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Posted on Aug 22, 2011 READ MORE



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Japan’s Nuclear ‘Safety Myth’

In the midst of a strong international reaction to the disaster at Japan’s crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, the broad, historical and unquestioning acceptance of atomic power in the only nation to have been attacked by nuclear weapons is eerie. (more)

Posted on Jun 25, 2011 READ MORE  |  1 COMMENT



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Ukraine Wants to Store N-Waste Near Water Supply

Ukrainian authorities have made plans to store a portion of the country’s nuclear waste at the site of the 1986 Chernobyl catastrophe, near the region’s major water supply. (more)

Posted on Apr 30, 2011 READ MORE  |  2 COMMENTS


Power Shift vs. The Powers That Be

More than 10,000 people converged in Washington, D.C., this past week to discuss, organize, mobilize and protest around the issue of climate change.

Posted on Apr 20, 2011 READ MORE  |  14 COMMENTS



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Fukushima Gets Upgraded to Chernobyl-Level Emergency

Japanese officials have revised the nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi plant to level 7, making it the second such disaster in history, the only one since the Chernobyl meltdown. It had previously been described as being on the scale of Three Mile Island, a smaller event.

Posted on Apr 12, 2011 READ MORE  |  40 COMMENTS



AP / The Yomiuri Shimbun, Daisuke Tomita

No Nukes Is Good Nukes

An important lesson that should be reinforced by the ongoing disaster in Japan is to worry more about the elimination of those nuclear weapons designed to explode, and another is to be concerned about the prospect of sabotage of nuclear power plants.

Posted on Mar 16, 2011 READ MORE  |  178 COMMENTS



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Chernobyl Expert Says Greed May Lead to Big Trouble in Japan

Corporate interests might have played a big part in the design and maintenance of Japan’s nuclear complex at Fukushima, according to Russian nuclear accident expert Iouli Andreev, who knows a thing or two from Chernobyl’s example ...

Posted on Mar 15, 2011 READ MORE  |  15 COMMENTS



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The Hot New Tourist Destination: Chernobyl

The Ukrainian government is planning to invite tourists inside the 30-mile exclusion zone to get up close and personal with nuclear disaster. The ministry of emergency situations says visitors should be safe—provided they don’t wander. ... (more)

Posted on Dec 14, 2010 READ MORE



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Ukraine Agrees to Hand Over Nuclear Material

Score one for President Barack Obama’s nuclear summit. The White House announced Monday that Ukraine will give up its entire stockpile of highly enriched uranium by 2012 and convert its research reactors to stop producing the stuff.

Posted on Apr 12, 2010 READ MORE  |  3 COMMENTS


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