Nuclear Hotseat

My tech guy just fixed a weeks-long lock-out from this site, which is why I’ve fallen behind.  I’ll catch up on the missed podcasts and blog posts as quickly as I can, but for now, here’s today’s podcast: http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/nuclear-hotseat-hosted-by/id458213762 Terrific interview on the proposed California ballot initiative to shut down all in-state nuclear reactors with...

In the latest Nuclear Hotseat Podcast: Interview with Michael Keegan of Nuclear-Free Great Lakes; radiation news and health problems from Japan; Swedish nuclear plant fire; Canadian radiation higher than originally reported; Cesium in San Francisco-area milk… again; NIRS report on radiational harm worse for women than men; apple pectin good for more than jelly… radiationally...

Arnie Gunderson of Fairewinds.com can always be counted on for sober, clear, unbiased information. He’s one of the sources upon which I base much of my understanding of the issues of nuclear power. In this update, he talks about the true meaning of TEPCO’s claim for pending “cold shutdown” and the problems created by the...

Here’s the video of last Tuesday’s hearing on San Onofre with the San Clemente City Council. Our side’s turn; great presentation by Arnie Gunderson via teleconferencing, Dr. Helen Caldicott via Skype, and an especially powerful (though understated in delivery) talk by Dan Hirsch at about the 3 hour mark. Watch Democracy in action: http://www.san-clemente.org/Videos/ShowVideo.aspx?VideoID=290

My life has changed dramatically in the past 6-1/2 months.  I’ve gone from ignorant of/in denial about/blind to all issues nuclear-related into a 24/7/365 activist on the issues.  I’ve spoken in public, posted videos, addressed the NRC (in a rogue kind of way; they didn’t want participation but I participated anyway), begun producing a weekly...

A clearly animated representation of how many blasts we’ve had since the first ones in 1945.  Remember, each blast releases radiation into the atmosphere and/or the ground, where it remains until a minimum of ten half-life cycles are completed.  None of us will outlive the radiational pollution of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, let alone the domestic...

Rachel Maddow nails it about Vermont’s battle to shut down the Vermont Yankee nuclear reactor in this brief but powerful excerpt from her MSNBC program: http://www.nuclearfreeplanet.org/rachel-maddow-how-much-political-power-does-nuclear-power-wield.html  So who has the right to decide aabout ongoing exposure to the radioactive detritus of a nuclear reactor – We-the-People or corporation-as-“legal-person”?  Corporations can’t sicken and die from radiation,...

Today’s Nuclear Hotseat Podcast: North Anna’s operators caught in a lie about quake-readiness of that plant, even as they break ground for reactor #3; Fukushima radiation levels for workers more than 10 times too high; Interview with Dr. Robert Gould of Physicians for Social Responsibility on radiation dangers; Report on Vermont’s nuclear sanity – a...

On today’s Nuclear Hotseat Podcast: Interview w/Sean Bonner of Safecast on his work providing free on-the-ground radiation monitoring devices to groups in Japan; post-quake damage suspected at North Anna nuke plant in Virginia; post-Hurricane Irene “Unusual Event” at Calvert Cliffs in Maryland; Tweets and email from Japan reveal the devastating human toll of Fukushima, including...

An olde commercial from the 1970’s showed Mother Nature getting ticked off at some margarine that tasted to her like butter.  “It’s not nice to fool Mother Nature,” she warned, and at the stretch of her arms created a raging thunderstorm. Today it’s not margarine, it’s nuclear power plants that seem to be the object...

Here’s what happened on today’s Nuclear Hotseat podcast: Interview w/Kevin Kamps, Nuclear Waste Watchdog for Beyond Nuclear, on what to do with 75,000 TONS of nuclear waste and how to keep one’s balance while dealing with such intense information; Today’s 5.8 East Coast quake knocks out emergency generator at  Virginia nuke plant and causes NRC...

Any time Arnie Gunderson of Fairewinds.com posts an updated report, it’s important to pay attention.  As a former nuclear industry insider who ran a power plant, he has a clear eye on the truth of what’s happening and presents the most reliable information, directly from the source.  As I don’t yet know how to post...

Rarely have I seen anything as profoundly moving as this video, which makes the indellible case for international support in forcing the Japanese government to evacuate the children of Fukushima from the danger zone.  The picture painted, which pinpoints many of the aspects of the story we’ve been featuring on the weekly podcast, is concise,...

The great cover-up of the Rocketdyne Santa Susana Field Laboratory nuclear accident in 1959 – the worst on U.S. soil because there was no containment building.  Information only came out 20 years later when some of Dan Hirsch’s nuclear policy students at UC Santa Cruz did research and discovered the long-hidden documents that proved it. ...

Today, I watched my 10-year-old dog frolic in the yard with her favorite ball, playing like a puppy, with more energy than I’ve seen her have in years. Why is this worth a mention on an anti-nuclear website?  Because as part of my program to rid my body and hers of as many toxic materials...

Here’s the link to the most recent Nuclear Hotseat Podcast: Interview with Jane Swanson of the San Luis Obispo Mothers for Peace on legal actions taken to shut down Diablo Canyon Excessive radiation found in fish caught 35 miles from Fukushima, in the thyroid glands of half of children tested, and on containers shipped from...

A new podcast interview w/Arnie Gunderson of Fairewinds Associates, one of my personal heroes for his clarity, calm and vision.  Very specific update information on Fukushima and radiation “rain out” projections for the coming year: http://solarimg.org/shows/solarimg_podcast_Arnie_Gundersen_130911.mp3a If that link doesn’t work, try this one: http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=526_1313252896 VERY IMPORTANT – Near the end, Arnie drops a bombshell...

More clarity and a nuclear timeline from our friends at Fairwinds Associates. Check out this video at: http://fairewinds.com/content/dial-m-meltdown-brian-rich .

Here’s the link to this week’s Nuclear Hotseat podcast: http://lhalevy.audioacrobat.com/download/NuclearHotseat_9-08-9-11.mp3 Interview with Aileen Mioko Smith, Executive Director of Green Action – Japan, based in Kyoto, about her work with families of Fukushima on evacuation issues; Mainstream media stories on Japanese government hiding the radiation plume path after Fukushima; Activist Voices – Mary Beth Branagan from...

NOTE: This was the first posting of Nuclear Hotseat on the website, as opposed to social media and email.  In updating this website, it appears that the first four episodes of Nuclear Hotseat have somehow vanished.  When time permits, I’ll go back into the original files and add them – for historical reference, if not...