#504
International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War
Dr. Gururaj Mutalik, executive director, and Dr. John Pastore, a board member, of the Nobel Prize-winning International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War speak of how the grouping of physicians from over 80 countries works to oppose nuclear weapons and nuclear war. They tell of their Abolition 2000 campaign, to get the world's government to agree by the year 2000 on a firm timetable for the elimination of nuclear arms. And they discuss IPPNW's new report, Crude Nuclear Weapons, Proliferation and the Terrorist Threat.

#513
The Enemy Within
Dr. Jay M. Gould, author of The Enemy Within, The High Cost Of Living Near Nuclear Reactors, outlines its findings of a correlation between deadly diseases and proximity to nuclear reactors. Gould offers statistical evidence that residents of "nuclear counties" -- 1,321 U.S. counties within 100 miles of nuclear reactors -- suffer from a variety of illnesses, including breast cancer, disproportionately to others in the population.

#520
Nuclear Issues
Harvey Wasserman, senior advisor to Greenpeace and author of books on atomic technology, details recent developments impacting on atomic power including "de-regulation" of the utility industry.

#521
Mitsuo Okamoto: A Voice For Peace
The intimate linkage between nuclear power and nuclear war -- and what must be done to create a nuclear-free world at peace -- is discussed by Dr. Mitsuo Okamoto of Hiroshima Shudo University.

#525
Marshall Islands: On The Beach
Dr. Glenn Alcalay learned about the horrific impacts of U.S. nuclear weapons tests on the people of the Marshall Islands when he went there as a Peace Corps volunteer. He was outraged by what he saw: "A secretive human radiation experiment before my eyes." A professor of anthropology at the City University of New York, he has devoted his life to unearthing what the U.S. did to the Marshallese -- and demanding acknowledgement by the government and justice.

#526
We Are All Downwinders
New findings of the National Cancer Institute that U.S. nuclear weapons tests of the 1950s and 60s exposed people throughout the U.S. to radioactivity are discussed by Dr. David Rush, member of the board of directors of Physicians for Social Responsibility and co-chairman of the Greater Boston chapter of International Physicians, and Dr. Glenn Alcalay, who has specialized in researching human experiments with radioactivity.

#528
The Nuclear Expansion in Asia and Australia
Dr. M.V. Ramana of the Defense and Arms Control Studies Program of MIT and Dr. Tilman A. Ruff of International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War describe the new push to build atomic power plants in Asia and the expansion of uranium mining in Australia.

#535
Atomic Veterans
Dr. Oscar Rosen, himself, became a victim of atomic weapons testing by the U.S. military, while a member of that military. He is now publisher and editor of Atomic Veterans Radiation News.  The Salem, Massachusetts publication is a leading source of information in the world on the consequences of nuclear weapon testing.  In this Enviro Close-Up, Dr. Rosen provides a history of such testing, the impacts-and the many years of the military and government cover-up.

#541
Michael Mariotte: The State of Nuclear Power Today
Videotaped at the Northeast Action Camp for a Nuclear-Free New England. Michael Mariotte provides a comprehensive picture of the world-wide nuclear power situation. He talks about his trip to Chernobyl and effective challenges to nuclear technology in Europe and the US.

#542
Karl Z. Morgan: Founder of Health Physics
Dr. Morgan reviews a career that started with his developing the profession of health physics during World War II's Manhattan Project--his setting of standards for radiation exposure. Yet in recent times, charges Dr. Morgan, the health physics field has largely become prostituted under pressure of a nuclear establishment seeking to promote atomic technology despite the serious health consequences. This Enviro Close-Up was taped shortly before Dr. Morgan's death and represents a chilling, important farwell message from this important figure.

#543
Alice Stewart: Radiation Research Pioneer
Dr. Stewart, in the 1950s, performed the pivotal studies that found that children whose mothers received small amounts of radiation through X-rays--amounts not thought to be dangerous--had twice the risk of developing leukemia. She faced fierce attacks for this and other landmark research into the health impacts of radiation. Nevertheless, now in her 90s, Dr. Stewart goes on with her landmark work continuing to document the effects to health of "low-level" radioactivity.

#544
Michio Kaku: The Anti-Nuclear Nuclear Physicist
Dr. Kaku recounts how, from his humble beginnings in a Japanese-American family which was interned during World War II, he was brought into the field of nuclear physics by Dr. Edward Teller, the "father" of the hydrogen bomb. Teller wanted him to become a nuclear bomb-maker. But Dr. Kaku refused to enter the "dark side" of nuclear technology. Instead, he became a leading critic of atomic power for both military and civilian purposes, using his deep knowledge of physics to probe and explain what nuclear technology is really about. Dr. Kaku is an extraordinarily eloquent global spokesperson for peace.

#551
Licensed to Kill
This Enviro Close-Up shows how the routine operation of many atomic power plants unnecessarily kills endangered marine wildlife and ocean habitat to save money. This is documented by Linda Gunter of Safe Energy Communication Council and Paul Gunter of Nuclear Information and Resource Service. The show focuses on the industry's evasive tatics used to avoid responsibility for the destruction of ocean habitat and marine species, with particular emphasis on endangered sea turtles, through the intake and discharge of as much as one million gallons of reactor coolant water per minute at 59 of the United States' 103 operating reactors.

