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Dollars for Death Say No to Uranium Mining & Nuclear Power
Dollars for Death Say No to Uranium Mining & Nuclear Power Jim Green & Others 2 Dollars for Death Contents Preface by Jim Green............................................................................3 Uranium Mining ...................................................................................5 Uranium Mining in Australia by Friends of the Earth, Australia..........................5 In Situ Leach Uranium Mining Far From ‘Benign’ by Gavin Mudd.....................8 How Low Can Australia’s Uranium Export Policy Go? by Jim Green................10 Uranium & Nuclear Weapons Proliferation by Jim Falk & Bill Williams..........13 Nuclear Power ...................................................................................16 Ten Reasons to Say ‘No’ to Nuclear Power in Australia by Friends of the Earth, Australia...................................................................16 How to Make Nuclear Power Safe in Seven Easy Steps! by Friends of the Earth, Australia...................................................................18 Japan: One Year After Fukushima, People Speak Out by Daniel P. Aldrich......20 Nuclear Power & Water Scarcity by Sue Wareham & Jim Green........................23 James Lovelock & the Big Bang by Jim Green......................................................25 Nuclear Waste ....................................................................................28 Nuclear Power: Watt a Waste .............................................................................28 Nuclear Racism .................................................................................31 -
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INSIDE: • Ukraine and the Second Cold War — page 2. • The Chornobyl disaster’s 20th anniversary — pages 6-13. • Interview: Ambassador Roman Popadiuk — page 14. HE KRAINIAN EEKLY T PublishedU by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal non-profitW association Vol. LXXIV No. 17 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 23, 2006 $1/$2 in Ukraine Orange coalition stalled Ukraine prepares to mark Chornobyl’s 20th anniversary by Zenon Zawada on issue of prime minister Kyiv Press Bureau by Zenon Zawada KYIV – At 1:23:47 a.m. on April 26, Kyiv Press Bureau 1986, the fourth reactor at the Chornobyl nuclear power plant in the Ukrainian KYIV – Hopes for an Orange coali- Soviet Socialist Republic exploded. tion regressed after Our Ukraine’s lead- Radiation more than 18 times the ership voiced its opposition to a provi- amount of the Hiroshima nuclear bomb sion in the coalition-forming procedure escaped into the earth’s atmosphere, con- agreement that allows for the bloc that taminating people and land throughout won the most votes in the parliamentary Europe and the Soviet Union. election to select the prime minister. The Chornobyl nuclear catastrophe is The Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc, which widely believed to have accelerated the won the most votes of the three Orange demise of the Union of Soviet Socialist political forces to qualify for the Republics, and it forever altered views Verkhovna Rada, inserted the provision on nuclear energy. as the procedure agreement’s sixth and An independent Ukraine this week final point, with support from the began commemorating the 20th anniver- Socialist Party of Ukraine. -
Nuclear Power
FEBRUARY 28, 2013 | No. 757 NUCLEAR POWER: LOOKING BACK, LOOKING FORWARD (NM757.4292) Last year marked the 20th anniversary of the fi rst edition of the World Nuclear Industry Status Report (WNISR). For two decades the reports have punctu- red the lies of the nuclear industry. Mycle Schneider and Antony Froggatt wrote the 2012 edition and both contributed to the 1992 edition − congratulations Mycle and NUCLEAR POWER: LOOKING Antony! BACK, LOOKING FORWARD 1 FUKUSHIMA PROPAGANDA 4 The predictions made in WNISR-1992 stack up well. After a 20-year period of signi- fi cant growth, the report correctly predicted that nuclear expansion would "slow to a URANIUM MINING ISSUES: trickle". From 1992 to 2012, worldwide nuclear power capacity increased from 326 2012 REVIEW 8 gigawatts (GW) to 374 GW − a 15% increase in 20 years. IN BRIEF 18 The nuclear industry is fi nally catching up with Mycle and Antony. The International Atomic Energy Agency's 'low' estimates have become a more reliable guide over the years, and the Agency's current 'low' estimate of 456 GW capacity in 2030 suggests very slow annual growth of around 1.5% (IAEA, 2012). Nuclear power's proportional contribution to world electricity production will certainly decline. Nuclear's contribution peaked at 17% in 1993, fell to 12.3% in 2011, and the IAEA estimates just 4.7−6.2% in 2030 (IAEA, 2012, p.17). By 2030, a majority of the world's reactors will be nearing the end of their operating lives and the nuclear industry will need to run just to stand still. -
VT Branch Anti-Nuclear Resources
