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Anti-Uranium activist Saiku Chaki murdered
Justice in India is fragile when it comes to the topic of anti-uranium protesting. Saiku Chaki, a senior activist and Ex UCIL-employee, was murdered in his home in the UCIL Turamidh colony. The police filed a case against 25 named and 300 unnamed persons for assembling at the police station when the body was taken…
Read MoreUranium transport to Jadugoda stopped
According to “Anti Atom Indien“, a uranium transport from Bagjata to Jadugoda in India has been stopped by a group of armed men at Mai 7th 2014. Since then, no more uranium was transported from the mine in Bagjata to the mill in Jadugoda.
Read MorePantomimo press conference in Mongolia – the dangerous phantom of Uranium Mining
To the score from Once Upon a Time in the West, activists in Mongolia protested the dangers of the path their country is about to take in front of press members and political officials. Posing as phantoms with nuclear signs, they attained quite a public response for their protest.
Read MoreRosatom to mothball several facilities due to low uranium prices
According to a Reuters article, Rosatom (Russian owned) has ordered Uranium One to shut down the Honeymoon mine in Australia and is further considering putting several facilities into “care and maintenance” mode. The reason: Low uranium prices. This might also affect the Mkuju River Uranium Project. Read the full article on reuters.com
Read MoreAnalyze This: A Nightmare Called Jaduguda
The Dark Underbelly of Uranium Mining in India, by Anuj Wankhede. It is one of India’s best kept secrets. This is the story of genocide. After over 50 years of Independence, there is another India which nobody talks about. Why? Because nobody knows or wants to know about Jaduguda.
Read MoreIllegal Public Hearing held on 5-3-2013 at 10-30 a.m. at Navagam (Nana) for Mithi Virdi Nuclear Power Plant in violation of Environmental Laws and the Constitution of India.
Around 4,500 people of 28 villages boycotted Environment Public Hearing following breach of promise by Government officials The Bhavnagar District Collector who chaired the Environment Public Hearing(EPH) for the 6,000 MW Nuclear Power Plant at Mithi Virdi to be set up by the ‘Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited’ and Mr A V…
Read MoreMongolia might store foreign spent nuclear fuel, senior U.S. Official says (Global Security Newswire, 2011, en)
Wednesday, March 30, 2011 By Elaine M. Grossman Global Security Newswire WASHINGTON — The Obama administration has held informal talks with Mongolia about the possibility that the Central Asian nation might host an international repository for its region’s spent nuclear fuel, a senior U.S. diplomat said yesterday (see GSN, March 9, 2010). (Mar. 30) –…
Read MoreThe truth behind India’s nuclear renaissance (The Ecologist, 2011, en)
Jaitapur’s French-built nuclear plant is a disaster in waiting,jeopardising biodiversity and local livelihoods, says activist Praful Bidwaiby Praful BidwaiThe EcologistFebruary 9, 2011 The global “nuclear renaissance” touted a decade ago has not materialised. The US’s nuclear industry remains starved of new reactor orders since 1973, and western Europe’s first reactor after Chernobyl (1986) is in…
Read MoreThe NTH Factor – A megawatts-hungry India toys callously with nuclear danger (Outlook, 2011, en)
by Debarshi Dasgupta Outlook (India) March 28, 2011 Recent events in Japan have indeed shaken the faith of many who pray at the altar of nuclear energy. In an article for a business daily, even Shyam Saran, who was India’s top negotiator for the Indo-US nuclear deal, has said the “nuclear renaissance” could be dead…
Read MoreGerman bank pulls out of Areva’s huge Indian nuclear project (2011, en)
Date: 28.03.2011 09:17 “Among the nuclear power plants on the anvil is the one at Jaitapur, coastal Maharashtra. It will house reactors from the French firm Areva and shall have a combined capacity of 10,000 MW. But in 20 years, as many as 92 quakes have been recorded here, with the severest of them in…
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