Podcasts about public watchdogs

Tonga underwater volcanic eruption sends tsunami racing around the Pacific Rim. What was the threat to Fukushima? San Onofre? Two interviews - Nancy Foust of SimplyInfo, Charles Langley & Nina Babiarz of Public Watchdogs - put the dangers and ongoing risks into perspective.

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The San Onofre former nuclear reactor site, now turning into a beachfront nuclear waste dump, is painting itself into a corner, tearing up the floor boards, and dismantling the substructure in compliance with SCEdison desires. Learn about the deadly rule change re: San Onofre hidden by CA Coastal Commission , allowing Edison to dismantle spent fuel pools. Lawsuits ensue. Charles Langley and Nina Babiarz of Public Watchdogs on Nuclear Hotseat with host Libbe HaLevy.

The San Onofre former nuclear reactor site, now turning into a beachfront nuclear waste dump, is painting itself into a corner, tearing up the floor boards, and dismantling the substructure in compliance with SCEdison desires. Learn about the deadly rule change re: San Onofre hidden by CA Coastal Commission , allowing Edison to dismantle spent fuel pools. Lawsuits ensue. Charles Langley and Nina Babiarz of Public Watchdogs on Nuclear Hotseat with host Libbe HaLevy.

The San Onofre former nuclear reactor site, now turning into a beachfront nuclear waste dump, is painting itself into a corner, tearing up the floor boards, and dismantling the substructure in compliance with SCEdison desires. Learn about the deadly rule change re: San Onofre hidden by CA Coastal Commission , allowing Edison to dismantle spent fuel pools. Lawsuits ensue. Charles Langley and Nina Babiarz of Public Watchdogs on Nuclear Hotseat with host Libbe HaLevy.

This Week’s Featured Interviews: San Onofre nuclear reactors on the coast of southern California continue to offer a smorgasbord of nightmares to the eight-million people living within 50 miles of its radioactive waste. Public Watchdogs, a San Onofre citizens oversight group, consulted with veteran nuclear engineer Paul Blanch about the feasibility of flooding of high level radioactive waste storage canisters. Might these 5/8″ thin-walled canister – sited 108 feet from mean high tide – cause superheated steam flashes and geyser-like emissions of radioactive waste? Nuclear Hotseat’s Libbe HaLevy interviews engineer Blanch on the possibilities. Want to stop nuclear weapons? Nuclear divestment means institutional nuke investments are going down — and Susi Snyder explains how any one of us can join the movement. She is project lead for the PAX No Nukes Project and coordinator for the Don’t Bank on the Bomb research and campaign. She’s an expert on nuclear weapons, with over two decades of experience working at the intersect between nuclear weapons and human rights. Until the 2019 report is released, here’s Don’t Bank on the Bomb‘s LINK to the 2018 Global Report on the Financing of Nuclear Weapons Producers. The 2019 report, due in May, 2020, will contain all the same companies; only details and financial figures will change. To find out which financial institutions provide funding for nuclear weapons producers, CLICK HERE.Numnutz of the Week (for Outstanding Nuclear Boneheadedness):Water, water everywhere… and nuclear boosters in government think it’s just swell to dump radioactive waste from weapons production, nuclear submarines, fracking and whatever else into whatever body of water happens to be closest! This week, Oregon, Japan, and the UK Ministry of Defense off the coast of Scotland.Action Links: Radiation Disinformation and Human Rights Violations at the Heart of Fukushima and the Olympic Games by Shaun Burnie of Greenpeace. 2.5 Million Pounds Of Radioactive Waste Illegally Dumped In Oregon Landfill Near Columbia River Trident commanders ‘not legally responsible’ for nuclear attack

This Week’s Featured Interviews: San Onofre nuclear reactors on the coast of southern California continue to offer a smorgasbord of nightmares to the eight-million people living within 50 miles of its radioactive waste. Public Watchdogs, a San Onofre citizens oversight group, consulted with veteran nuclear engineer Paul Blanch about the feasibility of flooding of high...

Could San Onofre's thin-walled storage containers erupt into a Radioactive Geyser? Veteran nuclear engineer Paul Blanch, consultant to Public Watchdogs, explains the risk. Susi Snyder of Don't Bank on the Bomb explains how anyone with a bank account or a pension can pressure your financial institutions to divest all funds from nuclear weapons manufacturers. Don't bank on the bomb!

Could San Onofre's thin-walled storage containers erupt into a Radioactive Geyser? Veteran nuclear engineer Paul Blanch, consultant to Public Watchdogs, explains the risk. Susi Snyder of Don’t Bank on the Bomb explains how anyone with a bank account or a pension can pressure your financial institutions to divest all funds from nuclear weapons manufacturers. Don't bank on the bomb!

