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Nuclear Hotseat episodes

August 11, 2015 Nuclear Hotseat #216: Nuclear "Organizational Psychosis" w/Dr. Lloyd C. Williams
FACEBOOK: Nuclear "Organizational Psychosis" w/Dr. Lloyd C. Williams - and what to do about it. Social Media Supertricks: Twitter! NUMNUTZ OF THE WEEK: The White House approves the EPA's "new, improved radiation limits in water!" Way to go, EPA's Gina "never met a nuke I didn't love enough to cover for" McCarthy! PLUS: Chernobyl forest fires release more radiation; Japan restarts Sendai nuclear reactor despite protests and a nearby active volcano; and Pacific Ocean in even worse condition than we feared - w/a Nuclear Hotseat Special Correspondent Report.
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August 11, 2015 Nuclear Hotseat #216: Nuclear "Organizational Psychosis" w/Dr. Lloyd C. Williams
FACEBOOK: Nuclear "Organizational Psychosis" w/Dr. Lloyd C. Williams - and what to do about it. Social Media Supertricks: Twitter! NUMNUTZ OF THE WEEK: The White House approves the EPA's "new, improved radiation limits in water!" Way to go, EPA's Gina "never met a nuke I didn't love enough to cover for" McCarthy! PLUS: Chernobyl forest fires release more radiation; Japan restarts Sendai nuclear reactor despite protests and a nearby active volcano; and Pacific Ocean in even worse condition than we feared - w/a Nuclear Hotseat Special Correspondent Report.
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August 05, 2015 Nuclear Hotseat #215: Anti-Nuclear Millenials w/SPSR's Michelle Gin
INTERVIEW: Michelle Gin, Program Coordinator for Student Physicians for Social Responsibility (SPSR) who holds an MA in Public Health, on student anti-nuke organizing around the world and what it will take to attract Millenials to the anti-nuclear movement. SOCIAL MEDIA SUPERTRICKS #3 w/Dave Parrish focuses on Facebook as more than a distraction. NUMNUTZ OF THE WEEK: A floating nuclear reactor based on the technology used for oil drilling platforms - what could go wrong? PLUS: NRC trying to convince everyone that radiation is "GOOD" for you (NOT!); President Obamas Clean Power Plan drops support for existing nuclear plants; 1", 2-ft. deep, 35-year-old hole found in NJ nuclear reactor secondary containment vessel; WIPP site "planned" re-opening in March, 2016 "indefinitely delayed" - quel surprise! (We called this date a non-starter in Nuclear Hotseat #164, August 12, 2014.) 3 top TEPCO execs to stand trial for Fukushima Daiichi disaster; and both Taiwan and Russia keep up the Food Fight over suspect safety of Japanese food imports.
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July 29, 2015NH #214: Churchrock & Uranium-Contaminated Native Lands in SW USA w/Leona Morgan
INTERVIEWS:
Leona Morgan of Diné No Nukes is a Diné ("Navajo") advocate for clean water, focused on protecting her people and the land from new uranium mining and nuclear developments in the Southwest, specifically around Navajo Nation plus lands within the Diné Four Sacred Mountains. She explains the massive Churchrock uranium spill of 1979 and shares breaking news of radiation contamination of drinking water in Arizona, along with anti-nuclear actions being taken by indigenous people around the world.
Leona Morgan (r) and Libbe HaLevy at the 2015 Uranium Film Festival in Quebec City
Link to movie, "The River yhat Harms" about the Churchrock spill.
Mutated lamb born without wool on uranium-contaminated native lands in New Mexico, near where the Church Rock spill took place. Photo courtesy Red Water Pond Road, via Diné No Nukes.
Diane D'Arrigo of Nuclear Information and Resource Service (NIRS) on the current Petition in front of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to change radiation evaluation standards from current linear no-threshold to the false science of hormesis (no - whore-YOU-sis) which tries to fool people into believing that "radiation is GOOD for you!"
Comments are needed before September 8 on the NRC website. HERE'S HOW YOU DO IT:

