Good Food is First Food. It is not junk food. It is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods. This food is good for our health; it comes from the rich biodiversity of our regions; it provides employment to people. Most importantly, cooking and eating give us pleasure. …
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.
Makes Room For More Lethal Runoff Tokyo: Tokyo Electric Power Company began dumping over 11,000 tons of radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant on Monday, mostly to make room in storage containers for increasing amounts of far more contaminated runoff. The water, most of …
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
In the context of the unfolding nuclear disaster in Japan, it would be necessary to revisit our nuclear power policy. In 1996, I was member-incharge of energy in the Planning Commission. I have a clear memory of what I had said in meetings and the notings of that period. The …
French President Nicolas Sarkozy called on Thursday for a reform of global nuclear standards by the end of the year during a first visit by a foreign leader to Japan since the earthquake and tsunami that triggered its atomic disaster. G-20 chairman Sarkozy said France wants to host a meeting …
The publication titled “Energy Statistics 2011”, is brought out every year by Central Statistics Office (CSO) and the present one is 18th in the series. The publication contains the latest data available in respect of different energy sources, with different agencies/ organizations and a brief analysis of the data on …
The recent devastation that has impacted the people of Japan has been described as of epic proportions of many kinds: loss of lives, loss of private properties and public assets; economic set back; and nuclear emergency. While there was not much the civil society could do to avoid the earth …
The Chernobyl disaster still has much to tell us about the long-term risks of low-level radiation exposure. But only if the necessary follow-up studies are supported. (Editorial) http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v471/n7340/full/471547a.html
Reassurances from ‘experts’ on the safety of nuclear power will not wash, says Colin Macilwain. The Fukushima crisis raises genuine questions. http://www.nature.com/news/2011/110330/full/471549a.html
In a week that has seen little good news about the stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear reactors, the latest data on radioisotope fallout from the plant is so far offering a glimmer of hope. http://www.nature.com/news/2011/110330/full/471555a.html
After the nuclear disaster at Fukushima plant in Japan, fear has gripped Chutka and nearby areas of the tribal-dominated Mandla district of the State, as Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL) has decided to set up an atomic power station here to generate 1400 MW power. Members of Chutka …