1 LOCAL, NATIONAL, AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND RESOURCES FOR STUDENTS, TEACHERS, AND THE PUBLIC LOCAL Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) Burlington VT Branch: WILPF was founded in 1915 during World War I, with Jane Addams as its first president. Through peaceful means, WILPF works to achieve world disarmament, full rights for women, racial and economic justice, an end to all forms of violence, and to establish those political, social, and psychological conditions which can assure peace, freedom, and justice for all. We invite you to become a part of the Burlington, Vermont Chapter of WILPF. We meet on the second Thursday of each month from 5:30 to 7 PM at the Peace and Justice Center, 60 Lake St #1C, Burlington. For more information, contact Robin Lloyd at [email protected] or 802-862-4929 or Marguerite Adelman: [email protected] or 518-561-3939. Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR) Vermont: Founded in 1961 by to raise awareness of worldwide radioactive pollution from atomic bomb testing, its work led to the 1962 partial nuclear test ban treaty. Resurrected by Helen Caldicott in the late 1970s, Physicians for Social Responsibility is the largest physician- led organization in the US working to protect the public from the threats of nuclear proliferation, climate change, and environmental toxins. Our local group is led by Dr. John Reuwer. He can be reached at [email protected] or 540-267-4317. Peace & Justice Center (PJC): Since 1979 the Peace & Justice Center has been a leader in social justice activism in Vermont. Our Board and Staff work with community members, local businesses, non-profit organizations, activists, and volunteers to help all Vermonters achieve self-sufficiency and shared prosperity. -
(TORCH) April 2006
MS as amended by IF and DS Version 2 March 28 The Other Report on Chernobyl (TORCH) April 2006 An independent scientific evaluation of the health and environmental effects of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster with critical analyses of recent reports by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the World Health Organisation (WHO) Summary and Conclusions On 26 April 2006, twenty years will have passed since the Chernobyl nuclear power plant exploded and large quantities of radioactive gases and particles were spread throughout the northern hemisphere. While the effects of the disaster remain apparent particularly in Belarus, Ukraine and Russia, where millions of people are affected, Chernobyl’s fallout also seriously contaminated other areas of the world. The disaster not only resulted in an unprecedented release of radioactivity but also a series of unpredicted and serious consequences for the public and the environment. The TORCH report aims to provide an independent scientific examination of available data on the release of radioactivity into the environment and subsequent health-related effects of the Chernobyl accident. Thousands of studies have been carried out on the issue but many are only available in Ukrainian or Russian. These constraints inhibit a full international understanding of the impacts of Chernobyl, and the authors draw attention to this difficulty and to the need for it to be tackled at an official level. It is noted that some scientists from Belarus, Russia and Ukraine are highly critical of official versions of the impacts of the Chernobyl accident. The Report critically examines recent official reports on the impact of the Chernobyl accident, in particular two reports by the “UN Chernobyl Forum” released by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the World Health Organisation (WHO) in September 20051 which received considerable attention by the international media. -
Prof. Barry Brook − Brave New Climate
PROF. BARRY BROOK − BRAVE NEW CLIMATE March 2012 Jim Green National nuclear campaigner − Friends of the Earth, Australia [email protected] 0417 318368 PO Box 222, Fitzroy, Victoria, 3065 www.foe.org.au 1. Introduction 2. Energy options 3. Nuclear power and WMD proliferation 4. Ionising radiation and Chernobyl 5. Safety and Fukushima 6. Terra Nullius 7. Radioactive waste 8. The responsible nuclear advocate 9. Conclusion 1. INTRODUCTION This is a review of the nuclear power advocacy of Prof. Barry Brook, a conservation biology / climate change scientist/academic at Adelaide Uni who runs the Brave New Climate (BNC) website. Prof. Brook has over 170 peer-reviewed publications to his name and expertise across a range of scientific disciplines and sub-disciplines. 1 His interest in energy debates stems from his interest in and concern about climate change. He isn't in any way connected to − or in the pay of − the nuclear industry. 2. ENERGY OPTIONS Prof. Brook's view is that "it's nuclear power or it's climate change". Here is a brief outline of how greenhouse emissions can be sharply reduced without recourse to nuclear power in Australia. One of the most practical Australian studies was produced by a group of scientists for the Clean Energy Future Group (CEFG). 2 It is practical in that it makes virtually no allowance for technical innovation, restricting itself to technologies that were commercially available in 2004. It factors in official projections of economic growth and population growth. It stands at the opposite end of the spectrum to studies which make heroic assumptions about technological developments and cost reductions, and those which assume heroic reductions in energy consumption through energy efficiency and conservation. -
