radioactivity

Kashiwazaki nuclear plant - report from the scene

Posted by bex — 24 July 2007 at 6:28pm - Comments

After the conflicting reports about last week's earthquake in Japan, a Greenpeace team of nuclear and radiation experts headed over to Japan to check radiation levels on the ground.

Happily, most places the team checked around the plant didn't show signs of increased radioactivity, but they had a couple of bizarre moments along the way. Their diaries are on our international site.

Article tagged as: japan, nuclear accidents, nuclear power, radiation, radioactivity, reactor safety

Developing 'usable' nuclear weapons

Last edited 23 June 2006 at 8:00am
The smaller nuclear weapons become, the more likely they are to be used in areas of conflict such as Iraq

The smaller nuclear weapons become, the more likely they are to be used in areas of conflict such as Iraq

'Usable' nukes
In the past five years the US military has developed an aggressive new nuclear doctrine: military documents such as 2002's Nuclear Posture Review and the 2005 Pentagon paper Doctrine for Joint Nuclear Operations revealed that that nukes may be used as 'weapons of first resort' as well as being integrated with conventional forces.

Article tagged as: disarmament, hachette, illegal, iran, north korea, nuclear bomb, radioactivity, USA, weapons, WMDs

Greenpeace bid to stop nuclear waste in London

Last edited 19 May 2006 at 8:00am
19 May, 2006

Trains carrying dangerous radioactive waste are passing through London on a weekly basis, and local Greenpeace volunteers will hit the streets on Saturday, 20 May to ask Londoners to help stop these hazardous transports.

Article tagged as: london, nuclear power, nuclear transports, press releases, radioactivity, terrorist attack

Interim Review: Leak of radioactive liquor in the feed clarification cell at BNG THORP Sellafield

Last edited 20 April 2006 at 8:00am
Publication date: 
20 April, 2006

Review of the management and technical aspects of the failure and its implications for the future of THORP

Summary

Published by nuclear engineers John Large & Associates, this review examines the failure of pipework in the feed clarification cell of the thermal oxide reprocessing plant (THORP) at Sellafield that resulted in closure of the plant in April 2005. Operation of THORP is contracted to the British Nuclear Group (BNG) and owned by the government agency the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA).

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Article tagged as: BNG, NDA, nuclear accidents, nuclear power, radioactivity, reactor safety, reports, sellafield

The Chernobyl catastrophe - consequences on human health

Last edited 18 April 2006 at 8:00am
Publication date: 
18 April, 2006

Summary

In the past twenty years it has become clear, that nuclear energy conceals dangers, in some aspects, even greater than atomic weapons: the ejecta from this one reactor exceeded the radioactive contamination caused by the nuclear weapons used at Hiroshima and Nagasaki by one hundred times.

It has become clear that one nuclear reactor can contaminate half of the Earth and that no longer, not in one single country, could citizens be assured that the state will have the forethought and wisdom to protect them from nuclear misfortunes.

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Article tagged as: chernobyl, health impacts, nuclear accidents, nuclear power, radioactivity, reactor safety, reports, russia

Nuclear waste transport incident could spread radioactivity over 100km

Last edited 4 April 2006 at 8:00am
4 April, 2006

A terrorist attack on a routine transport of nuclear waste in the UK could spread radiation over 100 kilometres, and cause over 8,000 deaths, according to an internationally renowned nuclear engineer.

Article tagged as: nuclear power, nuclear transports, nuclear waste, press releases, radioactivity, renewable energy

Radioactive barrel swap in Iraq

Last edited 30 June 2003 at 8:00am
30 June, 2003
Exchanging radioactive barrels for clean water containers in Iraq

Exchanging radioactive barrels for clean water containers in Iraq

Greenpeace activists today took clean water containers into the communities around the Tuwaitha nuclear facility near Baghdad and encouraged people to swap them for radioactive containers, contaminated with uranium 'yellowcake'.

Article tagged as: iraq, peace, press releases, radioactivity, stop the war

Radiation expert backs call for full inspection of contaminated areas in Iraq

Last edited 24 June 2003 at 8:00am
Nuclear Investigations from Iraq

Nuclear Investigations from Iraq

A US military health physicist and radiation expert in Iraq has endorsed a call from Greenpeace for the UN nuclear experts, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), to be given a full mandate to search, survey and decontaminate towns and villages around the Tuwaitha nuclear facility near Baghdad

When they invaded Iraq, the US and UK failed to safeguard dangerous nuclear material, secured at Tuwaitha while under Saddam Hussein's regime, and highly radioactive materials have ended up in local communities where they are threatening people's health and environment.

Article tagged as: hachette, iraq, nuclear power, peace, radiation, radioactivity, stop the war

Radioactive sources and 'dirty' bombs

Last edited 24 June 2003 at 8:00am
Publication date: 
21 March, 2007

Publication date: June 2003

Summary
A Greenpeace briefing on 'dirty' bombs and radioactive sources

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Article tagged as: nuclear waste, radioactivity, stop the war, WMDs

Britain - still the 'dirty man' of Europe?

Last edited 20 June 2003 at 8:00am
20 June, 2003

Britain is likely to come under fierce criticism this week for its failure to tackle nuclear pollution in the north east Atlantic Ocean. At this week's international meeting of European environment ministers (23rd-27th June), Germany and Norway are expected to be highly critical of the UK for not abiding by promises to reduce radioactive discharges from the controversial Sellafield plant. The expected charge comes despite promises by Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott that Britain had shed its tag of 'dirty man of Europe'.

Article tagged as: BNFL, EC, nuclear power, OSPAR, press releases, radioactivity