Advocates; Should We Stop Construction Of Nuclear Power Plants?

05/13/1979

Moderator: Michael Dukakis Advocate: Anthony Roisman Advocate: Avi Nelson Witnesses: Michio Kaku Nuclear Physicist, CCNY Charles Komanoff Energy Analyst Barry Commoner Environmentalist, Washington University David Rossin Commonwealth Edison Alan Manne Stanford University Taped live at Ohio State University. Local Ohio cable subscribers with QUBE system are able to vote on many questions with their answers shown on screen during the program.

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Series: Advocates
Program: Should We Stop Construction Of Nuclear Power Plants?
Program Number: 613
Series Description: A SERIES OF DEBATES with a moderator facilitating the discussion of national and international issues - using advocates who would introduce witnesses to support their point of view. Debates recorded at Boston's Faneuil Hall. Moderators included: Michael Dukakis; Marilyn Berger; Michael Harrington, Robert Maynard. (Premiered October, 1969; conceived by Prof. Roger Fisher.) Other participants included Barney Frank, Avi Nelson, Antonin Scalia, S.I. Hayakawa, Paul Simon, Albert Shankar, Richard Bolling, Pete McCloskey, Chester Crocker, John Anderson, Elmo Zumwalt, George Ball, John Kenneth Galbraith, William Colby, Eleanor Smeal, Phyllis Schlafly, Sam Ervin, Laurence Tribe, Daniel Schorr, Orrin Hatch, Morris Udall, Edward Kennedy, George McGovern, Jake Garn, Paul Tsongas, Alan Dershowitz. Series release date: 1969
Program Description: Moderator: Michael Dukakis Advocate: Anthony Roisman Advocate: Avi Nelson Witnesses: Michio Kaku – Nuclear Physicist, CCNY Charles Komanoff – Energy Analyst Barry Commoner – Environmentalist, Washington University David Rossin – Commonwealth Edison Alan Manne – Stanford University Taped live at Ohio State University. Local Ohio cable subscribers with QUBE system are able to vote on many questions with their answers shown on screen during the program. Co-produced with the Institute of Politics at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. Bears WGBH copyright.
Duration: 00:59:44
Asset Type: Broadcast program
Media Type: Video
Subjects: Commoner, Barry, 1917-; Rossin, A. David; Komanoff, Charles; Kaku, Michio; Dukakis, Michael S. (Michael Stanley), 1933-; Roisman, Anthony Z.
Locations: Ohio State University
Genres: Debate
Topics: Public Affairs; Social Issues
Contributors: Commoner, Barry (Guest); Kaku, Michio (Guest); Dukakis, Michael (Moderator); Manne, Alan (Guest); Nelson, Avi (Guest); Komanoff, Barry (Guest); Roisman, Anthony (Guest); Rossin, David (Guest)
Publication Information: Supported by a grant from the Open Society Foundations.
Citation: Chicago: “Advocates; Should We Stop Construction Of Nuclear Power Plants?,” 05/13/1979, GBH Archives, accessed April 19, 2024, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_EF567C6C57F54DCAA3AD750DF67F12B3.; MLA: “Advocates; Should We Stop Construction Of Nuclear Power Plants?.” 05/13/1979. GBH Archives. Web. April 19, 2024. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_EF567C6C57F54DCAA3AD750DF67F12B3>.; APA: Advocates; Should We Stop Construction Of Nuclear Power Plants?. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_EF567C6C57F54DCAA3AD750DF67F12B3

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