Nuclear Hotseat · Libbe Halevy

Executive Order: NRC Now Tasked w/"ENABLING" New Nukes?!? Stupid/Dangerous Nuclear Languaging Tricks - Cindy Folkers

·1 hr·5 clips
Trump's executive order forces the NRC to find a safe radiation level, but science says there is none, risking public health.
This episode investigates the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's shift from safety regulation to enabling nuclear power expansion under recent executive orders. Guest Cindy Fokkers explains the scientific evidence against safe radiation thresholds and the risks of small modular reactors, while also covering news stories on nuclear contamination and anti-nuclear activism.

As heard by us

A forceful argument that radiation carries risk at every dose and should not be treated as threshold-safe.

The episode makes a firm case that radiation has no truly safe floor and frames the NRC as a regulator meant to protect people and the environment rather than advance nuclear power.

Read the full review in PlayNext →

Why you'd press play

Need the NRC conflict and no-safe-dose basics without the spin?

Read the full recommendation in PlayNext →
Listen to the show on