Nuclear Waste

Nuclear Free Future: 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.

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: 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 Study Group (NISG), is from the Navajo Nation and a community impacted by uranium mining and the nuclear fuel cycle.

Diane D’Arrigo, Nuclear Information and Resource Service (NIRS), addresses the vulnerabilities of centralized interim storage of HLNW and federal policy.

Deb Katz, Citizens Awareness Network (CAN), addresses the issues of NorthStar, decommissioning, and hardened on site storage at nuclear sites.

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.

Nuclear Free Future: Should Vermont Yankee Nuclear Waste Be Dumped in the Southwest? 01/04/2018

Kevin Kamps, Nuclear Waste Watchdog of Beyond Nuclear, talks with Margaret Harrington, Host of Nuclear Free Future, about the federal plan to transfer 40 years of Vermont Yankee nuclear waste to Yucca Mountain, Nevada. Following the Trump Administration's lead, Representative Peter Welch supports H.R. 3053, which would reauthorize Yucca Mountain and begin the process of making it operational. Kevin Kamps cites legal, scientific, and logistic reasons not to transfer Vermont nuclear waste to the Southwest.

For more information: vtdigger.org/2018/01/03/margaret-harrington-vermonts-plans-dump-nevada

Nuclear Free Future: Loss of Institutional Control 01/24/2017

Host Margaret Harrington speaks with Kevin Kamps, NuclearWaste Watchdog of Beyond Nuclear, about nuclear weapons and nuclear power issues facing the Trump Administration.

Kevin Kamps zeroes in on issues faced by the Trump administration regarding nuclear weapons and nuclear power in the United States and globally. There is the 75 year buildup of nuclear waste which is the legacy of the Cold War. That is stored at WIPP, the Waste Isolation Pilot Program in Carlsbad, New Mexico. There is the Savannah River Nuclear site where radioactive turtles and alligators swim in waters that flow into drinking water sources. There are spent fuel containers at every nuclear reactor site in the United States. Then there is the disaster zone of Fukushima Daichi, Japan where nuclear waste sits in plastic garbage bags.

Nuclear Free Future: New Nukes Make Global Warming Worse 10/27/2016

Margaret Harrington, host of Nuclear Free Future, speaks with with Arnie Gundersen, Chief Engineer of Fairewinds Energy Education.

Nuclear Free Future: Dakota Pipeline Protest 09/16/2016

Kevin Kamps, Nuclear Waste Watchdog with Beyond Nuclear, talks with Nuclear Free Future host Margaret Harrington about why he participated in the Dakota Pipeline Protest and how the new federal proposals for radioactive nuclear waste sites is related to the ongoing oil pipeline protest. The anti-nuclear pro-green energy activist discusses the sacred sites of Native Americans, the water contamination, and extensive ravage of the earth brought about by oil and nuclear industries. Beyond Nuclear is committed to bringing about a nuclear free future and Kevin Kamps is in the frontline to show how to realize that future.

Safegaurding Radioactive Waste at VT Yankee 06/08/2015

Beyond Nuclear's Kevin Kamps discusses nuclear waste management and dry cask storage at Vermont Yankee. Kamp specializes in High Level radioactive waste management and transportation.