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THE ATOMIC GENIE Thinking about nuclear: Hard choices that may cost the planet via Climate & Capitalism

Posted on 2018/09/13 by nfield

Some environmentalists want both nuclear power and renewables. Richard Seymour says that’s an evasion. We must choose, and the choice isn’t easy. Republished with permission from the author, Richard Seymour. It was first published on his Patreon blog, which we like … Continue reading →

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[Sign Petition] International Solidarity Statement in Support of Jaitapur Anti-Nuclear Protest via DiaNuke.org

Posted on 2018/08/28 by nfield

Please sign and circulate this international statement in solidarity with the grassroots protests in Jaitapur, India, which is ongoing for more than a decade. This week, people of Jaitapur are organising a massive ‘jail bharo’ (court voluntary arrest) protest amid … Continue reading →

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FUKUSHIMA SURVIVOR TO SPEAK AT HIROSHIMA-NAGASAKI COMMEMORATION via Rafu Shimpo

Posted on 2018/08/08 by yukimiyamotodepaul

On the anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, peace, community, labor, environmental, and Native American activists remember the devastation of World War II in the Asia Pacific region and the ongoing danger of the nuclear disaster in Fukushima. … Continue reading →

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Europe’s heatwave is forcing nuclear power plants to shut down via QUARTZ

Posted on 2018/08/06 by yukimiyamotodepaul

[…] That’s bad news right now. Europe’s heatwave—which led to wildfires in Greece and Sweden, droughts in central and northern parts, and made the normally green UK look brown from space—is forcing nuclear plants to shut down or curtail the … Continue reading →

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The Hiroshima anniversary: 5 things you should know about nuclear weapons today via Vox

Posted on 2018/08/06 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Seventy-three years after the first use of the atomic bomb in wartime, commitment to arms control is fading. The imprint on public consciousness of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, which occurred 73 years ago Monday, has faded greatly. The hibakusha, … Continue reading →

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Hot weather forces 4 French nuclear reactors to shut down via abc news

Posted on 2018/08/05 by yukimiyamotodepaul

As Europe struggles through a major heatwave, the French energy company EDF says it has halted a fourth nuclear reactor, this time one at the country’s oldest nuclear plant at Fessenheim in eastern France. […] Since Thursday, four French nuclear … Continue reading →

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In nuclear politics, one size doesn’t fit all via engadget

Posted on 2018/07/27 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Iran is not North Korea. […] The first strike on Hiroshima, Japan, killed 80,000 people and injured 70,000. The bomb was a uranium-based gun-type model and it scorched the earth bare. A second strike followed three days later on the … Continue reading →

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California wines contain Fukushima radiation, and it’s not a bad thing via PBS

Posted on 2018/07/26 by yukimiyamotodepaul

In an underground lab covered by nine feet of concrete and compacted dirt, two nuclear physicists hunt for fraudulent wine. Their method is unusual — they measure radiation coming from the wine itself, without ever opening the bottle. Now in … Continue reading →

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Japan to cap plutonium stockpile to allay U.S. concerns via The Asahi Shimbun

Posted on 2018/06/17 by nfield

Japan plans to boost measures to curb surplus plutonium extracted from the reprocessing of spent fuel at nuclear power plants, including capping the country’s stockpile of the highly toxic material. The move followed the U.S. and other countries’ calls for … Continue reading →

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A Conversation with Helen Caldicott via The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists

Posted on 2018/06/15 by nfield

[…] Dan Drollette: That jumps straight into something I was curious about. I noticed there seem to be a lot of people in the anti-nuclear weapons movement with medical backgrounds. Helen Caldicott: It’s a medical problem. And explaining the medical … Continue reading →

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