Tag Archives: Women

Uncomfortable Questions in the Wake of Nuclear Accidents at Fukushima and Chernobyl via Japan Focus

Posted on 2013/04/09 by norma field

Anders Pape Møller and Timothy A. Mousseau Twenty nuclear accidents at the official International Nuclear Event Scale of 4 to 7 have occurred between 1952 and 2011 (Lelieveld et al. 2012). The risk of another major accident during the next … Continue reading →

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Study: Nuclear Plant Shutdown Results in 4,319 Fewer Cancer Cases via HealthLine News

Posted on 2013/03/28 by norma field

Closing a nuclear reactor in California has prevented an estimated 4,319 cases of cancer in the past 20 years, according to a new study released Thursday. Researchers studied the population of the state capitol of Sacramento, an area with more … Continue reading →

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Fukushima Radiation Increases Cancer Risk for Girls: WHO via Bloomberg

Posted on 2013/03/01 by yukimiyamotodepaul

[…] Girls in the most-affected area of Japan’s northeastern Fukushima prefecture have as much as a 70 percent greater probability of thyroid cancer in their lifetimes, while boys’ risk of leukemia is as much as 7 percent higher, the United … Continue reading →

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ASA rules in my favour over EDF Energy’s nuclear propaganda for women via Energy and Environmental Management

Posted on 2012/09/25 by yukimiyamotodepaul

[…] Lies, damn lies, and advertising… I complained about Marie Claire’s use of advertising from EDF. A series of advertisements for nuclear power have been appearing in this “magazine for women who want to think smart and look amazing” over … Continue reading →

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Beyond Nuclear and NIRS at the Japanese Embassy via Beyond Nuclear

Posted on 2012/08/22 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Representatives from Beyond Nuclear and NIRS delivered the Japan Concerned Mothers’ petition to the Embassy of Japan in Washington DC in solidarity with them and the 6,000+ international signers asking for a halt to the incineration and mobilization of radioactive … Continue reading →

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Are we not alive?: Women ask as the govt nukes Koodankulam via DiaNuke.org

Posted on 2012/08/11 by Tomomi Yamaguchi

As I sit here in my home village of Idinthikara watching the hot sun light up the waves rolling onto the shores, I think of the news that has hit the world today about the Koodankulam Nuclear Power Plant. All … Continue reading →

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FUKUSHIMA Never Again

Posted on 2012/07/06 by Tomomi Yamaguchi

FUKUSHIMA Never Again English version: 57:40 (2012) -Japanese section with English Subtitle Japanese version: 57:11 (2012) -English section with Japanese Subtitle “Fukushima, Never Again” tells the story of the Fukushima nuclear plant meltdowns in northeast Japan in March of 2011 … Continue reading →

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Women’s Declaration for Breaking with Nuclear Power via The Women’s Group for Breaking with Nuclear Power

Posted on 2012/06/22 by Tomomi Yamaguchi

English translation of the Women’s Declaration for Breaking with Nuclear Power, by The Women’s Group for Breaking with Nuclear Power　 (Translated by Travis Craft) 「脱原発をめざす女たちの会」の「女たちの脱原発宣言」、英訳掲載許可を「脱原発をめざす女たちの会」から得ましたので、以下に紹介します。翻訳はトラビス・クラフトさんによるものです。 Women’s Declaration for Breaking with Nuclear Power Because of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant … Continue reading →

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[video] A powerful, moving plea, from the women of Fukushima via Beyond Nuclear

Posted on 2012/06/13 by norma field

On June 7, 2012, about 70 women, including 10 women from Fukushima, did a “die-in” in front of Prime Minister Noda’s official residence to protest against the start of the Ohi nuclear power plant. Before the die-in, 10 Fukushima women … Continue reading →

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Nuke agency likened radioactive fallout to ‘agitated wife’ via The Japan Times

Posted on 2012/06/05 by norma field

The government entity in charge of nuclear research and development has dropped a page from its website after it triggered harsh criticism for comparing radioactive material with an “angry and agitated wife” quarrelling with her husband. The Japan Atomic Energy … Continue reading →

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