From the K-P-F-K Studios in Southern California,

it's the Ralph Nader Radio Hour.

Stand up, stand up.

You've been sitting way too long.

Welcome to the Ralph Nader Radio Hour. My name is David Feldman and I'm here with

the Man of the Hour, Ralph Nader. Hello, Ralph.

Hello, David. On the show today we're going to be talking about poverty with journalists and author Loretta Schwartz-Noble.

That'll be in the second half. We'll also check in with our corporate crime reporter Russell

Mo Kyber, the Thomas Magnum of the corporate crime beat.

And if we have time, we will get to more of your listener questions.

Steve Scroven is not with us today because he is in New York City pitching a docu series about nuclear power, which is appropriate in light of our first guest, Peter Bradford, who is one of the foremost experts on the issues surrounding nuclear power.

Professor Peter Bradford is a former commissioner of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

and the former chair of the New York and Main Utility Regulatory Commissions.

He has taught at the Yale School of Forestry

and Environmental Studies, and is currently

an adjunct professor at Vermont Law School,

where he teaches nuclear power and public policy.

He is Vice Chair of the Board of the Union of Concerned Scientists and is the author of

fragile structures, a story of oil refineries, national securities securities and the coast of Maine.

His latest article is entitled,

When the Unthinkable is deemed impossible reflecting on Fukushima,

welcome to the Ralph Nader Radio Hour, Professor Peter Bradford.

...