Nuclear processing planned close to World Heritage lake
Activist works to protect Lake Baikal The Dartmouth News
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
Paladin’s uranium mine and Malawi’s water supply
CATHOLIC COMMISSION FOR JUSTICE AND PEACE Mzuzu Diocese (Malawi) John Chawinga CCJP Secretary Mzuzu Diocese 6 Oct 09 The People of Karonga Deserve Clean and Safe Water – “……………..The people of Kayelekera have started experiencing such negligence. The people around Kayelekera have seen Paladin Africa drawing water for drinking and domestic use by their employees from Lufilya and Miswanga Rivers, while the people around the mine site continue to drink the contaminated water from Sere River. Continue reading
Wind, dust, carry depleted uranium far and wide
Australia ‘uranium’ dust concerns
muzzylogic Oct 3, 2009 ‘Environmentalists have raised concerns that another giant dust storm blowing its way across eastern Australia may contain radioactive particles.
It is argued that sediment whipped up from Australia’s centre may be laced with material from a uranium mine.
Scientists have played down concerns, saying there is little to worry about.’ Full story here
Well, now this is interesting. The argument against the spread is the fact that uranium ore dust is going to be too dense to be carried by the wind. However, if that turns out not to be the case then it will have serious implications for the clap trap nonsense the US military likes to spout as regard the use of depleted uranium munitions.
Clap trap because whether or not the dust from the mine tailings is too dense, the dust from DU is much finer grain and was deposited much closer to inhabited areas to start with. Of course, reports of the presence of abnormally high levels of uranium in the urine of people in Iraq and Afghanistan is a total coincidence to start with…
If uranium is found in the Australian dust, then the military argument will have no credibility at all.
Australia ‘uranium’ dust concerns – MPACUK :: Muslim Discussion Forum
Australia’s dust storms raise concern over radioactivity from uranium mining
FILMMAKER DAVID BRADBURY: RED DUST DUMP ORIGINATING AT WOOMERA IS GRAVE CONCERN FOR PUBLIC HEALTH
September 25, 2009 by Coober Pedy Regional Times“…….70 million tonnes of radioactive tailings to be dumped at the Roxby mine site each year without evidence of dust control is cause for concern”, says David Bradbury.. Continue reading
Warning on uranium milling causing “yellowcake death”
Canon City Uranium Contamination Looms over Montrose mill battle
The Colorado Independent By David O. Williams 9/25/09 “…..for residents of Cañon City area, some of whom made the long trip to a special-use permit hearing in Montrose earlier this month, declaring “not in my back yard” could have spared them decades of health problems associated with the metal the Navajo Indians call “yellow death.” Continue reading
New Russian nuclear plant not welcome in Kaliningrad
New Russian nuclear plant worries residents’
Greenpeace 24 Sept 09 Russia’s plans to build a nuclear power plant in its Baltic territory of Kaliningrad, hemmed in between Poland and Lithuania, has local residents and environmentalists worried. Continue reading
Kyrgyzstan: Soviet-Era Boom Town – radioactive pollution
EURASIA INSIGHT
KYRGYZSTAN: SOVIET-ERA BOOM TOWN LITERALLY BEING SOLD FOR SCRAP
EURASIANET David Trilling 9/22/09“…………The town Min Kush bore another, more troubled, legacy: it was one of the Soviet Union’s leading sources of uranium. Continue reading
In-situ uranium mining hazards for Colorado
Hope won’t protect us from Powertech’s in situ uranium mining near Nunn
coloradean.com Sue Ramsay, September 22, 2009 “………. the documented facts of the history of contamination from in situ leach uranium mining such as that proposed by Powertech Uranium Corp. in Weld County. Continue reading
Background on France’s uranium mining contamination
The Alliance 23 Sept 09 Why we are publishing such an old article? Well, there will be a series of articles about the past uranium mining in France and Canada. Continue reading
medical radiation ups risks for cancer
New study suggests medical testing ups risks for radiation
AP Science Writer LOS ANGELES – As many as two-thirds of adults underwent a medical test in the last few years that exposed them to radiation and, in some cases, a potentially higher risk of cancer, a study in five areas of the U.S. suggests. Continue reading
‘Peaceful’ Nuclear Tests – legacy of disease and birth defects
Effects Of ‘Peaceful’ Nuclear Tests Felt Decades Later
Radio Free Europe ByDuring the Cold War, the United States and Soviet Union each explored the possibility of using nuclear explosions for “peaceful” purposes.
Their programs yielded little real benefit, but left behind radioactive footprints and trails of contamination from the nearly 150 tests from the projects — “Plowshare” in the United States and, more cryptically, “Program No. 7” in the Soviet Union. Continue reading
Ionising radiation- cancer for astronauts
Space radiation could make planned Mars trip a suicide mission
Smart Planet By Andrew Nusca | Sep 16, 2009 “.…………….the galactic radiation that barrels through the solar system poses a significant health risk.
The radiation, which is made up of protons, gamma rays and cosmic rays, can slice through DNA molecules when it passes through living cells. The resulting damage can make cells behave erratically and lead to cancer………..NASA weighs radiation danger in units of cancer risk. A healthy 40-year-old non-smoking American male stands a (whopping) 20% chance of eventually dying from cancer. That’s if he stays on Earth. If he travels to Mars, the risk goes up…….The odds are even worse for women, he adds. “Because of breasts and ovaries, the risk to female astronauts is nearly double the risk to males.”…………http://www.smartplanet.com/business/blog/smart-takes/space-radiation-makes-planned-mars-trip-a-suicide-mission/967/
Uranium’s toxic legacy in Texas
Nukes mean mines
Are we digging a new toxic legacy before the last one’s filled in?CURRENT By <!– –>Greg Harman 16 Sept 09
“……………..an official of the Railroad Commission’s Surface Mining & Reclamation Division wrote that uranium mill tailings at the edge of his lake emit “up to” 850 micro-Rem of radioactivity per hour. In the time it takes you to thread a worm on a hook and reel in a catch, your body could be hit with nearly twice the average annual dose of ionizing radiation you receive from natural and medical sources……. Continue reading
Kazakhstan radiation hotspot
The world’s worst radiation hotspot
THE INDEPENDENT 10 September 2009
At the start of the Cold War, Stalin chose one of the furthest outposts of his empire to test the Soviet Union’s first nuclear bombs. Sixty years on, their cancerous legacy is still being felt. Jerome Taylor reports from Kurchatov Continue reading
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