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Nuclear Free Future: Climate Change and the Hazards of Nuclear Waste Transport 01/21/2021

Kevin Kamps, Nuclear Waste Watchdog of Beyond Nuclear, talks with host Margaret Harrington about a more positive outlook in the future regarding the dangers of nuclear power and weapons. He urges Vermonters to continue input into the Vermont Nuclear Citizens Advisory Panel and to contact our legislators.

Nuclear Free Future: The Hazards of Transporting Vermont Yankee Nuclear Waste 06/18/2020

Guests Diane D’Arrigo of Nuclear Information and Resource Service and Kevin Kamps of Beyond Nuclear talk with host Margaret Harrington about the hazards of transporting Vermont Yankee nuclear waste by Northstar to proposed centralized interim storage sites in Texas and New Mexico. This timely information is given to the public and the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Decommissioning Community Advisory Panel (VY NDCAP) before the next public comment period.

Guests:

Diane D'Arrigo
Radioactive Waste Project Director, Nuclear Information and Resource Service
www.nirs.org

Kevin Kamps
Radioactive Waste Specialist, Beyond Nuclear
www.beyondnuclear.org

Nuclear Free Future: Beyond Nuclear During the Pandemic 05/01/2020

Kevin Kamps, nuclear waste specialist with Beyond Nuclear, talks with host Margaret Harrington about the work of his organization, Beyond Nuclear, during the COVID-19 pandemic and the current state of the nuclear industry as they continue their work during this crisis.

For more information: http://www.beyondnuclear.org

Nuclear Free Future: Updates on Radioactive Leaks and Waste from Beyond Nuclear 05/30/2019

Kevin Kamps, Radioactive Waste Specialist from Beyond Nuclear, talks with host Margaret Harrington about the fight against the illegal high-level radioactive waste dump targeted at New Mexico which would transport nuclear waste from Vermont Yankee. They discuss the evacuation and closing of the Zahn’s Corner Middle School in Piketon, Ohio where air monitors detected enriched uranium and neptunium-237 contaminants from a nearby closed nuclear weapons plant.

Nuclear Free Future: Nuclear Disasters - Nuclear Weapons, Power and Waste 02/08/2019

Alfred C. Meyer, of Physicians for Social Responsibility, and Kevin Kamps, Radioactive Waste Specialist of Beyond Nuclear, talk with host Margaret Harrington about the need to abolish nuclear weapons. The experts discuss the hazards of nuclear power, identifying it as counterproductive to eliminate climate change issues. They also give insight into the compounding problem of radioactive nuclear waste.

Nuclear Free Future: Vermont Yankee Entergy Sale = Consequences Part 2 12/10/2018

Kevin Kamps, Radioactive Waste Watchdog of Beyond Nuclear, talks with Nuclear Free Future host Margaret Harrington about the vulnerability of irradiated fuel stored at Vermont Yankee. All the nation’s nuclear power stations are vulnerable to terrorism, and we learn what we can do about it. He also talks about quality assurance problems with Holtec containers, the model used at Vermont Yankee.

Nuclear Free Future: Vermont Yankee Entergy Sale = Consequences 11/01/2018

Kevin Kamps of Beyond Nuclear talks with host Margaret Harrington about the consequences of the pending Vermont Yankee Entergy Nuclear Power Plant sale to Northstar. The US Regulatory Commission has approved the transfer of the license to the NY company, but the Vermont Public Utility Commission must rule on the sale before the deal can close. A Northstar accelerated decommissioning project could clean up the Vermont site in less than a decade. Kevin Kamps, the Radioactive Waste Watchdog for Beyond Nuclear, takes into account Northstar’s nuclear waste plans involving Waste Control Specialists and the insurance and financing for the job.

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CCTV Receives NEH Grant to Support Community Archives

CCTV Center for Media & Democracy is pleased to announce receipt of a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Humanities Collections and Reference Resources grant alongside 32 peer archival institutions across the country. This $49,927 grant award will support efforts to preserve and expand access to audio/visual community history materials in the CCTV Archives. Read more about this opportunity here!