Nuclear Hotseat #227: SPECIAL - St. Louis Nuclear Nightmare
Nuclear Hotseat hosted by Libbe HaLevy
English - October 28, 2015 01:15 - 1 hour - 13.7 MBLeisure Science nuclear reactor radiation nrc regulatory commission fukushima japan daichii san Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: Nuclear Hotseat #226: Pre- and Post-Decommissioning Nuke Woes
A full-length Nuclear Hotseat SPECIAL on the West Lake Landfill in North St. Louis - a Manhattan Project-era radioactive waste dump - and the encroaching underground fire less than a quarter mile away. INTERVIEWS: Dr. Helen Caldicott on medical implications of exposure to the improperly stored West Lake Manhattan Project-era radioactive waste; Bob Alvarez on the history of the site, where the waste came from, how it got there, the current risks; and Dawn Chapman, a Mom who lives within two miles of the West Lake Landfill and Admis the Facebook West Lake Landfill page.