Nuclear and Society

Transgenerational mutational signature in offspring of former Chernobyl cleanup workers

Transgenerational mutational signature in offspring of former Chernobyl cleanup workers

Chernobyl, Europe, Hibakusha, International, Nuclear Accidents, Nuclear Age, Nuclear and Children, Nuclear and Society, Nuclear Energy, Nuclear History, Nuclear Safety, Radiation and Health April 8, 2026 at 7:26 pm 0 comments

Fabian Brand et.al. | Scientific Reports Journal   Researchers have found that DNA damage caused by ionizing radiation from the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster is appearing in the children of those who were exposed—marking the first clear evidence of such effects being passed down across generations. Full journal article availableRead More

Climate Change will Unearth Buried Nuclear Waste: US Federal Accountability Office

Climate Change will Unearth Buried Nuclear Waste: US Federal Accountability Office

Anthropocene, Climate Change and Nuclear Power, Environmental Impacts of Nuclear Power, Nuclear Age, Nuclear America, Nuclear and Animals, Nuclear and Food, Nuclear and non-humans, Nuclear and Society, Nuclear and water, Nuclear Anthropocene, Nuclear Energy, Nuclear History, Nuclear Safety, Nuclear Technology, Nuclear Waste March 1, 2024 at 5:41 pm 0 comments

Climate change could unearth buried US nuclear waste Anita Hofschneider | Mother Jones   This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Ariana Tibon was in college at the University of Hawaiʻi in 2017 when she saw the photo online: a black-and-white picture of a manRead More

'Disaster Capitalism at its Worst': Nuclear Industry Lobbies Scramble for Bailout during COVID-19 Crisis

‘Disaster Capitalism at its Worst’: Nuclear Industry Lobbies Scramble for Bailout during COVID-19 Crisis

Industry and Lobbies, Nuclear and Capitalism, Nuclear and Democracy, Nuclear and Society, Nuclear Energy March 26, 2020 at 6:30 am 0 comments

Friends of the Earth on Monday accused the nuclear power industry of exhibiting “disaster capitalism at its worst” after a lobbying group representing it reportedly asked the Trump administration for a 30% percent tax credit amid the coronavirus pandemic and pressed congressional lawmakers to include handouts in stimulus legislation making its way through the House and Senate.

Too Little, Too Late for Australia's Indigenous Victims of Nuclear Tests

Too Little, Too Late for Australia’s Indigenous Victims of Nuclear Tests

International Solidarity, Nuclear and Society, Nuclear Tests, Nuclear Waste May 11, 2017 at 9:32 pm 0 comments

Claudianna Blanco | Australia’s Aboriginal people affected by British nuclear testing in the 1950s and 1960s find the Government’s recent healthcare initiatives inadequate.

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