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As nuclear plant accidents mount, and nuclear waste becomes a greater threat to health and safety worldwide, {and a new President Trump will influence nuclear policy} Women Rising Radio features veteran activists at the center of the movement to phase out nuclear energy, power and research. We revisit Chernobyl, Fukushima, Three Mile Island and many less well known disasters – and hear about real solutions to the problem of nuclear energy.
- Claire Greensfelder, International Forum on Globalization, Women in Europe for a Common Future, and the Global Women’s Call for Climate Justice, former nuclear campaign director for Greenpeace.
- Aileen Mioko Smith, director of Green Action Japan.
- Ursula Sladek, founder of Shoenau Energy Company in Germany.
- Host: Sandina Robbins
- Contributing Producer: Lynn Feinerman
- Audio Engineer: Jackie Sojico
- Audio Recordist: Nicolo Scolieri
- Photo credit: 8/9 Nagasaki Day Protest at Livermore Labs, photo by The Resource Center for Nonviolence
- Music Credit: 8/9 Nagasaki Day Protest musicians, with special thanks to Stefan Kelly
More Information:
- Hiromi Kawakami, “God Bless You, 2011” visit our Featured Essays page for the entire story.
- ICAN, International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear
- Helen Caldicott, Nuclear Power is Not the Answer
- Lawyers Committee on Nuclear Policy
- Samira Goetschel City 40
- Western States Legal Foundation
- Interview with Nadezhda Kutepova, Planet of Hopes, VIDEO
- Nuclear Free Future
- Women in Europe for a Common Future
- No Nukes Action Committee
- Fairewinds Energy Education
- Solartopia
- INOCHI for Life
- International Women’s Call for Climate Justice
- Shoenau Energy Company
- WEDO, Women’s Environment and Development Organization