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How to restart a nuclear reactor in Japan after the Fukushima disaster with Dreux Richard
Episode 14
In this episode, Shelly Lesher and Dreux Richard author of the book, Every Human Intention: Japan in the New Century, explore the post-Fukushima nucl…
5 years ago
Soviet bone records, Tom Lehrer, and music for your nuclear protest with Tim & Joanna Smolko
Episode 13
In this episode of My Nuclear Life, host Shelly Lesher speaks with Tim and Joanna Smolko, authors of Atomic Tunes: The Cold War in American and Briti…
5 years, 1 month ago
Deep beneath the surface: Innovating nuclear waste disposal with Elizabeth Muller
Episode 12
In this episode, Lexie Weghorn and Shelly Lesher discuss nuclear waste disposal with Elizabeth Muller, CEO of Deep Isolation. Topics include nuclear …
5 years, 1 month ago
Hanford Lab Pt. 2: How the DOE got into the museum business with Robert Franklin
Episode 11
In this episode, Shelly continues her conversation with Robert Franklin, Archivist & Oral Historian at the Hanford History Project. They discuss how …
5 years, 2 months ago
Hanford Lab Pt. 1: The triumph of the engineer with Robert Franklin
Episode 10
In this episode, Shelly and Robert Franklin, Archivist & Oral Historian of the Hanford History Project dive into the history of the Hanford Laborator…
5 years, 2 months ago
Quarky News: Volk Field 1962
In this new segment of My Nuclear Life find out what happens at Volk Field one snowy night in 1962.
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5 years, 2 months ago
Radium: Luxurious, Beautiful, Expensive, and Modern with Lucy Santos
Episode 9
In this episode Shelly Lesher and Lucy Jane Santos, author of the book Half Lives: The Unlikely History of Radium discuss the beauty industry, salons…
5 years, 2 months ago
Nuclear newsletters, queer theory, and Freedom of Information with Martin Pfeiffer
Episode 8
In this episode of My Nuclear Life, host Shelly Lesher interviews Martin Pfeiffer, a Ph.D. student of anthropology at the University of New Mexico. H…
5 years, 2 months ago
The War Science Won? Building the bomb, ingenuity, and politics with Richard Rhodes (Pt. 3)
Episode 7
Part 3 of our conversation with Richard Rhodes, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning book, The Making of the Atomic Bomb. The conversation picks up …
5 years, 3 months ago
How to turn the US into a factory: Beer in Hanford, Silver from Fort Knox, and PO Box 1663 with Richard Rhodes (Pt. 2)
Episode 6
In this episode of My Nuclear Life, Shelly Lesher continues her conversation with Richard Rhodes, author of award winning book, The Making of the Ato…
5 years, 5 months ago