Beyond Nuclear

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 Conversation host Margaret Harrington talks about the risk of nuclear war with Dr. John F. Reuwer, who is a member of Physicians for Social Responsibility. Dr. Reuwer voices his concern that the threats between North Korea and the United States do not reflect an understanding of the reality of what nuclear weapons can do to us. He talks about how and when he personally was awakened to what he describes as the greatest threat to life on earth. Most of all, Dr. Reuwer explains what we can do to emerge as a powerful force for peace.

Host Margaret Harrington reads the letter to supporters from the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) on their winning the Nobel Peace Prize. The nine nations who have nuclear weapons have not signed the treaty to abolish nuclear weapons. They are the United States, China, Russia, Great Britain, France, India, Israel, Pakistan, and North Korea. ICAN modeled their campaign on the International Campaign to Ban Landmines which with its American Coordinator, Jody Williams, won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1997. Jody Williams speaks in Vermont at the first statewide Nuclear Disarmament Day observed on August 6th, the day the United States bombed Hiroshima.