Nuclear Hotseat #215: Anti-Nuclear Millenials w/SPSR's Michelle Gin

Published: Aug. 5, 2015, 8:34 p.m.

INTERVIEW: Michelle Gin, Program Coordinator for Student Physicians for Social Responsibility (SPSR) who holds an MA in Public Health, on student anti-nuke organizing around the world and what it will take to attract Millenials to the anti-nuclear movement. SOCIAL MEDIA SUPERTRICKS #3 w/Dave Parrish focuses on Facebook as more than a distraction. NUMNUTZ OF THE WEEK: A floating nuclear reactor based on the technology used for oil drilling platforms - what could go wrong? PLUS: NRC trying to convince everyone that radiation is "GOOD" for you (NOT!); President Obamas Clean Power Plan drops support for existing nuclear plants; 1", 2-ft. deep, 35-year-old hole found in NJ nuclear reactor secondary containment vessel; WIPP site "planned" re-opening in March, 2016 "indefinitely delayed" - quel surprise! (We called this date a non-starter in Nuclear Hotseat #164, August 12, 2014.) 3 top TEPCO execs to stand trial for Fukushima Daiichi disaster; and both Taiwan and Russia keep up the Food Fight over suspect safety of Japanese food imports.