War and Conflict

Russian seizure of Chernobyl lays bare the farcical designation of nuclear power as ‘peaceful, safe and sustainable’

Russian seizure of Chernobyl lays bare the farcical designation of nuclear power as ‘peaceful, safe and sustainable’

Karly Burch | The Conversation At least seven forest fires continue to burn around the Russian-held Chernobyl nuclear site in Ukraine, raising fears radionuclides could spread from the defunct facility. Earlier this week, the Ukrainian parliament issued a statement blaming the fires on shelling or arson by Russian forces that captured the site inRead More

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Nuclear power isn’t worth its risks

Anthropocene, War and Conflict March 28, 2022 at 12:42 pm 0 comments

Robert McCaw, Renfrew | The National It’s worth reviewing the safety record of the Dounreay nuclear power plant FOLLOWING Monday’s piece “Greens hit back at claims over nuclear need”, I must take issue with Greg Hands, the UK’s energy minister. He said Ukraine had given Scotland a pretext to getRead More

Jingoist Electioneering Prevails 21 Years After India’s Nuclear Tests

Jingoist Electioneering Prevails 21 Years After India’s Nuclear Tests

Kumar Sundaram | Such amplified machismo used for electoral calculations is unprecedented in the country’s domestic politics. What we are witnessing in India today is the normalization of nuclear and war rhetoric and its purposefully religiously-charged packaging, deployed to push an ultra-nationalist narrative and discredit political opposition and civil society.