Radioactive Show

A dual focus this week. Barbara Shaw, Co-chair of the Australian Nuclear Free Alliance, represented ANFA one month ago speaking up for country at the World Uranium Symposium in Quebec, Canada.  The Symposium explored all aspects of the nuclear fuel chain and their impacts on all peoples and environments across the world. For videos of speeches and info on ANFA's tour in Canada, go to: http://anfa....

Victoria-Lola Leon Guerrero, an indigenous peace activist & award-winning journalist from Guam, a Pacific Island colony, speaks about the ever expanding US military base on her island home. An inspiring and eloquent speech about this isle of hope in the Pacific. Music Featured: Island on Fire by Monster Rally, and Mana Ma'Ohi by Matatoa.

This week on the Radioactive Show we return to hear the second half of an interview with Don Hancock (Southwest Research and Information Centre, New Mexico). He speaks about the ongoing dangers from a radioactive release at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in the US, and the problems faced trying to isolate nuclear wastes. Next, Anica Niepraschk (Friends of the Earth’s Anti-nuclear and Clean Energy...

This year marks the 70th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima. It’s also time again for the NPT (The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty) review at the UN. Throughout April 2015, Footprints for Peace are walking, cycling and running from Oak ridge, Tennessee, the site of the manufacture of the first atomic bomb, to New York City for the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) review, an event which...

Dwell among these thoughts on the nuclear industry, sacred land and the movements that inspire us from poets both fresh and seasoned. Put down the news for half an hour and take heart from these creative outpourings of sadness, reflection, rage and inspiration. Readings from Dave Sweeney, Isobel Phillips, Adam Sharah, Beth Hill, Greg, Alex McInnes, Livinthefinite and Taeko. Music from Combat Womba...

"Since nuclear weapons entered our world, everything has changed, whether we like it or not, ready or not." - Tilman RuffIn this beautifully sad and compelling essay 'Stumbling in the Dark, Reaching for the Light,' which is written and read by Tilman Ruff, we hear about the humanitarian impacts of nuclear weapons, which is our greatest existential challenge of all time. Weaved throughout a dark an...