20-50 miles of major urban centers with millions of people (Indian Point).  Among the many threats to our and many other species, the nuclear threat looms as one of the greatest. To speak about this threat today with Mitchell is American journalist, author, democracy activist, and advocate for renewable energy Harvey Wasserman. Harvey has been a strategist and organizer in the anti-nuclear movement in the United States for over 30 years. He has been a featured speaker on Today, Nightline, National Public Radio, CNN Lou Dobbs Tonight and other major media outlets. Wasserman is senior advisor to Greenpeace USA and the Nuclear Information and Resource Service, an investigative reporter, and senior editor of The Columbus Free Press where his coverage, with Bob Fitrakis, has prompted Rev. Jesse Jackson to call them “the Woodward and Bernstein of the 2004 election.” He lives with his family in the Columbus, Ohio, area. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/abwmitchellrabin/support

Kevin Kamps joins us from New Mexico opposing The Holtec centralized interim storage facility CISF - A parking lot for spent fuel. Kevin Kamps has served as Radioactive Waste Specialist at Beyond Nuclear since 2007. Before that, he served in the same role for Nuclear Information and Resource Service (NIRS) since 1999. Kevin has also served as a board member of Don't Waste Michigan, representing his home town Kalamazoo chapter, since 1993. Likewise, he has served on the Nuclear-Free/Green Energy Great Lakes Task Force for more than two decades.        

Kevin Kamps has served as Radioactive Waste Specialist at Beyond Nuclear since 2007. Before that, he served in the same role for Nuclear Information and Resource Service - NIRS since 1999. Kevin has also served as a board member of Don't Waste Michigan, representing his home town Kalamazoo chapter, since 1993. Likewise, he has served on the Nuclear-Free/Green Energy Great Lakes Task Force for more than two decades.         By Dr. Arjun Makhijani  

Word directly from two who are leading the legal battle against NY state's billion dollar bailout of four failing, unprofitable nuclear reactors. Susan H. Shapiro is an New York State attorney whose practice focuses on environmental protection and land use in the Hudson Valley. Tim Judson has been Executive Director of Nuclear Information and Resource Service, or NIRS, since 2014. NUMNUTZ OF THE WEEK - Hanford site in southeastern Washington state is leaking plutonium and americium, internal contamination confirmed in 31 workers and counting -- so is this any time for a federal budget that CUTS BACK on clean-up funds?

Word directly from two who are leading the legal battle against NY state's billion dollar bailout of four failing, unprofitable nuclear reactors. Susan H. Shapiro is an New York State attorney whose practice focuses on environmental protection and land use in the Hudson Valley. Tim Judson has been Executive Director of Nuclear Information and Resource Service, or NIRS, since 2014. NUMNUTZ OF THE WEEK - Hanford site in southeastern Washington state is leaking plutonium and americium, internal contamination confirmed in 31 workers and counting -- so is this any time for a federal budget that CUTS BACK on clean-up funds?

Word directly from two who are leading the legal battle against NY state's billion dollar bailout of four failing, unprofitable nuclear reactors. Susan H. Shapiro is an New York State attorney whose practice focuses on environmental protection and land use in the Hudson Valley. Tim Judson has been Executive Director of Nuclear Information and Resource Service, or NIRS, since 2014. NUMNUTZ OF THE WEEK - Hanford site in southeastern Washington state is leaking plutonium and americium, internal contamination confirmed in 31 workers and counting -- so is this any time for a federal budget that CUTS BACK on clean-up funds?

Nuclear Hotseat – Now Downloaded in 112 Countries* To celebrate five years of continuous, weekly production, Nuclear Hotseat revisits some activists and stories we’ve been covering. Featured Interviews: Kevin Kamps of Beyond Nuclear on the recent federal court refusal to reconsider nuclear reactor on-site long term radioactive waste storage. Mary Olson of Nuclear Information and...

THIS WEEK’S FEATURED INTERVIEW Mary Olson is Director of the Southeast Office for Nuclear Information and Resource Service, or NIRS, on the impact of radiation and how it wrecks disproportionately greater havoc on females than males. NUMNUTZ OF THE WEEK What are they calling out at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, 76 times over?  “Heeeeere,...

