No Nukes News: Fukushima mothers, monkeys and firefighters

[Angela Bischoff]

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March 19, 2018☢ A Fukushima Disaster at Pickering could lead to 26,000 cancers and $125 billion in lost home values Could it happen here? The answer is yes. Read our report.

The World ☢ Fukushima 360: walk through a ghost town in the nuclear disaster zone 3 min. video

☢ Fukushima: A Human-Made Disaster Brought on by Bad Faith 7 years ago, the world's worst industrial accident happened - Fukushima, Japan, a triple-nuclear meltdown. It is still very much underway today.

☢ Japanese Mother Speaks Out Warns that Fukushima nuclear disaster is far from over.

☢ Stark health findings for Fukushima monkeys Research has shown that monkeys in Fukushima have significantly low white and red blood cell counts as well as a reduced growth rate for body weight and smaller head sizes. 

☢ 7 Years on, Sailors Exposed to Fukushima Radiation Seek Their Day in Court US military personnel are sick and dying, and want the nuclear plant’s designers and owners to take responsibility. 

☢ Firefighters’ remorse This Japanese animated film (47 min.) tells the story of the firefighters and townspeople in Fukushima that were rescuing people after the earthquake and tsunami, but had to abandon their mission because of the dangerous radiation releases. 

☢ Five unsolved mysteries of Fukushima Seven years after the great meltdown, the causes and reasons for related systemic failure remain cloudy. Until these mysteries are resolved, the future of Japan’s nuclear industry is uncertain.

☢ Belgium hands out millions of iodine pills in case of nuclear accident Belgium has started to make iodine pills available free to its 11 million citizens in case of an accident at its aging nuclear stations.

☢ Setsuko Thurlow's Quest: A World Without Nuclear Weapons 50 min. video documentary. Setsuko Thurlow was 13 when the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. Her work with the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) overcame resistance from nuclear powers and resulted in the adoption of a UN treaty to ban nuclear weapons, earning the group the Nobel Peace Prize. Ontario

☢ Report paints grim picture of Fukushima-scale nuclear accident in Pickering T.O. Star story on our report.

☢ OPG is profiting off of you Ontario Power Generation announced that its profits rose by $400 million last year – from nuclear power rate hikes. While OPG’s rates steadily climb, Premier Wynne continues to turn a deaf ear to Hydro Quebec’s offer to sell us a 20 year supply of clean and safe water power at a price of only 5 cents per kWh.

☢ End of an era Watch our new 45 second video on the end of coal in Ontario.

☢ Listen to our 22 second radio ads about closing Pickering NS.

☢ View our 17-slide powerpoint presentation Pickering Nuclear Station: Too Close for Comfort. Why we need to close Canada's oldest nuclear station.Renewables and Conservation

☼ No longer 'alternative', mainstream renewables are pushing prices down (Australia) Lights have stayed on and prices are dropping.

☼ Global energy giants forced to adapt to rise of renewables Companies face world where falling cost of solar and wind power pushes down prices.Take Action! ☢ Canada - do not let corporate profits dictate what we do with our nuclear waste Please sign the petition. 
 
☢ Protect Kyoto! Prevent another nuclear disaster in Japan. Stop the dangerous Ohi plantPlease sign the petition.

☢ Westinghouse - Quit India Please sign and circulate this international statement against the Kovvada nuclear plant launched as Westinghouse officials visit India next week.

☢ Sign our petitions to Close Pickering and to Buy Quebec Power. And share them with your friends. Watch our 2 min. video here. 

☢ Stop OPG's  Nuclear Waste Dump Before It's Too Late Learn more about OPG’s nuke waste dump proposal in Kincardine, ON, and write Minister McKenna, Premier Wynne and PM Trudeau here.

☢ Tell the Japanese government: don’t dump nuclear waste into the ocean!

☢ Can you spare a few hours to leaflet blitz your neighbourhood mailboxes? Help us make the closure of the Pickering nuclear station a public issue. Contact: angela at cleanairalliance.org

☢ Order your free KI (anti-thyroid-cancer) pills here if you live within 50 km of an ON nuclear facility - that includes all of Toronto and beyond. Download your anti-thyroid cancer posters hereto post in your office, school, or local cafe.

☢ Canada – Sign the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons Last year 122 member states of the United Nations voted to approve the text of a Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, but the Nuclear Weapons States voted against it as did most NATO countries including Canada. This petition asks Canada to sign the Treaty.Events
 
☢ Nuclear Waste Online: CNL Nuclear Waste Mega Projects Webinar Fri. March 23, noon EST. Presenter Theresa McClenaghan will discuss three environmental assessments underway with the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission by the private company contracted to manage Atomic Energy of Canada Limited’s legacy waste sites including two plans to bury decommissioned reactors on site (at Whiteshell and Rolphton) and one to create a mega-dump at Chalk River, ON.

☢ Health Risks of Nuclear Power Webinar Thur. Mar 29, 2 - 3 p.m. EDT. Join PSR (Physicians for Social Responsibility) to learn exactly why nuclear is not clean, not safe and not renewable.
 
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