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Nuclear Free Future: The New Nuclear Arms Race - National Security or Insecurity? 02/15/2018

Host Margaret Harrington talks with Dr. John F. Reuwer about the dangers of nuclear war and what can be done as the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists have set the clock one minute closer to approaching atomic meltdown at Two Minutes to Midnight. Dr. Reuwer speaks as a Doctor for Peace and a decades-long member of Physicians for Social Responsibility. He talks about the upcoming week-long festival of nuclear-related movies which will be shown around Burlington and that are sponsored by the Peace and Justice Center.

Nuclear Free Future: What We Can Do About the Risk of Nuclear War - Part 2 12/11/2017

Nuclear Free Future host Margaret Harrington talks with Dr. John Reuwer of Physicians for Social Responsibility about why a treaty to ban nuclear weapons is a good idea even if the nine nations who have nuclear weapons have not signed it. He explains why people support nuclear deterrence out of fear. Beatrice Fihn, executive director of The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, is shown accepting the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize.

Nuclear Free Future: What We Can Do About the Risk of Nuclear War - Part 1 11/27/2017

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.

Celebration of Nobel Peace Prize to International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons 11/05/2017

John F. Reuwer, MD, presents an in-depth talk about nuclear weapons to an audience at the Friends Meeting House in Burlington, Vermont. Dr. Reuwer explains why the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons won the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize. He places this win in the context of the anti-nuclear movement, in which he has been active as a member of the Security Committee of the Physicians for Social Responsibility. Dr. Reuwer's presentation is a must-see for those who are just waking up to the most immediate danger our civilization faces - the threat of nuclear holocaust - and to old timers who have lived in this nightmare since August 6, 1945.

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.

Nuclear Free Future: Obama in Hiroshima - Nuclear Waste Watchdog Kevin Kamps of Beyond Nuclear Discusses Historic Visit 06/03/2016

Kevin Kamps, Nuclear Waste Watchdog of Beyond Nuclear, discusses President Obama’s visit to Hiroshima 71 years after US atomic bomb dropped on the Japanese city.

For more information about Kevin Kamps and Beyond Nuclear: www.beyondnuclear.org

Nuclear Free Future: Children Suffer Nuclear Impact Worldwide 04/29/2016

Maggie Gundersen, Chiho Kaneko, and Caroline Phillips of Fairewinds Energy Education discuss the nuclear risk concerns for children not only near the nuclear disaster sites of Fukushima-Dai-ichiin Japan and Chernobyl in Ukraine, formerly the Soviet Union, but globally where areas near all nuclear power plants are contaminated with radiation. Since mothers in Japan especially bear the responsibility to protect children, they experience greater hardships in an environment where just expressing one’s concern about radiation is seen as a treasonous act. Even 30 years later, the Belarus government recognizes the merits of relocating children away from radiation contaminated areas but the children of Japan are socially forced to stay put in highly contaminated areas.

For more information visit: Fairewinds

Nuclear Free Future: Fukushima at 5 and the Vermont Yankee Shutdown - What Do They Mean? Arnie Gundersen, Chief Engineer of Fairewinds Energy Education, Provides Insights From His Recent Trip to Japan 03/25/2016

Host Margaret Harrington talks with Arnie Gundersen about the ongoing nuclear man made crisis when there is no sound methodology in place for decommissioning Fukushima Daiitchi or Vermont Yankee or any of the nuclear power plants being decommissioned in the US. A nuclear power plant carcass can sit for 60 or 70 years with ratepayers and tax payers paying for them after the plant owners have been subsidized at the public expense

More information: www.fairewinds.org or Fairewinds Interview

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