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January 18, 2017 Nuclear Hotseat #291: Nuclear Reactor Cyber-Security Risks, Near-Misses
Cyber-Security risks to nuclear reactors, near-misses with Three Mile Island Alert's Scott Portzline. And a memorial on the passing of Chernobyl's fearless science-warrior, Dr. Alexei Yablakov. His book, CHERNOBYL: Consequences of the Catastrophe for People and the Environement, scientifically proved and broke the silence surrounding the devastation created by that nuclear disaster. Nuclear Hotseat 291, produced and hosted by Libbe HaLevy.
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January 11, 2017NH #290: OMG! Defective French Nuke Parts in 19 US Reactors! - Paul Gunter of Beyond Nuclear
This Week's Featured Interview:
Paul Gunter is Director, Reactor Oversight Project for Beyond Nuclear specializing in all aspects of reactor hazards and security. We discuss France's Areva Le Creusot forge and the faulty major nuclear reactor parts produced there which are reported to be in use by 19 US nuclear reactors on 11 sites.
LINK to Beyond Nuclear's petition calling for Nuclear Regulatory Commission action will be posted here as soon as it's up.
Paul Gunter outside the Seabrook Nuclear Power Plant in Seabrook, N.H., which he helped to stop. Photo by Ioanna Raptis/Seacoastonline
Numnutz of the Week (for Nuclear Boneheadedness):
When is a new nuclear bomb NOT a "new" nuclear bomb? When the government says so, silly! Not even when it comes with - I kid you not - "Dial-a-yield" technology! (SEE: Featured Image at top)
European Report with Shaun McGee:
Belarus, Hungary, France and the UK challenged the European Commission and common sense!
Some history and another recent report on Paks 2 in Hungary
Tourism campaign to Belarus
...and more! LINK to the full stories here.
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January 11, 2017 Nuclear Hotseat #290: OMG! Faulty French Nuke Parts in 19 US Reactors!
Paul Gunter is Director, Reactor Oversight Project for Beyond Nuclear specializing in all aspects of reactor hazards and security. We discuss France’s Areva Le Creusot forge and the faulty major nuclear reactor parts produced there which are reported to be in use by 19 US nuclear reactors on 11 sites.
Numnutz of the Week (for Nuclear Boneheadedness): When is a new nuclear bomb NOT a “new” nuclear bomb? When the government says so, silly! Not even when it comes with – I kid you not – “Dial-a-Yield” technology!
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January 11, 2017 Nuclear Hotseat #290: OMG! Faulty French Nuke Parts in 19 US Reactors!
Paul Gunter is Director, Reactor Oversight Project for Beyond Nuclear specializing in all aspects of reactor hazards and security. We discuss France’s Areva Le Creusot forge and the faulty major nuclear reactor parts produced there which are reported to be in use by 19 US nuclear reactors on 11 sites.
Numnutz of the Week (for Nuclear Boneheadedness): When is a new nuclear bomb NOT a “new” nuclear bomb? When the government says so, silly! Not even when it comes with – I kid you not – “Dial-a-Yield” technology!
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January 11, 2017 Nuclear Hotseat #290: OMG! Faulty French Nuke Parts in 19 US Reactors!
Paul Gunter is Director, Reactor Oversight Project for Beyond Nuclear specializing in all aspects of reactor hazards and security. We discuss France’s Areva Le Creusot forge and the faulty major nuclear reactor parts produced there which are reported to be in use by 19 US nuclear reactors on 11 sites.
Numnutz of the Week (for Nuclear Boneheadedness): When is a new nuclear bomb NOT a “new” nuclear bomb? When the government says so, silly! Not even when it comes with – I kid you not – “Dial-a-Yield” technology!
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January 10, 2017 Nuclear Hotseat #290: OMG! Faulty French Nuke Parts in 19 US Reactors!
Paul Gunter is Director, Reactor Oversight Project for Beyond Nuclear specializing in all aspects of reactor hazards and security. We discuss France’s Areva Le Creusot forge and the faulty major nuclear reactor parts produced there which are reported to be in use by 19 US nuclear reactors on 11 sites.
Numnutz of the Week (for Nuclear Boneheadedness): When is a new nuclear bomb NOT a “new” nuclear bomb? When the government says so, silly! Not even when it comes with – I kid you not – “Dial-a-Yield” technology!
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January 10, 2017 Nuclear Hotseat #290: OMG! Faulty French Nuke Parts in 19 US Reactors!
Paul Gunter is Director, Reactor Oversight Project for Beyond Nuclear specializing in all aspects of reactor hazards and security. We discuss France’s Areva Le Creusot forge and the faulty major nuclear reactor parts produced there which are reported to be in use by 19 US nuclear reactors on 11 sites.
Numnutz of the Week (for Nuclear Boneheadedness): When is a new nuclear bomb NOT a “new” nuclear bomb? When the government says so, silly! Not even when it comes with – I kid you not – “Dial-a-Yield” technology!
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January 04, 2017NH #289: UK Nuke Military Veterans' Court Case "Scrooged" - Dr. Chris Busby
This Week's Featured Interview:
Dr. Christopher Busby, a British nuclear scientist who has been representing UK nuclear test veterans in a major court case, shares some remarkable new information about the impact of low dose radiation on fertility and genetic health.
Dr. Busby's article in The Ecologist: The "Genetics" Letter, the Euratom Suicide Clause, and the Death of the Nuclear Industry
European Report with Shaun McGee in Ireland:
UK Nuclear Test Veterans "Scrooged" at Christmas by MOD and courts 2016
Campaign to stop bad nuclear health practice in Fukushima concerning thyroid cancer epidemic
Corruption in Japan and UK hides Thyroid Cancers

...with thanks to Shaun for the "Scrooged" reference in the headline.
Numnutz of the Week (for Nuclear Boneheadedness):
Mmmmm mmmmm! Japan's newly discovered Hot Rad Potato Chips, straight from Fukushima-adjacent prefectures to your internal organs. Bet you can't eat just one... Bequerel!
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January 04, 2017 Nuclear Hotseat #289: UK Military Nuke Veterans "Scrooged"
Dr. Christopher Busby, a British nuclear scientist who has been representing UK nuclear test veterans in a major court case, shares some remarkable new information about the impact of low dose radiation on fertility and genetic health. European Report with Shaun McGee in Ireland.
Numnutz of the Week (for Nuclear Boneheadedness): Mmmmm mmmmm! Japan’s newly discovered Hot Rad Potato Chips, straight from Fukushima-adjacent prefectures to your internal organs. Bet you can’t eat just one… Bequerel!
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December 28, 2016NH #288: NUCLEAR NUMNUTZ OF THE YEAR
Nuclear Hotseat takes a look back at 2016 through the lens of Numnutz of the Week:
Thrill as you hear the unbelievable truths about:
Fukushima
2020 Tokyo Olympics (aka the NOlympics)
Rocky Flats
Radioactive waste shipments
Nuclear industry propaganda, spin and lies
Radioactive foods
How to legally buy depleted uranium - makes a great gift that keeps on giving and giving and giving...
Fun ways to recycle radwaste into... more radwaste!
And more! Leading up to...
Numnutz of the Year - 2016!
It's orange! It's bananas! And it could be the death of us yet! All in 140 characters or less...
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