Those caught up in nuclear disasters suffer many times over, writes Robert Jacobs. Ill-health and early death aside, they are also cut off from their former communities, identities and family life, and the victims of social and medical discrimination.
… victims of social and medical discrimination. Radiation makes people invisible. We know that exposure to radiation can be deleterious to one's health; … it does more. People who have been exposed to radiation, or even those who suspect that they …
It was 28 years ago today that Reactor 4 at the Chernobyl nuclear plant in Ukraine ruptured and ignited, sending a massive plume of radiation across Europe. Jim Green assesses the scientific evidence for how many people died as a result of the catastrophe.
… Monitor | 26th April 2014 News Nuclear Power Radiation Health Ukraine EU Science … and ignited, sending a massive plume of radiation across Europe. Jim Green assesses … debate over the health effects of low-level radiation exposure. The overwhelming weight of …
It's not just people, animals and trees that suffer from radiation at Chernobyl, writes Rachel Nuwer, but also decomposer fungi and microbes. And with the buildup of dead wood comes the risk of catastrophic fire - which could spread radiation far and wide.
… forests - dead wood and leaves preserved by radiation Rachel Nuwer Smithsonian | 24th … March 2014 News Forests Ukraine Nuclear Power Radiation Health chernobyl-radiation-map.png It's not just people, …
Cancer is just one of of the outcomes of the genetic damage inflicted by nuclear radiation, writes Chris Busby, and perhaps one of the least important. Of far greater long term significance is the broad-scale mutation of the human genome, and those of other species, and the resulting genomic instability that causes cascades of heritable mutations through the generations.
… It's not just cancer! Radiation, genomic instability and heritable … Chris Busby | 17th March 2016 News Health Radiation Nuclear Science War Politics UK USA … of the genetic damage inflicted by nuclear radiation, writes Chris Busby, and perhaps one …
The Semipalatinsk region suffered under four decades of Soviet nuclear testing. Now, the country wants to become an international research hub for the effects of radiation on future generations. Matilda Lee reports from Kazakhstan
… Change & Energy Nuclear Power Kazakhstan Radiation Cancer Renewable Energy Polygon 4nucsimg_1495.jpg Radiation received from spending ten minutes … international research hub for the effects of radiation on future generations. Matilda Lee …
Research on the biological effects of radiation near the Fukushima nuclear disaster site finds a powerful response in rice seedlings, writes Gregory McCann. The discovery will do nothing to boost consumer confidence in resumed rice exports from the Fukushima region.
… Fukushima radiation damages rice genome Gregory McGann | 18th September 2014 News Radiation Japan Food Farming Science Nuclear … Research on the biological effects of radiation near the Fukushima nuclear disaster …
The UK government's scientific advisory group found no link between childhood leukaemia and proximity to nuclear power plants, but German and French research has found an alarming doubling of risk
… childhood leukaemia and nuclear power plant radiation Matilda Lee | 15th February 2012 News Energy Climate Change Nuclear Power Radiation Leukaemia Fukushima nuclear.jpg A … is a link between childhood leukaemia and radiation from nuclear power plants, a French …
A citizen scientist project on North America's West Coast hopes to fill the void in credible scientific information about Fukushima's radiation and its effects on food and the environment, writes David Suzuki.
… scientific information about Fukushima's radiation and its effects on food and the … turns up an astounding number of pages about radiation from Japan's Fukushima Daiichi … . One reason is that government monitoring of radiation and its effects on fish stocks …
Koide Hiroaki has spent his entire career as a nuclear engineer, and has become a central figure in Japan's movement for the abolition of nuclear power plants. He met with Katsuya Hirano and Hirotaka Kasai to discuss the catastrophic nuclear meltdowns at Fukushima Daaichi in March 2011, and the crimes and cover-ups committed both before and after the event.
… these particles continue to expose humans to radiation. I'm a bit older than you and I … on earth has been exposed to additional radiation. I think we can expect cancer rates … in Kyoto as March was my month to work in the radiation-controlled area. It was normal …
A new study finds that radioactive Iodine from Fukushima has caused a significant increase in hypothyroidism among babies in California, 5,000 miles across the Pacific Ocean.
… Busby | 19th November 2013 News Nuclear Power Radiation Fukushima USA Health baby-feet.png A … Joe Mangano and Janette Sherman of the Radiation and Public Health Project in New … low; far lower than the natural background radiation. The University of Berkeley measured …
When nuclear reactors are refueled, a 12-hour spike in radioactive emissions exposes local people to levels of radioactivity up to 500 times greater than during normal operation, writes Ian Fairlie. The spikes may explain infant leukemia increases near nuclear plants - but operators provide no warnings and take no measures to reduce exposures.
… 2014 News Nuclear Power Health Corporations Radiation Regulation radiation-spike-korblein.jpg When nuclear … a question which has puzzled the public and radiation protection agencies for decades - …
Thirty-five years ago today the USA had its worst ever civilian nuclear accident with a reactor meltdown at Three Mile Island. Linda Pentz Gunter reports on the lies and cover ups about the true scale of the radiation release and its impacts on human health.
