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The ruins of Chernobyl, in photos and video

see-this.way After the apocalypse: Haunting photographs show the sprawling ruins of Chernobyl 27 years after nuclear disaster

  • Photographer Hélène Veilleux was allowed into the Zone Of Alienation surrounding the Chernobyl nuclear plant
  • Her pictures show the desolate area covering 1,000 square miles that was evacuated after blast in April 1986
  • Schools, shops, fairgrounds, swimming pools and homes – all are slowly falling into ruins as zone returns to forest

By HARRIET ARKELL, 24 April 2013

Scores of abandoned gas masks covering a shop floor, rusted carriages of a motionless big wheel, neglected wallpaper falling off the wall of an empty family home…

These haunting images offer a rare glimpse into the life that stopped still in Chernobyl and neighbouring city Pripyat 27 years ago, when a test at a nuclear power reactor went wrong.

It was the worst nuclear disaster in history, and so dangerous was the fallout that the Ukrainian government evacuated 350,000 residents, creating an Exclusion Zone where time has stood still ever since.

Most people are barred from living in the zone, named the Alienation Zone, which covers an area of more than 1,000sq miles around the abandoned plant, to protect them from the effects of any lingering radiation.  A few residents refused to leave, and a handful of older residents have moved back to be close to family graves, but the area is mostly uninhabited and has now reverted to forests.

Tourists may obtain day passes, and workers who are rebuilding the damaged sarcophagus are allowed in for limited hours only each month.  Scientists the area will not be safe to live in for another 20,000 years.

Earlier this month, photographer Hélène Veilleux was allowed in, and spent four days photographing the irradiated ruins of the towns where hundreds of thousands of families once lived, worked and died.

These astonishing photographs document what she saw on her journey from Chernobyl to Pripyat.

April 25, 2013 Posted by | Resources -audiovicual | Leave a comment

AUDIO: Nuked naval officers from USS Ronald Reagan

Hear-This-wayAUDIO : Naval Personnel Nuked w/Fukushima Radiation – FULL STORY http://www.nuclearhotseat.com/96/ DOWNLOAD HERE:

http://lhalevy.audioacrobat.com/download/NH-96-Naval-Seamen-Radiation-USSReagan.mp3

FEATURED: 

You may have heard about the sailors from the USS Ronald Reagan suing TEPCO for their radiation exposure, but you haven’t heard the whole story.  “The devil’s in the details,” as they say, and the details in this story from former quartermasters Jaime Plym and Maurice Enis promises to break your heart and and make you angry.  The first audio is a presentation the two did at the Dr. Caldicott/PSR  Symposium on the Medical and Ecological Consequences of Fukushima.  The show closes out with uncensored, unedited audio from the press conference that followed, unheard until now.

PLUS: Continue reading →

April 20, 2013 Posted by | Resources -audiovicual | Leave a comment

AUDIO: failure is a fact of life for the nuclear industry

Hear-This-wayAUDIO Too Big to Fail http://www.fairewinds.org/content/too-big-fail The most striking thing about seeing any nuclear power plant up close is their sheer size. They are such impressive feats of construction and design, and it’s hard to imagine that something so robust could fail. In this week’s podcast, find out why nuclear power plants fail, and why failure is a fact of life that the industry refuses to acknowledge.

April 20, 2013 Posted by | Resources -audiovicual | Leave a comment

Slide Show – history of environmental movement

see-this.waySlide Show Green Activism Evolution Since The First Earth Day (PHOTOS) http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/18/green-activism-evolution-photos_n_3103118.html The Huffington Post  |  By  04/18/2013 April 22 marks the 43rd observance of Earth Day in the United States. Organized by Sen. Gaylord Nelson (D-Wis.), the first Earth Day in 1970 saw an estimated 20 million Americans demonstrate in support of the environment. By 2012, over one billion people in 192 countries took part in Earth Day festivities.

Tracing its roots to the 19th century conservation movement, modern environmentalism — and its accompanying protests — has gained support since the first Earth Day, despite modest progress on the policy front. A number of U.S. lawmakers have tried repeatedly to advance bills aimed at protecting the environment and reducing carbon emissions, as the international community warns that global investments in clean energy may be progressing too slowly to limit the effects of climate change.

The second decade of the 21st century -– marked by America’s largest oil spill, thehottest year on record for the continental U.S. and the bitterly divisive Keystone pipeline proposal — has already confirmed the growing relevance of environmental issues in America.

From dramatically unfurled banners across world landmarks to a “toilet protest” and an underwater government cabinet meeting, the demonstrations captured in the images in the slideshow below reflect a spirit unlikely to wane.

