Fukushima, Chernobyl Raise Questions about WHO’s Role
The nuclear disaster in Fukushima, Japan and the 25th anniversary of the catastrophe in the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine have thrown into relief contradictions in the …
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Chernobyl Catastrophe: 25th Anniversary of World’s Worst Nuclear Accident
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How nuclear apologists mislead the world over radiation
By Helen Caldicott in response to George Monbiot’s public attack
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/apr/11/nuclear-apologists-radiation
Japan Plant Emits More Radiation After Cooling Lapse
http://gsn.nti.org/gsn/nw_20110414_5466.php
Japan’s radiation contamination spread across Northern Hemisphere…
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Rio Tinto sidesteps questions on Jabiluka uranium
One of the highlights of protests at last week’s Rio Tinto Annual General Meeting was the presentation of an appeal to the UN from Australian Aboriginal elder, Yvonne Margarula – raised by a British colleague …
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Activists from around the world attack British mining giant
On 14 April 2011, London-based Rio Tinto plc held its AGM (annual shareholders’ meeting) in London.
14 April also marked the thirtieth anniversary of the first concerted intervention by “dissident shareholders” in what is now …
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Aborigines to block Rio Tinto subsidiary’s uranium mining after Japan disaster
Since Japan’s Fukushima nuclear plant began leaking radiation after last month’s earthquake and tsunami, those watching with consternation have included the Mirarr Aboriginal people of Australia’s Northern Territory, who are determined to limit uranium mining …
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Fukushima disaster causes fallout for nuclear industry worldwide
British deputy prime minister Nick Clegg says coalition will be unable to subsidise nuclear energy should current uncertainty cause investors to pull away. Britain could join a wave of countries loosening their embrace of nuclear …
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Too Cheap to Meter: The Top 10 Myths of Nuclear Power
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-rose/too-cheap-to-meter-the-to_b_835730.html
Wind power cheaper than nuclear, says EU climate chief
Connie Hedegaard says declining cost of offshore wind energy makes it genuine alternative to …
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Nuclear radiation is forever
By Helen Caldicott And Dale Dewar. Port Hope is the deep dark underbelly of the Canadian nuclear industry, representing dangers that so far, have escaped sufficient scrutiny and cleanup.
See http://www.ottawacitizen.com/health/Nuclear+radiation+forever/4240391/story.html…
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A few good reasons why we should abandon nuclear energy for good
Consensus is growing that we must reduce our dependence on fossil fuels. Proponents of nuclear energy say nuclear is the best alternative. But nuclear energy is neither clean nor green. Each step in the nuclear …
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The government isn’t telling us the true cost of nuclear waste disposal
UK plans for ten new nuclear power plants will create £80 billion worth of radioactive waste that we still have no secure way …
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Uranium supply increase
Global uranium supply is expected to increase in the second half of 2010, supported by strong production coming from Kazakhstan and the Ranger and Olympic Dam mines, in Australia. The continued ramp-up of Paladin Energy’s …
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