Tag Archives: Ukraine

Poisoned legacy: why the future of power can’t be nuclear via The Guardian

Posted on 2022/05/14 by nfield

By Serhii Plokhy […] In the meantime, we obviously have an existing nuclear industry, and the solution is not to run away in panic, but to take good care of the facilities that already dot our countryside. We must not … Continue reading →

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Japan Says It Needs Nuclear Power. Can Host Towns Ever Trust It Again? via the New York Times

Posted on 2022/05/06 by nfield

By Motoko rich and Hikari Hida KASHIWAZAKI, Japan — Growing up, Mika Kasahara saw the nuclear power plant that hugs the coast of her hometown simply as the place where her father worked, a familiar fortress of cooling tanks and … Continue reading →

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Nuclear Power Could Help Europe Cut Its Russia Ties, but Not for Years via New York Times

Posted on 2022/04/28 by nfield

April 26, 2022, 5:00 a.m. ETApril 26, 2022April 26, 2022 Liz Alderman and Stanley Reed PARIS — On the windswept coast of Flamanville, an industrial city in northwest France facing the choppy waters of the English Channel, a soaring concrete dome houses … Continue reading →

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Statement of Protest via Steering Committee, Organizing Committee of the World Conference against A and H

Posted on 2022/04/28 by nfield

April 28, 2022 We strongly protest against the repeated statements by President Putin, Foreign Minister Lavrov and other Russian leaders threatening to use nuclear weapons.  The nuclear weapons are the “weapons of absolute evil” which, if used, would cause catastrophic … Continue reading →

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Nuclear empire building: New bill would fund dangerous nuclear extravaganza via Beyond Nuclear International

Posted on 2022/04/25 by nfield

By Linda Pentz Gunter […] Manchin and Republican co-sponsor, Senator James Risch of Idaho, describe their aspirational Act as “a bill to facilitate the development of a whole-of-government strategy for nuclear cooperation and nuclear exports.” It is, in effect, a … Continue reading →

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Playing with fire at Chornobyl via Beyond Nuclear International

Posted on 2022/04/24 by nfield

By Linda Pentz Gunter After 36 years the nuclear site is again in danger For 36 years things had been quiet at Chornobyl. Not uneventful. Not safe. But no one was warning of “another Chornobyl” until Russian forces took over … Continue reading →

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When speaking for peace will get you jailed via Beyond Nuclear International

Posted on 2022/04/13 by nfield

A Russian and a Ukrainian activist describe the challenges ahead in ending Europe’s most dangerous war An interview with Russian physicist and anti-nuclear activist, Oleg Bodrov, and Ukrainian peace researcher and activist, Yurii Sheliazhenko, conducted online by Reiner Braun, International … Continue reading →

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Inside Chernobyl: We stole Russian fuel to prevent catastrophe via BBC

Posted on 2022/04/13 by nfield

By Yogita Limaye The former nuclear power plant at Chernobyl in northern Ukraine was taken over by Russian forces on the first day of the invasion. It’s now back under Ukraine’s control. The BBC’s Yogita Limaye is among the first … Continue reading →

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Can We Contain Nuclear Crises?　Interview with Environmental Historian Kate Brown　via Science for the People

Posted on 2022/04/07 by nfield

By Ansar Fayyazuddin and Erik Wallenberg Ansar Fayyazuddin is a physicist active in Science for the People and Solidarity.  Erik Wallenberg is a PhD candidate in history at City University of New York Graduate Center and Acquisitions Editor at Science for the People. … Continue reading →

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Half of Ukraine’s renewable energy facilities threatened with destruction via Beyond Nuclear International

Posted on 2022/04/04 by nfield

By Linda Pentz Gunter “Due to the Russian war against Ukraine, half of the RES (Renewable Energy Source) facilities are threatened with complete or partial destruction,” wrote the Ukraine Association of Renewable Energy on its website earlier last month. Ukraine was, said … Continue reading →

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