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Overreaction and Stress, Not Cancer and Radiation, Will Kill More People than Fukushima Scare – UN Report via International Business Times

Posted on 2014/05/08 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The radiation from the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant that has erupted into the atmosphere and fell into the ocean waters will not trigger any increase in cancer or health problems, a report released by the UN Scientific Committee on … Continue reading →

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Guest Post: nuclear power is not the answer to climate change mitigation via Green World

Posted on 2014/02/06 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Today we are pleased to publish our first guest post on GreenWorld. It is a major contribution to the debate on nuclear power and climate change that has arisen since the November 3, 2013 publication of a letter from four … Continue reading →

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‘Doomsday clock’ still at five to midnight, scientists warn via RT

Posted on 2014/01/15 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The doomsday clock – a theoretical device that purports to tell us how close we are to a nuclear apocalypse – has frozen at five minutes to midnight, unchanged from last year. Physicists tell the head of the UN there … Continue reading →

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World Bank says no money for nuclear power via AFP

Posted on 2013/11/29 by yukimiyamotodepaul

UNITED NATIONS (United States) — The World Bank and United Nations on Wednesday appealed for billions of dollars to provide electricity for the poorest nations but said there would be no investment in nuclear power. “We don’t do nuclear energy,” … Continue reading →

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‘No record’ of UN letter on Hinkley Point nuclear station via Irish Examiner

Posted on 2013/10/22 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The Department of the Environment said it has no record of being written to by a UN committee investigating whether Ireland was properly consulted in Britain’s decision to build a new nuclear power plant. The UN wrote the letter a … Continue reading →

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UN: Fukushima radiation worse than feared via Aljazeera

Posted on 2013/10/13 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Panel of experts says levels in workers during nuclear power disaster may have been 20 percent higher than estimated. Japanese authorities may have underestimated by 20 percent the radiation doses workers got in the initial phase of the Fukushima nuclear disaster, a … Continue reading →

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International Day Agasint Nuclear Tests August 29 via UN

Posted on 2013/08/29 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Since nuclear weapons testing began in the mid-twentieth century, with the first test on 16 July 1945, nearly 2,000 have taken place. There has been little consideration of the devastating effects of testing on human life, let alone the understanding … Continue reading →

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UN Expert Urges Help for Japan’s Nuclear Victims via abc news

Posted on 2013/05/27 by yukimiyamotodepaul

A United Nations expert who investigated the aftermath of Japan’s 2011 nuclear power plant disaster says the government and the operator of the facility should do more to help those affected by the catastrophe. A report by special rapporteur Anand … Continue reading →

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Expand health survey beyond Fukushima: U.N. via The Japan Times

Posted on 2013/05/26 by yukimiyamotodepaul

GENEVA – Japan’s health survey on the effects of the March 2011 nuclear crisis should be expanded to include areas outside Fukushima Prefecture, a U.N. expert said. The health management survey should be provided to residents in all affected areas … Continue reading →

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Human Rights Violation after Fukushima disaster and Great East Japan Earthquake~Request of a Country Visit to Japan by UN Special Rapporteurs via Human Rights Now

Posted on 2012/11/03 by norma field

Dear Ms. Raquel Rolnik Special Rapporteur on the right to housing Dear Mr. Anand Grover Special Rapporteur on the right to health Dear Mr. Calin Georgescu Special Rapporteur on the adverse effects of the movement and dumping of toxic and … Continue reading →

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