The video “Nukes Conference”, a brief documentation of the “Nucleaerization of Africa”-Conference, Johannesburg, November 2015, has been released, giving an impression of the discussions and outcomes of the conference in Africa. Read original posting: [iframe width=”560″ height=”315″ src=”https://www.youtube.com/embed/sHHw3-uyGVo” frameborder=”0″ allowfullscreen ]
Locks hold key to uranium exposure
AS UMESH Bhana was snipping customers’ hair this week, he had a novel proposal for them: would they be willing to donate 4cm locks to be analysed for traces of uranium?
Hare wys dalk uraangevaar
Die antwoord op uraanbesmetting in die Wonderfonteinspruit en Soweto lê moontlik opgesluit in mense se hare.
Feedback in pictures
The Federation for a Sustainable Environment co-hosted the recent Nuclearisation of Africa Conference. The event brought together experts and interested parties on matters relating to nuclear energy, waste and mining of radio-active material.
Artisanal mining has huge jobs, economic potential if regulated properly
South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) research associate Angela Kariuki, speaking at the Nuclearisation of Africa symposium, in Kempton Park, last month, said that, in 2014, the commission compiled a report on the issues and challenges related to unregulated artisanal mining in South Africa based on these hearings. She said that the hearings revealed that, […]
Podcast: Mycle Schneider and Andreas Nidecker
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.