Friends of the Earth Australia May 2005
HOUSE OF rEPRES~NTA~lVES STAND~G COMM~fTLE ON Submission No. 52 i 5 JUN 2U05 INDUSTRY ANflT3ESOURCES Inquiry into the Strategic Importance of Australia’s Uranium Resources The House of Representatives Standing Committee on Industry and Resources Contents: Introduction pg. 2 Comments pg. 4 Summary pg. 27 References pg. 28 Friends of the Earth Australia May 2005 Page 1 of29 Submission to TheHouse of Representatives Standing Committee on Industry and Resources Inquiry into the Strategic Importance ofAustralia’s Uranium Resources Introduction This submission has been prepared by the Friends of the Earth Australia Anti Nuclear Campaign. Friends of the Earth is a non-government, non-profit organisation committed to social justice and environmental sustainability. Friends of the Earth is active at local, regional and national levels and is also a member of the Friends of the Earth International network of 71 member groups, one of the worlds largest non-government environmental groupings. Friends of the Earth has been actively engaged on nuclear issues in Australia for over 30 years. Friends of the Earth is committed to phasing out of the nuclear industry based on the premise that it is an unsafe, unwanted and unnecessary impact on both people and the environment. Over 50 years the nuclear industry has failed to deliver it’s promise of safe, clean energy while in reality continued to generate hazardous waste and entrench the threat of nuclear weapons. Friends of the Earth works toward a nuclear free future; opposing major nuclear developments; campaigning for responsible management of waste and presenting clean safe alternatives. -
Bowl Round 2 Bowl Round 2 First Quarter
NHBB Nationals Bowl 2015-2016 Bowl Round 2 Bowl Round 2 First Quarter (1) Nearly 2,000 people died when the Sultana exploded in this river, but John Wilkes Booth died the day before, so the tragedy received shockingly little press coverage. Monks Mound was built on the eastern banks of this river, which names a civilization that built the city of Cahokia. A control structure was built to reduce its flow into the Atchafalaya River. For ten points, name this American river whose source was identified in 1832 as Minnesota's Lake Itasca, from which it flows to the Gulf of Mexico. ANSWER: Mississippi River (2) One performer of this instrument wrote the Hohenfriedberger March to celebrate victory in the Second Silesian War. This is the first instrument to play the melody in Ravel's Bolero, and a solo near the low end of its range opens Debussy's Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun. A treatise on playing this instrument was written by Johann Quantz, who taught Frederick the Great. For ten points, name this transverse woodwind instrument whose higher-pitched relatives include the fife and piccolo. ANSWER: flute (3) The success of this work led to a plagiarization lawsuit from Harold Courlander. Sequels to this work include \The Gift" and \The Next Generations." Tom Moore teaches the intricacies of cockfighting in this series, in which Jemmy deserts the Confederate Army. It ends with Chicken George tracing his lineage from Africa to Tennessee. ABC aired this series, an adaptation of a \Saga of an American Family," in 1977. -
Dædalus Issue Is “Witnessing Climate Change
Dædalus Journal of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences Fall 2020 Witnessing Climate Change Nancy L. Rosenblum, guest editor with Robert Jay Lifton · Naomi Oreskes Robert H. Socolow · Dennis F. Thompson Michael B. Gerrard · Mark A. Mitchell Patrick L. Kinney · Rebecca Henderson David W. Titley · Elke U. Weber · Jessica F. Green Rafe Pomerance · Carolyn Kormann Scott Gabriel Knowles · Antonio Oposa Jr. Dædalus Journal of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences “Witnessing Climate Change” Volume 149, Number 4; Fall 2020 Nancy L. Rosenblum, Guest Editor Phyllis S. Bendell, Managing Editor and Director of Publications Peter Walton, Associate Editor Heather M. Struntz, Assistant Editor Committee on Studies and Publications John Mark Hansen, Chair; Rosina Bierbaum, Johanna Drucker, Gerald Early, Carol Gluck, Linda Greenhouse, John Hildebrand, Philip Khoury, Arthur Kleinman, Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot, Alan I. Leshner, Rose McDermott, Michael S. McPherson, Frances McCall Rosenbluth, Scott D. Sagan, Nancy C. Andrews (ex officio), David W. Oxtoby (ex officio), Diane P. Wood (ex officio) Inside front cover: Unknown artist, The Dramatic Birth of a Giant Iceberg, originally printed in The Popular Science Educator, Volume 2, edited by Charles Ray (London: The Amalgamated Press, 1935). Contents 6 Introduction: Paths to Witnessing, Ethics of Speaking Out Nancy L. Rosenblum 25 On Becoming Witnessing Professionals Robert Jay Lifton 33 What Is the Social Responsibility of Climate Scientists? Naomi Oreskes 46 Witnessing for the Middle to Depolarize the Climate Change Conversation Robert H. Socolow 67 The Professional Ethics of Witnessing Professionals Dennis F. Thompson 79 An Environmental Lawyer’s Fraught Quest for Legal Tools to Hold Back the Seas Michael B. -