INTERVIEW: Leona Morgan of Dine No Nukes explains the massive Church Rock radioactive waste spill of 1979 that released more radiation than Three Mile Island, then covers current issues on Native lands and actions being taken internationally by indigenous people re: nuclear issues. Diane D'Arrigo of Nuclear Information and Resource Service (NIRS) interprets the petitions before the NRC to change standards for radiation exposure from Linear No Threshold (all radiation exposure is dangerous) to the false science of hormesis (radiation is GOOD for you!) - a dangerous reversal in safety standards. Learn what you can do to respond to the NRC. SOCIAL MEDIA SUPERTIPS FOR ACTIVISTS with Dave Parrish covers SEO and how you can get some! PLUS: Lots more.

INTERVIEW: Leona Morgan of Dine No Nukes explains the massive Church Rock radioactive waste spill of 1979 that released more radiation than Three Mile Island, then covers current issues on Native lands and actions being taken internationally by indigenous people re: nuclear issues. Diane D'Arrigo of Nuclear Information and Resource Service (NIRS) interprets the petitions before the NRC to change standards for radiation exposure from Linear No Threshold (all radiation exposure is dangerous) to the false science of hormesis (radiation is GOOD for you!) - a dangerous reversal in safety standards. Learn what you can do to respond to the NRC. SOCIAL MEDIA SUPERTIPS FOR ACTIVISTS with Dave Parrish covers SEO and how you can get some! PLUS: Lots more.

INTERVIEW: Mary Olson, Director of the Southeast Office for Nuclear Information and Resource Service, or NIRS, on the greater danger faced by women and girls to exposure to nuclear radiation, including trans-generational DNA damage and a phenomenon she labels “Atomic Eggs.“ http://www.nirs.org/radiation/radhealth/radhealthhome.htm NIRS‘ Mary Olson speaks on impact of radiation on girls and women at...

INTERVIEW: Mary Olsen, Director of the Southeast Office for Nuclear Information and Resource Service, or NIRS, on the greater danger faced by women and girls to exposure to nuclear radiation. DNA damage, and a phenomenon she labels "Atomic Eggs." NUMNUTZ OF THE WEEK: When is a flawed nuclear evacuation plan not a flawed nuclear evacuation plan? When the Nuclear Regulatory Commission gives it a "White Finding," basically saying this snafu has only a "low to moderate safety significance." Try telling that to the 46,000 people who live there and who'll have to get outta Dodge on a four lane road! Can the NRC spell "homicidal gridlock?" PLUS: NE Japan experiences 6.9 quake, one meter high tsunami. TEPCO water woes at Fukushima Daiichi so bad, even the nuclear-promoting International Atomic Energy Agency admits, "The situation remains very complex." Chernobyl re-releases 0.5 PETABequerels of radiation from smoke released during forest fires. That's half of a million-billion Bequerels. Do the math. Nukes not all they're cracked up to be: Belgian reactors show 13,047 cracks in Doel 3 and 3,149 cracks in Tihange 2. Feel safer now?

INTERVIEW: Mary Olsen, Director of the Southeast Office for Nuclear Information and Resource Service, or NIRS, on the greater danger faced by women and girls to exposure to nuclear radiation. DNA damage, and a phenomenon she labels "Atomic Eggs." NUMNUTZ OF THE WEEK: When is a flawed nuclear evacuation plan not a flawed nuclear evacuation plan? When the Nuclear Regulatory Commission gives it a "White Finding," basically saying this snafu has only a "low to moderate safety significance." Try telling that to the 46,000 people who live there and who'll have to get outta Dodge on a four lane road! Can the NRC spell "homicidal gridlock?" PLUS: NE Japan experiences 6.9 quake, one meter high tsunami. TEPCO water woes at Fukushima Daiichi so bad, even the nuclear-promoting International Atomic Energy Agency admits, "The situation remains very complex." Chernobyl re-releases 0.5 PETABequerels of radiation from smoke released during forest fires. That's half of a million-billion Bequerels. Do the math. Nukes not all they're cracked up to be: Belgian reactors show 13,047 cracks in Doel 3 and 3,149 cracks in Tihange 2. Feel safer now?

