NH #558: SPECIAL: NUCLEAR UKRAINE IN A RUSSIAN WAR ZONE - Gundersen, Grossman, Kraft

SPECIAL:  Nuclear Ukraine in a Russian War Zone

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Nuclear Ukraine in a Russian War Zone - There are more ways to trigger a nuclear catastrophe i  Ukraine than mainstream media is currently reporting.  For this Nuclear Hotseat SPECIAL, we have three interviews with genuine experts.  Each knows the nuances of nuclear issues and covers the nightmare variants of possible Armageddon that we currently face.  They also provide some positive steps we can take at this dangerous moment towards ridding the planet of all nukes.

THIS WEEK'S FEATURED INTERVIEWS:

• Arnie Gundersen is a nuclear engineer, a licensed nuclear reactor operator and expert witness, as well as the Chief Engineer for Fairewinds Associates
• Karl Grossman is host of the television program Enviro Close-Up with Karl Grossman, a professor at the State University of New York/College at Old Westbury, and author of six books – so far.  He has been covering nuclear issues for more than 50 years. 
• Dave Kraft is Executive Director of Nuclear Energy Information Service (NEIS), base in Chicago, and a 40+ year veteran of anti-nuclear work.

LINKS:

• Dave Kraft's article on the NEIS website: When Nuclear Power Meets War.  
• Article on 4th quarter power earnings, containing this quote:
  "There's a realization that Europe has to move away from dependency on Russian oil and gas and one way to achieve that is renewables," Deepa Venkateswaran, an analyst at Bernstein Autonomous, tells Bloomberg. "Now it's not just about decarbonization, but also about security of supply."
• Article by Bennett Ramberg: A Russian invasion raises questions about the country's 15 nuclear reactors and the dangers they pose  
• Article by Tilman Ruff of International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW.org) - The Ukraine crisis could trigger a nuclear catastrophe