NukeFree.org - Melt-Downs http://www.nukefree.org/taxonomy/term/13/0 en 30 Ways Chernobyl is Killing Us All http://www.nukefree.org/editorsblog/30-ways-chernobyl-killing-us-all-0 <div> <br /> </div> <div> <div style="color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica; line-height: normal; text-align: start; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-size: 11px; -webkit-text-stroke-color: #000000"> April 26 marks the 30th anniversary of the catastrophic explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant.   </div> <div style="color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica; line-height: normal; text-align: start; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-size: 11px; -webkit-text-stroke-color: #000000; min-height: 13px"> <p><a href="http://www.nukefree.org/editorsblog/30-ways-chernobyl-killing-us-all-0">read more</a></p> Melt-Downs Mon, 25 Apr 2016 19:33:21 +0000 HarveyWasserman 6547 at http://www.nukefree.org 30 Ways Chernobyl is Killing Us All http://www.nukefree.org/editorsblog/30-ways-chernobyl-killing-us-all <div> <br /> </div> <div> <div style="color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica; line-height: normal; text-align: start; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-size: 11px; -webkit-text-stroke-color: #000000"> April 26 marks the 30th anniversary of the catastrophic explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant.   </div> <div style="color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica; line-height: normal; text-align: start; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-size: 11px; -webkit-text-stroke-color: #000000; min-height: 13px"> <p><a href="http://www.nukefree.org/editorsblog/30-ways-chernobyl-killing-us-all">read more</a></p> Melt-Downs Mon, 25 Apr 2016 19:31:11 +0000 HarveyWasserman 6546 at http://www.nukefree.org Join Us: Malibu Library, this Saturday, 4/9: 11:30am http://www.nukefree.org/editorsblog/join-us-malibu-library-saturday-4-9-11-30am What if a huge tsunami -- like the one at Fukushima --<br /> hit Diablo Canyon's Nuclear Reactors,<br /> just 160 miles north of Malibu? <p> It could happen . . .<br /> And we're downwind so the consequences would affect us all </p><p><a href="http://www.nukefree.org/editorsblog/join-us-malibu-library-saturday-4-9-11-30am">read more</a></p> Melt-Downs Mon, 04 May 2015 16:53:36 +0000 HarveyWasserman 6245 at http://www.nukefree.org 36 Years of TMI's Lethal Lies ...& Counting http://www.nukefree.org/editorsblog/36-years-tmis-lethal-lies-counting <p> <br /> The lies that killed people at Three Mile Island 36 years ago on March 28, 1979 are still being told at Chernobyl, Fukushima, Diablo Canyon, Davis-Besse ... and at TMI itself. </p> <p> &nbsp; </p> <p> As the first major reactor accident that was made known to the public is sadly commemorated, and as the global nuclear industry collapses, let's count just 36 tip-of-the iceberg ways the nuclear industry's radioactive legacy continues to fester: </p><p><a href="http://www.nukefree.org/editorsblog/36-years-tmis-lethal-lies-counting">read more</a></p> Melt-Downs Tue, 31 Mar 2015 03:16:49 +0000 HarveyWasserman 6209 at http://www.nukefree.org Fasting for Fukushima http://www.nukefree.org/editorsblog/fasting-fukushima <br /> By Harvey Wasserman, Jill Stein &amp; David Swanson <p> &nbsp; </p> <p> <br /> Fasting can be a way of mourning, of cleansing, of meditation, of focus. </p> <p> On Tuesday, 3/11, the third anniversary of the beginning of the disaster at Fukushima, we will abstain from food from dawn til dusk. </p> <p> Our purpose is tied to the atomic disaster that continues to threaten life on earth. </p><p><a href="http://www.nukefree.org/editorsblog/fasting-fukushima">read more</a></p> Melt-Downs Mon, 10 Mar 2014 08:56:57 +0000 HarveyWasserman 5726 at http://www.nukefree.org The USS Reagan is Fukushima's "Unlucky Dragon" http://www.nukefree.org/editorsblog/uss-reagan-fukushimas-unlucky-dragon <p> <br /> Sixty years ago this week, a misfired hydrogen bomb test plastered with lethal radiation the Japanese fishing boat Daigo Fukuryu Maru-&quot;Lucky Dragon&quot;-and its 23-man crew. The March 1, 1954, test, code-named Castle Bravo, spewed a deadly ash cloud