NH #102: NUCLEAR GANDHI - Nonviolent India Rebels Against Nuclear; w/Kumar Sundaram

Entire village of Idinthakarai sleeps on the beach to protest Koodankulam Nuclear Power Plant,  Credit: Amirthraj Stephen/Gallery Ske
from, "Koodankulam: In My Backyard"

FEATURED INTERVIEW:

Kumar Sundaram, Research Consultant with India's Coalition for Nuclear Disarmament and Peace, (CNDP) on the Indian government's violent repression of the non-violent anti-nuclear movement, Japan's push to sell nuclear technology to India; and the country's massive, growing anti-nuclear movement.

NUMNUTZ OF THE WEEK:

A video is worth a thousand words...

As George Takei might say, "Oh, my.........!"

PLUS:

• Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) demands Justice Dept. investigates SCE after 2004 letter surfaces showing company VP already expressed doubts over San Onofre steam generator design;
• Paducah, Kentucky faces nuclear disaster if/when TVA turns off the lights  at uranium plant for nonpayment of the bill <!>;
• JELLYFISH AWARD FOR NUCLEAR HEROISM: Seaweed shuts down two nuclear reactors in Scotland;
• Greenpeace lands a warning on Sweden's Ringhals reactor...and gets no reaction;
• Navaho Nation blocks uranium mining company from transporting ore across their lands - and there's no other way out;
• TEPCO has problems keeping employees -- can you imagine?