… and cover ups about the true scale of the radiation release and its impacts on human … Given what we know about exposure to radiation, it is medically far more probable … This supports the premise that far more radiation escaped from TMI than has been …
Irresponsible tactics are being used to bury social and environmental problems associated with the Fukushima nuclear disaster as Olympics approach in Japan.
… Monitor | 21st January 2020 Comment Fukushima Radiation Nuclear Power Nuclear Waste Editor’s … in March 2019. The study found high levels of radiation ‒ ranging from five to over 100 … and children (who are more vulnerable to radiation-related diseases than adults). …
A massive health crisis is following the 2011 nuclear disaster at Fukushima, write Joseph Mangano & Janette Sherman - not just in Japan but around the world. But the health impacts remains woefully under-studied. Scientists must wake up and undertake serious research without delay.
… 2014 Comment Japan Nuclear Power Health USA Radiation iaea-fukushima-cut.jpg A massive … Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation ) tried to sweep the issue under the … cancer statistics that could be attributed to radiation exposure from the accident." In its …
The nuclear industry and its media cheerleaders have raised a chorus of misinformation over Fukushima, writes Karl Grossman. But their attempts to suppress the truth are ultimately doomed to failure.
… 2014 News Fukushima Nuclear Power Health Radiation Law Politics fuku-graffitti.png The … been reported in any person as a result of radiation exposure from the accident." Now in … its constitutional mandate in the area of radiation and health" , explains Katz. "We are …
With the UK's Digital Economy Bill set to be finalised today, new 5G microwave spectra are about to be released across the planet without adequate safety testing, writes Lynne Wycherley. Global neglect of the Precautionary Principle is opening the way to corporate profit but placing humans and ecosystems at risk, and delaying a paradigm shift towards safer connectivity.
… | 27th October 2016 News Health Politics UK Radiation wifi-cut.jpg With the UK's Digital … and dense WiFi networks, such anthropogenic radiation has sky-rocketed. Although it is … implications of our new, anthropogenic radiation are not known. But peer-reviewed …
Ingested Uranium is linked with health impacts far greater than is explained by orthodox risk models. Chris Busby explains how the 'demon metal' does its damage - and why the nuclear industry is desperate to hide the truth.
… was about 17-fold, and this was ascribed to radiation exposures. But whatever caused this … and still is the foundation of the current radiation risk model. Of course, the cancers have been correlated with the radiation dose, a huge acute sudden gamma ray …
A massive decontamination exercise is under way in Iitate Village near Fukushima, writes Kendra Ulrich: step one in a plan to force 6,000 residents back into the evacuated zone in 2017. But as radiation levels remain stubbornly high, it looks like the real plan is to 'normalize' nuclear catastrophe, while making Iitate residents nuclear victims twice over - and this time, it's deliberate.
… back into the evacuated zone in 2017. But as radiation levels remain stubbornly high, it … winds turned, carrying an enormous amount of radiation inland. Fukushima prefecture, … targets of the Abe Government's plan - radiation dose levels are comparable to those …
Barys Piatrovich recalls the tension of unknowing during the days that followed the Chernobyl disaster. Today, barely any of the evacuees are still alive. Dispersed throughout the country, they died alone and unnoticed, statistically insignificant.
… Comment Nuclear Power Health Ukraine Belarus Radiation chernobyl-zone75.jpg Barys … around was still green ... There may be radiation, you say? What do you expect, this is a nuclear power station ... What radiation?! Where is it? Show it to us ... …
Several nuclear facilities in Ukraine have been attacked by the Russian military over the past fortnight.
… there have not been any significant radiation releases - yet. The operating … control of the Chernobyl site on February 24. Radiation levels were elevated due to heavy … "it impossible to control the nuclear and radiation safety parameters at the …
Robert 'Bo' Jacobs was brought up under the shadow of nuclear war. A world expert on the cultural and social impacts of radiation, he lives and works in Hiroshima. Julio Godoy caught the chance of an interview ... and discovered that nuclear war is still going on today - in slow motion.
… expert on the cultural and social impacts of radiation, he lives and works in Hiroshima. … no discernible end in sight to this tragedy, radiation will continue to seep into the … they must evacuate because of the levels of radiation, but they will receive no …
Last February's explosion at the WIPP dump for long-lived intermediate-level nuclear waste from the US's nuclear weapons program remains unexplained, writes Jim Green. But with the site's history of ignored warnings, 'missing' safety culture, lack of supervision and dubious contractor appointments, it surely came as no surprise - and further accidents appear inevitable.
… in 22 workers receiving low-level internal radiation exposure. 'The contractors were not … WIPP is on track for not one but over 13,000 radiation release accidents over a 200,000 … cleaned up, workers get injured or exposed to radiation and outraged NNSA management cancels …
Marking 'Chernobyl day' 2014, a website is launched that calls for the arrest of writer George Monbiot for 'Nuclear Crimes against Humanity and the Environment'.
… | 26th April 2014 News Nuclear Power Media Radiation UK monbiot-ted.jpg Marking … The £100 will instead be donated to Radiation Monitoring in Cumbria ( RADMIC ) an … disbanding of Lancashire County Council's Radiation Monitoring in Lancashire - despite …