research by Greenpeace found that drinking water around the Caetité uranium mine in Brazil showed uranium contamination levels as much as seven times higher than … Contaminated water around Caetité uranium mineRead more
Nuclear
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The economics are just not there
Lester Brown of the Earth Policy Institute described nuclear power, “the economics are just not there”. Wind Power Cheaper Than Nuclear Brown opened by citing … The economics are just not thereRead more
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20 workers had been exposed to excessive levels of radiation
NEW DELHI (AFP) — India’s atomic safety body said that radioactive scrap metal which found its way into buttons installed into lifts in France had … 20 workers had been exposed to excessive levels of radiationRead more
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Nuclear quackery
The Netherlands, this tiny country with endless possibilities in a liberal and tolerant environment, has a new scoop: the company “Atoomstroom.nl” (which translates as “Atomic … Nuclear quackeryRead more
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OL3 three years behind schedule
Things are going from bad to worse with the disastrous construction of Finland’s Olkiluoto reactor. Despite the builders ‘working six days a week and 24 … OL3 three years behind scheduleRead more
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Olkiluoto Reactor is without proper design
Due for completion in 2012 at the earliest, the so-called state of the art and third generation OL3 European Pressurised Reactor (EPR) being built at … Olkiluoto Reactor is without proper designRead more
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Vermont Yankee: lady who loves trouble
Vermont Yankee is a lady who loves trouble. Last year part of one of the nuclear power plant’s cooling towers collapsed. At one point in … Vermont Yankee: lady who loves troubleRead more
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Hungary’s first stage of nuclear waste disposal facility
The completed first stage of a nuclear waste disposal site — the first in Hungary — was inaugurated in Bataapati, some 180 kilometres (110 miles) … Hungary’s first stage of nuclear waste disposal facilityRead more
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Remembering Chernobyl
It is April 25th 1986 Technicians at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine are ordered to test the safety emergency reactor core cooling system … Remembering ChernobylRead more
Posted inHealth
Truth is stranger than fission
Interview with Dr Helen Caldicott. The nuclear power industry was moribund after Chernobyl and Three Mile Island, and it became so expensive to build a … Truth is stranger than fissionRead more