Go to: [email protected]
In the subject line, make certain to include the ID number:
NRC-2015-0057-0010
OR - Go directly to: http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=NRC-2015-0057-0010
CLICK on the "Comment Now" button.
Then give the NRC a piece of your mind. You don't have to make it fancy; they count number of responses more than the content. MAKE YOUR VOICES HEARD NOW!
NUMNUTZ OF THE WEEK
Ah, PBS - did you really have to sell your soul in order to keep your funding? Why else would Nova not do the research necessary to provide a Murrow-quality exploration of Fukushima instead of repeating the pro-nuke party lie/line covering up its real and ongoing impact? More propaganda to overcome. Sigh...
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Japan pushing to restart Sendai nuclear reactor within weeks, despite thousands of protestors.
Lots more!
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July 29, 2015 Nuclear Hotseat #214: Radioactive Southwest w/Leona Morgan
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.
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July 22, 2015 NH #213: South Africa's "Radioactive Gold" w/Mariette Liefferink
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South African environmental activist Mariette Liefferink, CEO of the Federation for a Sustainable Environment, widely recognized as the most prominent of the environmental activist stakeholders in the mining industry. She reveals the truth of South Africa's "radioactive gold" – the connection between gold mining and uranium pollution in the country. Plus, she shares advance word of the upcoming November conference in Johannesburg on The Nuclearisation of Africa.

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NEW FEATURE:SOCIAL MEDIA SUPERTRICKS FOR ACTIVISTS

Social media expert Dave Parrish, founder of Operation: Save the Earth and host of Fuku Friday Happy Hour Hangouts, kicks off a series of tips and tricks for anti-nuclear activists to "up" our online game. Why we need to it, what to do and how to do it – all in weekly bite-sized pieces.
NUMNUTZ OF THE WEEK:

But if you're going to promote Fukushima beer made out of buckwheat grown in the evacuation zone, it should at least contain enough alcohol that you can get drunk and blot out awareness of the radiation risk you're taking by drinking it!
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Much more to come!
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July 22, 2015 NH #213: South Africa’s “Radioactive Gold” w/Mariette Liefferink
DOWNLOAD HERE INTERVIEW: South African environmental activist Mariette Liefferink, CEO of the Federation for a Sustainable Environment, widely recognized as the most prominent of the environmental activist stakeholders in the mining industry. She reveals the truth of South Africa’s “radioactive gold” – the connection between gold mining and uranium pollution in the country. Plus, she...
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July 22, 2015 Nuclear Hotseat #213: South Africa's "Radioactive Gold" w/Mariette Liefferink
INTERVIEW: South African environmental activist Mariette Liefferink, CEO
of the Federation for a Sustainable Environment, on the uranium/gold
connection in South Africa and the radiation dangers from irresponsible
mining practices. NEW FEATURE: Dave Parish of Operation: Save the Earth
kicks off a new series on Social Media Supertricks for Activists. NUMNUTZ
OF THE WEEK: Fukushima buckwheat near-beer brewed within shouting distance
of the radioactive disaster site. You'd think they'd at least include
alcohol... PLUS: A whole lot more!
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July 14, 2015 NH #212: UN/WHO Chernobyl Lies Exposed - Alison Katz, Independent WHO
FULL-LENGTH INTERVIEW:
Alison Katz is a sociologist and psychologist who worked inside the World Health Organization (WHO) for 18 years. Now a leader within Independent WHO, an organization dedicated to revealing the lies and coverups perpetrated by WHO, Alison dissects the history, politics and manipulations of the United Nations agency we're supposed to be able to trust to safeguard the world's health – especially in nuclear matters. Special focus on Chernobyl and how the WHO worked to diminish our awareness of this nuclear disaster's true impact on the world's health. This is a Nuclear Hotseat Exclusive and an Encore Presentation. (Originally broadcast on September 17, 2013.)
Independent WHO vigil in front of World Health Organization headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland - 10 hours a day, 5 days a week for 8 years.
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July 14, 2015 Nuclear Hotseat #212: United Nations Chernobyl Lies Exposed
INTERVIEW: Alison Katz is a sociologist and psychologist who worked inside the World Health Organization (WHO) for 18 years. Now a leader within Independent WHO, an organization dedicated to revealing the lies and coverups perpetrated by WHO, Alison dissects the history, politics and manipulations of the United Nations agency we’re supposed to be able to trust to safeguard the world’s health – especially in nuclear matters. Special focus on Chernobyl and how the WHO worked to diminish our awareness of this nuclear disaster’s true impact on the world’s health. This is a Nuclear Hotseat exclusive and an Encore Presentation. (Originally broadcast on September 17, 2013.)
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