Could San Onofre's thin-walled storage containers erupt into a Radioactive Geyser? Veteran nuclear engineer Paul Blanch, consultant to Public Watchdogs, explains the risk. Susi Snyder of Don’t Bank on the Bomb explains how anyone with a bank account or a pension can pressure your financial institutions to divest all funds from nuclear weapons manufacturers. Don't bank on the bomb!

Eric Epstein, head of Three Mile Island Alert, on what it means for the nuclear reactor at Three Mile Island in Pennsylvania to finally close… and what lies ahead for the local activist community Once a nuclear reactor closes, the need for citizen action doesn’t end; it just shifts to what to do with the highly radioactive waste that remains deadly for literally hundreds of thousands of years. Here in southern California, that focuses on San Onofre and the use of thin-walled storage canisters – only 5/8” of stainless steel – hold the so-called “spent” fuel rods, all of which contain plutonium. Charles Langley and Nina Babiarz of Public Watchdogs talk about legal action taken by their group to stop the loading of the flawed waste canisters, and bring us up to date on where we stand with San Onofre’s nuclear waste legacy. Activism against nuclear weapons is again building up to take on the build-up of nuclear weapons and what’s turning into the new Cold War. One extremely active group is the Washington state Physicians for Social Responsibility. To find out more about what grassroots activism is happening in that state, I talked with Carly Brook, WPSR’s Nuclear Weapons Abolition Organizer. Washington Against Nuclear Weapons Coalition Uranium mining is the start of the nuclear fuel chain, and we examine its continuing impact on First Nations people in Northern Saskatchewan with Candyce Paul. She is a member of the English River First Nations and works with the Committee for Future Generations. She and her people live a traditional lifestyle, close to the land, which is why you will hear her mention moose more than once.

Activists on the front lines of fighting against a variety of nuclear menaces report on their portion of the nuclear fuel chain insanity: Eric Epstein of Three Mile Island Alert; Charles Langley and Nina Babiarz of Public Watchdogs re: San Onofre; Carly Brook of Washington state Physicians for Social Responsibility; Candyce Paul on Saskatchewan uranium mining.

Activists on the front lines of fighting against a variety of nuclear menaces report on their portion of the nuclear fuel chain insanity: Eric Epstein of Three Mile Island Alert; Charles Langley and Nina Babiarz of Public Watchdogs re: San Onofre; Carly Brook of Washington state Physicians for Social Responsibility; Candyce Paul on Saskatchewan uranium mining.

Activists on the front lines of fighting against a variety of nuclear menaces report on their portion of the nuclear fuel chain insanity: Eric Epstein of Three Mile Island Alert; Charles Langley and Nina Babiarz of Public Watchdogs re: San Onofre; Carly Brook of Washington state Physicians for Social Responsibility; Candyce Paul on Saskatchewan uranium mining.

San Onofre Madness: nuclear waste storage in “lemon” of a Holtec system?No thanks!  We deserve better! This Week’s Featured Interview: Nina Babiarz is a board member of Public Watchdogs, a non-profit safety watchdog group which has worked closely on San Onofre issues. Among the testimonies given in front of Southern California Edison’s tightly controlled Community...

San Onofre nuclear madness: Southern California Edison pushes to restart loading Holtec radioactive waste storage canisters despite inferior quality, gouges & scratches to 5/8" thin stainless steel, only 108 feet from the ocean - Apocalypse Now or just Soon? Public Watchdogs' Nina Babiarz + testimony from SCE Community Enragement Panel - Langley, Aguirre, Gilmore - NH 406 https://bit.ly/2WDuKbM

San Onofre nuclear madness: Southern California Edison pushes to restart loading Holtec radioactive waste storage canisters despite inferior quality, gouges & scratches to 5/8" thin stainless steel, only 108 feet from the ocean - Apocalypse Now or just Soon? Public Watchdogs' Nina Babiarz + testimony from SCE Community Enragement Panel - Langley, Aguirre, Gilmore - NH 406 https://bit.ly/2WDuKbM

