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The continuing cancer toll from Chernobyl

“In our report we say 6,800,” said Mettler. “But now, from what I understand people from Belarus say it is 7,000. Now the question they are asking is: what percent of them are due to the accident?  And the answer is, most of them.”…….

UN Reports Thousands of Thyroid Cancers 25 Years After Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster, Voice of America, Jim Brooke | Moscow February 28, 2011 Twenty five years after the explosion and fire at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, a United Nations report estimates the disaster caused thyroid cancer in more than 6,000 children in the affected area.   Continue reading →

March 1, 2011 Posted by | health, Ukraine | Leave a comment

The economic, health, agriculture, consequences of just one nuclear bomb

For New York, the Federal Bank estimated it would cost $11.9 billion just to replace the World Trade Center complex, equating to $193 billion per square kilometer. Across almost every cleanup level, the economic consequences for New York meet or exceed $10 trillion. This is roughly the annual GDP of the entire US economy. Just one Hiroshima-size nuclear bomb could do this, to one city.

Breaking Free From the Nuclear Deterrence Scam, THE HUFFINGTON POST, Robert Green, 28 Feb 2011, “…………Economic Consequences. In April 2005, an internal report for US Homeland Security appeared on the web. Titled Economic Consequences of a Rad/Nuc Attack, it examined what it would take to recover from the detonation of just one nuclear device in various cities. Continue reading →

March 1, 2011 Posted by | 2 WORLD, weapons and war | Leave a comment

Jaitapur anti nuclear protestors are local villagers, not “outsiders”

“How could he say that the villagers genuinely fighting for their land and raising their voices are outsiders?

‘How can Jaitapur villagers be outsiders? – Hindustan Times, 28 Feb 2011, Shiv Sena executive president Uddhav Thackeray came down heavily on chief minister Prithviraj Chavan on his ‘outsiders’ comment he made at Jaitapur on Saturday. Continue reading →

March 1, 2011 Posted by | civil liberties, India | Leave a comment

A spate of legal challenges to nuclear waste storage rules

address the question of whether there are more cost-effective energy alternatives that would avoid saddling future generations with the costs and risks of disposing of highly radioactive waste generated by nuclear reactors,”

Environmental groups fight nuclear storage rules – SmartPlanet,  David Worthington 25 Feb 2011, A coalition of environmental groups has let loose a spate of legal challenges against the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s (NRC) 2010 findings that spent reactor fuel and highly radioactive nuclear waste can be safety tucked away for the long term. Continue reading →

March 1, 2011 Posted by | Legal, USA | 1 Comment

Nuclear reactors halted in France and Germany

RWE, EDF Halt Nuclear Reactors –Bloomberg,  Businessweek, 28 Feb 2011, “……… RWE AG, Germany’s second-biggest utility, halted its 1,227- megawatt Biblis B nuclear reactor on Feb. 25 for maintenance and will restart it from May 20 to May 22, according to data on a company website.In France, Europe’s second-biggest power market, Electricite de France SA halted the 1,330-megawatt Flamanville 2……..

 

March 1, 2011 Posted by | general | Leave a comment

Public and political opposition to extending life of Germany’s nukes

Polls suggest a majority of Germans oppose Merkel’s plans to push back that phase-out.

Opposition-led states file lawsuit against nuclear power extension | Germany | Deutsche Welle  Andre Bowen,  28.02.2011 Opposition parties from five Germans states are taking the national government to court over plans to extend the lifespan of Germany’s 17 nuclear power plants, insisting that their approval is required. Five German states led by opposition parties filed a lawsuit in the country’s highest court on Monday, arguing that the government’s extension of the lifespan of nuclear power plants should have needed their approval. Continue reading →

March 1, 2011 Posted by | Germany, politics | 1 Comment

Unstable Chernobyl structure means risk of radiation catastrophe

the structure has become extremely unstable, with experts warning that if it collapses, a catastrophic amount of radiation could be released into the atmosphere.

Fears over new leak at Chernobyl spark plea for radiation shield –   The Independent. By Shaun Walker in Chernobyl 28 February 2011 Fears that the destroyed nuclear reactor at Chernobyl could collapse and again leak deadly radiation have prompted European agencies to seek hundreds of millions of pounds to fund the construction of a vast steel building to encase the site. Continue reading →

March 1, 2011 Posted by | safety, Ukraine | Leave a comment

UK Nuclear veterans dying as they await legal procedings

“Claimants are dying at a rate of three each month, so the sooner the government stops wasting time and money on procedural issues and allows a judge to finally decide the matter, the happier the claimants will be.”

Veterans want court fight after exposure to nuclear radiation Bournemouth Echo,  27th February 2011 By Fiona Pendlebury » VETERANS fighting to be allowed to sue the government after being exposed to nuclear radiation in the 1950s and 1960s are awaiting a key ruling from the Supreme Court. Continue reading →

March 1, 2011 Posted by | Legal, UK | 1 Comment

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