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The proposed waste dump law excludes the Muckaty Traditional Owners from procedural fairness and appeal rights, removes Aboriginal Heritage and environmental protections and overrides any Commonwealth, State and Territory laws that could be used to oppose or challenge the dump plan.

From the campfire to cyberspace: Radioactive waste concerns go global, Natalie Wasley, 18 May 2001 Aboriginal Traditional Owners opposed to a radioactive waste dump at Muckaty Station in the Northern Territory of Australia have taken their campaign to a global online audience. Continue reading →

May 18, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | AUSTRALIA, indigenous issues | antinuclear, AUSTRALIA, indigenous, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear spin, nuclear weapons, radiation, radioactive, uranium, wastes | Leave a comment

Mules used to detect radiation in nuclear test area

….The mules will spend their days carrying “a gamma scanner..that will register gamma energy emitted by radioactive material……”

Cute Animals Sent to Check Dangers of Former Nuclear Site : Disasters : Curbed LA, by Adrian Glick Kudler, 14 May 2010, First kids, and now animals are taking the weight of the Santa Susana Field Laboratory mess on their shoulders. Continue reading →

May 15, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Religion and ethics | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear weapons, radiation, radioactive, uranium | Leave a comment

Cancer cluster among children – investigation for ionising radiation

OH Dept. of Health wonders if radiation is causing cancer cluster WTOL.com – Toledo’s News Leader May 15, 2010 CLYDE, OH (WTOL) – The Ohio Department of Health is still trying to determine why so many kids in eastern Sandusky County are getting sick from cancer. Currently, they’re searching for radiation. ….OH Dept. of Health wonders if radiation is causing cancer cluster – WTOL.com – Toledo’s News Leader |

May 15, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | general | antinuclear, nuclear, radiation, radioactive | Leave a comment

Dangerous radiation scanning for illegal immigrants banned

French ban X-ray scans for illegal immigrants as radiation makes them ‘too dangerous’, Mail Online, By Jack Doyle and Lee Sorrell 14th May 2010

British officials searching for illegal immigrants in trucks have been told to stop using an expensive new X-ray scanner because of radiation fears. The machine was unveiled last month as part of a £15million investment in UK border controls in Calais.

But now France’s nuclear regulator has warned it can only be used to look for illegal goods. Using it to find people is banned in case the radiation damages their health, …French ban X-ray scans for illegal immigrants as radiation makes them ‘too dangerous’ | Mail Online

May 15, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | France, health | antinuclear, cancer, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, radiation, radioactive | Leave a comment

High ionising radiation levels in Delhi scrap market

Rainspotting in Bangalore – Greenpeace survey finds radiation 5000 times background levels in Delhi market, INDEPENDENT MINDS, by Grace Boyle F, 14 May 2010 aA survey has today uncovered levels of radioactivity up to 5000 times background levels in Mayapuri scrap market, West Delhi, after the area was previously surveyed and declared safe by government authorities.

“The distance between the contamination ‘hot spots’ that have been discovered today and the people who live and work in Mayapuri is very small, so there is concern as to the effect on their health” said Karuna Raina, nuclear campaigner with Greenpeace India.The survey found dose rate levels of 200-500 micro-Sv/h in certain areas, meaning that the maximum legal dose for a person in a year could be reached after just two to five hours close to these ‘hot spots’, Greenpeace said. The level of dose in the residential area was close to normal. Rainspotting in Bangalore – Greenpeace survey finds radiation 5000 times background levels in Delhi market

May 15, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | environment, India | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear wastes, radioactive | Leave a comment

Cancer, birth defects from Chernobyl radiation release

Experience Eastern Europe’s Recent History, Just Beware the Radiation @Signature9 14 May, 2010, “…….Chernobyl and the nearby town of Pripyat experienced the results of nuclear meltdown in April 1986. Over 300,000 people were evacuated from surrounding areas and the compromised reactor was subsequently encased in a concrete shell. Radiation levels rose across most of Europe, resulting in higher rates of birth defects , chromosomal disorders, and cancers.

May 15, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | EUROPE, health | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear weapons, radiation, radioactive | Leave a comment

Increased breast cancer risk in ionising radiation

“Our work shows that radiation can change the microenvironment of breast cells, and this in turn can allow the growth of abnormal cells with a long-lived phenotype that has a much greater potential to be cancerous,”

Study Raises New Concerns About Radiation and Breast Cancer « Berkeley Lab News Center, 14 May 2010, “………It is well established that exposure to ionizing radiation can result in mutations or other genetic damage that cause cells to turn cancerous. Continue reading →

May 14, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | health, USA | antinuclear, cancer, nuclear, radiation, radioactive | Leave a comment

Ionising radiation a bigger cancer risk to young people

Younger Patients Face Double Radiation Risk from CT Scans: Study, Ethiopian Review, May 13th, 2010 Younger patients run a higher risk of health problems from radiation exposure caused by computed tomography (CT) scans, according to a new study. Researchers at the Medical University of South Carolina found that the radiation risk for younger patients were double those of older patients in a CT radiation exposure study presented last week at the American Roentgen Ray Society 2010 annual meeting in San Diego, CA. Scientists say that the findings indicate that age is another factor that doctors should consider when ordering CT scans.

