Major General Sudhir Vombatkere Major General S.G. Vombatkere retired as the Additional Director General, Discipline & Vigilance in Army HQ, New Delhi. He is Adjunct Associate Professor of the University of Iowa, USA, in international studies, and is a member of NAPM and PUCL. He writes on strategic and development-relatedRead More The post The fallout of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the dangers of nuclear energy appeared first on DiaNuke.org ..read more

Tibi Puiu | ZME Science   The Pacific is still facing nuclear blight nearly 70 years since the last test. Many see the Runit Dome as a ticking time bomb. Runit Dome in 2019. Credit: LA Times. In the heart of the Pacific Ocean lies the Marshall Islands, a picturesqueRead More The post In ruins: Runit Dome and the futures of Marshall Islands appeared first on DiaNuke.org ..read more

Jacksen Friske | Canadian Geographic Protesters gather outside of the Supreme Court to oppose nuclear dump development near Ottawa River   Protester Dan Nisbet standing in support with his pet dog. (Photo: Jacksen Friske)   Protesters recently gathered outside the Supreme Court of Canada in Ottawa to support the legalRead More The post Chalk River protests: Canada’s indigenous communities struggle against proposed nuclear dump appeared first on DiaNuke.org ..read more

Dave Lindorff | Counter Punch Atomic bomb mushroom clouds over Hiroshima (left) and Nagasaki (right): Wikipedia. Three Weeks After the first Atomic Bomb Test, They Used It on Two Japanese Cities Teen physicist Ted Hall, who helped perfect the plutonium bomb, passed its secrets to the Soviet Union hoping toRead More The post Reflections on 79 years of the first US atomic bomb test appeared first on DiaNuke.org ..read more

According to activist group Don’t Nuke the Climate, tripling nuclear capacity by 2050 would require countries to connect between 24 and 28 new reactors to the grid each year for the next 26 years, a completely unrealistic goal. These are large reactors; even more would be needed if the reactors are smaller. The post IAEA’s First Nuclear Energy Summit in Brussels: More than 600 organisations protest globally, call it “fairy tale” appeared first on DiaNuke.org ..read more

Climate change could unearth buried US nuclear waste Anita Hofschneider | Mother Jones   This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Ariana Tibon was in college at the University of Hawaiʻi in 2017 when she saw the photo online: a black-and-white picture of a manRead More The post Climate Change will Unearth Buried Nuclear Waste: US Federal Accountability Office appeared first on DiaNuke.org ..read more

COP28’s Unrealistic Tripling of Nuclear Power CounterPunch | Robert Hunziker UN climate conferences since 1992 have failed to follow through with results, as CO2 emissions continue higher and higher with every passing year. In fact, post climate conference impact of adopted proposals has become something 0f an inside joke. TheRead More The post COP28 and the anachronistic push for Nuclear Power appeared first on DiaNuke.org ..read more

Putin revokes Russia’s ratification of nuclear test ban treaty Al Jazeera | 02 November 2023 Moscow says the abandonment of the 1996 treaty is designed to bring Russia into line with the US. Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has revoked his country’s ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT),Read More The post Russia revokes ratification of CTBT appeared first on DiaNuke.org ..read more

Will Sullivan | Smithsonian Magazine Fallout from nuclear tests conducted in the mid-20th century may contribute to the high levels of radiation seen in the animals today, a new study finds. From weapons tests to destructive accidents at power plants, human nuclear activity has contaminated the Earth with radioactive material.Read More The post Germany’s Radioactive Wild Boars appeared first on DiaNuke.org ..read more

Pinar Demircan The author, Pınar Demircan (Ph.D. in sociology) is an independent researcher, Nukleersiz.org Coordinator and nuclear editor at Yesil Gazete. Her earlier articles on our website can be accessed here. The Discharge of Fukushima’s Radioactive Water could be a Precedent for Similar Actions [1] Underlying the disregard for objectionsRead More The post The Discharge of Fukushima’s Radioactive Water could be a Precedent for Similar Actions appeared first on DiaNuke.org ..read more