Radioactive water leaks reported at Japan's crippled Fukushima power plant
TOKYO, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- About 25 tons of radioactive water have leaked within the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, the plant's operator has reported, a week after the latest round of ocean discharge started.
Hiroshima Seen: Canada and the Atom Bomb
This exhibition shows how Canadian uranium and Canadian scientists contributed to the development of the atom bombs that were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August of 1945. Through Canadian government intervention and nationalization during World War II, mining ventures and industrial processing at Port Radium in the Northwest Territories, in Port Hope, Ontario, and in Trail, B.C. were integrated into the American Manhattan Project that ushered in the nuclear weapons age threatening human civilization today.
Studies to examine health risks of New England nuclear power plants
Petros Koutrakis, professor of environmental sciences at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, is leading two studies to investigate the health impacts of New England nuclear power plants on nearby residents.
Diablo Update
Environmental groups are outraged at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s irresponsible decision to deny a public hearing on crucial safety issues in the license renewal application process of Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant. These include seismic risks, vulnerability of the critical reactor pressure vessel to rupture and non-compliance with coastal regulations.
Burying radioactive nuclear waste poses enormous risks
The spent fuel will remain radioactive for hundreds of thousands of years, and contamination and leaks are possible during storage, containment, transportation and burial.
Rolling Stewardship of Nuclear Waste
Rolling Stewardship is not a solution to the radioactive waste problem, but an acknowledgement that we do not have a solution. Instead of assuming a solution exists, we should recognize that there is no proven solution.
Citizens turn up heat on radiation-troubled field lab
Coinciding with the 65th anniversary of what they consider “one of America’s worst nuclear meltdowns,” Santa Susana Field Lab cleanup advocates hosted an “action assembly” at Strathearn Historic Park in Simi Valley July 13 hoping to get the Board of Supervisors of both Ventura and Los Angeles counties to file a lawsuit against state regulators in charge of cleaning up the site’s radioactive soil.
Fukushima Toxic Dumping
"Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant is the world’s leading epicenter of toxic radioactive water released into the ocean. Yet, these activities are no longer closely monitored by mainstream media."