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