The Mike Hosking Breakfast

Richard Arnold: US Correspondent on the activists calling for compensation for testing nuclear devices

23 Jul 2023

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Director Christopher Nolan's new blockbuster Oppenheimer is opening old wounds. The film follows the story of its namesake, the father of the atomic bomb Robert Oppenheimer, as he's tasked with creating the deadly nuclear weapon. But Newstalk ZB's US correspondent Richard Arnold told Mike Hosking that the radiation from his work has persisted, and local activists are fighting for recognition. He says activist Tina Cordova is currently calling for the government to be held accountable to testing a nuclear device in their backyard. Richard Arnold says the community remains uncompensated, with many of the indigenous locals still affected and living without health care. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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