NukeNews No. 9 - ENGLISH

************************************************************ *     NukeNews #9 - Anti-Nuclear Information Service      * ************************************************************ - 0. Preface - It is a quite amazing composition of news we received for this edition of the NukeNews. Altogether, 27 messages from Australia, Austria, Canada, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Poland, Russia, Slovenia, Tanzania, UK, USA, and from our network report on actions, campaigns, atomic policies and other activities. A background article gives an impression of the uranium industry's behaviour in Tanzania and how people suffer these projects. Another topic covered by several stories is the proposed Kaliningrad NPP by the Baltic Sea, and protests against it. Enjoy reading our newsletter, and feel invited to tell us about your projects and activities for the next edition, too! More information on that at the end of this email... - Outline of the current NukeNews issue #9 - 0. Preface 1. Walkatjurra Walkabout 2. Campaign to keep the San Onofre Nuclear heated up on several fronts 3. Court decision: injunction against part of Talvivaara operation 4. New spill at Talvivaara mine 5. Uranium action camp in Finland near the Talvivaara disaster site 6. Together against Nuclear 7. A short Chernobyl Day report from Poland 8. Remember Chernobyl - The Irish Princess: St Bega and Sellafield Reprocessing 9. Project Chernobyl: A unique photo book for the forgotten victims of Chernobyl's nuclear disaster 10. Chernobyl Day manifestations in Germany 11. Chernobyl NPP roof collapse - coverage and analysis 12. Some news about the atomic struggle in the UK 13. Online petition for a pan-European consistent insurance for nuclear reactors 14. No Société Générale funding of high risk reactors in Kaliningrad! 15. NPP near Kaliningrad - bad story that must be ended immediately 16. Network office looking for volunteers 17. IRSN report founds Krško unsuitable for NPP due to earthquake risk 18. Czech Republic: ČEZ wants to rob the citizens 19. Atomic policies in selected European countries 20. Sellafield Shut by Snow 21. Argumentation help: Why to Protest Nuclear Industry? 22. Czech Republic: State Office of Nuclear Safety critical to the nuclear waste storage program 23. Did Comic Art Save Cumbria from the Nuclear Dump? 24. Still not loving nuclear waste! - Free Republic of Wendland as    stakeholder against final deposit law 25. "Sortir du nucléaire" launches new campaign on nuclear fuel chain 26. Indigenous protests against uranium mining, nuclear waste dumping and industrial abuse in Saskatchewan, Canada 27. Environmental scandal at uranium exploration project in Bahi, Tanzania 28. Upcoming events 29. About NukeNews - 1. Walkatjurra Walkabout - The Walkatjurra Walkabout is set for the 4th-28th of May, 2013 and it looks like being even bigger than last years walk. The walk will continue to be a celebration of Wangkatja country, a testament to the strength of the community who have fought to stop uranium mining at Yeelirrie for over forty years, and a chance to come together and continue to share our commitment to a sustainable future without nuclear. It is a chance to reconnect with the land, and to revive the tradition of walking for country. Register here to be a part of the walk: http://walkingforcountry.us4.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=50a102f587619317ca5451762&id=82b385d714&e=bcdd27812a - 2. Campaign to keep the San Onofre Nuclear heated up on several fronts - It is not yet clear why a critical report concerning the San Onofre Nuclear station close just south of Los Angeles done by the US Government of Accountability Office (GAO) was not published when it was actually ready in time for March 11th 2013. Instead it was published the day after a major public meeting with the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). The report commissioned by four US senators disclosed several major concerns about evacuation planning, specifically the controversial size of the plan to only evacuate the public only a few miles out away from the reactors if a major incident occurred. The NRC refuses to deal with what is called Shadow Evacuees, people who evacuate without permission, suggesting that only 20% of the public within the 10-15 mile (23-30km) zone might consider leaving. These issues would have made all major media outlets in the region. Instead these important concerns were topped by the news to restart. A week later, the city of Los Angeles voted unanimously against the plan to restart unless full public hearings are held. The NRC gave the okay to go ahead with the restart of San Onofre unit two at 70% of full capacity some time in June, just 4 hours after the GAO report was released, killing it as an important news story. The entire region, of over 8 million people has been concerned about the facility since its brand new steam generators failed less than two years after being installed. The region is laced with earthquake faults including the San Andreas fault that is about 