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Nuclear Free Future: Nuclear Update with Fairewinds Energy Education 03/26/2018

Arnie Gundersen, Chief Engineer of Fairewinds Energy Education, talks with host Margaret Harrington about his 5-year monitoring project of radioactively-hot particles detected in dust and soils in Northern Japan after the Fukushima-dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant Meltdown on March 11, 2011. The research identifies a meaningful number of samples whose radioactivity increase the risk of suffering future health problems.

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

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.

High Power, An Untold Story of the Tarapur Atomic Project in India 09/01/2011

Rajan Raje presents the story of the Tarapur Atomic Project - India's oldest and largest nuclear power project in the state of Maharashtra. for more information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarapur_Atomic_Power_Station

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajan_Raje

Vermont Access Network (VAN): Sound Off: Entergy 10/12/2010

Linda Kirker speaks with three representatives from Entergy about Vermont Yankee, its history, and its future.

Shut Down Vermont Yankee March from Brattleboro to Montpelier 01/13/2010

In an effort to bring attention to the dangers of Vermont's one nuclear power plant and the importance of not renewing its license in 2012, dozens of Vermonters particpated in a march from Brattleboro to Montpelier (a distance of 93 miles).

Shut Down Vermont Yankee Press Conference 01/13/2010

Shut Down Yankee Press Conference at the State House in Montpelier at the end of the citizen walk from Brattleboro.

Under the Dome: Vt. Yankee, Dry Cask Storage 04/12/2005

Under the Dome

Excerpts from an April 7th public hearing on dry cask storage at the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant.

New England Coalition P.C. on Vt Yankee 06/28/2004

New England Coalition Press Conference on Vermont Yankee Nuclear Plant

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