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With Co-Host Ian Stolberg in Ottawa

With Co-Host Ian Stolberg in Ottawa

With Co-Host Ian Stolberg in Ottawa

Co-Host Ian Stolberg in Ottawa

Ace Hoffman joins us for an update from California Nuclear power, nuclear waste and public hearings.

Ace Hoffman is a software developer with ~35 years experience. He creates educational software for adults. Several products are available at his web site: www.animatedsoftware.com

His book on nuclear power, titled The Code Killers - Web Site The last ten years of his blog is available here Earlier blog entries are also available here His most widely-distributed essay is probably this one, on the effects of nuclear weapons Ace Hoffman YouTube Channel Email Ace Hoffman [email protected] Ace Hoffman on Twitter

Also, some free educational software is available through Google Play and iTunes

Digital Slide Rule - a digital version of a slide rule. Includes a working nuclear bomb effects computer

Pavlov's Dog - a digital simulation of a famous psychology experiment

And one game, a free digital "spinner" - available for mobile devices

Louis Bertrand is a long time resident of Durham Region, east of Toronto, home to 9 currently working CANDU reactors. His background is electrical engineering, specializing in electronics and firmware, the software that gives electronic devices their smarts. He currently is a full time professor in the School of Science and Engineering Technology at Durham College, in Oshawa. He will be presenting as an intervenor at the public hearings for the Pickering nuclear station re-licensing application.

Pickering CNSC public hearing agenda Written submissions for download Webcast of Live hearings - Week of June 25th Location of hearings Louis Bertrand on Facebook Louis Bertrand on Twitter Tuesday is Rally Day! 12:30-1:30 approximately. Whenever the lunch break is called for by Mr. Binder, head of the hearing tribunal Facebook event page

The Ontario Clean Air Alliance promotes safer and cleaner alternatives to generation by fission or by combustion. They have commissioned studies into the effects of a Fukushima scale accident at the Pickering site, as well as studies challenging the accepted notions about nuclear power in Ontario.

Dr. Nancy Leveson has studied software safety and proposes an approach informed by system science to analyze the root causes of accidents, and hopefully prevent them. Of particular interest is her analysis of the fatal overdoses by the Therac-25, a radiation therapy machine produced in the 1980s by Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd. (AECL). Even if you don't follow the details of the software flaws, the story is quite dramatic. This was a wake-up call to the medical industry that software safety cannot be analyzed the same as hardware - scroll to the bottom of the page and look for The Therac-25 Accidents. The other popular paper is "High Pressure Steam Engines and Computer Software", making the point that technology often moves ahead faster than scientific understanding, and bad things happen. http://sunnyday.mit.edu

Dr. John Downer Disowning Fukushima - Managing the credibility of nuclear reliability assessment in the wake of disaster And In the Shadow of Tomioka - On the institutional invisibility of nuclear disaster

Charles Perrow made a career of explaining why catastrophic accidents like airliner crashes and nuclear plant meltdowns should be considered normal. The following two articles in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists are a harsh look at the denial surrounding Fukushima and the nuclear industry in general Nuclear denial - From Hiroshima to Fukushima And Fukushima and the inevitability of accidents

Email Louis Bertrand - [email protected]

The Pitfalls Of Disarmament Through Western Eyes

Website - Lit By Imagination The Pitfalls Of Disarmament Through Western Eyes

Satoko Norimatsu - Resistant Islands - Okinawa Confronts Japan and the U.S. Peter Joseph's analysis of the problems with mainstream progressive politics One of Jimmy Dore's more outrageous shows Dennis Riches on FaceBook Dennis Riches on Twitter

What do baby teeth tell us about living near nuclear power plants?

Joe is a health researcher who has served Radiation and Public Health Project since 1989. Mangano is author or co-author of 33 medical journal articles on radiation health.

His Books - Low Level Radiation and Immune System Damage: An Atomic Era Legacy - Radioactive Baby Teeth: The Cancer Link - Mad Science: The Nuclear Power Experiment

Radiation and Public Health Project website RPHP Journals RPHP on FaceBook RPHP on Twitter

Comedian and Writer - Comedy Central - The Cracked Podcast - The Todd Glass Show - ABC

Albums on iTunes - The Blake Album and 12 Years Of Voicemails From Todd Glass To Blake Wexler. Philadelphia Magazine named him as one of the country's funniest tweeters Follow @BlakeWexler Blake has appeared on the College Humor Live Tour, in The Rooftop Aspen Comedy Festival, Seattle International Comedy Competition, San Francisco Sketch Fest, and the Laughing Skull Comedy Festival - Also on Comedy Central's the Review and ABC's Watch Party

Blake Wexler website The Blake Album - iTunes 12 Years Of Voicemails From Todd Glass To Blake Wexler - iTunes Blake Wexler on Facebook Blake Wexler on Twitter

Best known for sparking the global wave of Ginger Pride by marching hundreds of redheads through the streets of Edinburgh, Shawn Hitchins is an award-winning entertainer who has toured throughout Canada, the U.S., and the U.K. Winner of the 2018 Bronze, IPPY Authors Award For Humour

Shawn Hitchins website A Brief History of Oversharing Shawn Hitchins on Facebook Shawn Hitchins on Twitter