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 http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/305490 Busby: 400,000 to develop cancer in 200 km radius of Fukushima 5 minute video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0H-mtsdsgg&feature=player_embedded Fukushima Reactors Are a “Ticking Time Bomb,” Japanese Govt in Denial Scientist Michio Kaku: When we hear “that things are stable, it’s only stable in the sense that you’re dangling from a cliff hanging by your fingernails.” http://www.alternet.org/story/150599/fukushima_reactors_are_a_%22ticking_time_bomb%2C%22_japanese_govt_in_denial?page=1 Atomic Deserts: A Survey of the World’s Radioactive No-Go Zones Everyone knows about Chernobyl, Three Mile Island and, now, Fukushima. But what about Semipalatinsk, Palomares and Kyshtym? The world is full of nuclear disaster zones — showing just how dangerous the technology really is. http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,756369,00.html Radiation Detected in Drinking Water in 13 More US Cities, Cesium-137 in Vermont Milk http://blogs.forbes.com/jeffmcmahon/2011/04/08/radiation-detected-in-drinking-water-in-13-more-us-cities-cesium-137-in-vermont-milk/ France detects radioactive iodine in rainwater and milk http://www.euractiv.com/en/cap/france-detects-radioactive-iodine-rainwater-milk-news-503756 Radiation risks from Fukushima ‘no longer negligible’ The risks associated with iodine-131 contamination in Europe are no longer “negligible,” according to CRIIRAD, a French research body on radioactivity. The NGO is advising pregnant women and infants against “risky behaviour,” such as consuming fresh milk or vegetables with large leaves. http://www.euractiv.com/en/health/radiation-risks-fukushima-longer-negligible-news-503947 Association of German utility companies calls for abolishing nuclear power by 2020 Germany’s utility companies want “swift and complete” abolishment of nuclear power in the wake of the disaster at Japan’s Fukushima reactors, says their umbrella organization. Up until today the organization had been fully behind nuclear energy, but the events in Japan caused the dramatic U-turn. The association represents about 1,800 utilities, among them the operators of the country’s 17 nuclear reactors. Germany currently gets almost a quarter of its electricity from nuclear power. http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/association-of-german-utility-companies-calls-for-abolishing-nuclear-power-by-2020/2011/04/08/AFfZF82C_story.html Cleaning up Japan’s radioactive water could take decades http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-japan-water-20110407,0,2011011.story Thousands protest N-power amid Fukushima plant crisis http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110410003479.htm Fukushima governor slams TEPCO and the government for ‘betrayal’ http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Asia/Story/STIStory_655142.html Japanese Experts: Effort is in danger of failing… and reactors too hot to cover in concrete – TEPCO admits there is no end in sight http://enenews.com/japanese-experts-effort-is-in-danger-of-failing-reactors-too-hot-to-cover-in-concrete-tepco-admits-there-is-no-end-in-sight Fukushima: A ‘nuclear sacrifice zone’
Some experts believe Japan’s nuclear disaster could become worse than Chernobyl. http://english.aljazeera.net/indepth/features/2011/04/20114812554680215.html