NH #554: Nuclear Ukraine: 15 Reactors + Chernobyl + Russia/US Saber Rattling = Yikes! - Karl Grossman, Bruce Gagnon

Nuclear Ukraine - 15 nuclear reactors, Russian troops massing on the border only 120 miles from a six-reactor complex, and the possible weaponization of nuclear energy facilities.  Oh - and then there's Chernobyl in the north... 

This Week's Featured Interview:

Nuclear Ukraine - No, not bombs, but 15 nuclear reactors on the ground, including six of them just 120 miles away from where Russia has amassed troops on the Ukrainian border.  And let's not forget the radioactive remains of Chernobyl in the north.  What are the risks?  What is behind this sudden military build-up?  While the United States and Russia ramp up the rhetoric and the threat, might there be another narrative going on here?

This week, two guests with knowledge, expertise - and a very different perspective - provide an alternative interpretation of what's going on... and why.

• Karl Grossman is an award-winning environmental investigative reporter, author of six books, and a journalism professor at the State University of New York/College at Old Westbury. Karl hosts the syndicated television program Enviro Close-Up with Karl Grossman and has been covering nuclear issues for more than 50 years.
• Bruce Gagnon is the co-founder and Coordinator of the Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space.  He follows international issues, the threat of war, and the dangers posed by nuclear anything in space.

Links from the Interview:

• Book recommended by Karl: Nuclear Power Plants as Weapons for the Enemy: An Unrecognized Military Peril (Studies in International and Strategic Affairs) by Bennett Ramberg
• Karl's March 28, 2016 Counterpunch article: Nuclear Power Plants: Pre-Deployed WMDs 
• Bruce Gagnon's Blog:  Organizing Notes

Numnutz of the Week (for Outstanding Nuclear Boneheadedness):

A non-toxic, fungi-based means of cleaning up radioactive nuclear waste seems to be possible.  So why are scientists saying it would be great in space as a food source, rather than trying it out on earth to clean up the radioactive waste problem we already have?

LINKS:

• PILGRIM WASTE - Shape of Bay Means Poisons Would Linger by Christine Legere.
• Former Nuclear Leaders: Say "No" to New Reactors
• European Green Taxonomy and Nuclear Power:  5 Former Prime Ministers of Japan have Taken A Public Stand Against Inclusion
• Nuclear Warfare Without Bombs by Linda Pentz Gunter of Beyond Nuclear
• Atomic Cover-Up - free viewing of 29-minute version of award-winning film - good until February 15:  https://bfcfilmfestival.org/short2022, scroll down.