Antinuclear

Australian news, and some related international items

Nuclear Waste Dump: three recommended Australian Defence Force sites excluded. Why?

A bill presently before parliament rules out the possibility of using one of three previously nominated sites on Australian Defence Force land in the Northern Territory,

Plan For Nuclear Waste Dump Faces Backlash, IPS ipsnews.net, By Stephen de Tarczynski, MELBOURNE, Apr 26, 2010Aboriginal landowners in Australia’s far north are battling government plans to construct this country’s long-term nuclear waste storage facility on their land… Continue reading

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Chernobyl nuclear reactor still not safe

the reactor is a threat “not only for Ukraine, but for Europe, Russia and Belarus

Ukraine leader says Chernobyl reactor a threat, THE HUFFINGTON POST, ANNA MELNICHUK | April 26, 2010 KIEV, Ukraine Continue reading

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Chernobyl – a nuclear accident that continues

More than 2,000 villages around Chernobyl were contaminated by radioactivity. More than 330,000 people were evacuated and relocated. Statistics predict approximately 270,000 cancers and 93,000 fatal cancer cases will be caused by Chernobyl. At least three million children required medical treatment.

Chernobyl Day – Nuclear Reaction, 26 April 2010. Twenty four years ago today, the Number 4 reactor exploded at Chernobyl. It was the worst nuclear accident the world has ever seen. Continue reading

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