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  Six des sept ouvriers retraités de la base de l’Ile-Longue, à Brest (Finistère), le 6 octobre 2021.  VINCENT GOURIOU POUR M LE MAGAZINE DU MONDE Les irradiés de l’Ile-Longue face à l’indifférence de l’Etat Par Manon Boquen Jusqu’en 1996, des ouvriers ont manipulé des têtes nucléaires sur les missiles de la base sous-marine de Brest sans protection contre la radioactivité. Aujourd’hui, un collectif de retraités lutte pour que les morts précoces de leurs collègues et les cancers en série qui les affectent soient qualifiés en maladies professionnelles. Et que l’armée reconnaisse sa « faute inexcusable ». Les ateliers des Capucins sentent encore le neuf. Surplombant La Penfeld, dans le centre-ville, les anciens bâtiments de l’arsenal de Brest transformés en centre culturel prennent le soleil. Dans leur vie d’avant, ils abritaient des activités du port militaire. C’est ici que se sont donné ­rendez-vous des ouvriers retraités de la base sous-marine de l’Ile-Longue, fleuron de la marine fr

  Nuclear Radiation – Incompatible with Life by Christina MacPherson Eiichiro Ochiai - from  Nuclear Issues  in the  21st Century  - Invisible Radiation Effects on Life,As argued in this whole book, the basic reason for “NO NPP on the Earth” is “Radiation is Not Compatible with Life”.  What this means is that life cannot defend itself against the damaging effects of radiation.   This has been true throughout the whole history of life on earth, though such effect by the naturally occurring radiation is minimal, and cannot be identified as such unless careful and systematic studies are conducted.  This issue is discussed in chapter 11.  The radiation effects on human health have increased since the human started to add radioactive materials artificially to the environment.  This is a fact, and needs to be recognized by the entire human race, Very Small Quantity of Radioactive Nuclides can be Lethal  It was argued in section xxx why external exposure of such a small energy (10 Gy) is leth

  New research shows drastic climate effects of even a ”limited” nuclear war by Christina MacPherson Climate Change from Nuclear War’s Smoke Could Threaten Global Food Supplies, Human Health,  https://www.miragenews.com/climate-change-from-nuclear-wars-smoke-could-632826/ Rutgers University, 15 Sep 21, Nuclear war would cause many immediate fatalities, but smoke from the resulting fires would also cause climate change lasting up to 15 years that threatens worldwide food production and human health, according to a study by researchers at Rutgers University, the National Center for Atmospheric Research and other institutions. The study appears in the Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres. Scientists have long understood that nuclear weapons used on cities and industrial areas could initiate large-scale fires whose massive amounts of smoke injected into the stratosphere could cause global climate change, leading to the term “nuclear winter.” But in the new study, researchers for t

Government urged to reject Hinkley ‘fish-killing machine’ Friday, 3 September 2021 - Community News A GOVERNMENT minister was this week urged to reject a change in plans which, campaigners claim, would lead to an estimated 182 million fish a year being sucked through the cooling systems at Hinkley Point C nuclear power station after it comes into service in 2026. Station owners EDF Energy have applied to the Environment Agency for permission to drop plans for a series of underwater speakers designed to produce sound frequencies which could deter fish from entering two giant tunnels which will suck up 120,000 litres of water a second. EDF claims that installing an ‘acoustic fish deterrent’ (AFD ) system would be too risky for its divers and other workers, and that other methods - including fitting grilles, slowing down the cooling water and returning fish sucked into the system - would be more effective. EDF is seeking a variation on the original planning permission which stipulated tha

L-R: Sharon Hudson-Dean, Chargé d'affaires for the US Embassy in Oslo, Iselin Nybø and IFE CEO Nils Morten Huseby at the signing ceremony (Image: NND)  US, Norway work together to eliminate HEU 03 September 2021 The US Department of Energy (DOE) and Norway’s Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to advance a cooperative project to eliminate all of Norway’s highly enriched uranium (HEU) by downblending it to low-enriched uranium. The MoU calls for downblending activities to begin in 2022 using Norway's existing infrastructure, followed by the eventual deployment of the DOE's Mobile Melt-Consolidate system. The MoU was signed in the USA by Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm and in Norway by Minister of Trade and Industry Iselin Nybø, and is the next step in a process that began in 2019, when the melt processing method was first discussed on the sidelines of a meeting in Norway. Since then, technical experts on both sides

  A total of 67 potential host locations for facility have been identified (Image: Sogin) Italy launches national debate on waste repository 08 September 2021 The opening plenary session of Italy's National Seminar, which aims at deepening the analysis of the technical aspects related to the national repository for radioactive waste and technological park project with all interested parties, was held yesterday. The National Seminar, a series of consultative meetings, follows the publication in January of a list of 67 potential sites for a radioactive waste storage facility. Following approval by the Ministry of Economic Development and the Ministry of the Environment and Protection of the Territory and the Sea, Societa Gestione Impianti Nucleari SpA (Sogin) - the Italian state-owned company responsible for dismantling the country's nuclear power plants - published on 5 January the National Charter of Potentially Suitable Areas (CNAPI) to host the national radioactive waste stor

