Sociologist and psychologist Alison Katz dissects the history, politics and manipulations of the United Nations' World Health Organization in its reporting on the health impact of Chernobyl. Katz worked inside the WHO for 18 years and now is a leader within Independent WHO, which reveals the pro-nuclear lies in the agency's reports on Chernoby. and Fukushima. A Nuclear Hotseat Exclusive. (Originally aired September 17, 2013)

Sociologist and psychologist Alison Katz dissects the history, politics and manipulations of the United Nations' World Health Organization in its reporting on the health impact of Chernobyl. Katz worked inside the WHO for 18 years and now is a leader within Independent WHO, which reveals the pro-nuclear lies in the agency's reports on Chernoby. and Fukushima. A Nuclear Hotseat Exclusive. (Originally aired September 17, 2013)

INTERVIEWS: Prof. Quamrul Haider of Fordham University, a nuclear physicist, authored the op-ed explaining nuclear reactor dangers and calling nukes “The Sixth Horseman of the Apocalypse.”  He blasts nuclear reactors built by Russia as unsafe, reveals why Bangladesh has ordered a technology it doesn’t need, and  explains why he left behind his (non-classified) work at...

INTERVIEWS: Prof. Quamrul Haider, nuclear physicist from Fordham University in New York, on his op-ed calling nuclear "The sixth horseman of the Apocalypse," the dangers of Russian-made nuclear reactors, and how Bangladesh is being duped into funding nuclear technology that is both dangerous and unnecessary; and Dr. Helen Caldicott on her upcoming Symposium on The Dynamics of Possible Nuclear Extinction - cheerful stuff for the holidays! NUMNUTZ: How about using a prescribed burn at a plutonium-polluted former nuclear manufacturing site in order to control invasive weeds? That'll show 'em!

INTERVIEWS: Kevin Kamps, Nuclear Waste Watchdog for Beyond Nuclear, goes into the longstanding issues against Palisades Nuclear Generating Station, a “lemon” of a nuke reactor on the shores of Lake Michigan only 70 miles from Chicago.  Highlighted is a coalition of environmental groups that has intervened against Palisades’ operator Entergy Nuclear’s attempt to get the...

INTERVIEWS: Kevin Kamps of Beyond Nuclear on longstanding safety and embrittlement issues at Entergy's Palisades Nuclear Generating Station on the shores of Lake Michigan and the coalition of environmental groups that has intervened against the nuke operator's attempt to get the NRC to roll back safety requirements. Then Leslie Sullivan Sachs of Vermont's Safe and Green Campaign helps us celebrate the year-end closing of Entergy's Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plant -- the exact same GE Mark I reactor design as the destroyed nukes of Fukushima Daiichi. 22 days and counting!

INTERVIEWS: Kevin Kamps of Beyond Nuclear on longstanding safety and embrittlement issues at Entergy's Palisades Nuclear Generating Station on the shores of Lake Michigan and the coalition of environmental groups that has intervened against the nuke operator's attempt to get the NRC to roll back safety requirements. Then Leslie Sullivan Sachs of Vermont's Safe and Green Campaign helps us celebrate the year-end closing of Entergy's Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plant -- the exact same GE Mark I reactor design as the destroyed nukes of Fukushima Daiichi. 22 days and counting!

INTERVIEWS: Kevin Kamps of Beyond Nuclear on longstanding safety and embrittlement issues at Entergy's Palisades Nuclear Generating Station on the shores of Lake Michigan and the coalition of environmental groups that has intervened against the nuke operator's attempt to get the NRC to roll back safety requirements. Then Leslie Sullivan Sachs of Vermont's Safe and Green Campaign helps us celebrate the year-end closing of Entergy's Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plant -- the exact same GE Mark I reactor design as the destroyed nukes of Fukushima Daiichi. 22 days and counting!

INTERVIEWS: Kevin Kamps of Beyond Nuclear on longstanding safety and embrittlement issues at Entergy's Palisades Nuclear Generating Station on the shores of Lake Michigan and the coalition of environmental groups that has intervened against the nuke operator's attempt to get the NRC to roll back safety requirements. Then Leslie Sullivan Sachs of Vermont's Safe and Green Campaign helps us celebrate the year-end closing of Entergy's Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plant -- the exact same GE Mark I reactor design as the destroyed nukes of Fukushima Daiichi. 22 days and counting!

INTERVIEWS: Kevin Kamps of Beyond Nuclear on longstanding safety and embrittlement issues at Entergy's Palisades Nuclear Generating Station on the shores of Lake Michigan and the coalition of environmental groups that has intervened against the nuke operator's attempt to get the NRC to roll back safety requirements. Then Leslie Sullivan Sachs of Vermont's Safe and Green Campaign helps us celebrate the year-end closing of Entergy's Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plant -- the exact same GE Mark I reactor design as the destroyed nukes of Fukushima Daiichi. 22 days and counting!