Can Japan do better than Chernobyl? MAPW Vice-President Dr Margaret Beavis reviewed the response to the Fukushima reactor disaster in the ABC's The Drum on 6 January 2012.
An Alice Springs-based team of doctors has completed a study of the potential risks of transport of radioactive waste materials, and launched a fact sheet to explain its findings.
Outlines the risks to humans and the environment, of transporting radioactive waste by truck, to remote outback Northern Territory, where it is proposed that there should be a nuclear waste dump at Muckaty, near Tennant Creek. Fact sheet prepared by MAPW's Northern Territory Branch.
A report by ACPD (Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Discussions) on releases into the atmosphere of xenon-133 and caesium-137 from the Fukushima power plant. The report, published 21 October 2011 concludes that the amount of xenon-133 released into the atmosphere at the time of the Fukushima disaster was greater than that released at Chernobyl by a factor of 2.5.
Article by Hiroko Tibuchi from The New York Times, 2 November 2011, relating to recent disclosures by the Fukushima plant's owners that fuel deep inside three stricken reactors is probably continuing to experience bursts of fission.
Since the March 11 crisis at Fukushima began ICANi (The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons) has worked to provide the public with accurate information about the health effects of radiation.
The film Into Eternity, which explores the political, philosophical and ethical problems raised by how to store nuclear waste will be shown as part of the 2011 Environmental Film Festival. It will be screened along with Leonid's story, an animation about a man caught up in the Chernobyl disaster.
Nuclear weapons, nuclear industry, environment, human costs of war
Background:
Dr Beavis is committed to the abolition of nuclear weapons, and the end of the hazardous nuclear industy. Her concerns for the human costs of war have led her to work as a volunteer GP with Melbourne's Asylum Seeker Resource Centre. She also has a particular interest in health and the environment, both on a global scale, and in her local community.
A presentation given to the MAPW National Council Forum on September 3 2011 by Professor Richard Tanter, Nautilus Institute for Security and sustainability. The presentation focuses on what happened at Fukushima, the situation now, the health and environmental consequences and the implications for the future of the nuc