75 miles from San Onofre and is 150 years overdue for a major quake in Southern California. - 3. Court decision: injunction against part of Talvivaara operation - The Vaasa Administrative Court has on April 2, 2013 given an interim decision on the emergency diversions that the Talvivaara mine invoked under Article 62 of the Environmental Protection Act. The mine claimed that emergency diversions are necessary to get the mine under control. The Kainuu ELY Center ruled that the diversions were legal. The Administrative Court has now overruled that decision and issued a temporary partial injunction, effective immediately. A final ruling will be made later. The injunction limits the amount of water that can be diverted southwards to 7% of the water flow of the Kalliojoki river. This is the maximum amount allowed by the normal environmental permit. As such, it implies that as of now, no water in excess of the normal 1.3 million cubic meters can be discharged to the south of the mine. Read the full story: http://www.nuclear-heritage.net/index.php/Court_decision:_injunction_against_part_of_Talvivaara_operation - 4. New spill at Talvivaara mine - The Talvivaara nickel and uranium mine in Finland has experienced another leakage releasing some 7,000 cubic meters of waster waters per hour - in total some 350,000 cubic meters are said to have leaked out during the first day. In November, a spill polluted already wide areas of wetlands with thousands of cubic meters of toxic and radioactive waste waters of the mine. The new leakage started in the night of April 7th. As before, the company is downplaying the issue: Harri Natunen, head of production at Talvivaara, claimed that the new leak is not as serious as the one that shut down production in November. Learn more: http://www.nuclear-heritage.net/index.php/Talvivaara_mine:_environmental_disaster_in_Finland - 5. Uranium action camp in Finland near the Talvivaara disaster site - The disastrous fiasco at the Talvivaara mine is not a rare exception, but business as usual wherever large mining corporations are operating. Polluted groundwater has been the cost to the surrounding area for every single uranium mine in the world so far. In Finland and Sweden, there are numerous projects underway for opening huge mines. Keeping the environment livable demands determined resistance. Join us to share the needed knowledge and skills, and to act! The camp is located ca. 30 km from the Talvivaara mine. During the first week of the camp, we'll share info about the mining situation in the north, and different skills and tactics for open direct action. These skills will be put to use in the second week. Propose your own program! The camp will work in a self-organized manner, i.e. participants are expected to be active, and also to take part in the tasks of running the camp. To cover costs we ask for a participation fee of 5-10 € per day, but also taking into account people's personal economical situations. Rides from more accessible locations will be arranged as much as possible, so please tell if you would want a ride, as well as any other special needs, allergies etc., when announcing your participation to turva AT riseup.net. Announce yourself before 10th of June, if possible! Learn more: http://www.nuclear-heritage.net/index.php/Uranium_action_camp_in_Finland_near_the_Talvivaara_disaster_site - 6. Together against Nuclear - On May 30-June 1, 2013, an international anti-nuclear conference will take place in Vienna and at Zwentendorf, the site of the only Austrian nuclear power plant (stopped through public pressure). Invited are anti-nuclear activists, experts and campaigners from all over Europe who are interested n sharing their skills and experiences as well as in joining strategic thinking on issues of nuclear power. This conference is supposed to launch an annual event of this type to strengthen anti-nuclear work on a national and international level. The first one and a half days will take place in Vienna, the last day will take place at the site of the former Zwentendorf NPP. At the same time, the "TOMORROW FESTIVAL" takes place there, and will provide the opportunity of practical capacity building (e.g. on social media, crowdfunding, climbing, measuring, and interpreting radiation) as well as on theoretical know-how for activism. The costs within the conference will be covered by the organizers; people who can't afford travel costs can ask them also for support. Learn more: http://www.nuclear-heritage.net/index.php/Together_against_Nuclear_-_International_Conference_2013_in_Vienna - 7. A short Chernobyl Day report from Poland - It was busy week. We had three rescue people from the Chernobyl catastrophe for a week long series of conferences and meetings. Involved was Volodymir Volchenko, the only one still alive from his team working 2.5 months in the Chernobyl zone. The best were meetings in colleges and with students at Warsaw University. Volodymir said that Ukrainian government is planing to build 7 new atomic power stations. We are planing to organize blockades of radioactive