Tomorrow, Sunday March 11, will mark the seventh anniversary of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster. I’m not sure that the mainstream media will cover this properly – or even at all. Radioactive debris piling up at Fukushima interim facility. The costly underground “Ice wall” to prevent radioactive leakage has not really been effective. Radioactive water continues to pour into the Pacific ocean. Exposures levels go up while environmental health protections are lifted: life is devalued. No. of children at time of Fukushima disaster diagnosed with thyroid cancer reaches 160. Fukushima Nuclear Fuel Release “Explicitly Revealed” In Wider Environment. Fleeing from Fukushima: a nuclear evacuation reality check.
The power of the people – Safecast gets the facts on Fukushima radiation.
Crucial US-North Korea talks – could defuse nuclear tensions? Donald Trump’s historic gamble on meeting Kim Jong Un – so much could go wrong.
A sad reflection on International Women’s Day – Climate change ‘impacts women more than men‘
AUSTRALIA
Seven years on, Fukushima still a disaster without a solution Toshiko Okada will be speaking at the Channon Market, NSW March 11
Nuclear waste dumping plan.
- New York Times – omissions in covering South Australia’s Kimba nuclear waste dump plan.
- Protesters unite against nuclear waste in Port Augusta.
- Best way to make submissions to the Senate Inquiry on Nuclear Waste Dumping.
- ANSTO spin and lies : Kimba nuclear fans shouted a visit to Lucas Heights.
- Which South Australian parties have the guts to say NO to the Federal nuclear waste dump plan? South Australia election: Greens OPPOSE, SA Best nearly oppose, nuclear waste dump in SA: Labor and Liberal vacillate.
Big global weapons corporations lavish gifts on Australian Defence executives and top military personnel.
Don’t Let Josh Frydenberg [ Minister for Uranium, Coal etc] approve Yeelirrie uranium mine or extinction!
Minerals Council lobbies for changes to native title laws .
RENEWABLE ENERGY/CLIMATE – lots of news at reneweconomy.com.au
INTERNATIONAL
NORTH KOREA. Kim Jong Un wants to meet Donald Trump; Trump agrees. North Korea might send Kim Jong-un’s sister to USA for diplomatic talks on the nuclear crisis.
USA.
- Unites States – the blank check for nuclear war. Huge costs to American taxpayers, as Pentagon waives $billions in prioritising weapons sales abroad over requirements to reimburse.
- Trump aims for global ‘energy dominance’ through pushing ahead the nuclear industry.
- Who will pay the astronomic cost of storing America’s nuclear trash? NRC reviews New Mexico proposal. Funding for Yucca Mt nuclear waste project is not likely. Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) seeks permit to allow more nuclear waste storage. West Lake Landfill: residents in the area want 100% removal of radioactive trash.
- The Irradiated Sailors of the USS Reagan.
- Washington State to give more help to sick Hanford nuclear workers and former workers.
- New Jersey’s watchdog for ratepayers watching legislation on nuclear subsidies. South Carolina House cuts customers bills over failed nuclear project, but Senate delays decision.
- MIT’s $millions plan for small nuclear fusion station.
JAPAN. Japanese govt announced that it will accept recommendations of United Nations Human Rights Council on rights of Fukushima evacuees. Falsified data on analyses of burying radioactive waste – Kobe Steel again.
Fukushima 7 years after, Fukushima still struggling to return to normal. Nuclear regulator: Fukushima accident not over. Vietnamese trainee misled into Fukushima decontamination work. Controversy in Thailand over Thai Officials Insisting that Fukushima Imported Fish is Safe! Fukushima Contaminated Food Products Are Receiving Top-level Promotion.
UK. UK police say Sergei Skripa, former Russian spy, was poisoned with nerve agent. Need to monitor beaches near Dounreay, as another toxic radioactive fragment is found.
FRANCE. The tiny village leading France’s anti-nuclear movement. France: Police battle protesters over nuclear waste storage plans. Radioactive leaks from Bugey nuclear power plant, near Lyon.
SAUDI ARABIA. Saudi Arabia lobbying USA hard to get nuclear technology including enriching uranium
INDIA. Protest: President Macron should not impose a problematic French EPR reactor on India.
SOUTH AFRICA. South Africa cannot afford to build a new nuclear reactor, but Environmental Dept gave permit anyway.
Nuclear Australia 
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