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Jaitapur Nuclear Power Project (Marathi: जैतापूर अणुऊर्जा प्रकल्प) is a new proposed 9900 MW power project of Nuclear Power Corporation of India (NPCIL) at Madban village of Ratnagiri district in Maharashtra.It will be the largest nuclear power generating station in the world by net electrical power rating once completed. Click Here

Radioactive wastes are wastes that contain radioactive material. Radioactive wastes are usually by-products of nuclear power generation and other applications of nuclear fission or nuclear technology, such as research and medicine. Radioactive waste is hazardous to human health and the environment, and is regulated by government agencies in order to protect human health and the environment. Click Here

On December 6, 2010 agreement was signed for the construction of first set of two third-generation European Pressurized Reactors/Evolutionary Power Reactors (EPR) and the supply of nuclear fuel for 25 years in the presence of French President Nicolas Sarkozy and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

French nuclear engineering firm Areva S.A. and Indian state-owned nuclear operator Nuclear Power Corporation of India signed this multi billion valued agreement of about $9.3 billion. This is a general framework agreement along with agreement on ‚Protection of Confidentiality of Technical Data and Information Relating to Nuclear Power Corporation in the Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy‘ was also signed.

The Jaitapur Nuclear Power Project threatens to sit the largest park of nuclear reactors in the world on a known and active fault line at the ocean’s edge. Sitting in the midst of an ecological “hotspot” for marine life, it will disrupt a delicate and unstudied ecosystem, in the process destroying sustainable fishing communities that have relied on the region’s biodiversity for generations. Opposition to the plant has been met with violent crackdowns, and the number of protesters injured or dead at the hands of police is growing.

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Friends from France – Click here to learn more or get involved as we reach out to French environmental groups, whose government owns a majority of the company that is producing the Jaitapur Project’s suspect reactors.

International Actions – Friend from the U.K.? The U.S.? Japan? Russia or South Africa? Whatever part of the world you’re from, you know that the largest nuclear power plant in history, placed right near a fault line, is the world’s concern.

The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) http://ww.ucsusa.org/ nuclear_power is a nonprofit science advocacy group based in the United States. The UCS membership includes many private citizens in addition to professional scientists. James J. McCarthy, Alexander Agassiz Professor of Biological Oceanography at Harvard University and past president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, currently chairs the UCS Board of Directors. Click Here

Canadian Coalition for Nuclear Responsibility http://www.ccnr.org/ CCNR is a not-for-profit organization, federally incorporated in 1978. It is dedicated to education and research on all issues related to nuclear energy, whether civilian or military — including non-nuclear alternatives — especially those pertaining to Canada.

Institute of Safety and Risk Sciences, Univ.Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Kromp, Head of Institute – The Institute of Security and Risk Sciences (ISR) is an interdisciplinary institute at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna. The Institute was founded via the project „Nuclear safety“ of the Academic Senate of the University of Vienna, was later affiliated to the University of Vienna as Institute of Risk Research, to be finally established in 2010 at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences as ISR.

The institute focuses on the risks associated with the handling of energy. These risks are presented holistically. Technological, environmental, economic and social factors are linked together and introduced as a comprehensive overall picture. Click Here

IPPNW http://www.ippnw.org/ is a non-partisan federation of national medical groups in 63 countries, representing tens of thousands of doctors, medical students, other health workers, and concerned citizens who share the common goal of creating a more peaceful and secure world freed from the threat of nuclear annihilation.

Nobel Peace Prize winner – Awarded the 1985 Nobel Peace Prize for performing „a considerable service to mankind by spreading authoritative information and by creating an awareness of the catastrophic consequences of atomic warfare.“

ICAN – the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons Along with global warming, nuclear war is the greatest preventable danger facing humankind. There are still more than 20,000 nuclear weapons in the world, and no comprehensive process is under way to abolish them. Opinion polls show that a majority of the world’s peoples want their governments to start negotiations to rid the world of nuclear weapons. Our challenge now is to transform this strong desire for security into fruitful negotiations and real action by governments.

ICAN – has a very clear and simple premise: in order to achieve a world without nuclear weapons, the nations of the world must negotiate an agreement to eliminate nuclear weapons, and then ban them in the future. We call this agreement a Nuclear Weapons Convention (NWC).

