Posts tagged "uranium"

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Fukushima is Worse than Chernobyl – on Global Contamination http://japanfocus.org/-Chris-Busby/3563

Radioactive tea from Japan detained in France http://english.ruvr.ru/2011/06/18/52031497.html

Radioactive contamination of beef in Japan worsens  http://www.beyondnuclear.org/radiation-health-whats-new/2011/7/22/radioactive-contamination-of-beef-in-japan-worsens.html

Suicide Plague: Japan swept by Fukushima depression 4 …
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Nuclear news

A digest of news provided with the help of Atlantis Green Letters and No Nukes News

Revealed: British government’s plan to play down Fukushima

Internal emails seen by Guardian show PR campaign was launched to …
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Slide show on nuclear power and uranium mining

London Mining Network believes that the use of uranium produces a radioactive legacy which threatens the wellbeing of thousands of generations to come.

Concern about climate change has led some commentators to support nuclear energy …
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Rio Tinto’s Ranger uranium mine still poses threat to Aboriginal Australians

The Mirrar, traditional  owners of Koongarra, have won their battle for the modification of borders to their uranium-rich territory and this will now be included within the boundaries of the existing Kakadu National Park World …
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Germany to Halt Nuclear Power Production by 2022
“The exit is necessary, and is recommended, in order to rule out the risks of nuclear power,” the commission said. “It is possible, because there are less …
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Nuclear News

Germany’s Unlikely Champion Of a Radical Green Energy Path

The disaster at the Fukushima plant in Japan convinced German Chancellor Angela Merkel that nuclear power would never again be a viable option for her country. …
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BHP Billiton’s Olympic Dam may be just tip of the iceberg, or frying pan

The blueprint for a multi billion dollar expansion of the world class Olympic Dam copper-uranium-gold mine in South Australia has been in gestation long before the project was taken over by BHP Billiton in 2005. …
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Banking on the next Fukushima

Despite the nuclear disaster at Fukushima witnessed by the world, there are plans to build a major nuclear power station in a highly earthquake-prone region on the west coast of India. The Jaitapur nuclear plant …
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ICMM accepts new members

The London-based International Council on Mining and Metals includes numerous companies about whose activities LMN member groups are deeply concerned. (See http://www.icmm.com/members/member-companies.)

ICMM is now ‘delighted’ to welcome a French uranium mining company being …
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Chernobyl Catastrophe: 25th Anniversary of World’s Worst Nuclear Accident

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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Rio Tinto withdraws from uranium prospecting in Jordan

One of the largest mining companies in the world has withdrawn from uranium prospecting in the southern region, citing unsatisfactory initial exploration results, the Kingdom’s state-run energy firm announced on Tuesday. British-Australian firm Rio Tinto …
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Rio Tinto - the movie

Rio Tinto – the movie

Activists came to London from Indonesia, California, Michigan and Utah for the Rio Tinto AGM on 14 April. Watch this fifteen minute video to find out about their complaints against the company, why they wanted …
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