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Life in Russia’s secret nuclear city: Nadezhda Kutepova’s interview on Al Jazeera [must-watch]

Life in Russia’s secret nuclear city: Nadezhda Kutepova’s interview on Al Jazeera [must-watch]

Import, Nuclear and Democracy, Videos December 16, 2017 at 11:45 pm 0 comments

Human rights activist Nadezhda Kutepova first realised there was something different about the town where she lived when she was on a school trip outside of Ozersk. Her and the other children were prevented from telling people where they were from.

A police guard at one of the entries to the Maralinga atomic weapons test range. Photo: Fairfax Media

“My people are still suffering from secret nuclear testing “: Australian aboriginal activist Sue Coleman-Haseldine

Import, Nuclear and Racism, Nuclear Weapons December 16, 2017 at 11:09 pm 0 comments

In the 1950s, areas known as Emu Fields and Maralinga were used to test nine full-scale atomic bombs and for 600 other nuclear tests, leaving the land highly radioactive. We weren’t on ground zero, but the dust didn’t stay in one place. The winds brought the poison to us and many others.

Hiroshima Must Not Be Irradiated Again: CNIC Statement on the Court Ruling Suspending Ikata NPP

Hiroshima Must Not Be Irradiated Again: CNIC Statement on the Court Ruling Suspending Ikata NPP

Import, Nuclear Safety December 14, 2017 at 11:29 pm 0 comments

On December 13 the Hiroshima High Court ordered a temporary injunction suspending operations at Shikoku Electric Power Company’s Ikata NPP Unit 3. Citizens’ Nuclear Information Center (CNIC) welcomes this judgment and expresses our respect for the plaintiffs and lawyers who fought hard to prove that Ikata NPP is dangerous, as well as all the citizens of Hiroshima who have supported them.

[In Pictures] Ground Report: People in Narmada Valley Say a Loud No to Chutka Nuclear Project

[In Pictures] Ground Report: People in Narmada Valley Say a Loud No to Chutka Nuclear Project

Antinuclear Movement, Chutka, Import December 13, 2017 at 9:34 pm 0 comments

Through a massive rally and ‘chetavani sabha’ (warning/cautioning meeting), the people of the region, a majority of whom belong to the Gond adivasi community, sent a clear message to the Central and State Governments, through the local administration – that they do not want the nuclear plant which threatens their safety and livelihood, destroys the fragile ecology, and ruthlessly uproots them.

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