PA State Sen. Muth seeks answers about coronavirus response plan at Limerick nuclear plant

As reported by TheReporterOnline.Com.

Nuclear Hotseat #458 – Covid19/Nuclear Dangers: Arnie & Maggie Gundersen Call Out Industry Refueling, Safety Lies

Covid/Nuclear Dangers – More industry lies, problems revealed:
Arnie Gundersen and Maggie Gundersen, interviewed by Nuclear Hotseat producer/host Libbe HaLevy

LISTEN TO THE FULL SHOW, AND SEE BACKGROUND INFO. LEAKS, HERE.

This Week’s Featured Interview:

Covid/Nuclear Dangers and Lies:  As the Covid pandemic continues to ravage its way through society, the nuclear industry is placed in serious jeopardy of being able to maintain safety at its 98 U.S. operating nuclear reactors.  How bad are the problems?  How much should we believe the industry’s claims of being “safe” while asking for enormous bailouts from the Covid stimulous package?  We turned to two experts to find out. 

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  Arnie Gundersen has more than 45-years of nuclear power engineering experience. He attended Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) where he earned his Bachelor Degree cum laude while also becoming the recipient of a prestigious Atomic Energy Commission Fellowship for his Master Degree in nuclear engineering. Arnie holds a nuclear safety patent, was a licensed reactor operator, and is a former nuclear industry senior vice president. During his nuclear power industry career, Arnie also managed and coordinated projects at 70 nuclear power plants in the US.

• Maggie Gundersen founded Fairewinds Energy Education, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization, in 2008. Its mission has remained to educate the public about nuclear power production, engineering, reliability, and safety issues. Maggie also founded Fairewinds Associates, Inc, a paralegal and expert witness services firm in 2003. She has a history as well expertise within the nuclear power industry.

4/1/20: Beyond Nuclear on Sputnik Radio's "Loud & Clear"

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. Listen to the audio recording, here.

Letter from 14 U.S. House Committee Chairs to OMB, calling for extensions of public comment and intervention deadlines across executive branch agencies

See the letter sent to the White House Office of Management and Budget, here.

Comment on DOE's Request for Information Regarding Key Challenges in Reconstituting Uranium Mining and Conversion Capabilities in the United States

Beyond Nuclear was honored and privileged to join a coalition of more than 40 environmental and anti-nuclear organizations across the country, led by Natural Resources Defense Council, in submitting this powerful public comment to the U.S. Department of Energy on March 30, 2020. Allied signatories include those in places already hard hit by uranium mining over decades past, targeted again now for renewed uranium mining, such as these groups in New Mexico: Southwest Research and Information Center; Concerned Citizens for Nuclear Safety; Multicultural Alliance for a Safe Environment; Red Water Pond Road Community Association; Eastern Navajo Diné Against Uranium Mining; Nuclear Watch New Mexico; Laguna Acoma Coalition for a Safe Environment; and Post 71 Uranium Workers Committee.