http://kpfk.orghttp://www.kpfk.org/on-air/california-solartopia/ webmaster@kpfk.org (Archive Manager) webmaster@kpfk.org (KPFK Admin) en-us Mon, 24 Aug 2026 04:00:00 -0700 60 Pacifica Archive archiver_9.0.1 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Public Affairs - Local KPFK Public Radio - Online Archives webmaster@kpfk.org Harvey Wasserman no https://archive.kpfk.org/mp3/kpfk_260824_040000solartopia.mp3 https://archive.kpfk.org/mp3/kpfk_260824_040000solartopia.mp3 Mon, 24 Aug 2026 04:00:00 -0700
California Solartopia / Solartopia @ Pacifica
Hosted by HARVEY "SUNNY" WASSERMAN
Co-Hosted by KEVIN KAMPS

California Solartopia/the Solartopia Show is graced by green heroes Ray Lutz and Kevin Kamps. Ray has been instrumental in shutting two reactors at San Onofre, between Los Angeles and San Diego. Kevin is fighting the proposed catastrophic re-start of the Palisades nuke in western Michigan.

Ray explains the disastrous “shaking” that threatened the steam generators at San Onofre, whose Michigan counterpart should also doom Palisades.

Together these legendary expert/activists provide Solartopians with definitive insider keys to bring a halt to these two apocalyptic nukes.

The scoops are especially critical in California, where the legislature will soon vote on whether PG&E will be allowed to refuel Diablo Canyon for operation beyond 2030, a decision that could decide the fate of the Earth.

Meanwhile we celebrate the shut-down of Romania’s atomic power, making it nuke-free for the first time since 2003.]]> 1803 no Public Affairs - Local https://archive.kpfk.org/mp3/kpfk_260817_040000solartopia.mp3 https://archive.kpfk.org/mp3/kpfk_260817_040000solartopia.mp3 Mon, 17 Aug 2026 04:00:00 -0700
Hosted by HARVEY "SUNNY" WASSERMAN

At today’s Solartopia Show / California Solartopia, we journey to Idaho for a visit with LEIGH FORD, Executive Director of the legendary Snake River Alliance; Board Member of Alliance for Nuclear Accountability.

Leigh and the Alliance are fighting the Trump Regime’s proposed radioactive waste dump and so-called “disposition” department being slated for the Idaho backcountry.

Along with co-host KEVIN KAMPS, Executive Director of Don’t Waste Michigan, we explore the hideous realities of an industry that produces poisons that can kill for hundreds of thousands of years.

Like so much else in today’s atomic industry, there’s nowhere for it to run, and certainly no place to hide.

Leigh confirms the ancient 1950s nightmare of a “love triangle” at the Idaho Nuclear Engineering Laboratory in which a human worker was impaled by a radioactive rod and pinned to the ceiling of a containment dome.

“My grandfather didn’t sleep that night,” Leigh says. Nor will the rest of us if this atomic insanity continues. Instead, let’s get to Solartopia as soon as possible!

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Host: Harvey "Sunny" Wasserman
Co-Host: Kevin Kamps
Producer: Myla Reson
Engineer & Editor: Gary Scott]]> 1803 no Public Affairs - Local https://archive.kpfk.org/mp3/kpfk_260810_040000solartopia.mp3 https://archive.kpfk.org/mp3/kpfk_260810_040000solartopia.mp3 Mon, 10 Aug 2026 04:00:00 -0700 SOLARTOPIA Goes Deep Fission!

At today’s California Solartopia at KPFK 90.7fm/Los Angeles and the Solartopia Show broadcast worldwide at the Pacifica Affiliate Network, we go deep down to investigate a nuke being fought in Kansas.

With our reactor expert and co-host Kevin Kamps we interview Ann Suellentrop and Marjorie Reynolds, a pair of pediatric nurses fighting the insane proposal to bury and operate an atomic reactor a mile deep in a midwestern farming region.

Their Prairie Dog Alliance is working against a “micro-reactor” proposed for Parsons, Kansas, by murky corporations who avoid public hearings and refuse to submit their hidden plans to independent scrutiny.

Aside from there being no need for nuke power in the wind-swept plains, the perpetrators want to fill their borehole with workers who have no protective clothing and radioactive waste with nowhere to go.

But thanks to grassroots campaigners like Marjorie and Ann, Solartopia still stands a chance in Kansas. Join us to hear how!!!


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Host: Harvey "Sunny" Wasserman
Co-Host: Kevin Kamps
Producer: Myla Reson
Engineer & Editor: Gary Scott]]> 1564 no Public Affairs - Local https://archive.kpfk.org/mp3/kpfk_260803_040000solartopia.mp3 https://archive.kpfk.org/mp3/kpfk_260803_040000solartopia.mp3 Mon, 03 Aug 2026 04:00:00 -0700 Hosted by HARVEY "SUNNY" WASSERMAN



GREG PALAST joins California Solartopia/the Solartopia Show @KPFK/Pacifica to puncture the crypto-nuke bubble. It’s all about money, says our premier follow-the-money reactor deflator.

Atomic reactors like California’s Diablo Canyon and Michigan’s Palisades are hyper-expensive scams meant to soak the public for all the money the billionaires can swindle. Co-host KEVIN KAMPS of Don’t Waste Michigan reminds us that radioactive waste is being spewed throughout the planet, and that even billionaires aren’t safe from being killed by it.

Palast’s legendary movies include VIGILANTES Inc, about voting rights, and his books include VULTURE’S PICNIC on the billionaire rip-offs that are impoverishing us all.

At California Solartopia Greg and Kevin remind us that citizen action has killed nuke reactors from NY to MI to CA, and that Pacifica still plays a vital role in paving the way to the green-powered Earth we must have to survive….and to avoid global bankruptcy.]]> 1804 no Public Affairs - Local https://archive.kpfk.org/mp3/kpfk_260727_040000solartopia.mp3 https://archive.kpfk.org/mp3/kpfk_260727_040000solartopia.mp3 Mon, 27 Jul 2026 04:00:00 -0700
HOSTED BY HARVEY "SUNNY" WASSERMAN

The great IAN ZABARTE - Principle Man of the Western Bands of the Shoshone Nation of Indians tells us all of the need to get to Solartopia.

Joining co-hosts MYLA RESON, KEVIN KAMPS and HARVEY "SUNNY" WASSERMAN, Ian explains his many amazing victories over the nuke power industry and why theres no radioactive waste in the proposed Yucca Mountain waste dump today.

The Shoshone Nations traditional territory stretches from whats now Nevada all the way to Santa Monica, California. Ians activism sanctifies it all.
Don't miss his inspiring narration! – Guest: IAN ZABARTE, Principle Man, Western Bands of the Shoshone Nation of Indians. He is also Secretary of Native Community Action Council, and board member for Alliance for Nuclear Accountability. HOSTED BY HARVEY "SUNNY" WASSERMAN

The great IAN ZABARTE - Principle Man of the Western Bands of the Shoshone Nation of Indians tells us all of the need to get to Solartopia.

Joining co-hosts MYLA RESON, KEVIN KAMPS and HARVEY "SUNNY" WASSERMAN, Ian explains his many amazing victories over the nuke power industry and why theres no radioactive waste in the proposed Yucca Mountain waste dump today.

The Shoshone Nations traditional territory stretches from whats now Nevada all the way to Santa Monica, California. Ians activism sanctifies it all.
Dont miss his inspiring narration!

Credits: Host: Harvey "Sunny" Wasserman
Co-Host: Kevin Kamps
Producer & Co-Host: Myla Reson
Engineer & Editor: Gary Scott]]> 1803 no Public Affairs - Local