This technical briefing by Inge Lindemann summarises the impacts of uranium mining on human health and the environment and makes a compelling case for leaving uranium in the ground.
To download the twelve page Word briefing, click on the link below:
Health and Environmental Hazards of Uranium April 2010
A longer version of this paper is available at http://www.uranium-network.org/images/pdfs-u-rad-health/inge_namibia_beitrag_28.03.2010.rs1.pdf.
See also:
Nuclear Power Nearly as Dangerous as Weapons, Critics Say
UNITED NATIONS, May 7, 2010 (IPS) – The quest for nuclear disarmament is likely to fail if governments and corporations continue to promote nuclear technologies as a solution to the world’s energy needs, say independent experts.
See http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=51354.
Videos on the dangers of the nuclear industry
Watch these video excerpts from a talk given by Canadian Dr. Gordon Edwards in Finland (at Loviisa, on January 12, 2010) edited down to a total of 45 minutes.
1/5: Nuclear Power Cannot Solve Climate Change:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqheZZ0pRNw
2/5: Radioactivity from Bomb Fallout and Reactors:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epexkJ5VEnQ
3/5: Atomic Radiation and High-Level Nuclear Waste:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjlFOEtsDRQ
4/5 Reactor Accidents – Meltdowns and Power Excursions:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SruTxZJyMkA
5/5: Recycling Nuclear Fuel = Plutonium Reprocessing:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6RaQFjjkAo