#101
Helen Caldicot
Dr. Caldicott reveals why and how she began her lifelong challenge of fighting nuclear technology. She tells of reading On The Beach, a novel about the consequences of a global nuclear war, when she was 15 and how her commitment grew when she became a pediatrician and a parent. Every nuclear power plant is “ medically dangerous,” she says. “’m doing this for the children and their future.” Dr. Caldicott believes there is a clear choice between the forces of evil and good, dark and light, power and conflict, and war and love/caring for other people. She tells how she takes the life-affirming path.

#110
Food Irradiation
For decades the nuclear industry has promoted food irradiation to extend its storage life and develop a use for nuclear wastes. The U.S. Department of Agriculture has been urging the mandatory radiation exposure of meat. In 1992 the first U.S. food irradiation plant (the Vindicator facility in Florida) opened - with food irradiation proponents hoping it would be the first of thousands. In this Enviro Close-Up, Michael Colby, executive director of Food & Water, Inc., the principal group fighting food irradiation in the U.S. , details the technology’s history and current status, and connects food irradiation to cancer.

#112
Nuclear Insecurities
After the alleged bombers of New York City’s World Trade Center threatened to target U.S. nuclear power plants, the risk of nuclear terrorism has become a pertinent issue. Scott Portzline of Three Mile Island Alert warns that “ plants are sitting ducks for armed attack” and has testified on the subject before the U.S. Senate and U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. This Enviro Close-Up includes footage shot by Portzline who flew in a plane a few hundred feet above Three Mile Island and later landed by boat at the same site. Also interviewed are David Agnew of Citizens at Risk, Cape Cod and Mary Ott of Citizens Urging Responsible Energy - who discuss problems involving the Pilgrim nuclear plant in Massachusetts. Despite a comprehensive 1990 study linking Pilgrim (built a mile and a half from Plymouth Rock) to cancer downwind, little has been done about this or other related problems.

#116
Steve Comley
The founder of We The People, Inc., Comley tells of his struggles - including being taken to court by the U.S. government and threatened with jail and huge fines - in pressing for nuclear safety.

 #123
Harvey Wasserman
Wasserman, senior advisor to Greenpeace and author of books including Energy War, speaks on his decades of effort to stop atomic power.

 #124
Robert Pollard
As a matter of conscience, Pollard left the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, where he was an inspector, and joined the Union of Concerned Scientists. As UCS's senior nuclear safety engineer, he regularly criticizes the nuclear industry and government for inadequate nuclear regulation.

#125
Judith Johnsrud and Dr. Donnell W. Boardman
Johnsrud, director of Environmental Coalition on Nuclear Power and Dr. Boardman, founder of the Center for Atomic Radiation Studies, speak of the impacts of radiation on health.

#126
George Wald
The Nobel laureate biologist speaks on nuclear technology, fission, fusion and the state of the world's environment.

#128
Radiation Guinea Pigs
Sandra “” Marlow, whose information led to public disclosures that young people at the Fernald State School were being used for radiation experiments, and Daniel Burnstein, president of the Center for Atomic Radiation Studies, discuss US citizens being used as radiation test subjects.

#154
Loose Nukes
Plutonium and enriched uranium - the stuff from which nuclear weapons are made - are slipping out of the former Soviet Union. Nuclear smuggling has become a leading global security threat. There are concerns about terrorist groups making use of nuclear technology. Iran, Pakistan, Iraq, among other nations, have been seeking nuclear hardware for nuclear weapons programs. In this Enviro Close-Up, nuclear proliferation specialist Jim Walsh of the MIT Working Group on Nuclear Materials details the situation.

#173
Nuclear Wasteland
Dr. Howard Hu, coeditor of Nuclear Wasteland:. A Global Guide to Nuclear Weapons Production and Its Health and Environmental Effects and a Harvard School of Public Health professor, discusses histories and impacts of the development of nuclear weapons programs in declared and de facto nuclear weapons powers.

#191
Down East Energy Activism
“Safe energy for Maine's future...It's in your hands” is the motto of the Committee for a Safe Energy Future. In this Enviro Close-Up, Bill Linell describes how his group has successfully fought for safe energy down east.

#193
Reactor Watchdog Project
Paul Gunter, head of the Reactor Watchdog Project at Washington-based Nuclear Information and Resource Service, warns of the grave dangers the world faces from commercial atomic power plants and the waste they generate.

#198
Prairie Island Coalition
George Crocker of the Minnesota-based coalition describes its struggle against the atomic industry including the industry's plans for “dry cask” storage of nuclear waste on Prairie Island and the transport of nuclear materials. Crocker warns that widespread defects in cooling system tubing in nuclear plants could lead to catastrophic accidents. And he outlines -- and advocates -- the alternatives of safe renewable energy sources.

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