Episode #529· 00:58:59
NH #529: Ohio: Radiation Releases from Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant - Dr. Michael Ketterer
Nuclear Contamination in Ohio: Radiation releases from Piketon, Ohio's
Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant into local community are being tracked by
Dr. Michael Ketterer (above)
This Week's Featured Interview:
- Nuclear Contamination in Ohio is being tracked by Dr. Michael Ketterer, who has a PhD in Analytical Chemistry and has worked for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Enforcement, taught at John Carroll University, Northern Arizona University, Metropolitan State University of Denver, and at University of Denver. Since 2000, Michael has been conducting studies of plutonium in the environment, publishing and lecturing extensively, and has analyzed samples from locations worldwide. He is currently studying plutonium dioxide particles in soils near the former Rocky Flats facility in Colorado, and fingerprinting off-site contaminants near the former Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant in southern Ohio. Michael is currently Professor Emeritus of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Northern Arizona University. We spoke on Friday, August 6, 2021.
- LINK to NH #413, May 22, 2021: Radioactive Contamination in Ohio School SPECIAL: Whistleblower Vina Colley Exposes Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant History https://nuclearhotseat.com/2019/05/22/radioactive-contamination-ohio-school-whistleblower-vina-colley-exposes-truth-nh-413/
- TV Report by Duane Pohlman, WKRC-TV
Numnutz of the Week (for Outstanding Nuclear Boneheadedness):
Radioactive Ranger badges part of Historic Manhattan Project's ongoing con job!
LInks:
- Episode on nukes from Nature Bats Last, with three of my favorite activists: Skipper Kevin Hester of NZ, Ecologist Guy McPhearson, and poet/activist Mimi German: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIZ5VmXdeps&t=2101s
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