April 19, 2013 Posted by | Resources -audiovicual | 1 Comment

VIDEO: North Korea – just one slip away from nuclear war

see-this.wayVIDEO Minor flare up could trigger nuclear response, warns expert BY:THE AUSTRALIAN, IAN MCPHEDRAN, NATIONAL DEFENCE REPORTER WITH AGENCIES,13 April 13

THE key risk on the Korean peninsula is a miscalculation or the ”Dr Strangelove scenario” where a crazy North Korean general pushes the wrong button, according to a strategic expert.

Professor Hugh White from the Australian National University said the regime in Pyongyang would be in no doubt that a nuclear strike against the US or its allies would generate a rapid and disproportionate nuclear response from Washington.

He said the main threat was a miscalculation or a rapid escalation in hostilities following a minor military incident such as an artillery strike.

”At least we don’t face the Cold War situation where any launch would trigger a massive nuclear response by the other side,” Professor White said.

During the 1950s and 60s that strategy was known by the acronym MAD – mutually assured destruction…… http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/minor-flare-up-could-trigger-nuclear-response-warns-expert/story-e6frg6n6-1226619515907

April 13, 2013 Posted by | Resources -audiovicual | Leave a comment

VIDEO: More funding for USA’s nuclear weapons!

see-this.wayVIDEO Obama increases nuclear arms funding: Mark Mason, Press TV 11 April 13,  An analyst says a true push for nuclear disarmament is in the international arena, but it won’t come from a US government, which is expanding nuclear terror.

In the background of this US president Obama wants more funds to modernize the country’s nuclear weapons, construct a uranium processing facility in Tennessee, and to sustain existing stockpiles. Obama is requesting 7.9 billion dollars for this purpose, which seems to run counter to the nuclear non-proliferation promotion that Obama led to achieve a Nobel peace prize in 2009. This development also calls into question the existing agreement with Russia that both sides should cut their nuclear arsenal to 1,500 by 2018. The current stockpile is assumed to exceed 5,000. 

Press TV has interviewed Mark Mason, professor and political activist from Oakland about this issue. The following is an approximate transcription of the interview. 

Press TV: The existing US nuclear weapons can destroy the Earth several times. Why is it that President Obama is proposing for more funding to modernize the country’s existing nuclear weapons, especially at a time of austerity? 

Mason: This is in keeping with the previous five years almost of his, I guess you would call it, his administration – it’s hardly even a government anymore. 

We have the military industrial complex; there’s money involved – Cash that goes to the Pentagon – the Pentagon is worried about the budget; there are nuclear arms manufacturers- General Electric and others that benefit enormously from really the expansion of nuclear terror around the world……..
we have an international community that’s going to hopefully press forward for nuclear disarmament. It won’t come from the United States government…… http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2013/04/11/297732/obama-derails-nuclear-nonproliferation/

 
 

April 12, 2013 Posted by | Resources -audiovicual | Leave a comment

VIDEO: danger of escalating crisis, with North Korea’s threats

see-this.wayVIDEO North Korea’s nuclear threats could lead to dangerous escalation of crisis, warns U.N. Secretary General Australian Broadcasting Corporation http://www.abc.net.au/lateline/content/2013/s3731193.htm Broadcast: 05/04/2013 Reporter: Emma Alberici

The U.N. Secretary General, Ban Ki-Moon has warned that North Korea’s nuclear threats could lead to an escalation of the crisis on the Korean peninsula.

Transcript   EMMA ALBERICI, PRESENTER: The UN Secretary General has warned North Korea’s nuclear threats to lead to an escalation of the crisis on the Korean Peninsula.

Ban Ki Moon says he’s concerned the North’s rhetoric might cause a miscalculation on the part of South Korea.

North Korea watchers believe the rogue regime doesn’t want a full scale war, they argue that Pyongyang is working toward as a small scale military provocation similar to its sinking of a South Korean ship in 2010.

ANDREA BERGER, NUCLEAR WEAPONS ANALYST: The difference this time around will be that South Korea has already made very clear that it will respond in kind to any such provocation and will not tolerate a death of South Korean citizens.

EMMA ALBERICI: South Korea is closely watching its northern neighbour’s missile movements with reports an intermediate range rocket has been moved to a launch site in the country’s east which is closer to US bases in the Pacific.

