No.555 Kim Townsend

Transcript (34 pages) of interview by Danielle Endres with Kim Townsend on July 17, 2008Kim Townsend was born in Owyhee, Nevada, and currently lives on the Duckwater Western Shoshone Reservation. She recalls the many Western Shoshone people who have died of cancers and discusses how this lead her to work on the NUKERISK project to assess radiation doses in American Indian populations from nuclear testing. She describes her role in the NUKERISK project. Townsend also briefly discusses the role she played in the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste controversy. Nuclear Technology Project. Interviewer: Danielle Endre