Younger Patients Face Double Radiation Risk from CT Scans: Study

May 14, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 2 WORLD, health | AUSTRALIA, nuclear, radiation, radioactive | Leave a comment

Nuclear power radiation shown to cause damaging insect mutations

“Such a low but long-lasting dose of radiation can be far more damaging than a short-term high dose,”

Nuclear Power Critter Mutations, 13 May 2010, Natural Resonance Revolution Conventional wisdom holds that nuclear power stations don’t leak enough radiation to create malformed organisms. But in some locations, Hesse-Honegger discovered mutations — curtailed feelers, misshapen legs, asymmetrical wings — in as many as 30 percent of the bugs she gathered. That’s 10 times the overall rate of about 3 percent for insects found in the wild. Continue reading →

May 14, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 2 WORLD, environment | antinuclear, nuclear, radioactive, reactors | 1 Comment

Nuclear industry rebuffed: Arizona, Illinois, Kentucky, Vermont, West Virginia, Wisconsin

In practice, affordable power and long-term waste disposal are two requirements that nuclear power is incapable of meeting

Nuclear Loan Guarantees Will Meet State Resistance, Connecticut News, May 13, 2010 , by Jonathan Kantrowit “…….The following is an overview of the nuclear industry’s failed state legislative efforts in 2010:

• Arizona. SolarCity, Kyocera Solar, Inc. and Suntech Power Holdings joined with other solar energy providers in February to warn that if Arizona House Bill 2701 (HB 2701) was passed into law, it would have jeopardized Arizona’s entire renewable energy industry. Continue reading →

May 14, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | politics, USA | antinuclear, energy efficiency, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear secrecy, nuclear spin, nuclear wastes, radiation, radioactive, reactors, renewable energy, renewables | Leave a comment

Uranium mining ‘rush” could be a ‘crash’ for Africa

Uranium ‘Rush’ Or ‘Crush’ for Erongo?, allAfrica.com: Adam Hartman 11 May 2010 “…………there are also elements that could turn this positive outlook into a uranium ‘crush’, with serious social, economic and environmental implications.One element is government’s non consideration to re-invest uranium revenue back into the environment and communities effected by the rush. Another element is an unforeseen event that destabilises uranium prices and the global uranium market, resulting in mines ‘turning off the lights and walking away’. Continue reading →

May 13, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Namibia, politics international | antinuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear renaissance, nuclear wastes, radiation, radioactive, uranium | 1 Comment

Continuing radiation incidents in India a worry for nuclear industry

Radiation leak at BARC comes as a shock Sakaal Times, May 12, 2010 A MUMBAI: The radioactive contamination at one of the facilities at the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), the cradle of nuclear R&D, comes as a shock. Over the last few months there has been several minor incidents and security breaches in nuclear facilities across the country – and this is one more addition. Continue reading →

May 13, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | India, safety | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear technology, radiation, radioactive | Leave a comment

President’s Cancer Panel Report and environmental causes of breast cancer

our cancer institute has become very interested in environmental contributors to breast cancer.

the President’s Cancer Panel report is in general cautious and makes sensible policy recommendations. It also makes a number of (mostly) sensible recommendations for individual citizens. In general, it is cautious and highlights a neglected aspect of cancer research.

The President’s Cancer Panel steps into it : Respectful Insolence, 11 May 2010,“…….. the same time that mortality rates for childhood cancers have been plummeting dramatically, the incidence of childhood cancers has been steadily climbing. Continue reading →

May 11, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | health, USA | antinuclear, cancer, nuclear, radiation, radioactive | Leave a comment

Nuclear risk expert warns on terrorist risk of Australia’s planned nuclear waste dump

Nuclear waste site a target for terrorists, expert warns, Sydney Morning Herald, LINDSAY MURDOCH DARWIN May 11, 2010 A BRITISH nuclear risk expert has warned that terrorists could target radioactive waste being transported thousands of kilometres across Australia to a proposed waste dump in the Northern Territory. Continue reading →

May 11, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | AUSTRALIA, safety | antinuclear, AUSTRALIA, nuclear, nuclear weapons, radiation, radioactive, uranium | Leave a comment

Finland’s 100,000-Year Plan to Banish Its Nuclear Waste

There are somewhere between 250,000 and 300,000 tons of high-level radioactive waste already in the world, much of it in pools on the sites of nuclear power plants where the rods have to cool for years before they can be put into containers.