April 6, 2013 Posted by | Resources -audiovicual | Leave a comment

VIDEO: As signatory to NPT, Iran can enrich uranium

see-this.wayVIDEO: Iran has right to enrich uranium as NPT signatory: Analyst Press TV 5 April 13 A political commentator tells Press TV that the Islamic Republic of Iran as a signatory to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty has the same right to enrich uranium as other members of the NPT.

Iran and the P5+1 group of world powers have started a fresh round of two-day comprehensive talks in the Kazakh city of Almaty with the main focus being on Iran’s nuclear energy program. The Iranian delegation is headed by Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Saeed Jalili while the EU foreign policy chief, Catherine Ashton, represents the P5+1 group — Britain, China, France, Russia, the US and Germany. On Thursday, deputy to Iran’s chief negotiator Ali Baqeri said that the Islamic Republic would enter the new round of talks with the P5+1 group with clear, groundbreaking proposals. Earlier in the day, Iran’s chief negotiator urged the world powers to recognize Tehran’s right to enrich uranium under the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).

Press TV has conducted an interview with Nader Bagherzadeh, a political commentator from Irvine, to further talk over the issue. The following is an approximate transcript of the interview. …..

 any member of the NPT has already agreed to the enrichment by the other members. There are no indications in NPT that somebody could say that I do not recognize your enrichment…. So once you sign the NPT, you have agreed to other nations to have the right to Article 4. So although that has been mentioned but probably Iran and the Iranian leadership wants to hear it from the other countries, Western countries. That is what is expected. So let’s hope that the results will be more positive than what happened in the past year or so.  http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2013/04/05/296601/npt-entitles-iran-to-uranium-enrichment/

April 6, 2013 Posted by | Resources -audiovicual | Leave a comment

VIDEO: North Korea’s nuclear threat on USA

see-this.wayNorth Korea ‘ratifies’ nuclear attack on US – video http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/video/2013/apr/04/north-korea-nuclear-us-videoNorth Korean state TV announces that Pyongyang has ‘ratified’ an attack against the United States – though South Korean defence minister Kim Kwan-jin says North Korean missile’s firing range does not extend to the US mainland. Meanwhile, joint US and South Korean military exercises continue. US defence secretary Chuck Hagel says on Wednesday that the North Korea threat is being taken seriously

April 5, 2013 Posted by | Resources -audiovicual | Leave a comment

AUDIO: Cesium releases from Fukushima much higher than stated previously

Hear-This-way“Game Changer”: Fukushima cesium releases likely 20-30 times higher than revealed (AUDIO)http://enenews.com/game-changer-fukushima-cesium-release-20-30-times-higher-revealed-video 
Title: Hot Air http://www.fairewinds.org/content/hot-air-0

Cesium-137Source:  Fairewinds Energy Education
Date: March 28, 2013
Arnie Gundersen, Fairewinds Chief Engineer::  When there’s no liquid inside the containment, there’s no capture of the cesium. So whatever cesium was inside that containment was leaking out of the containment. […]

Well that changes the game dramatically. Instead of 1% of the cesium, it’s likely that 20 or 30% of the cesium were released.

At that point, that’s very similar to what we saw at Chernobyl. So I’ve been saying the Fukushima accident was very comparable to the Chernobyl accident […]

They’re trying to claim that only 1% of the cesium got out because that’s what the old tests showed. What the old tests showed don’t match this slide 67 (right), the infrared picture. The infrared picture shows hot radioactive gases being released directly out into the atmosphere 9 days after the accident.

It’s a really important discovery and I hope that the people doing dose assessments will understand that they’re not dealing with a reactor containment that had water in it. They’re dealing with a reactor containment that had hot gas in it.

Full program available here http://fairewinds.org/content/fairewinds-speech-new-york-academy-medicine

March 30, 2013 Posted by | Resources -audiovicual | 1 Comment

VIDEO: Arnie Gundersen at New York Symposium about Fukushima

see-this.waySymposium Q&A: Explosion at Fukushima Unit 3 drove nuclear fuel out of storage pool — Scattered up to 2 miles away (VIDEO)   http://enenews.com/symposium-qa-explosion-unit-3-drove-nuclear-fuel-pool-scattered-particles-miles-away-video 

Source: The Medical and Ecological Consequences of the Fukushima Nuclear Accident, Day 1
Author: The Helen Caldicott Foundation
Date Presented: March 11, 2013
Questions & Answers
Arnie Gundersen, Fairewinds Energy Education: Unit 3 started as a hydrogen explosion – I am in the minority, but I think it’s more than a hydrogen explosion.

I actually think it was something called a prompt moderated criticality that was caused by a hydrogen explosion, which then drove the fuel and scattered particles of fuel for as far as two miles from the fuel pool. […]

The important thing though is that it was a detonation. How it was created is less important than the fact that it was a detonation shockwave and no containment can withstand that.