The Australian Movement Against Uranium Mining: Its Rationale and Evolution
THE AUSTRALIAN MOVEMENT AGAINST URANIUM MINING: ITS RATIONALE AND EVOLUTION Marty Branagan Lecturer in Peace Studies University of New England, Australia This paper begins with a brief historical overview of the Australian movement against urani- um mining, before focussing on two major campaigns: Roxby and Jabiluka. It describes the reasons the activists gave at the time for their blockades of the Roxby Downs uranium mine in South Australia in 1983 and 1984. These reasons – such as perceptions that the industry is unsafe - have changed little over time and were the basis for the campaign against the pro- posed Jabiluka mine in the Northern Territory in 1998. They continue to be cited by environmental groups and Aboriginal Traditional Owners to this day as new situations arise, such as the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident. The paper then describes how the movement evolved between the Roxby and Jabiluka block- ades, with changes to the movement’s philosophy, strategy, tactics and internal dynamics. This analysis includes a comparison between two anti-nuclear bike rides, one a year after the 1984 Roxby blockade and involving some of the same activists, and another at the time of the Jabiluka blockade. This author was present at all these events, and provides an emic (in- sider) perspective within a longitudinal participant-observation methodology. Although this perspective obviously has a subjective element, the paper fills a gap in that there is little written history of these blockades (particularly Roxby) and more generally of Australian re- sistance to uranium mining, let alone the aspects of nonviolence and movement evolution. -
Chernobyl Disaster
Chernobyl disaster Jan Willem Storm van Leeuwen Independent consultant member of the Nuclear Consulting Group April 2019 [email protected] Note In this document the references are coded by Q-numbers (e.g. Q2). Each reference has a unique number in this coding system, which is consistently used throughout all base papers by the author. In the list at the back of the document the references are sorted by Q-number. The resulting sequence is not necessarily the same order in which the references appear in the text. m02Chernobylv2 1 26 April 2019 Contents 1 Accident 2 Spatial extent of the Chernobyl disaster Dispersion of cesium-137 Definition of contaminated areas Dispersion of strontium-90 Dispersion of plutonium Dispersion of radioiodine 3 View of WHO and UNSCEAR on the Chernobyl catastrophe Uncertainties Report WHO 2011a Report UNSCEAR 2011 4 Health effects: disparities in estimates 5 IPPNW 2011 report Societal and economic effects 6 IAEA Chernobyl Forum 7 Observable effects in the environment 8 Dismantling of Chernobyl 9 Crtical notes References FIGURES Figure 1 Surface deposition of cesium-137 in Europe (UNSCEAR) Figure 2 Surface deposition of cesium-137 in Europe and Asia (CEREA) Figure 3 Surface deposition of cesium-137 in the Chernobyl accident Figure 4 Surface deposition of cesium-137 in immediate vicinity of the reactor Figure 5 Surface deposition strontium-90 Figure 6 Surface deposition plutonium-239 + 240 Figure 7 Surface deposition iodine-131 in Belarus and Russia Figure 8 Tree rings of pine logs in the Chernobyl region Figure 9 New Safe Confinement at the site of Chernobyl m02Chernobylv2 2 26 April 2019 1 Accident On 26 April 1986 reactor 4 (type RMBK, graphite-moderated water-cooled) of the nuclear power plant at Chernobyl (Ukraine) went out of control during a test of the cooling system and exploded. -
US-India Ageement (PDF)
AUSTRALIA SHOULD BLOCK US-INDIA NUCLEAR DEAL Joint Statement from Australian civil society groups to the Australian Government Before the end of the year the Australian Government will have the opportunity to oppose the US- India nuclear deal at both the IAEA Board of Governors meeting and block the deal at the 45-nation Nuclear Suppliers Group. We urge the Government to oppose the deal for the following reasons: 1. Supporting the US-India deal is inconsistent with the Rudd Labor Government's principled policy of prohibiting uranium exports to India and other countries which have not signed the Nuclear Non- Proliferation Treaty (NPT). 2. Nuclear trade with India undermines the fundamental principle of the global non-proliferation regime – the principle that NPT signatories can engage in international nuclear trade for their civil nuclear programs while countries which remain outside the NPT are excluded from civil nuclear trade. The precedent set by nuclear trade with India would increase the risk of other countries pulling out of the NPT, building nuclear weapons, and doing so with the expectation that civil nuclear trade would continue given the Indian precedent. 3. The US-India deal would allow nuclear trade with India with no requirement for India to dismantle its nuclear arsenal or to join the NPT. This would legitimise India's nuclear weapons program and make it less likely that it will disarm. The US-India deal contains no commitment from India to curb its weapons program, no commitment to refrain from testing nuclear weapons, and no commitment to sign and ratify the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty.