Nuclear Hotseat #149: WIPP Radiation Leak Special

Published: April 30, 2014, 3:31 a.m.

Spotlight on the radiation leak and closure at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) in Carlsbad New Mexico with a trio of interviewees: Don Hancock, Director of Southwest Research and Information Center; Karen Hadden, executive director of the Sustainable Energy and Economic Development Coalition, and Diane D'Arrigo, Radioactive Waste Project Director at Nuclear Information and Resource Service, or NIRS. PLUS: Chernobyl - collateral damage in Putin/Ukraine clash? Nuclear refugees being forced to return to Fukushima despite radiation levels and deadly health problems. And Obama eats sushi in Tokyo - what's wrong with THIS picture?