into wrongly predicted winds, contaminating a huge swath of the Pacific Ocean. </p> <p> &nbsp; </p><p><a href="http://www.nukefree.org/editorsblog/uss-reagan-fukushimas-unlucky-dragon">read more</a></p> Melt-Downs Thu, 06 Mar 2014 18:48:53 +0000 HarveyWasserman 5724 at http://www.nukefree.org 50 Reasons to Fear the Worst from Fukushima http://www.nukefree.org/editorsblog/50-reasons-fear-worst-fukushima <p> &nbsp; </p> <p> <a href="http://ecowatch.com/2014/02/02/50-reasons-fear-fukushima/" title="http://ecowatch.com/2014/02/02/50-reasons-fear-fukushima/">http://ecowatch.com/2014/02/02/50-reasons-fear-fukushima/</a> </p> <p> &nbsp; </p> <p> [This is the first in a two part series] </p> <p> Fukushima's missing melted cores and radioactive gushers continue to fester in secret. </p> <p> Japan's harsh dictatorial censorship has been matched by a global corporate media blackout aimed-successfully-at keeping Fukushima out of the public eye. </p> <p> But that doesn't keep the actual radiation out of our ecosystem, our markets ... or our bodies. </p> <p> &nbsp; </p><p><a href="http://www.nukefree.org/editorsblog/50-reasons-fear-worst-fukushima">read more</a></p> Melt-Downs Sun, 02 Feb 2014 19:56:14 +0000 HarveyWasserman 5649 at http://www.nukefree.org Japan's Deadly New Fukushima Fallout http://www.nukefree.org/editorsblog/japans-deadly-new-fukushima-fallout <p> &nbsp; </p> <p> Fukushima continues to spew out radiation. The quantities seem to be rising, as do the impacts. </p> <p> The site has been infiltrated by organized crime. There are horrifying signs of ecological disaster in the Pacific and human health impacts in the United States ( <a href="http://www.nukefree.org/chris-busby-fukushimas-impact-californias-children" title="http://www.nukefree.org/chris-busby-fukushimas-impact-californias-children">http://www.nukefree.org/chris-busby-fukushimas-impact-californias-childr...</a> ). </p> <p> But within Japan, a new State Secrets Act makes such talk punishable by up to ten years in prison. </p><p><a href="http://www.nukefree.org/editorsblog/japans-deadly-new-fukushima-fallout">read more</a></p> Melt-Downs Wed, 11 Dec 2013 15:15:24 +0000 HarveyWasserman 5581 at http://www.nukefree.org Stop Japan's Fukushima Censorship http://www.nukefree.org/editorsblog/stop-japans-fukushima-censorship <p> &nbsp; </p> <p> At a critically dangerous moment, Japan is poised to take a giant step toward officially shrouding Fukushima in the deepest possible secrecy. </p> <p> At least two petitions are being circulated in opposition (<a href="http://www.nukefree.org" title="www.nukefree.org">www.nukefree.org</a>). </p> <p> One is addressed to the Japanese government and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (<a href="http://www.nukefree.org/stop-japans-fukushima-secrets-act" title="http://www.nukefree.org/stop-japans-fukushima-secrets-act">http://www.nukefree.org/stop-japans-fukushima-secrets-act</a> ). </p><p><a href="http://www.nukefree.org/editorsblog/stop-japans-fukushima-censorship">read more</a></p> Melt-Downs Thu, 05 Dec 2013 05:00:38 +0000 HarveyWasserman 5557 at http://www.nukefree.org 14,000 Hiroshimas Still Swing in the Fukushima Air http://www.nukefree.org/editorsblog/14-000-hiroshimas-still-swing-fukushima-air <p> &nbsp; </p> <p> Japan's pro-nuclear Prime Minister has finally asked for global help at Fukushima. </p> <p> It probably hasn't hurt that more than 100,000 people have signed petitions calling for a global takeover ( linked here at <a href="http://www.nukefree.org" title="www.nukefree.org">www.nukefree.org</a>); more than 8,000 have viewed a new YouTube on it ( <a href="http://www.nukefree.org/eon-films-world-action-now-fukushima" title="http://www.nukefree.org/eon-films-world-action-now-fukushima">http://www.nukefree.org/eon-films-world-action-now-fukushima</a> ). </p> <p> Massive quantities of heavily contaminated water are pouring into the Pacific Ocean, dousing workers along the way. Hundreds of huge, flimsy tanks are leaking untold tons of highly radioactive fluids. </p><p><a href="http://www.nukefree.org/editorsblog/14-000-hiroshimas-still-swing-fukushima-air">read more</a></p> Melt-Downs Thu, 10 Oct 2013 02:32:25 +0000 HarveyWasserman 5420 at http://www.nukefree.org