  The real-life anti-nuclear peace camp that is the subject of BBC drama ”Vigil” by Christina MacPherson ‘BAN THE BOMB’ Inside real-life anti-nuclear peace camp that inspired Vigil’s Dunloch from mass arrests to blockades  BBC drama Vigil has had viewers glued to their screens. https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/16093525/real-nuclear-peace-camp-vigil-faslane/ The series, which pulled in 5.4 million viewers with its second episode, stars Suranne Jones as a detective sent on to a Trident submarine after the death of a sailor. While Suranne’s character DCI Amy Silva has been trying to uncover who murdered Craig Burke underwater, her colleague and lover DS Kirsten Longacre, played by Rose Leslie, has been visiting the fictional Dunloch camp to probe possible links to a cover-up. And it turns out that Dunloch was based on the world’s longest-running anti-nuclear peace camp in Scotland, Faslane, set up in 1982. The camp only has three members left now - but used to have thousands of occupiers. Fa

 'You're Not Allowed Here': Soldiers Remove Arabs From West Bank Site at Settlers' Request Hagar Shezaf The Arab family, all Israeli citizens, was picnicking at a site near Ramallah, not far from an outpost, when settlers harassed them and called the army Israeli soldiers ejected an Israeli Arab family from a site near Kafr Jibiya in the Ramallah area of the West Bank on Saturday, where the family was having a picnic. The soldiers arrived on the scene after Israelis from a nearby Jewish settlement outpost, called them to the site. In two video clips of the incident, the settlers are first seen approaching the family and telling them to leave, although though the site is not within the confines of any West Bank Jewish settlement. When the family refused, one of the settlers took their belongings and threw beverages from their cups onto their campfire. The settler then called the army. The family filmed a soldier who arrived on the scene, who told them that they had to le

  They want to renew reactor licenses.  It's not just for their immediate survival -   it's also to take attention away from the astronomic costs of decommissioning nuclear reactors, and to avoid those cosrs during their lifetime  (the lifetime of the companies, not the reactors ). Nuclear has another friend in Biden, but changes at the NRC could mean more scrutiny ahead,  Utility Dive . 1 Feb 21,   Matthew Bandyk  '''............... Subsequent license renewal How the nuclear industry will try to avoid decommissioning costs by Christina MacPherson They want to renew reactor licenses.  It's not just for their immediate survival -   it's also to take attention away from the astronomic costs of decommissioning nuclear reactors, and to avoid those cosrs during their lifetime (the lifetime of the companies, not the reactors). Nuclear has another friend in Biden, but changes at the NRC could mean more scrutiny ahead, Utility Dive  A top priority of the nuclear ind

Photo courtesy of Wikipedia - the nuclear reactor after the disaster The collapse of the Soviet state left people out of technology and the absence of industrial safety I estimate that the collapse of the Soviet Union fulfilled its conditions when the disaster of the Soviet Union occurred. The Chernobyl disaster is a catastrophic radiological nuclear accident that occurred in reactor No. 4 of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. On Saturday, April 26, 1986, near the city of Pripyat in the north of Soviet Ukraine, it is the largest nuclear disaster the world has ever seen. It occurred when approximately 200 employees were working at the nuclear power reactor (1,2,3) while a simulation and experiment operation was being performed in the fourth unit where the explosion occurred. The factor of the reactor structure also contributed to the explosion, as the control of the nuclear process was carried out with columns of graphite. While the team leader paid attention to the danger and tried

Meet the young Sudanese activist explaining climate change through Islam Written by: Sofia Sanchez Manzanaro & euronews Lina Yassin was 15 years old when the floods of Sudan struck in 2013. These floods were the worst in Sudan in almost a quarter of a century, when they swept about 14 states, damaged nearly half a million people, killed 50 and injured 70 others, according to official figures. At the time, Yassine, a high school student, volunteered to help with relief operations in her city, and she became, in fact, wondering why Sudan was not prepared to deal with catastrophic climatic conditions to anticipate floods or others. "That experience changed my life because I knew the victims personally," Yassin said in a contact with euronews. "Since then, I started reading about the floods and found many articles related to climate change." "My mind flew," he said, because no one was talking about climate change in Sudan, even if the country was af

As Another Christmas Approaches, American Evangelicals Seem Oblivious to Israel’s Erosion of Palestinian Christians   By John Mason* Despite themselves, American evangelicals, in siding with U.S. government and Israeli policies, have undermined the very Christians in Palestine who are the guardians of the birthplace of Christianity. Blinded by ideological-religious politics, these evangelicals have ignored the precarious situation of the remaining Christian population in the homeland of Christianity.  Swept up in U. S. Politics, American Evangelicals have forgotten the true Guardians of Christianity’s Major Shrines: Palestine’s Christians We noted previously in these posts that American evangelicals have been captivated by the Trump administration. This has happened, based on two critical points: first, evangelical pro-life sympathies and, second, their adherence to a pro-Israeli stance in opposition to Palestinian interests. Unfortunately, this anti-Palestinian stance has dampen