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Nuclear challenges in Northeast Asia

Nuclear challenges in Northeast Asia

Asia, International, Regions July 23, 2024 at 9:01 pm 0 comments

Li Cheng and Zhang Chi (張馳) | SCMP.com On August 9, 1945, US president Harry Truman announced the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and told the nation: “The atomic bomb is too dangerous to be loose in a lawless world.” Despite the establishment of a post-war international order,Read More

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Nuclear Safety Regimes and India: What the Silence on the latest Fukushima Crisis Tells Us

Sonali Huria| The Leaflet  THE new year has begun on a grim note with a toxic gas leak at the Rourkela Steel Plant in Odisha on 6 January, which claimed the lives of four contractual workers. This is the latest in a disconcerting string of industrial accidents in India over the last fewRead More

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The Report of the Independent Commission in Japan on Fukushima: Lessons for India

It is time that the Parliament and the people of India raise the same questions that Japan’s Independent Commission addressed the authorities in Japan. One should not be surprised to find that the situation in India is no better than in Japan. Fukushimas are waiting to happen on our own soil.

40,000 People March in Tokyo Against Nuclear Restart: Pictures and Videos

40,000 People March in Tokyo Against Nuclear Restart: Pictures and Videos

Antinuclear Movement, Fukushima June 25, 2012 at 9:41 am 2 comments

On 22 June 45,000 people gathered in front of the Prime Minister’s official residence in protest against the decision to restart the No. 3 and 4 reactors at the Ohi nuclear power plant in Fukui Prefecture.