Nuclear Hotseat #279: Fort Calhoun SHUTDOWN! w/LaVerne Thraen
Nuclear Hotseat hosted by Libbe HaLevy
English - October 26, 2016 05:41 - 27.5 MBLeisure Science nuclear reactor radiation nrc regulatory commission fukushima japan daichii san Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
The Fort Calhoun nuclear reactor is OVER AND OUT, FOR GOOD! (...except for the radioactive waste, which will be with us forever...) Libbe HaLevy interviews LaVerne Thraen, a veteran energy activist who has been opposing the Fort Calhoun Nuclear Generating Station since the 1980’s. They spoke less than an hour after it was shut down for good, on Monday, October 24, 2016.
Diane Turco of Cape (Cod) Downwinders fills us in on last week’s #ShutPilgrimNow Citizen Speak-out at the Massachusetts State House. Call is out for everyone to call Governor Charlie Baker’s office and tell him the reactor needs to be shut down NOW: (617) 725-4005
Numnutz of the Week: James Hanson follows Nazi Propaganda Minister Josef Goebbles' playbook to accuse the anti-nuclear movement of everything that nukes are guilty of doing.