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Anti-Nuclear Nuns Speak to College Students [Watch Video]

Anti-Nuclear Nuns Speak to College Students [Watch Video]

Antinuclear Movement, Videos January 24, 2018 at 9:51 am 0 comments

Join Heidi Hutner in this interview with the Anti-Nuclear Nuns Speak to College Students.

Cover-up of Radioactive Release in Russia: A Must-Read Report by ACRO

Cover-up of Radioactive Release in Russia: A Must-Read Report by ACRO

Nuclear Safety, Reports November 28, 2017 at 12:04 am 0 comments

Ruthenium 106 is a radioactive fission product from the nuclear industry that does not exist in its natural state. Its half-life is a little over a year (373 days), which means that the present amount is halved each year. By disintegrating, ruthenium-106 is transformed into rhodium-106, which is also radioactive with a half-life of 30 seconds.

Russia’s Mysterious Radioactive Cloud: Here Is Why The Story Matters And You Should Be Concerned

Russia’s Mysterious Radioactive Cloud: Here Is Why The Story Matters And You Should Be Concerned

Featured, Nuclear Waste November 27, 2017 at 11:55 pm 0 comments

A week ago, the Russian meteorological service, Roshydromet, reacted to a month-long standing request for information from Greenpeace. It triggered extraordinary interest among journalists world-wide in a rather unknown bit of nuclear physics: the radioactive substance ruthenium-106.

Nuclear Power: Incompatible With Democracy?

Nuclear Power: Incompatible With Democracy?

When India’s Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrived in the U.S. last week, he reportedly carried a generous gift: an unlimited number of free lives. To be precise, Singh was ready to promise President Obama that should any of the nuclear reactors that India is planning to buy from U.S. companies ever suffer an accident, they will not have to pay anything in damages.