Low levels of radiation have been found in bluefin tuna off the California coast, 1 year after an earthquake rocked Japan. The earthquake caused a tsunami that destroyed vast parts of the Country and triggered a nuclear disaster. The explosions at the nuclear plant in Fukushima damaged the vessel containing the nuclear core. A […]
Brazil, the Next Fukushima?
26 years ago, Chernobyl (Ukraine, Soviet Union). Last year, Fukushima (Japan). Could Brazil, boosted both by its new position as the world’s sixth largest economy and its current vibrant economy, decide to rethink totally its nuclear ambitions – be they civil, or maybe even military – but end up being the next victim of a nuclear catastrophe? . In an […]
Nuclear Energy Option for Pakistan
In recent weeks there has been squabble over the safety of two new nuclear power plants proposed to be built near the coastal belt of Karachi. While most of the world’s developing countries are leaning towards nuclear energy, some ‘interested’ Pakistanis, like Dr. Pervez Hoodbhoy, are repeatedly asserting that the Government of Pakistan is gambling […]
Japanese Official Taken Off Duty Over Writing Insulting Tweets
Written by Keiko Tanaka A Japanese reconstruction official in charge of helping victims of the 2011 post-tsunami meltdown at the Fukushima nuclear power plant [1] has been taken off duty [2]after sharp-eyed journalists unearthed tweets he wrote insulting area activists. Written under a pseudonym in March 2013, the grumblings of Yasuhisa Mizuno, a councilor at […]
Berm Collapses at Nuclear Plant: NRC Claims No Danger
(Originally published at the Daily Censored for Project Censored.) While the world has been focused on the unfolding nuclear disaster in Fukushima, Japan, here in the U.S. two nuclear power plants situated along the Missouri Rivers have been threatened by flooding. The Cooper nuclear power plant near Brownville, Nebraska and the Fort Calhoun nuclear power […]
Indigenous People want massive uranium deposit included in National Park
The Mirarr People in Australia’s Northern territory have renewed their opposition to the multibillion-dollar Jabiluka uranium deposit, declaring their wish, in solidarity with the people of Japan, to include the deposit as part of the UNESCO world heritage-listed Kakadu National Park. In a recent letter to UN Secretary-General Ban ki-Moon (PDF), Mirarr Elder Yvonne Margarula […]