SNV Special Interview: Xcel Energy Leaked Radioactive Tritium Into The Mississippi

Special Interview Recorded (7/2/2024) and Uploaded (7/11/2024) In this special we speak with Kelly Lundeen who works with an organization called NukeWatch (nukewatchinfo.org/). According to their website "NukeWatch is a Wisconsin-based environmental and peace action group, dedicated to the abolition of nuclear power, weapons and continued radioactive waste production. NukeWatch brings critical attention to the locations, movements, dangers, and the politics of nuclear weapons and dangerous wastes." The organization does work locally, nationally and internationally and publishes a quarterly newsletter with updates. Lundeen previously did accompaniment work in Columbia as part of the International Peace Observatory. She has also been part of the Catholic Worker movement. In this special we discuss the leak from Xcel Energy's Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant of Tritium contaminated water into the Mississippi River, the effects of climate change on nuclear danger and how folks can get involved in the Campaign to Shut Down Monticello (nukewatchinfo.org/monticello/). You can watch a video of this interview from Urban Cabin Studios on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWLq4X2_e4E #radioactive #Minnesota #nuclear #power