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Germany, also, sent nuke wastes to Siberia

Recycling Atomic WasteNuclear Materials Stored In Siberian Carparks  SPIEGEL ONLINE 13 Oct 09 “…………From 1996 to 2001, Germany sent a lot of its recyclable radioactive material to Seversk as well — around an average of 1,500 tons a year, anti-nuclear lobby groups claim — and one of the issues the new coalition government-to-be has in common is a desire to expand the lifespan of Germany’s nuclear power plants…….

Recycling Atomic Waste: Nuclear Materials Stored In Siberian Carparks – SPIEGEL ONLINE – News – International

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Patients receive radioactive overdoses

Hospital error leads to CT scan radiation overdoses in 206 patients Scientific Anerican By Larry Greenemeier  14 Oct 09 “……….at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, where 206 X-ray computed tomography (CT) scan patients were given eight times the normal of radiation during brain scans over an 18-month period. Continue reading →

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EDF and AREVA send “really dirty” radioactive stuff to Siberia

EDF ‘sends used nuclear material’ to Siberia EDF, the French firm which owns eight of Britain’s nuclear power stations has shipped hundreds of tons of used radioactive material to Russia.

Telegraph.co.uk By Henry Samuel in Paris
13 Oct 2009 Continue reading →

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Deception surrounds nuclear waste shipments to Russia

Recycling Atomic WasteNuclear Materials Stored In Siberian Carparks  SPIEGEL ONLINE 13 Oct 09 The largest utility company in Europe, Électricité de France, has been accused of storing nuclear waste in an open air car park in Siberia. Continue reading →

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Uranium pollution in India

The most vulnerable naked nukes of India —more than 80% of India’s nuclear and missile infrastructure based in the insurgency-hit areas or extremists’ dominated region The Daily Mail 14 Oct 09 By Makhdoom Babar in Islamabad & Christina Palmer in New Delhi

“……………………..The Daily Mail’s investigation team learnt that the radiation was a big problem in the area, yet it was unaddressed by the government. Continue reading →

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A generation crippled by uranium

A generation crippled by uranium China Dialogue Gethin Chamberlain October 12, 2009 Their heads are too large or too small, their limbs too short or too bent. For some, their brains never grew, speech never came and their lives are likely to be cut short: these are the children whom it appears India would rather the world did not see, Continue reading →

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