Nuclear Hotseat #139: WIPP Rad Release w/Watchdog Don Hancock

Published: Feb. 19, 2014, 6:02 a.m.

BREAKING NEWS: Sister Megan Rice, 84, gets 2 years 11 months in prison for her peaceful protest at the Y-12 National Security complex, a nuclear weapons plant in Oak Ridge, TN. Details next week. For this week's program, focus on the recent fire and radiation release at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant near Carlsbad, NM with Don Hancock of Southwest Research and Information Center. Then the featured interview w/Indian filmmaker Pradeep Indulkar, on tour in the US with his award-winning film, "High Power." PLUS: "Experts" miss possible Hanford implications in Washington state rare birth defect cluster; Massive cracks found at Fukushima near radioactive water storage tanks; Fukushima dental assn. to study radiation in local baby teeth; UK nuclear sites at risk of flooding; later this year the Irish will be able to sue the UK for Sellafield radiation damages; and then there's Numnutz of the Week, the NRC DUCK! and Cover Report, and Radcast w/Mimi German.