Radiation levels in some regions of the Marshall Islands in the central Pacific, where the United States conducted nuclear tests during the Cold War, are far higher than in areas affected by the Chernobyl and Fukushima nuclear disasters, according to new research from Columbia University. Three studies published July 15 in Proceedings of the National Academy […]
Obama White House Approved Radical Radiation Cleanup Rollback
The Obama White House gave final approval for dramatically raising permissible radioactive levels in drinking water and soil following “radiological incidents,” such as nuclear power-plant accidents and dirty bombs. The final version, slated for Federal Register publication is a win for the nuclear industry which seeks what its proponents call a “new normal” for radiation […]
Accidents Can Happen: The Women of Three Mile Island (DOCUMENTARY)
At Three Mile Island, almost forty years after the disaster of March 28th, 1979, Hutner stumbles upon Linda, Joyce, Beth, Paula– ordinary housewives who lived five miles from the nuclear plant at the time of the meltdown. The women “knew nothing about nuclear power.” They “trusted” the power plant owners and their government “to protect” […]
Prolonged exposure to low-dose radiation may increase the risk of hypertension, a known cause of heart disease and stroke
Prolonged exposure to low doses of ionizing radiation increased the risk of hypertension, according to a study of workers at a nuclear plant in Russia published in the American Heart Association’s journal Hypertension. Uncontrolled hypertension, also known as high blood pressure, can to lead to heart attack, stroke, heart failure and other serious health problems. Earlier studies linked exposure to high doses […]
Is Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Plant Causing Cancer In Toledo?
Could a Davis-Besse nuclear power plant that has been shut down before for non-radioactive leaks be the cause of cancer in portions of the northwest Ohio, including Toledo. Davis-Besse nuclear reactor (power plant) is located on Lake Erie in Oak Harbor, Ohio, 20 miles east of Toledo. The reactor has been plagued with accidents and violations, […]
Nuclear Waste Has Been Used For Decades To Make Our Food “Safer”
The FDA presently supports and actively promotes the use of cobalt-60 culled from nuclear reactors as a form of “electronic pasteurization” on all domestically produced conventional food. They claim it makes the food “safer”. Food irradiation (the application of ionizing radiation to food) is a technology that improves the safety and extends the shelf life […]
Manhatten Project landfill fire smouldering in St. Louis
It’s “when” not “if” an underground Manhatten Project fire at the Bridgeton landfill reaches nuclear waste in the nearby West Lake landfill, St. Louis County. For five years, the people of the St. Louis County neighborhoods surrounding the site have endured noxious smells released by the combusting waste. WWII era Manhattan Project atomic weapons production waste has […]
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission Considers Amending Radioactive Release Regulations
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has received three petitions for rulemaking (PRM) requesting that the NRC amend its “Standards for Protection Against Radiation” regulations and change the basis of those regulations from the Linear No-Threshold (LNT) model of radiation protection to the radiation hormesis model. The radiation hormesis model provides that exposure of the […]
Hot Water: The Uranium Industry’s Dirty Little Story
The only thing green about nuclear power are the people who think it’s safe. by Lizabeth Rogers When you were growing up, how many people did you know who had cancer? How many do you know today? I began this odyssey, innocently enough in July 2009 when I led a filmmaking crew to South Dakota […]
“Quietly into disaster” A Plea for Survival Movie Trailer 2013
After watching Quietly into disaster, you simply can’t support nuclear energy any longer. This movie deals with facts and topics concerning nuclear fission: damages done to health and environment, nuclear waste and politics, renewable energies, reactor safety, the serious implications of a nuclear accident and the public resistance. During the 70s Holger Strohm published “Quietly into […]