Since it closed for safety violations in 2012, the dangers of San Onofre Nuclear Generation Station (SONGS) between Orange County and San Diego have only continued to loom. Carry Kim from EcoJustice Radio interviews Charles Langley, Executive Director of Public Watchdogs & esteemed Board Member, Nina Babiarz. Public Watchdogs independently monitors energy and infrastructure regulatory agencies in California. It protects the public’s access to clean water and affordable, sustainable energy in order to sustain life, nourish human dignity, and encourage world peace. Public Watchdogs is one of the main organizations advocating for the removal of nuclear waste from San Onofre State Beach. San Onofre was permanently shuttered in 2013, and is currently undergoing the lengthy process of decommissioning which requires the SAFE "disposal" of onsite nuclear waste and the removal or containment of any radioactive materials, including spent nuclear fuel, irradiated equipment and buildings. Storing spent nuclear fuel in thin-walled canisters, "guaranteed" to last a mere 25 years by Southern California Edison, is considered by many in the local community and beyond, to be shockingly inadequate and a highly risky and unsafe proposition for the entire region from San Diego to Los Angeles. "Whistleblower" David Fritch and former Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Chair, Gregory Jaczko, have also raised personal concerns about the site and the negligence with which SCE is handling the decommissioning process. As a consequence of recent revelations by David Fritch, the NRC is now conducting an investigation of procedures and safety issues at San Onofre. https://publicwatchdogs.org/ https://www.wilderutopia.com/environment/energy/nuclear-energy/san-onofre-beach-as-permanent-nuclear-waste-dump/ Episode 20 PHOTO CREDIT: Blacklisted News

San Onofre update at the 5th anniversary of permanent shutdown of two Pacific oceanfront nuclear reactors. Big problems remain. Charles Langley, Executive director of Public Watchdogs, & board member Nina Babiarz interviewed by Libbe HaLevy. PLUS: Bangladesh getting a nuke? Fordham nuclear physics Prof. Quamrul Haider on why that's a bad, bad idea in his home country. Nuclear Hotseat 364. https://bit.ly/2t71Wey

San Onofre update at the 5th anniversary of permanent shutdown of two Pacific oceanfront nuclear reactors. Big problems remain. Charles Langley, Executive director of Public Watchdogs, & board member Nina Babiarz interviewed by Libbe HaLevy. PLUS: Bangladesh getting a nuke? Fordham nuclear physics Prof. Quamrul Haider on why that's a bad, bad idea in his home country. Nuclear Hotseat 364. https://bit.ly/2t71Wey

San Onofre update at the 5th anniversary of permanent shutdown of two Pacific oceanfront nuclear reactors. Big problems remain. Charles Langley, Executive director of Public Watchdogs, & board member Nina Babiarz interviewed by Libbe HaLevy. PLUS: Bangladesh getting a nuke? Fordham nuclear physics Prof. Quamrul Haider on why that's a bad, bad idea in his home country. Nuclear Hotseat 364. https://bit.ly/2t71Wey

Honor and protect our national monuments! Listen to Ryan Henson, Senior Policy Director for The California Wilderness Coalition (aka. CalWild) as he shares how we can best steward and protect the designation of our national parks and monuments. A review was recently completed by Interior Secretary, Ryan Zinke, which could gravely impact the usage and designations of numerous pristine and sacrosanct monuments. Prevent our monuments (and parks) from becoming the province of corporate greed. Help them remain as intended — places of respite, education for children and communion with Mother Nature. Find out what you can do to protect the wilderness and biodiversity of these essential public lands. CalWild protects and restores the state’s wildest natural landscapes and watersheds on public lands and is the only statewide organization dedicated solely to protecting and restoring the wild places and native biodiversity of California’s public lands. Robert Pope from Public Watchdogs gives the Update from the Frontlines, speaking on the burial of nuclear waste at San Onofre State Beach in San Diego County by Southern California Edison (SCE). Photo of a spring superbloom at the threatened Carrizo Plain National Monument in Central California. Courtesy of CalWild. #ProtectOurMonumentsAndParks #ForTheLoveofNature #NaturalistLifeForMe Interview by Carry Kim from EcoJustice Radio. Host and Engineer: JP Morris Executive Producer: Mark Morris Episode 6 This originally aired November 21, 2017 on KPFK 90.7 FM, Pacifica Radio in Los Angeles.

An Enlightening Talk about Energy with Oil Industry Whistle Blower John Bolenbaugh, Robert Pope of Public Watchdogs and Eric Mellgren of Vigilant Healing Solutions In this show, we have an enlightening conversation with oil industry whistle-blower John Bolenbaugh, as well as San Onofre activist, Robert Pope. We talk about the lighter side of energy as […]

In this show, the aim is to bring awareness to the dangers of World Wide Nuclear Waste Storage and shine the light on safer alternatives, featuring a panel discussion with members of the Public Watchdogs Organization. We also welcome musical guests Larisa Stow and Benj Clark of Shakti Tribe! Learn more about Public Watchdogs! ? […]

In this show, members of Public Watchdogs reveal the challenges of safely decommissioning the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station in Southern California. One of over 100 nuclear plants producing electricity in the US, San Onofre is no longer generating power, but its fuel rods and wastewater will be dangerously radioactive for tens of thousands of […]