Tag Archives: Hiroshima/Nagasaki

Marshall Islands vs big nuclear – will the tiny island get the justice they deserve? via Greenpeace

Posted on 2016/03/18 by yukimiyamotodepaul

In April 2014, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, a tiny island country part of Micronesia, filed groundbreaking lawsuits to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) against the world’s nine nuclear-armed countries. Now, almost two years later, the ICJ has … Continue reading →

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On Forgetting Fukushima via The Asia-Pacific Journal

Posted on 2016/03/03 by yukimiyamotodepaul

This month the media and social networks are busy remembering Fukushima on the fifth anniversary of the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear meltdown, but what we are really observing is the beginning of the work of forgetting Fukushima. Fukushima is taking … Continue reading →

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Inside America’s atomic state via Aljazeera

Posted on 2016/02/24 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Residents of New Mexico reflect on the toxic legacy of life at the centre of the US nuclear complex. ‘Unknowing, unwilling and uncompensated’ “It was sort of like an earthquake,” says Robert (Bob) Keller, 80, describing to Al Jazeera how … Continue reading →

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Pritikin: Hanford park history must include Downwinders via The Spokesman Review

Posted on 2016/02/15 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The suffering of Hanford Downwinders exposed to airborne radiation must not be omitted from the stories told in the new Manhattan Project Historic National Park. Admittedly, the stories of cancers, other serious disease, and death in those of us who … Continue reading →

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Open house to discuss Coldwater Creek federal health assessment via Fox 2

Posted on 2016/01/27 by yukimiyamotodepaul

FLORISSANT, MO (KTVI) – The efforts to document potential illnesses linked to Coldwater Creek continues Tuesday as federal investigators visit St. Louis County to talk to those who live and work near the creek. Experts from the U.S. Army Corps … Continue reading →

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MLK’s fears of nuclear devastation should continue to resonate via The Japan Times

Posted on 2016/01/19 by yukimiyamotodepaul

“The principal objective of all nations must be the total abolition of war. War must be finally eliminated or the whole of mankind will be plunged into the abyss of annihilation.” Martin Luther King Jr., December 1957 Sixteen weeks to … Continue reading →

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Anti-Nuclear February: Exhibits & Talks at the Central Square Library via Massachusetts Peace Action

Posted on 2016/01/17 by yukimiyamotodepaul

February 1 @ 8:00 am – February 29 @ 5:00 pm Mass. Peace Action, American Friends Service Committee, and the Cambridge Public Library (Central Square Branch) are joining hands to bring you a February full of anti-nuclear exhibits and talks! The … Continue reading →

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Nuclear tourism: travels in the shadow of the atomic bomb via The Telegraph

Posted on 2016/01/11 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Sixty years ago, Las Vegas hosted parties in celebration of atomic explosions. These days, ‘nuclear tourism’, while still possible, is far more serious, says Chris Leadbeater […] It seems a remarkable and unlikely image now – but 60 years ago, … Continue reading →

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‘Hibaku’ rice grown to recall horror of atomic bombing via The Japan Times

Posted on 2015/12/14 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Hibaku rice tasseled again this year in various parts of Japan as a “living witness” to the horror of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki 70 years ago. The rice is derived from seeds collected in October 1945 by Kyushu University … Continue reading →

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“Hot spot” near nuclear waste has St. Louis residents on edge via CBS

Posted on 2015/11/01 by yukimiyamotodepaul

There is growing fear in a suburban St. Louis community over a potential threat buried in the ground. A local landfill contains nuclear waste and just three football fields away, a “hot spot” has been burning underground in a second … Continue reading →

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