Nuclear Power ‘Baloney’ | C4E Presents #048

Investigative journalist Karl Grossman has had his eye on nuclear energy since the 1970s. Grossman, an author and nationally syndicated television host turned journalism professor and co-founder of the anti-nuclear proliferation group, Beyond Nuclear, told producer J.D. Allen that the shift to nuclear power to fight climate change is just baloney — a result of media failures since the fight to stop the Shoreham Nuclear Power Plant on Long Island. This is a director’s cut of America's Nuclear Future, a national radio broadcast special from American Public Media. Learn more:  - Cover Up: What You Are Not Supposed to Know About Nuclear Power (1980) - Why Is There More Media Talk About Using Nuclear Weapons Than About Banning Them? - Stony Brook University Archives: Shoreham and Three Mile Island Collection Skip ahead to the chapter that interests you: - 01:08 Grossman Origins - 01:35 Three Mile Island Wakeup - 04:51 Nuclear Green Claims - 06:38 Disaster Death Tolls - 10:02 Rickover’s Warning - 11:44 Shoreham Nuclear Park - 14:34 Investigating Shoreham Risks - 18:56 Restarting Old Reactors - 20:35 Media Accountability - 23:54 Better Watchdogs Tell a friend and share a link to this episode. You can find all our episodes at www.stonybrook.edu/c4e or wherever you stream audio. Sign up for our newsletter: https://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/c4e/newsletters.php For all things Stony Brook on social media: https://gosbu.co/m/social C4E Presents is a production of Stony Brook’s Collaborative for the Earth. Host: Heather Lynch Editor: J.D. Allen Producer: Jordan Vallone Program Manager: Jennifer Gilday