Since its launch in 2007 by IPPNW, ICAN has developed a strong set of campaign materials and a vibrant website [www.icanw.org]; has built and strengthened grassroots partnerships in a number of countries; and has forged links with diverse civil society actors and organizations, with parliamentarians, mayors, and other civic leaders, and with prominent cultural figures. ICAN “ambassadors” include the Dalai Lama, anti-apartheid leader Desmond Tutu, Nobel Peace Prize-winning anti-landmines advocate Jody Williams, jazz legend Herbie Hancock, and many others.

IPPNW Click Here Wikipedia; focuses, in particular, on the medical and humanitarian reasons for a global abolition treaty, such as the long term medical consequences of nuclear weapons use, the climate effects of regional nuclear war („nuclear famine“), and the health and environmental impacts of nuclear testing and production and of an expanding uranium mining industry.

Detailed information about the NWC itself, facts and arguments supporting the Convention, campaign news and updates, and campaign materials can be found at www.icanw.org. Sign the ICAN petition. And learn how to get involved!

For more information about the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), contact John Loretz, Program Director, IPPNW, 66-70 Union Square, #204, Somerville, MA 02143; 617.440.1733, ext. 280.

10 MYTHS ABOUT THE NUCLEAR DEAL – Dr. P.K Iyengar: http://www.indiannationalism.org/dossier , Former chairman, Atomic Energy Commission:

The India-US nuclear deal is not in the national interest. It presents the very serious danger of capping our strategic programme by bringing us into the non-proliferation regime. That alone is reason enough not to go forward with the deal.

In spite of the fact that the India-US nuclear deal is not in the national interest, many in the country, and in Parliament, support it because of misconceptions about. The only tangible corrective measure is for India to explore and mine more uranium, and to enhance enrichment capability to provide fuel for reactors. The latter is subject to uncertainty.

U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Agreement – The 123 Agreement signed between the United States of America and the Republic of India is known as the U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Cooperation or Indo-US nuclear deal.

The framework for this agreement was a July 18, 2005 joint statement by Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and then U.S. President George W. Bush, under which India agreed to separate its civil and military nuclear facilities and to place all its civil nuclear facilities under International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) safeguards and, in exchange, the United States agreed to work toward full civil nuclear cooperation with India. Click Here

The Anti-Nuclear Movement is a social movement that opposes the use of nuclear technologies.

Many direct action groups, environmental groups, and professional organisations have identified themselves with the movement at the local, national, and international level. Major anti-nuclear groups include Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, Friends of the Earth, Greenpeace, International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, and the Nuclear Information and Resource Service. The initial objective of the movement was nuclear disarmament, though the focus has shifted to include opposition to the use of nuclear power. Click Here

The Nuclear Information and Resource Service (NIRS) http://www.nirs.org/ is an anti-nuclear group founded in 1978 to be the information and networking center for citizens and organizations concerned about nuclear power, radioactive waste, radiation and sustainable energy issues. The organization advocates the implementation of safe, sustainable solutions such as energy efficiency, solar power, wind power and plug-in hybrids. Click here

Nuclear Predicament – When it comes to nuclear energy, one finds all kinds of problems reflecting either a lack of knowledge from people talking about this complex energy system or a lack of objectivity due to an a priori opinion – being positive or negative. In this context, one should acknowledge the fact that there will never be a consensus about whether nuclear energy could be a viable alternative energy source because the discussion depends on the perception from the observer of what nuclear energy is.

http://ourenergyfutures.org/Nuclear Predicament This page is dedicated to the Nuclear Predicament. It intends, first, to provide insights about how the nuclear energy system works and, second, to put the discussion in perspective showing the different possible perceptions of one aspect.One short publication is periodically posted to which you are invited to react.

This special page is edited by François Diaz Maurin, a former engineer of the French and US nuclear industries who recently joined the Integrated Assessment group of ICTA-UAB and now works with Dr. Mario Giampietro on the energy supply issues. He is also the Coordinator of Our Energy Futures.

 

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Open data sensor network. Currently focusing on radiation levels in Japan. http://safecast.org


Yahoo Japan for updating your radiation map page with a link to @safecastdotorg http://radiation.yahoo.co.jp/

An IPPNW doctor and Nagasaki survivor on the anniversaries of the atomic bombings – IPPNW Peace and Health Blog – http://peaceandhealthblog.com/