Daily Archives: 2023/03/03

“I started prioritizing treatment over my dreams for the future”: Public testimony of a young woman diagnosed with thyroid cancer after Fukushima disaster via CNIC

[…] The first oral arguments were heard on March 26, 2022, at the Tokyo District Court. The following is the public testimony of one plaintiff, a young woman in her 20s, who was diagnosed with thyroid cancer when she was … Continue reading

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Living on a Deadline in the Nuclear Age. Some Personal News via Common Dreams (Reader Supported News)

By Daniel Ellsberg Dear friends and supporters, I have difficult news to impart. On February 17, without much warning, I was diagnosed with inoperable pancreatic cancer on the basis of a CT scan and an MRI. (As is usual with … Continue reading

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One year later, new dangers threaten Ukraine’s embattled Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant via Bulletin of Atomic Scientists

By Edward Lyman Nearly a year after Russia’s March 4, 2022 seizure of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in Ukraine, the facility remains in a precarious state. The site has endured fire, structural damage, and five temporary losses of all offsite … Continue reading

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Train derails on way to load N-waste via Beyond Nuclear International

VT rail accident sends a clear warning The Brattleboro Reformer reports that a train on its way to load up nuclear waste from the decommissioning Vermont Yankee nuclear power station derailed on February 24, 2023. The derailment involved the “spacer” cars to … Continue reading

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