NH #729: 14th ANNIVERSARY! + Illinois Nuclear Moratorium Saga w/Dave Kraft of NEIS + Israel/Iran Analysis by Susi Snyder, ICAN

Yup – 14 years and 729 episodes down. What’s the half-life of a nuclear podcast?

This Week’s Featured Interview:

• Dave Kraft is Co-Founder and Director of the Nuclear Energy Information Service (NEIS), headquartered in Chicago.  Prior to becoming a full-time energy activist, Dave’s academic background and training was in astronomy and psychology at Northwestern University and Northeastern University in Chicago. Kraft’s interest in the environment moved him to found NEIS with seven other people, to provide the public with credible information about the hazards and effects of nuclear power and waste, and the viable means to replace them. 
  
  Here, he takes on the recent manipulations on the Illinois nuclear front that almost repealed a 1987 ban on building new nuclear reactors. He also provides deep background on unexamined national security risks associated with a proliferation of these new nuclear reactors.
  
  I spoke with Dave Kraft on Friday, Jun 13, 2025.

Links from Featured Interview:

• SMNRS AND NATIONAL SECURITY RISKS – Powerpoint by NEIS. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcPHAjzOY0k&t=28s

• PACIFICA RADIO CLIMATE HOUR DEBATE on “Nuclear Energy”

• Uranium Uses and Dangers – webinar with Dr. Gordon Edwards:
  https://youtu.be/5OmoJ0duP4E

Israel/Iran Bombings – Susi Snyder of ICAN

Susi Snyder of ICAN parses the meanings and history of the current Israel/Iran escalating exchange of drone and missile attacks.

Given the recent and almost daily intensification of Israel’s bombings on Iran’s Natanz Enrichment Facility and the Iran’s retaliations, we’re presenting an interview with Susi Snyder of ICAN analyzing the situation. This was originally broadcast by Al Jazeera and she is interviewed by Robin Matheson.

Numnutz of the Week (for Outstanding Nuclear Boneheadedness:

Tulsi Gabbard????? Nuclear video: Full 3:31 length (Get it while you can; it’s being scrubbed.).

Links:

• Gordon Edwards webinar on Uranium: Its Uses and its Dangers:
• How Nuclear War could Start – Federation of American Scientists Op-Ed in Washington Post
• Hidden Costs: Nuclear Weapons Spending in 2024 – annual report from ICAN