75 Years of Nuclear Fallout, from Hiroshima to Now (Part 1 of 2)

"Nuclear Free Future" host Margaret HarringtonOn July 17, 2020, "Nuclear Free Future" host Margaret Harrington interviewed Alfred Meyer of Physicians for Social Responsibility and Kevin Kamps of Beyond Nuclear. The program is produced by and airs on Channel 17 Town Meeting TV, based in Burlington, Vermont.

Here is Margaret's introduction:

Alfred Meyer of Physicians for Social Responsibility and Kevin Kamps from Beyond Nuclear discuss the 75 years of nuclear weapons buildup since the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki at the end of World War 2. With host Margaret Harrington they talk about the continuing dangers of nuclear power which is needed for the ongoing nuclear weapons global nuclear industry.

Watch the recording, here.

Update on July 28, 2020 by admin

See Part 2 of 2, of "Nuclear-Free Future Conversation" with Margaret Harrington, host, and guests Alfred Meyer of PSR and Kevin Kamps of Beyond Nuclear, posted online here.

Beyond Nuclear on the Thom Hartmann Program

Here is the announcement:

FBI Raids/Arrests Ohio House Speaker Householder et.al. re: Ohio's Billion Dollar Bailout of Two DANGEROUSLY Age-Degraded Nuclear Power Plants... - Kevin Kamps, Radioactive Waste Specialist - Beyond Nuclear

The audio recording will be linked here ASAP.

Learn more about this shocking story, here.

7/22/20: Beyond Nuclear on Radio Sputnik's "Loud & Clear"

News, #energy, #environment, #nuclear, #regulation, #safety

Wednesday’s regular segment, Beyond Nuclear, is about nuclear issues, including weapons, energy, waste, and the future of nuclear technology in the United States. Kevin Kamps, the Radioactive Waste Watchdog at the organization Beyond Nuclear, and Sputnik news analyst and producer Nicole Roussell, join the show.

Most of the episode is about the just revealed $61 million bribery conspiracy in Ohio, that won FirstEnergy Nuclear a billion dollar bailout, at ratepayer expense, to prop up two dangerously age-degraded atomic reactors.

Listen to the audio recording, here.

Global Zero Mourns the Loss of Dr. Bruce Blair

As posted at Global Zero's website:

July 20, 2020

We are saddened to announce that Dr. Bruce G. Blair, Co-Founder of Global Zero and President of its Board of Directors, died unexpectedly on Sunday, July 19, following a sudden illness.

Derek Johnson, Executive Director of Global Zero, released the following statement on behalf of the organization regarding the recent passing of Dr. Blair:

“I am heartbroken at the sudden loss of my colleague, mentor, and dear friend, Bruce Blair.

“15 years ago, Bruce brought together an unprecedented international community of leaders and visionaries to build a new kind of movement to persuade governments to come to their senses and set aside the most catastrophic weapons on the planet. A veteran nuclear launch officer and unrivaled expert in command and control, Bruce understood — perhaps better than any single person alive — the urgency, enormity, and complexity of the nuclear threat. He built the Global Zero movement from the ground up and devoted all of his energy to making the world safer and better for all people.

“Bruce was a creative genius: brilliant, passionate, and relentlessly visionary in the face of the status quo. He worked tirelessly to focus the world on the inherent dangers posed by nuclear weapons — and to illuminate the path to a world without them. Bruce spoke with quiet, compelling force. He saw through the fog. He approached every conversation as an opportunity to challenge old assumptions and expand his thinking. He was big-hearted, steadfast, and sincere, and never missed an opening for wry humor.

“Bruce was a fundamentally good and remarkable human being. We are proud to have been on part of his journey and will always cherish his legacy of leadership, scholarship, and mentorship. He leaves behind an organization shaped by his values and convictions, and a global movement that will finish what he started.

“All of us at Global Zero are holding Bruce’s family and his many friends in our hearts. We will miss him terribly, and we will honor his memory in the only way we know how: by continuing his work and seeing his life’s mission through to the end.”

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Half of Oklahoma Is “Indian Country.” What If All Native Treaties Were Upheld?

As reported by The Intercept.

The Nevada National Security Site (formerly known as the Nevada Test Site), where the U.S. and U.K. governments "test" detonated more than 900 full-scale nuclear weapons between 1951 and 1992 (and sub-critical nuclear weapons testing has continued there since), as well as the proposed Yucca Mountain high-level radioactive waste dump, are located on Western Shoshone land. The U.S. government acknowledged this when it signed the "peace and friendship" Treaty of Ruby Valley with the Western Shoshoe in 1863. Treaties are the highest law of the land, equal in stature to the U.S. Constituition itself. The U.S. government's genocidal radioactive racism is not only illegal, it is unconstitutional. For more information, see: <http://www.nativecommunityactioncouncil.org/>.