See also: NRC: There’s got to be fission products or pellets in parking lot outside Fukushima plant

March 29, 2013 Posted by | Resources -audiovicual | Leave a comment

Video: Noam Chomsky on nuclear war and climate change

see-this.wayNoam Chomsky: If Nuclear War Doesn’t Get Us, Climate Change Will
http://www.thenation.com/video/173205/noam-chomsky-if-nuclear-war-doesnt-get-us-climate-change-will#
On The Earth Productions and The Nation March 28, 2013  In the
twenty-first century, humanity will likely burn out in a nuclear
holocaust or fade away amid the gradually mounting effects of climate
change. That was Noam Chomsky’s prediction during a
question-and-answer session in 2009 that still resonates today.

By moving forward with a missile defense policy that upsets the
balance of nuclear deterrence with Russia, “we’re consciously
increasing the threat of nuclear war,” Chomsky said. As for the
effects of climate change, “nobody knows the exact details, but
everybody knows that the longer you wait, the worse it’s going to be.”

—Alec Luhn

Noam Chomsky further eviscerates American foreign policy with his
piece “Why It’s Legal When the US Does It.”

March 29, 2013 Posted by | Resources -audiovicual | Leave a comment

Videos now officially released for the Medical and Ecological Consequences of the Fukushima Nuclear Accident – 11 March 2013 – New York

see-this.wayVideos now officially released with good quality and quick links with supporting Power point presentations..

The Medical and Ecological Consequences of the Fukushima Nuclear Accident, Day 1
March 11, 2013
A unique, two-day symposium at which an international panel of leading medical and biological scientists, nuclear engineers, and policy experts will make presentations on and discuss the bio-medical and ecological consequences of the Fukushima disaster, will be held at The New York Academy of Medicine on March 11-12, 2013, the second anniversary of the accident.A project of The Helen Caldicott Foundation, the symposium is being co-sponsored by Physicians for Social Responsibility.

The Medical and Ecological Consequences of the Fukushima Nuclear Accident, Day 2
March 12, 2013

http://www.totalwebcasting.com/view/?id=hcf#

March 21, 2013 Posted by | Resources -audiovicual | 1 Comment

New documentary on uranium mining – “Hot Water”

FilmKuciniches: Nuclear in ‘Hot Water  http://www.politico.com/story/2013/03/kuciniches-nuclear-in-hot-water-88771.html#ixzz2Nlz3QvQ0         By PATRICK GAVIN | 3/12/13

“Hot Water” is a new documentary about uranium mining and the nuclear industry, which has its world premiere tonight at Washington D.C.’s Environmental Film Festival.

The film follows filmmaker Liz Rogers’s journey around the United States as she explores the environmental impact of nuclear waste and mining. Elizabeth Kucinich is an executive producer of the documentary and her husband, former Rep. Dennis Kucinich, has lent his support to the film as well.  “‘Hot Water’ is an important film because it takes people through what is really the initial stage of that fuel cycle, the mining of uranium and the poisoning of water supplies,” Dennis Kucinich told POLITICO. “This industry has too much influence. The industry is all about profits. They’re not about public safety. And, so, I think this film is important to get people thinking about the broader issues of nuclear power.”

 

March 16, 2013 Posted by | Resources -audiovicual | Leave a comment

VIDEOS on casualties due to Chernobyl nuclear disaster

YouTubeChernobyl: AA Million Casualties http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oc72kT_gFNQ&feature=player_embedded#t=211s  24 Mar 2011

A million people have died so far as a result of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear plant accident, explains Janette Sherman, M.D., toxicologist and contributing editor of the book Chernobyl: Consequences of the Catastrophe for People and the Environment. Published by the New York Academy of Sciences, the book, authored by Dr. Alexey Yablokov, Dr. Vassily Nesterenko and Dr. Alexey Nesterenko, examined medical records now available–which expose as a lie the claim of the International Atomic Energy Commission that perhaps 4,000 people may die as a result of Chernobyl.
Enviro Close-Up # 610 (29 mintes)

  Film: World Health Organization beholden to nuclear interests — Physician: “Like having Dracula guard the blood bank” (VIDEOS) http://enenews.com/watch-beholden-nuclear-interests-like-having-dracula-guard-blood-bank-videos   February 28th, 2013


(In light of today’s news from the WHO this report from last May is being reposted) Continue reading →

March 2, 2013 Posted by | Resources -audiovicual | Leave a comment

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