Downloads related to "Nuclear accidents"

Japan's nuclear scandals and the Fufkushima disaster is a paper written by Dr Jim Green of Friends of the Earth on the 2011 disaster in Japan.

A two-page review of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident including health and human impacts of the disaster, mismanagement, and proposals regarding what needs to be done. Prepared by Dr Margaret Beavis for MAPW, at the first anniversary of this nuclear disaster in Japan. In dot point format as a resource for letters and articles.

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 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 nuclear industry in Japan and beyond.

Dr Peter Karamaskos, MAPW treasurer and Australian public representative on the Radiation Health Committee of the Australian Radiation and Nuclear Safety Committee speaks to Ali Moore on the failure of the Japanese government to inform and protect its citizens.

In recent years, concern over climate change and the environmental impact of coal-fired plants has spurred renewed interest in generating electricity from nuclear power. But nuclear industry projections for new reactor construction were looking shaky even before the post-tsunami nuclear crisis in Japan. Article by researcher Nic Maclellan: March 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. MAPW notes that the lack of detailed data has already led to mischievous claims from industry representatives that people are at no risk. Equally disturbing has been the trend in some official statements trivialising the risks associated with lower level exposures.

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MAPW 2-page fact sheet by Dr Peter Karamoskos. Summarises evidence on nuclear reactors and cancer, accidents in nuclear power reactors, links with nuclear weapons, and health risks to nuclear industry workers. Written 2010.

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A comprehensive briefing paper on nuclear power and public health, written by Dr Peter Karamoskos MBBS, FRANZCR and initially published online by the Evatt Foundation. This 20-page downloadable version includes full references. The paper discusses evidence regarding both occupational health issues for nuclear industry workers, and broader public health issues. It considers risks of nuclear power reactors and looks more broadly at the nuclear industry, including nuclear waste.