During public engagement excursions, many nuclear researchers tend to get asked a myriad of questions on the nuclear bomb. It's rather a grim issue - which is enveloped in a torrent of moral arguments - but is one we shouldn't shy away from tackling. However, if you even attempt to delve into the facts & figures surrounding weapons stockpiles and their potential impact it can leave you feeling like you've entered the Aztec Zone of the Crystal Maze.
Hope you have been soaking up the rarity that is the British summer season!! How about listening to this months show whilst having an impromptu BBQ or when sipping on a lukewarm Pimms in a ridonkulously overcrowded beer garden? We've certainly got everything covered! We'll be talking about EDF vs the Government, 1970s Anglo-German waste policy (or lack thereof), a mysterious facility in Germany and North Korea! Hope you enjoy the show!
Gunth
(NB. Correction - I mention America financing Al-Qaeda during the 1980s Afghan Conflict. It was, in fact, the Mujahideen which received weapons and training. Splinter groups of the Mujahideen later formed Al-Qaeda).
Our new episode will be going up at the beginning of May, so I just thought I'd give you a taster of what's going to be on the show!
At the risk of my repeating myself, nuclear appears to have fallen down a rocky road in recent weeks (NB. It seems quite ironic I've used rocky road as a negative as I loved those flapjacks at Uni!). Anyway, we'll be talking about the investment tightrope the Government has been walking these past few weeks in not yet reaching an electricity strike price deal with EDF Energy. This may well have huge implications!! In addition to the obvious impact on our CO2 emissions, foreign firms may not be confident in investing in future UK infrastructure projects due to the Government's ambivalence towards their own energy policy.
We'll also be discussing the mysterious closure of a manufacturing plant in Germany, which was backed by a former Iranian minister and may have possible ties to the nuclear black market. My own personal passion - nuclear waste - will also feature, as a number of containers from the 1950's have been found at the bottom of the English Channel. Furthermore, we'll discuss the recent developments at the Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear plant.
As we can't seem to avoid western media outlets' information assault on a small country in East Asia, I believe we need to talk about North Korea. With John Sweeney (BBC Panorama) going on an ethically-upstanding visit to the People's Republic - one in which the Beeb in no way damaged academic integrity with unstable foreign nations - it's about time we have a discussion on how we've arrived at this juncture with Kim Jong-un! So, there's plenty to look forward to on the show and if you have any questions for the recording don't hesitate to tweet us!!!
By the way, the Panorama investigation on North Korea is embedded below! Let us know what you think. Did it tell you anything you didn't know already? Was it worth placing the London School of Economics in disrepute? Oh, and you may have heard of the journalist John Sweeney before.... There's a reason for that. He channeled the power of Zeus during a debate with Tommy Davis (a Scientologist) on a previous Panorama investigation.
On this months show we discuss the mysterious world of radiation and how the public perceive this ethereal entity. Along the way we discover girls have to play cricket in order to be cool, Vladimir Putin may want to audition for The Walking Dead and there be nuclear sheep in those hills! Our guest speakers are Joel Turner, Kate Tucker and Peter Gill.
Click on the "Read more" tab below to access the podcast.
On our first podcast we discuss the Fukushima incident one year on and how the public have reacted to what happened in Japan. Our guest speakers for this inaugural podcast are Paul Butler, Michael Daly and Lizzie Murray.
Click on the "Read More" tab below to access the podcast!
