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The Nuclear Disaster That Could Destroy Japan … and the World

The Nuclear Disaster That Could Destroy Japan … and the World

Fukushima April 26, 2011 at 9:32 am 0 comments

    By HIROSE TAKASHI The nuclear power plants in Japan are ageing rapidly; like cyborgs, they are barely kept in operation by a continuous replacement of parts. And now that Japan has entered a period of earthquake activity and a major accident could happen at any time, the peopleRead More

Activists of anti-nuclear plant yatra detained

Activists of anti-nuclear plant yatra detained

Jaitapur April 24, 2011 at 8:19 am 0 comments

                      Activists participate in the Tarapur-Jaitapur march to oppose the Jaitapur nuclear power plant, at Tarapur on Saturday. TARAPUR (THANE DISTRICT): A three-day Tarapur-Jaitapur anti-nuclear plant yatra was stopped the moment it began and hundreds of activists were detained atRead More

Nuclear’s False Promise of Energy Security for India

Resources April 24, 2011 at 6:50 am 0 comments

    Nuclear energy is being sold as “the only”[i] and “the best”[ii] option for India’s energy security. The Indian government is embarking on a massive nuclear expansion programme, with plans to produce 20,000 MW of nuclear energy by 2020, 63,000 MW by 2030 and an astounding 275,000 MW byRead More

How Catastrophe Heralds a New Japan

How Catastrophe Heralds a New Japan

Movements and Social Change, Nuclear and Capitalism, Nuclear and Society April 21, 2011 at 3:25 pm Comments are Disabled

KOJIN KARATANI I was on the streets of Tokyo when the earthquake struck.  The ground shook violently, while buildings swayed around me for a long time.  It was beyond anything I had experienced before, and I sensed that something terrible had happened.  My first thought was of the Kobe earthquakeRead More