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Fake nuclear waste rattles Hong Kong’s Environment Bureau

Greenpeace warns of nuclear power hazards,  The Standard, MaggieQiu, , June 29, 2010 Greenpeace yesterday protested against the government’s plan to expand the use of nuclear energy, warning of its danger.Four Greenpeace activists, wearing protective suits and masks, delivered two empty drums marked “radioactive waste” to the Environmental Bureau. (photo from Greenpeace send nuclear waste to Hong Kong’s Secretary for the Environment | Greenpeace International)

They waved a banner reading: “Nuclear is not the solution.”A suspicious leakage of radioactive iodine from the Daya Bay nuclear plant on May 23 once again points to its potential danger, Greenpeace campaigner Koo Wai-muk said….. He also said there has been no effective method to deal with radioactive waste, and instead the waste would only be packaged and transferred to some remote areas where it can be buried Greenpeace warns of nuclear power hazards – The Standard

June 29, 2010 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | China, politics | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear secrecy, nuclear spin, nuclear wastes, radioactive, uranium