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Security of Pakistan’s nuclear sites; OK says Pakistani Army

Pakistan Army Spokesman: Nuclear Installations Are Safe From Floods, The MEMRI Blog, 20 Aug 2010, Pakistani Army spokesman Maj.-Gen. Athar Abbas has said that Pakistan’s nuclear installations do not face any danger from the country’s worst floods, according to a Pakistani website.The website of the Dawn newspaper quoted Abbas as saying: “All our nuclear and military installations have remained safe and there is no further danger from flooding.” In recent years, Western nations have expressed concerns over the security of Pakistani nuclear sites.

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August 20, 2010 Posted by | environment, Pakistan | , , , | Leave a comment

Radiation contamination in Russia. USA help in wildfires

Виктория Орти (ortivika) wrote, 17 August 2010, Two U.S. Air Force planes flew to Moscow , probably on board – one of the seven laboratories for nuclear weapons . Ask yourselves – what could well scare the Russians, to urgently call for help from the U.S. Air Force ?

Mayak is the most radioactive contaminated place in the world.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayak
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Karachay
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyshtym_Disaster

….”(Lake Katachay) accumulated some 4.44 exabecquerels (EBq) of radioactivity, including 3.6 EBq of Caesium- 137 and 0.74 EBq of Strontium- 90. For comparison, the Chernobyl disaster released from 5 to 12 EBq of radioactivity, but this radiation is not concentrated in one location. ” http://topbloger.ru/?http%3a%2f%2fortivika.livejournal.com%2f953720.html

August 19, 2010 Posted by | environment, Russia | , , , | Leave a comment

401 wildfires in Russia’s radiation contaminated Chelyabinsk

most worrisome of all, the Chelyabinsk region, home to the Mayak Chemical Combine, Russia’s nuclear reprocessing facility and one of the most radioactively contaminated areas on the planet hosted 401 fires over 3,536 acres.

Russia emergency minister threatens to ‘deal with’ those spreading radiation ‘rumours’ about wildfires in contaminated areas NEW YORK/ST PETERSBURG –Alexander Shurshev contributed from St. Petersburg “Bellona, 17 Aug 2010, ………..By last week Roslesozashchita website was reporting – before it was taken down – that 269 fires were burning over 664 acres in the Bryansk Region.But that was not all. Continue reading →

August 17, 2010 Posted by | environment, Russia | , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Chernobyl wildfire radiation risk not great, but does exist

Although any radioactive particles released during the fire would result in much lower levels of radiation compared Chernobyl, Professor Edmund Lengfelder, chairman of the German Society for Radiation Protection, told the German public that these could travel up to thousands of kilometers depending on wind conditions.

Russian Wildfires Reach Chernobyl Site, Recontamination Likely, Care 2, : Beth Buczynski 12 Aug 2010, Over 500 wildfires have been raging across Russia for the past week, and now forest service officials are reporting that blazes have reached lands already contaminated by radioactive waste from the 1986 Chernobyl disaster (Deutche Welle).”According to data from August 6, in the Bryansk region alone 28 fires covering an area of 269 hectares (664 acres) were recorded on these radioactive lands,” an official told Russia’s Interfax news agency.

This is a change from statments made earlier this week, in which Russian officials denied any knowledge of wildfires in the Bryansk region Continue reading →

August 12, 2010 Posted by | environment, Russia | , , , , | Leave a comment

Plumes of radioactive smoke from Russia’s wildfires?

Russia’s emergency minister, Sergei K. Shoigu, warned last week that the fires could release radioactive particles………… little official information has been made available about the radioactive threat……

Russian Fires Raise Concerns About Radioactivity in Smoke – NYTimes.com, By MICHAEL SCHWIRTZ,  August 10, 2010 MOSCOW — As if things in Russia were not looking sufficiently apocalyptic already, with 100-degree temperatures and noxious fumes rolling in from burning peat bogs and forests, there is growing alarm here that fires in regions coated with fallout from the Chernobyl nuclear disaster 24 years ago could now be emitting plumes of radioactive smoke. Continue reading →

August 11, 2010 Posted by | environment, Russia | , , , , | Leave a comment

Four nuclear sites in Russia at risk from fires

The Mayak plant can process 400 tonnes of waste a year. It was the scene of one of the former Soviet Union’s major nuclear disasters in 1957 when a liquid waste accident affected some 260,000 people and forced the evacuation of several towns.

Russia nuclear sites under threat from the flames, Khaleej Times, (AFP)9 August 2010, MOSCOW — Here is a list of sensitive nuclear sites threatened by the spread of fires raging in Russia since late July.· Continue reading →

August 10, 2010 Posted by | environment, Russia | , , , , , , | Leave a comment

A second Russian nuclear facility endangered by wildfires

With Russia still suffering from ongoing heat and dry conditions up to 40C, nearly 500,000 acres of land were currently ablaze.