We examine the true costs of nuclear energy and whether it is truly necessary as we transition to a sustainable energy economy. Starting in the 1950's there was a Uranium Rush in the US that dwarfed the Gold Rush and left behind more than ten thousand abandoned uranium mines that continue to pollute the air, land and water today and cause serious public health problems. This is the dirty beginning of nuclear energy. Klee Benally of Clean Up The Mines! speaks about the impacts of uranium mining and the national campaign to clean up the abandoned uranium mines. Leona Morgan of Diné No Nukes speaks about the impacts of these mines and her community's work to stop mining and restore health. Then Tim Judson of the Nuclear Information and Resource Service will describe how the nuclear industry is prohibiting sustainable energy and positioning itself to be the solution to the climate crisis. For more information, visitwww.ClearingtheFOGRadio.org.

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...

INTERVIEW: 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. Then Tim Judson, Executive Director of Nuclear Information and Resource Service (NIRS). PLUS: Fort Calhoun NPP faces flooding from the Missouri River... again; call for NRC Commissioner Magwood to resign in conflict of interest case; cow showing possible radiation-created "dots" brought to Tokyo in protest by Fukushima Prefecture farmers; Aboriginal people in Australia force proposed Muckaty nuke dump out of business; Russia cracks down on anti-nuke activists; and Prime Minister "Numnutz" Abe-baby now wants foreign experts to help with Fukushima "decommissioning," just not OUR experts.

INTERVIEW: 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. Then Tim Judson, Executive Director of Nuclear Information and Resource Service (NIRS). PLUS: Fort Calhoun NPP faces flooding from the Missouri River... again; call for NRC Commissioner Magwood to resign in conflict of interest case; cow showing possible radiation-created "dots" brought to Tokyo in protest by Fukushima Prefecture farmers; Aboriginal people in Australia force proposed Muckaty nuke dump out of business; Russia cracks down on anti-nuke activists; and Prime Minister "Numnutz" Abe-baby now wants foreign experts to help with Fukushima "decommissioning," just not OUR experts.

INTERVIEW: 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. Then Tim Judson, Executive Director of Nuclear Information and Resource Service (NIRS). PLUS: Fort Calhoun NPP faces flooding from the Missouri River... again; call for NRC Commissioner Magwood to resign in conflict of interest case; cow showing possible radiation-created "dots" brought to Tokyo in protest by Fukushima Prefecture farmers; Aboriginal people in Australia force proposed Muckaty nuke dump out of business; Russia cracks down on anti-nuke activists; and Prime Minister "Numnutz" Abe-baby now wants foreign experts to help with Fukushima "decommissioning," just not OUR experts.

Spotlight on the radiation leak and closure at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) in Carlsbad New Mexico with a trio of interviewees: Don Hancock, Director of Southwest Research and Information Center; Karen Hadden, executive director of the Sustainable Energy and Economic Development Coalition, and Diane D'Arrigo, Radioactive Waste Project Director at Nuclear Information and Resource Service, or NIRS. PLUS: Chernobyl - collateral damage in Putin/Ukraine clash? Nuclear refugees being forced to return to Fukushima despite radiation levels and deadly health problems. And Obama eats sushi in Tokyo - what's wrong with THIS picture?

Spotlight on the radiation leak and closure at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) in Carlsbad New Mexico with a trio of interviewees: Don Hancock, Director of Southwest Research and Information Center; Karen Hadden, executive director of the Sustainable Energy and Economic Development Coalition, and Diane D'Arrigo, Radioactive Waste Project Director at Nuclear Information and Resource Service, or NIRS. PLUS: Chernobyl - collateral damage in Putin/Ukraine clash? Nuclear refugees being forced to return to Fukushima despite radiation levels and deadly health problems. And Obama eats sushi in Tokyo - what's wrong with THIS picture?

The Nuclear Energy News App offers instant access to newsletters, brochures and information from the IAEA Department of Nuclear Energy. The app is now available via the iTunes and Google Play stores.

http://lhalevy.audioacrobat.com/download/f6d50b6e-8387-69b7-4fb0-1dd602808c06.mp3  INTERVIEW:  Long-time anti-nuclear activist Tim Judson took over as Executive Director of the Nuclear Information and Resource Service (NIRS) on the first of the year.   Hear what this long-time anti-nuclear activist sees as the strategies our movement can use against entrenched, monied nuclear interests, as well as a fascinating revelation about Entergy that exposes...

