Topic: Tva

President Trump announced the firing of the Chairman of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) board after learning the utility was laying off American tech workers and forcing them to train lower-cost foreign replacements. Trump criticized the TVA CEO's $8 million annual salary, the highest in the federal government. Following the President's intervention, the TVA reversed course and cancelled all planned layoffs.

A listener report describes a screening of the pro-nuclear documentary "Pandora's Promise" in Knoxville, Tennessee, followed by a panel of experts from Oak Ridge and the TVA. The panel's dismissal of anti-nuclear sentiment is criticized as being out of touch with public perception. The segment also mentions Arjun Makhijani, a frequent media critic of nuclear energy, and his recent interviews regarding radiation levels at Fukushima.