Prof. Nidecker of Radiology, University of Basel, Switzerland. Past president and board member of PSR / IPPNW Switzerland is interviewed along with independent international consultant on energy and nuclear policy releases, Co-author of yearly world Nuclear Industry Status Report, Mycle Schneider. In this podcast they highlight topics and insights from the Symposium, “Nuclearisation of Africa”.
Symposium highlights harmful effects of uranium mining
Federation For a Sustainable Environment « Nuclearisation of Africa » Symposium 19. Nov 2015 There is a clear global downtrend in the civil use of nuclear power, as documented by the annual World Nuclear Industry Status Report and as discussed at the international Symposium on « Nuclearisation of Africa » concluded on the 19th of […]
“Nuclear waste ‘dangerous for millennia, even millions of years, cannot be shut off”.
Sheree Bega, a multi award winning journalist, of Saturday Star, South Africa’s leading weekend paper, wrote an excellent article titled “Nuclear waste ‘dangerous for millennia, even millions of years, cannot be shut off”. The article was published yesterday in the Saturday Star.
International Nuclearisation of Africa Symposium
The world has become sober to the unimaginable power of uranium after Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the nuclear accidents at Three Mile Island, Chernobyl and recently, Fukushima.A new set of serious health problems, collectively known as Gulf War Syndrome, and epidemiological data from the Wismut cohort have become available to researchers.
Nuclearisation of Africa – a symposium
A symposium in Johannesburg from 16 to 19 November will address the nuclearisation of Africa. The 4-day event will focus on Uranium mining and health, environmental, legal and socio-economic issues. In addition one entire day will be devoted to to renewable energies.
Nuclearisation of Africa
Uranium mining can have detrimental effects on the health of the miners and their families. An interdisciplinary team of doctors and scientists will report on this and on efforts of the nuclear industry to promote the civilian use of nuclear power in Africa at a Symposium in Johannesburg, South Africa from 16th to 19th November […]
Uranium Symposium: debating the future of uranium
The Federation for a Sustainable Environment is represented at the World Uranium Symposium. Exclusive at the symposium in Québec City (April 14–16 2015): Naoto Kan, Prime Minister of Japan at the time of the Fukushima catastrophe.
Nuke worries unfounded, says regulator
There is no immediate danger from radiation to communities living in informal settlement, but the “situation was however less than ideal” the National Nuclear Regulator (NNR) has stated
NNR responds; FSE asks for more
On 25 June 2014 the National Nuclear Regulator (NNR) had a quarterly meeting with several Non-Governmental Organisations to discuss matters of concern. During this meeting, a presentation was made by Ms M Liefferink, Chief Executive Officer of the Federation for a Sustainable Environment (FSE). Ms Liefferink requested response from the NNR on a number of […]
Contaminating livelihoods
Hundreds of thousands use Wonderfonteinspruit catchment area tainted by mining waste