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NH #327: North UK Nuke Waste Storage Fightback - Marianne Birkby + "Man Who Saved the World" from Nuclear Holocaust Dies
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NH #327: North UK Nuke Waste Storage Fightback - Marianne Birkby + "Man Who Saved the World" from Nuclear Holocaust Dies
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Featured Image: Stanislav Petrov, “The Man Who Saved the World” (1936-2017)
This Week’s Featured Interview:
- Marianne Birkby is a wildlife artist who founded Radiation Free Lakeland in 2008 to oppose geological dumping of nuclear waste and new nuclear developments in Cumbria in the UK. The groups aim is nuclear safety and that has recently included spearheading a campaign to stop a new coal mine within close proximity of Sellafield.
- RECOMMENDED BOOK: Nuclear Juggernaught by Michael Bond, published in 1992 by EarthScan
- Ongoing petitions can be found here:
Numnutz of the Week (for Nuclear Boneheadedness):
C’mon, World Nuclear News and World Nuclear Association — you call THAT a “HOT SEAT?” Not even warm… but thanks for the free publicity!
Commemoration: Stanislav Petrov, ‘The Man Who Saved The World,’ Dies at 77
- BBC article contains interview video.
- Trailer for 2014 documentary with reenactments, “The Man Who Saved the World“
Topics
Activismanti-nuclearanti-nukeatom bombCancerFukushimaJapanLibbe HaLevyNorth KoreaNRCNuclearnuclear bombnuclear hotseatNuclear ReactorNuclear Regulatory CommissionRadiationStanislav PetrovTepco
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