Fire threatens Russian nuclear centre,  By Benedikt Von Imhoff  AAP * August 09, 2010 THE battle against forest and peat bog fires around Russia continues, with new fires at one nuclear research site just after firefighters had succeeded in securing another one. Continue reading →

August 9, 2010 Posted by | environment, Russia | , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Russian fires pose nuclear radiation danger

heat from fires in the Bryansk region, which already has nuclear contamination from the Chernobyl disaster more than 20 years ago, could release harmful radioactive particles into the atmosphere.

Russia fires pose nuclear threat, death toll hits 50 | Reuters, 6 August 2010, Emergencies Ministry warns of nuclear threat By Amie Ferris-RotmanMOSCOW, Aug 5 (Reuters) – The Russian government warned on Thursday that the country’s deadliest wildfires in nearly four decades posed a nuclear threat Continue reading →

August 6, 2010 Posted by | environment, Russia | , , | Leave a comment

Boars in Europe – radioactive from Chernobyl nuclear fallout

Because it is illegal to sell contaminated boar meat, Berlin has to compensate hunters who have harvested the radioactive boars that contain high levels of caesium-137. Caesium-137 is an unstable chemical that is water soluble (mushrooms are very absorbent) and toxic in small amounts.

Chernobyl fallout making some German boars radioactive  National Post, Jodi lai, August 2, 2010 “Nearly 25 years after the Chernobyl explosion, Europe still sees signs of radiation. Now it’s even in their wild boars…………Wild boars are particularly susceptible to radiation because they eat mushrooms and truffles, which are very efficient at absorbing radioactivity. Continue reading →

August 3, 2010 Posted by | environment, EUROPE | , , , , , | Leave a comment

Chernobyl’s largest wildlife census shows radiation harm

“The truth is that these radiation contamination effects were so large as to be overwhelming,” …..the team observed birds with tumours on their feet, necks and around their eyes.

Chernobyl zone shows decline in biodiversity, BBC News, 30 July 2010 By Victoria Gill The largest wildlife census of its kind conducted in Chernobyl has revealed that mammals are declining in the exclusion zone surrounding the nuclear power plant. Continue reading →

July 31, 2010 Posted by | environment, Ukraine | , , , , , | Leave a comment

Nuclear radioactive threat to the Great Lakes

natives, like 40 million Canadians and Americans draw their drinking water from the Great Lakes and they also rely on fish caught in them.

(Canada) Coalition opposes shipping plan, By CHIP MARTIN, The London Free Press : July 27, 2010 Aboriginal voices have joined the growing international chorus opposing plans to ship radioactive nuclear generators along the Great Lakes. Continue reading →

July 28, 2010 Posted by | Canada, environment | , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Water is critical issue in Climate Change

These key messages delivered and explained in new report, Protecting the Lifeline of the West: How Climate and Clean Energy Policies Can Safeguard Water, written by Environmental Defense Fund and Western Resource Advocates. It gives more details about why, in the West, climate and clean energy policy is water policy – and why we need the Senate to pass a strong climate and clean energy bill now.

(USA) In the West, Climate and Energy Policy Is Water Policy, Dan Grossmand Bart Miller, 19 July 2010, “………………scientists are concluding that the extended droughts of the past may become the norm of the future. So what should we do about this bleak situation? If we are serious about avoiding the biggest looming crisis of meeting the water needs of the West, we have to understand the energy-water connection and advance clean energy solutions. Continue reading →

July 20, 2010 Posted by | climate change, USA, water | , , , , , | Leave a comment

Video on radioactive fallout in Iceland’s volcanic dust

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// <![CDATA[// Iceland Volcano A-Bomb! Toxic Nuclear Fallout on Europe to Australia! 4/17/10 | eyescoops.ca July 13, 2010   WARNING  to stay inside. there is 3 layers of nuclear fallout in the ICE CORES ….the news is not reporting on this. that’s sadder then sad.

July 14, 2010 Posted by | 2 WORLD, environment | , , , | Leave a comment

New Colorado clean-up law could put the brakes on uranium industry

The new Colorado law requires Cotter to restore polluted groundwater to safe levels before restarting operations. ….Ripple effects of the Colorado law could reach beyond state lines.

Mopping up uranium’s mess, High Country News, States push to clean up mine and mill sites, July 09, 2010 by Nathan Rice When Sharyn Cunningham moved to Cañon City, Colorado in 1994, no one told her the groundwater was contaminated – not her real estate agent, not the county health department, not state regulators. Continue reading →

July 10, 2010 Posted by | USA, water | , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Effect of nuclear radiation on sheep

Caesium-137 is considered a health hazard because it can easily enter the food chain and be taken up by the body. Sheep grazing on upland grass especially in the summer months are likely in the worst-affected regions to build up levels of caesium-137 t

Scottish sheep farms finally free of Chernobyl fallout – Science, News – The Independent, By Kevin Rawlinson and Rachel Hovenden, 7 July”…….

The effect of radiation* Two factors led to the imposition of restrictions on the sale and movement of some flocks of sheep in Britain soon after the Chernobyl accident in 1986, which sent a radioactive plume over much of north-west Europe. Continue reading →

July 9, 2010 Posted by | environment, UK | , , , , | Leave a comment

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