Nuclear Free Future

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Margaret Harrington hosts this discussion with nuclear arms and energy activists.

Programs in this Series

Format: 2024-03-29
Format: 2024-03-29
Interview with Kevin Kamps - Beyond Nuclear Radioactive Waste Specialist - 01/20/2022
Video journalist Margaret Harrington hosts the 15th year of Nuclear Free Future Conversation at the Center for Media and Democracy. She interviews Kevin Kamps, radioactive waste specialist from Beyond Nuclear, about the transport of radioactive...
76 Years of Nuclear Fallout from Hiroshima to Today - 07/28/2021
Alfred Meyer of Physicians for Social Responsibity and Kevin Kamps of Beyond Nuclear talk with host Margaret Harrington about the 76 years of nuclear weapons buildup worldwide since the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki at the end of World War II.
The Hazards of Transporting Radioactive Waste from Vermont Yankee - 06/14/2021
Kevin Kamps, radioactive waste specialist ‘watchdog’ from Beyond Nuclear, talks with host Margaret Harrington about the hazards of transporting radioactive nuclear waste from nuclear reactors, whether Vermont Yankee or Indian Point in...
Fukushima Daichi Nuclear Meltdowns at 10 - 03/18/2021
Fairewinds Energy Education founders Maggie and Arnie Gundersen along with Vermont resident Chiho Kaneko discuss the ongoing fallout from the nuclear crisis in Japan on March 11, 2011. Nuclear Free Future host Margaret Harrington welcomes Fairewinds...
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...
The Hazards of High-Level Nuclear Waste at Vermont Yankee - 08/27/2020
Christopher Williams of the Vermont Yankee Decommissioning Alliance and the Citizens Awareness Network talks with host Margaret Harrington about the need for Vermonters to take responsibility for the radioactive fuel rods stored at the site of the...
75 Years of Nuclear Fallout - From Hiroshima to Now Part 1 - 07/17/2020
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...
75 Years of Nuclear Fallout - From Hiroshima to Now Part 2 - 07/17/2020
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...
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...
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...
Poisoning the Well - 01/30/2020
Kevin Kamps, nuclear waste specialist with Beyond Nuclear, talks with host Margaret Harrington about Canada’s plan to bury nuclear waste beside the Great Lakes. Repositories suggested over the years as the nuclear waste crisis grows have...
Environmental Justice and Nuclear Waste - 10/01/2019
Organized by the Citizens Awareness Network and the Vermont Yankee Decommissioning Alliance, activists are raising awareness of nuclear waste from Vermont Yankee being transported to West Texas and New Mexico. Guests: Leona Morgan, Nuclear Issues...
Hiroshima/Nagasaki Vigils - Why Now? - 08/19/2019
Dr. John Reuwer of Physicians for Social Responsibility talks with host Margaret Harrington about the Back From the Brink Campaign which is a call to prevent nuclear war. They discuss the recent Vermont Council on World Affairs presentation by Dr....
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....
The Gender and Radiation Impact Project - 04/12/2019
Mary Olson, Director of the Southeast Office of the Nuclear Information and Resource Service, offers her insight into the greater danger faced by women and girls exposed to ionizing nuclear radiation. In this second Nuclear Free Future Conversation...

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