WHO, UNDP, UNEP and UNICEF have partnered to create a new compendium of 500 actions aimed at reducing death and diseases driven by environmental risk factors, the first such resource to unite this expertise from across the UN system. Environmental pollution and other environmental risks cause 24 per cent of …
Japan: The nuclear emergency at the Fukushima Daiichi plant has worsened, with no definitive plan to control the situation. JAPAN's famed spirit of scientific innovation and improvisation is being tested beyond known standards by the radiation crisis spawned by the March 11 temblor and tsunami. As this is written, the …
Tokyo/Fukushima, Japan may for the first time designate as "off-limits" the 20-km evacuation zone around the tsunami damaged Fukushima nuclear plant, amid concerns over radiation risks to residents who have been returning temporarily to collect their belongings. Premier Naoto Kan, who is to visit Fukushima prefecture where the crippled plant …
Status update at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant and radiation monitoring data in India – 21-April-2011. http://www.dae.gov.in/daiichi/japan210411.pdf
The Japan Tokyo, April 19: The Japanese government on Tuesday urged local authorities, businesses and citizens not to discriminate against evacuees from the area around the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant. The call came after some evacuation centres demanded radiation-free certificates from people who lived near the plant, and following reports …
A strong aftershock of magnitude 5.9 today jolted Japan as its workers scrambled hard to stabilise the radiation-leaking Fukushima nuclear plant, where the level of highly toxic water in a reactor
THE slow-moving disaster at the Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan that is spreading a cloud of anxiety across the world has forced most nations to either suspend or review their nuclear power programmes—but not India. In the aftermath of the earthquake and tsunami that struck the huge Daiichi power complex …
INDIA is constructing six nuclear power plants—two each at Kudankulam in Tamil Nadu, Kakrapar in Gujarat, and Rawatbhata in Rajasthan. Together, they will generate 4,800 MWe of power, states the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board’s website. This is a big leap towards enhancing the country’s nuclear stature. But is the country …
Use of radiation-resistant micro-organisms have enabled scientists of Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) to recover heavy metals like uranium and cadmium and radionuclides such as cobalt-60 from radioactive waste. The treatment of these waste by microbes (both natural as well as genetically engineered ones) offers less expensive, eco-friendly, `in situ' …
Even as the damaged reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station continue to leak radiation, researchers have begun laying the groundwork for studies that will look for any long-term effects on public health.
It came as no surprise when the Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) admitted last week that it will scrap its stricken Fukushima Daiichi reactors. After explosions, copious radioisotope leaks and a liberal dousing with sea water, the reactors are a write-off. But what will workers encounter when they finally start …
Japan's ongoing nuclear emergency has intensified discussion on a simmering issue: the potential cancer risk from living near a reactor that is operating normally.
With rising fears of nuclear radiation contaminating the Japanese food chain, the Indian Government has decided to ban import of all food items from Japan for at least the next three months. The suspension of imports will be
As the world watches Japan after it announced that contaminated water from its crippled nuclear plants would be released into the sea, experts are talking about a touchy topic: Is radiation from medical devices harmful? Medical scans have emerged as the final diagnostic answer for many diseases such as cancer. …
Mumbai: Just as the world is watching Japan all over again after it announced that contaminated water from its crippled nuclear plants would be released into the sea, the medical world is slowly talking about a touchy topic: Is radiation from medical devices harmful? Medical scans have emerged as the …
This new report provides basic quantitative and qualitative facts about nuclear power plants in operation, under construction, and in planning phases throughout the world.It finds that nearly three-quarters of reactors under construction are located in China, India, Russia & S.Korea but none of these nations have historically been transparent about …
Everyone knows about Chernobyl, Three Mile Island and, now, Fukushima. But what about Semipalatinsk, Palomares and Kyshtym? The world is full of nuclear disaster zones -- showing just how dangerous the technology really is. http://www.firstpeoplesfirst.in/admin/pdf/74_Atomic%20Deserts.pdf