Join us as PNN's  Associate Producer Renee Shaker and Special Guest Co-host  Luis Cuevas bring you interviews and discussions featuring segments with:  * Muhammed Malik - local Civil Justice Activist on an Anti-Koch Brothers Rally at the Sun Sentinel  * Sen. Elizabeth Warreninterrogating  Treasury Sec. LewWhistleblower Thomas Drake  * Congressman Alan Grayson discusses the TPP - the Transpacific Partnership ((makes nafta look like a kiss))  * Genetic Radiation Expert Mary Olsen from Nuclear Information and Resource Service  * German Public Television Journalist Toby Marshall reports on his onsite experiences in Fukushima Prefecture   Remember if you can't tune in live 7pm Eastern  Sunday 5/26, you can listen anytime.  - Tell Your Friends!

Since the Main Stream Media (AKA the Major News Outlets) have stopped covering the ONGOING GLOBAL DEISASTER that is the FUKUSHIMA DAI'ICHI Nuclear Meltdown and its every expanding impact. Scientists not paid for Coverup and Silence have continued to investigate and publish the ongoing investigation of the GLOBAL IMPACT of Japanese out of control Nuclear Disaster.  Leaks, crumbling storage pools, the tons of radioactive water leaking into the Pacific Currents. The reactor vessels were breached early on.  When radioactive tuna and kelp is found on Americas West Coast. Our governments did not lose a beat, steps were taken, monitoring was stopped. Just this past week, permitted exposure to radioactivity was allowed to rise. And some say, the government doesn't care. This week PNN will play selected speeches of Nuclear Scientists from the Caldicott Symposium on Fukushima and Chernobyl. Scientists from across the planet, who have studied the impact of long term exposure to radioactivity. A MUST HEAR SHOW.   Dr. Lynn Ringenberg a Tampa Pediatrician from the Physicians for Social Reponsibility.  Kevin Kamps a Nuclear Waste Specialist for the Washington, D. C. based Nuclear Information and Resource Service (NIRS) will discuss Nuclear History. Cindy Folker Radiation and Health Specialist, with Beyond Nuclear will speak on the effects of long term Radioactive Exposure. Mary Olsen of Nuclear Information and Resource Service will discuss GENDER VARIATIONS of the impact of RADIATION on Women and Children. Wladimir Worelecki Geneticist on radiations impact on Human Genetics.  -  7pm April 21st

Interview w/Michael Mariotte of Nuclear Information and Referral Service (NIRS.org); the week's nuclear news from Fukushima, Alabama, Ft. Calhoun; radiation protection tips from Arnie Gunderson of Fairewinds.com; and simple ways YOU can get involved in creating a nuclear-free future.

Interview w/Michael Mariotte of Nuclear Information and Referral Service (NIRS.org); the week's nuclear news from Fukushima, Alabama, Ft. Calhoun; radiation protection tips from Arnie Gunderson of Fairewinds.com; and simple ways YOU can get involved in creating a nuclear-free future.

Interview w/Michael Mariotte of Nuclear Information and Referral Service (NIRS.org); the week's nuclear news from Fukushima, Alabama, Ft. Calhoun; radiation protection tips from Arnie Gunderson of Fairewinds.com; and simple ways YOU can get involved in creating a nuclear-free future.

Aired 10/07/08 HARVEY WASSERMAN is one of the nation's experts on the GOP's efforts to shrink and steal the vote in 2000, 2002, and 2004. He'll give us an update on where we stand a month from the election, and what we can do to stop they from doing it again. HARVEY WASSERMAN is senior advisor to Greenpeace USA and the Nuclear Information & Resource Service, senior editor of www.freepress.org and author of several books, including SOLARTOPIA and co-authro with Bob Fitrakis of HOW THE GOP STOLE AMERICA'S 2004 ELECTION & IS RIGGING 2008 and AS GOES OHIO: ELECTION THEFT SINCE 2004.