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

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

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

[…] 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

[…] 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

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

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

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

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

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

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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