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Japan’s Toxic Dumping Faces Growing Protests

Robert Hunziker — Sun, 01 May 2022 00:07:04 +0000

The Japanese government’s decision one year ago to dump radioactive water from Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant storage tanks into the Pacific Ocean, starting in the spring of 2023, is facing increasing pressure to back off, especially in light of the facts that not only is it illegal but also morally reprehensible as well as a despicable disregard for the lifeblood of the ocean.

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Chernobyl Alert and The Doomsday Clock

Robert Hunziker — Sat, 29 May 2021 11:05:39 +0000

Inescapably, the bane of nuclear power, once dangerously out of control, remains dangerously out of control, forever and on it goes, beyond human time.

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If Fukushima’s Water is Safe, Then Drink it!

Robert Hunziker — Sun, 25 Apr 2021 05:58:48 +0000

By now, the world knows all about the decision by Japan to dump tritium-laced radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean. According to Japan’s Deputy Prime Minister Taro Aso, the treated and diluted water will be “safe to drink.”

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Nuclear Fuel Buried 108 Feet from the Sea

Robert Hunziker — Thu, 25 Mar 2021 20:44:24 +0000

“The most toxic substance on Earth is separated from exposure to society by ½” of steel encased in a canister,” said renowned nuclear expert Paul Blanch in reference to spent fuel rods removed from San Onofre Nuclear Generation Plant buried near the sea on California’s southern coastline 50 miles north of San Diego.

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Dumping Fukushima’s Water into the Ocean… Seriously?

Robert Hunziker — Fri, 30 Oct 2020 21:15:17 +0000

A perverse endlessness overhangs Chernobyl (1986) and Fukushima Daiichi (2011), earmarking these nuclear power meltdowns as the worst industrial accidents in human history. Yet, with 440 operating nuclear plants worldwide, and 50 new plants under construction, there are plans to build a few hundred more.

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Abrupt Climate Change,the Nuclear Threat, Methane in the ESAS: Robert Hunziker interviewed on Nature Bats Last

Robert Hunziker — Sun, 06 Oct 2019 01:18:12 +0000

The October episode of Nature Bats Last featured a discussion between NBL co-hosts Professor Guy McPherson, Kevin Hester and US independent journalist Robert Hunziker.

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Fukushima’s Radioactive Water Crisis

Robert Hunziker — Thu, 19 Sep 2019 01:53:42 +0000

Tokyo Electric Power’s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, which experienced three massive meltdowns in 2011, is running out of room to store radioactive water. No surprise! But now, what to do about phosphorescent water?

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Fukushima’s Three Nuclear Meltdowns Are “Under Control”: That’s a Lie

The CNCL Team — Mon, 24 Jun 2019 05:50:56 +0000

A recent report from the IAEA offers the false appearance of reassurance that a catastrophic event will be safely managed “for several decades.” There is no way to know that: it is a hope, a prayer, a form of denial. The IAEA, as is its job in a sense, offers this optimism that is unsupported by the realities at Fukushima.

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The 7 Reasons Why Nuclear Energy Is Not the Answer to Solve Climate Change

The CNCL Team — Sun, 23 Jun 2019 23:40:32 +0000

There is a small group of scientists that have proposed replacing 100% of the world’s fossil fuel power plants with nuclear reactors as a way to solve climate change. Many others propose nuclear grow to satisfy up to 20 percent of all our energy (not just electricity) needs. They advocate that nuclear is a “clean” carbon-free source of power, but they don’t look at the human impacts of these scenarios. Let’s do the math...

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Nuclear Power and Climate Change

The CNCL Team — Wed, 19 Jun 2019 03:34:36 +0000

There are several problems with the nuclear “solution” to climate change — it is a blunt instrument, too slow, too dangerous, and it is unnecessary.

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Climate Plan

The CNCL Team — Sat, 01 Jun 2019 01:36:11 +0000

The Climate Plan advocates measures that can be taken in efforts to improve the situation regarding the climate, as well as regarding the health, prospects and wellbeing of people and life in general. These measures can and should be implemented immediately, in line with the current climate crisis.

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When Will Californians Wake Up To the Risk To Children from Nuclear Radiation?

The CNCL Team — Thu, 25 Apr 2019 05:27:59 +0000

The radioactive fallout from Fukushima's broken reactors has been much worse than Japan or TEPCO has portrayed. And it appears that California is taking a particularly big hit.

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