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Monthly Archives: May 2015
Disaster in the Pacific
I have been blogging about the environmental disaster in the Pacific Ocean, and here is another link to the disaster, (h/t to brother Tim).
Nuclear power link to breast cancer
This is a detailed study showing the relationship between breast cancer and proximal living to nuclear reactors;The risk is doubled.
there was twice the chance of dying of breast cancer if you lived next to the Blackwater than if you lived next to the Crouch.
Breast cancer and nuclear power – statistics reveal the link ‘they’ wanted to hide, Ecologist Chris Busby 18th May 2015 The link between nuclear power and cancer is real, writes Chris Busby, and revealed in the UK’s cancer statistics – if only you look for it. Previous approaches have focused on rare cancers over large, poorly selected populations. But look at common cancers among those most exposed to nuclear radiation, and the statistical evidence is overwhelming.Do nuclear sites cause increases in cancer in those living nearby? This is the question which has always been the key to stopping the development of nuclear energy.
For if the answer is Yes, the laws would cut in; human rights would cut in. Check Mate. The nuclear industry…
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Neaurological and heart disease – huge rise in Fukushima evacuees
The popular belief is that radiation increase the risk of cancer. The study suggests that vascular disease and neurological disease are also significantly increased by excessive exposure to radiation.
Huge spike in neurological diseases after Fukushima — 600% rise in disorders among evacuees — Similar abnormalities reported post-Chernobyl — Cases of heart disease, brain infarction also up — Physicians: “Great concern there will be additional health hazards” http://enenews.com/study-reveals-large-spike-neurological-diseases-fukushima-600-increase-disorders-causing-hearing-loss-dizziness-people-evacuation-area-cases-heart-disease-brain-infarction-physicians-great-co?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ENENews+%28Energy+News%29
Journal article by authors from Soma General Hospital and Tohoku University, Apr 7, 2015 (emphasis added): Change in and Long-Term Investigation of Neuro-Otologic Disorders in Disaster-Stricken Fukushima Prefecture
[Neuro-otology: Branch of clinical medicine which treats neurological disorders of the ear]
- Soma City [is] 44 km north of Fukushima Daiichi… almost all patients who require hospitalization for ear, nose, and throat (ENT) care were referred to our department… We thus investigated the influence of the disaster on internal ear diseases.
- Regarding the evacuation area, the total number of patients [in the ENT department]increased 4.64 times [364% in 1st year], 4.24 times [324% in 2nd year], and 4.54…
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Why nuclear power will have no effect in combatting climate change
Nuclear power is not the answer.
The arguments that nuclear power offers the solution to climate change are dead wrong for several reasons: [outlined further down in this article]
Even if we decided to replace all fossil-fuel plants with nuclear reactors – leaving cost issues aside – it would not be technically possible to build them quickly enough to meet even the modest targets of the Kyoto Protocol. In the U.S., up to 1,000 new reactors (nearly 10 times the current base) would be required at a cost of about $1.5 trillion to $2.0 trillion, based on industry estimates of $1,500-$2,000/KW for new nuclear plant construction. In fact, Alvin M. Weinberg, former director of Oak Ridge National Laboratory argues that, in order to make a serious dent in carbon emissions, it would take perhaps four times as many reactors as suggested by the MIT study, or up to 4,000 reactors .
Nuclear Power: Totally Unqualified…
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The evidence that radiation from nuclear reactors causes childhood leukemia
How refueling of nuclear power plants contributes to childhood leukemia.
Radiation spike caused by refueling at one of Bavaria’s Gundremmingen reactors.
Last July, we published a piece on recent groundbreaking work from the U.K.’s Dr. Ian Fairlie and the connection between radiation releases from nuclear reactors and childhood leukemia.
We quoted Dr. Fairlie:
“The core issue is that, world-wide, over 60 epidemiological studies have examined cancer incidences in children near nuclear power plants (NPPs): most (>70%) indicate leukemia increases. I can think of no other area of toxicology (eg asbestos, lead, smoking) with so many studies, and with such clear associations as those between NPPs and child leukemias. Yet many nuclear governments and the nuclear industry refute these findings and continue to resist their implications. It’s similar to the situations with cigarette smoking in the 1960s and with man-made global warming nowadays.”
Today, Ian (full disclosure: an old friend and valued colleague) stopped by NIRS’ office to go over a…
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IAEA and UN erred by ignoring Eastern European reports on the effects of Chernobyl nuclear disaster
There is a fire raging in the Ukraine near Chernobyl. There’s a link to it an article by the New York Academy of sciences stating that translations of the East European literature state there are 1 million deaths related to the disaster at Chernobyl.
Chernobyl All Over Again http://www.thepeoplesvoice.org/TPV3/Voices.php/2015/05/01/title-172 May 1st, 2015 by Stephen Lendman Forest fires rage in Ukraine dangerously close to Chernobyl. Ukrainian interior minister Arsen Avakov said conditions “worsened.” “The forest fire is heading in the direction of Chernobyl’s installations,” he said. Treetop flames and strong gusts of wind have created a real danger of the fire spreading to an area within 20 kilometers of the power plant.”
“There are about (1,000 acres) of forests in the endangered area,” he claimed. “National Guard and interior ministry forces have been put on combat alert.”
The April 26, 1986 Chernobyl incident was the worst nuclear power plant disaster up to that time – exceeded only by Japan’s Fukushima (March 11, 2011).
Nuclear expert Helen Caldicott called it “by orders of magnitude many times worse than Chernobyl.”
The effects of both catastrophes are still being felt. A 2009 New York Academy of…
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America’s nuclear non-proliferation policy is a disaster
The US is the leader in the world for propagating nuclear weapons.
America’s disastrous nuclear non-proliferation policy: By Ira Helfand http://www.masslive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2015/05/americas_disastrous_nuclear_no.html
Starting this week, the states who are party to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, NPT, will gather at the United Nations for their five year review conference to assess whether the treaty is meeting its goals. The US has long viewed this treaty as a key bulwark against the spread of nuclear weapons to other countries. Since it was adopted 45 years ago, three nations which never signed the Treaty have developed nuclear weapons and one country that did sign has withdrawn and built a small nuclear arsenal, but we have not seen the wholesale spread of nuclear weapons that many feared when the NPT was negotiated in the late 1960’s.
Now the US government is worried that the NPT regime could fall apart. While the NPT sought to keep states which did not have nuclear weapons from acquiring them, it…
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Tesla wants to change the world. It just might happen.
A solar battery that stores. It’s price is falling.The battery is attractive. This could fundamentally change the energy market.
The Tesla PowerWall. Photo by Tesla.
Last week, Elon Musk and his Tesla corporation changed the world. Or so you might think from reading the press coverage about Musk’s long-expected announcement that the gigafactory Tesla is building in Nevada will produce batteries not only for Tesla automobiles, but to use as storage for renewable energy–especially rooftop solar–as well.
EverReady is probably pretty jealous; an announcement about a new battery has never received so much attention.
As one might expect, the New York Times carried the most straightforward story about the new Tesla battery. The Washington Post took the opportunity to add more context, and useful context at that, to the story in Why Tesla’s announcement is such a big deal: The coming revolution in energy storage.
Jeff McMahon at Forbes took the most provocative approach; his piece was titled Did Tesla Just Kill Nuclear Power?
We reposted McMahon’s…
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star fish wasting in Pacific Ocean
Here is another article about the wasting of starfish in the Pacific ocean. There is mention of. There is discussion that the disaster at Fukushima is the cause, and it is dismissed without reason. The author suggests that it is related to a virus, but does not explain while this old virus has become so deadly.
Vernon Radiation Safety 
