Radiation

Radiation and its effects

Films: "Into eternity" and "Leonid's story".

Event Date:

Fri, 14/10/2011 - 20:30

Location:

Melbourne

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.

Uranium and health: Speech by Dr Jenny Grounds, President of MAPW

Written 04/10/2011

Uranium and health: the medical perspective is the text of a speech given by Dr Jenny Grounds at the "Uranium and poetry of peace" seminar held at Moores Gallery, Fremantle, Western Australia on 25 September, 2011.

Uranium and health: Speech given by Dr Jenny Grounds, President of MAPW, September 2011

Written 04/10/2011

Uranium & Health for Uranium and the poetry of peace seminar Fremantle Sept 2011 .pdf

IPPNW expert publication on Fukushima

Written 30/06/2011

IPPNW and its affiliates released a number of media statements, interviews and reports regarding the Fukushima nuclear crisis. These various expert reports, interviews and fact sheets have now been compiled into a single publication explaining the current situation from a health and medical perspective.

The health implications of radioactivity

Up close: University of Melbourne

Link Added 07/06/2011

Associate Professor Tilman Ruff, Chair of ICANⁱ Australia, explains how radiation from nuclear energy sources can affect the human body and our health.

MAPW National Newsletter Autumn 2011

Written 20/04/2011

MAPW newsletter as mailed to members. This edition has feature articles on radiation hazards, and on the health risks created by the nuclear reactor crises at Fukushima, and 25 years ago at Chernobyl. 8-page A4. April 2011.

5.18 MB

Newsletter March 2011_web.pdf

After the Deluge: impacts of the damage toJapanese nuclear reactors - Nautilus paper March 2011

http://www.nautilus.org/publications/essays/napsnet/reports/SRJapanReactors.pdf

Link Added 23/03/2011

"After the Deluge: Short and Medium-term Impacts of the Reactor Damage Caused by the Japan Earthquake and Tsunami" was published on 17 March 2011, the week after the earthquake, by Nautilus Institute for Security and Sustainability including contributors in Australia, the US and Japan.

MAPW medical specialists urge full disclosure of Japan health risks

Written 17/03/2011

MEDIA RELEASE, MELBOURNE 17 MARCH: An MAPW media release laments the lack of accurate information about the continuing nuclear crisis in Japan.

MAPW media release: Medical specialists urge full information on Japan health risks, 17 March 2011

Written 17/03/2011

This MAPW media release laments the lack of accurate information about the continuing nuclear crisis in Japan with the Australian government advising its citizens to evacuate 80 km from Fukushima, after reassurances the previous day that the 30km Japanese evacuation zone was adequate.

2011-03-17_Japan.pdf