Category Archives: *English

The Discharge of Fukushima’s Radioactive Water could be a Precedent for Similar Actions via Dianuke

Posted on 2023/09/11 by nfield

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023 By Pinar Demircan Underlying the disregard for objections from global civil society and transforming the ocean into a nuclear waste dump lies a bigger goal inspired by capitalist practices that arise from its crisis: to achieve another threshold by … Continue reading →

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We are all Hibakusha via Beyond Nuclear International

Posted on 2023/09/05 by nfield

M.V. Ramana The front page of the Times of India of August 7, 1945, carried the headline World’s deadliest bomb hits Japan: Carries blast power of 20,000 tons of TNT. For millions around the world, headlines of that sort would have been their first … Continue reading →

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Didier Anger’s Message against the release of radioactive water from Fukushima via Yosomono-net

Posted on 2023/08/21 by nfield
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Revisiting the “inalienable right” via Beyond Nuclear International

Posted on 2023/08/21 by nfield

Austria cautions against nuclear power in the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty The following is a statement delivered by George-Wilhelm Gallhofer, diplomat at the Austrian Mission to the United Nations, on behalf of the Government of Austria, on 8 August 2023, during the First … Continue reading →

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‘It’s a great day’: St. Louis activists encouraged by Biden’s support for radioactive waste victims via KSDK.com

Posted on 2023/08/12 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Dawn Chapman and Karen Nickel, who lead the activist group Just Moms STL, said they’re optimistic but not letting up. Author: Jim Salter (Associated Press) Published: 11:58 AM CDT August 11, 2023 Updated: 11:58 AM CDT August 11, 2023 ST. LOUIS — St. … Continue reading →

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The human cost of France’s nuclear tests in the Pacific via Aljazeera

Posted on 2023/08/10 by yukimiyamotodepaul

101 East investigates the effects of France’s nuclear tests in French Polynesia. For 30 years, France undertook nuclear testing in its Pacific territory, French Polynesia. In recent years, investigations have revealed the effects of the tests were far greater than … Continue reading →

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3 lakes near Weldon Spring have elevated levels of uranium, records say. Health department lacks current data on fish. via St Louis Post-Dispatch

Posted on 2023/08/09 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Jack Suntrup Jul 22, 2023 […] Lisa Cox, spokeswoman for DHSS, said the department formulates its fish consumption advisories — which warn anglers to limit or avoid consumption of fish due to contaminants detected — based on review of data provided by … Continue reading →

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Fukushima fish with 180 times legal limit of radioactive cesium fuels water release fears via The Guardian

Posted on 2023/07/24 by nfield

A fish living near drainage outlets at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in May contained levels of radioactive cesium that are 180 times Japan’s safety limit. The black rockfish caught on 18 May was found by plant operator Tokyo Electric Power … Continue reading →

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Trinity Nuclear Test’s Fallout Reached 46 States, Canada and Mexico, Study Finds via New York Times

Posted on 2023/07/21 by nfield

By Lesley M. M. Blume In July 1945, as J. Robert Oppenheimer and the other researchers of the Manhattan Project prepared to test their brand-new atomic bomb in a New Mexico desert, they knew relatively little about how that mega-weapon would … Continue reading →

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“Nuclear Power Is Already a Climate Casualty” via Hot Globe by Steve Chapple

Posted on 2023/07/20 by nfield

Dr. Paul Dorfman, Chair of the Nuclear Consulting Group, former Secretary to the UK Scientific Advisory Committee on Internal Radiation, and Visiting Fellow at the University of Sussex“If something goes wrong, you can really start to write off a lot … Continue reading →

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