NH #108: Nebraskashima? Ft. Calhoun Nuke Update w/LaVerne Thraen

from Nuclear Hotseat · host Libbe Halevy

INTERVIEW:  Remember when Ft. Calhoun was a flood-surrounded nuclear island that threatened to pull a Fukushima?  Nebraska energy activist LaVerne Thraen brings us up to date with ongoing problems at Omaha Public Power District (OPPD) that’s keeping Ft. Calhoun offline, including floods, fires and that old standby, politics.  PLUS:  Fukushima radiation levels soaring for “unexplained...

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