Black People : How Safe is Nuclear energy? Really?

Thousands rally against nuclear power in Germany

BERLIN - Tens of thousands of activists on Saturday protested against Germany's plans to prolong its dependency on nuclear power, as an explosion at a quake-hit plant in Japan fuelled fears of a meltdown.

About 60,000 people formed a 45-kilometre (28-mile) human chain between the nuclear power station of Neckarwestheim and the city of Stuttgart in south-west Germany, said Jochen Stay, a member of green group Ausgestrahlt (Radiated).

Activists organised the rally to protest against Berlin's plans to extend the lives of nuclear power stations, a key voter issue in polls that will take place two weeks later in Bade-Wurtemberg region, where Stuttgart is located.

Environmental groups have also called for "anti-nuclear vigils" across the nation beginning on Monday at 1700 GMT.

The demonstration took place on the same day as an explosion at a nuclear power plant in northeastern Japan, raising fears of a radioactive meltdown following an 8.9 magnitude earthquake that unleashed tsunamis that destroyed everything in their path.

The government ordered the evacuation of tens of thousands of residents living within a three-kilometre (two-mile) radius of the plant.

"The events in Japan show once again how much nuclear energy is uncontrollable and dangerous," said the green activist Stay.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Bade-Wurtemberg Minister-President Stefan Mappus "will understand that whoever extends the life of nuclear power stations shortens his or her own political life," he added.

The German parliament in late 2009 voted to extend the use of its nuclear stations, reneging on a plan to gradually end their use under previous chancellor Gerhard Schroeder.

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_world/view/1116132/1/.html
 
According to UNEP and other sources, foreign companies are dumping toxic and nuclear waste in the unpatrolled waters off the Somali coastline.[93] Many pirates have alleged that they are protecting Somalia's territorial waters from exploitation, while the Somali federal government has suggested that the key to limiting pirate attacks is to help local authorities combat illegal fishing and toxic waste dumping on the part of foreign vessels.[94]The UN envoy for Somalia, Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah, has stated that "because there is no (effective) government, there is ... much irregular fishing from European and Asian countries,"[95] and that the UN has "reliable information" that European and Asian companies are dumping toxic and nuclear waste off the Somali coastline.[93] However, he stresses that "no government has endorsed this act, and that private companies and individuals acting alone are responsible."[93] In addition, Ould-Abdallah told the press that he believes the toxic waste dumping is "a disaster off the Somali coast, a disaster (for) the Somali environment, the Somali population", and that what he terms "this illegal fishing, illegal dumping of waste" helps fuel the civil war in Somalia since the illegal foreign fishermen pay off corrupt local officials or warlords for protection or to secure counterfeit licenses.[95

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piracy_in_Somalia
 
Extremely high levels of radiation were measured around Daiichi on Tuesday morning. Near Unit 4, 100 - 400 mSv/h are reported, and levels of 30 mSv/h between Units 2 and 3. Levels were explicitly confirmed to be measured in milli-Sievert, not micro, by government secretary Edano, which means an immediate threat to health and a hundred times more than any measured so far.

• People within 20-30 kilometer radius of the plant are being told by the government to stay inside, turn off ventilation and dust off their clothes and shoes, as well as take a good shower if they come in from outside.

• Radiation levels nine times background were measured as far as Kanagawa, which is 250 km South-Southwest and very near to Tokyo. In Utsunomiya, 140 km Southwest of the site, levels were 33 times above normal. In Sendai, 100 km North, officials told everyone to avoid rain as it would carry radioactive contamination. Forecasted wind direction is South East to East, meaning inland and potentially toward Tokyo.

• The town of Minamisoma lies on the 20-30km zone, with a population of 71,000 people.

• According to Japanese government secretary Edano, Unit 4 is believed to be the source of the high radiation levels, which makes it even more alarming - spent fuel has much more long-lived isotopes than a hot reactor core, meaning more potential for long-term contamination.


http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/03/15-8
 
Thursday, March 24, 2011 by Agence France Presse Global Food Scare Widens From Japan Nuclear Plant

TOKYO — Countries across the world shunned Japanese food imports Thursday as radioactive steam leaked from a disaster-struck nuclear plant, straining nerves in Tokyo.


The health ministry has detected 82,000 becquerels of radioactive cesium — 164 times the safe limit — in the green vegetable kukitachina, and elevated levels in another 10 vegetables, including cabbage and turnips.(REUTERS/Carlos Barria) The grim toll of dead and missing from Japan's monster quake and tsunami on March 11 topped 26,000, as hundreds of thousands remained huddled in evacuation shelters and fears grew in the megacity of Tokyo over water safety.

The damage to the Fukushima nuclear plant from the tectonic calamity and a series of explosions has stoked global anxiety. The United States and Hong Kong have already restricted Japanese food, and France wants the EU to do the same.

Russia ordered a halt to food imports from four prefectures — Fukushima, Gunma, Ibaraki and Tochigi — near the stricken plant 250 kilometres northeast of Tokyo.

Moscow also placed in quarantine a Panama-flagged cargo ship that had passed near the plant and put its 19 crew under medical supervision after detecting radiation levels three times the norm in the engine room.

Australia banned produce from the area, including seaweed and seafood, milk, dairy products, fresh fruit and vegetables.

http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2011/03/24-1
 

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