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SOUTH AMERICA: Anti-Nuclear Activists to Form Common Front

SOUTH AMERICA: Anti-Nuclear Activists to Form Common Front IPS By Daniela Estrada SANTIAGO, Jun 22 (IPS) – Environmental organisations in Chile plan to revive the anti-nuclear movement in the Southern Cone of South America, in response to vigorous lobbying by corporations and politicians in favour of nuclear energy in the region…………………………….. In a bid for survival, the global nuclear industry is desperately trying to extend the useful life of existing nuclear reactors worldwide, sign new contracts in countries that have already opted for nuclear power, and carve a niche for themselves in other nations with pressing energy needs, like Chile, according to Larraín. ………………………………. Sara Larraín, head of the non-governmental Sustainable Chile Programme. said organisations in Argentina and Brazil, which already have nuclear power plants, should play a leading role, alongside those from Chile and Uruguay, where the nuclear debate is in full swing. Nuclear lobbyists have also targeted Mexico, she said……………………… Larraín pointed out that Chile already has two experimental nuclear power plants, at which several accidents have occurred. Two conscripts who were exposed to radioactive material in 1989 later died of leukaemia, while others are suffering serious health effects.

SOUTH AMERICA: Anti-Nuclear Activists to Form Common Front – IPS ipsnews.net

June 22, 2009 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Uncategorized