transports. How to get to know where they will be? - 8. Remember Chernobyl - The Irish Princess: St Bega and Sellafield Reprocessing - April 27, Radiation Free Lakeland and 3 Weeks to Save the Lakes marked the anniversary of Chernobyl at St Bees. St Bees was named after the Irish princess who landed on the beautiful West Cumbrian coast about 900AD. What is the betting that St Bega would join the 1.3 million households in Ireland in calling for an end to the illegal and immoral radioactive poisoning of the Irish Sea from reprocessing at Sellafield? Learn more: http://mariannewildart.wordpress.com/2013/04/28/the-irish-princess-st-bega-and-sellafield-reprocessing/ http://mariannewildart.wordpress.com/2013/04/18/stop-dumping-radioactive-waste-in-cumbrian-seas/ - 9. Project Chernobyl: A unique photo book for the forgotten victims of Chernobyl's nuclear disaster - "Project Chernobyl" artistically documents the long-term effects of Chernobyl's nuclear disaster in a unique photo book. The main aim is to show the impact of a nuclear disaster and to illustrate what nuclear energy in human hands can do. The images will speak for themselves. Topics photographed will include deserted towns, decaying houses, survivors living on contaminated soil, victims that got sick. Currently, the authors of the book have some contacts with local people, including survivors in the Chernobyl area. They are working to have interviews with survivors 'with a story' and are planning a trip to Belarus and visit victims, hospitals etc. The book shall contribute to have people realize that nuclear energy is not the best choice and there are plenty of excellent, really sustainable alternatives. Through crowd funding and the sale of the photo book, the team hopes to cover their project costs. Find out more: http://www.chernobylwitness.com - 10. Chernobyl Day manifestations in Germany - On Sunday April 21, 2013 about 1,000 people followed a call for a protest and culture event on the occasion of 27th anniversary of Chernobyl disaster around the moat shielding last operating NPP Brokdorf located in the federal state of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. With peaceful atmosphere like folk festival with many families and children it was more a reunion of well-known faces than an attack of the nuclear industry. At the same time about 2,500 protesters were going to Grafenrheinfeld NPP located in southern Germany. The gates of Grohnde NPP were blocked by locked-on activists to protest against fitting of extraordinary dangerous MOX-fuel elements delivered last year attended to strong protests. For mobilisation the German environmental protection group Robin Wood held 3 weeks before T-Day a climbing-action-tour through northern Germany. Between trees, lamp posts or flagpoles we placed a banner dealing with evacuation area after an accident at Brokdorf NPP and distributed leaflets. Learn more: http://www.robinwood.de/wordpress/blog/aktion/2013/04/antiatom-infotour-geht-weiter/ - 11. Chernobyl NPP roof collapse - coverage and analysis - A "combination of negative factors" rather than excessive snowfall was the cause of the February 12 partial wall and roof collapse at Chernobyl’s infamous Reactor Unit 4, recent findings of two commissions that investigated the incident revealed. Notably, the risk of concrete slabs collapsing over the reactor halls of the defunct nuclear plant’s three other units had been discussed just one day earlier, on February 11, in Ukraine’s Slavutich. And Russia has three stations running Chernobyl-type reactors, RBMK-1000s – all three of similar or older ages and still in operation. How badly should Russia be concerned about its old stations’ safety? http://www.bellona.org/articles/articles_2013/chernobyl_roof_collapse_report - 12. Some news about the atomic struggle in the UK - Its been quiet here; the arm wrestling between EDF and the government over the agreed price for electricity drag on. EDF want maybe £100 MWh guaranteed for 40 years, the treasury here maybe £80. EDF demand £100 MWh double the current wholesale price of electricity, fixed for 40 years, while onshore wind currently costs £80 MWh. All a bit difficult for the government as they promised no subsidies for new nuclear. As maybe part of the manoeuvring, EDF laid off about 20% of their workforce at Hinkley Point NPP, where they had started some of the building. Us London people handed out 400 flyers to the workers entering the treasury at 8am, in the middle of April. Tried to make it a bit jokey as well as factual. Battle of Waterloo and all that. But to get 400 inside the treasury building was good. People coming out for a cigarette later said they quite liked it.. We included our 2nd Fukushima update, of which we have printed 5,000, in Japanese too, and which we give out from 9am till 1pm outside the Japanese embassy here every Friday. About 400 flyers are given out each Friday. Background article on the EDF NPP issue: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/apr/23/edf-energy-nuclear-power-station Daily nuclear news in the UK: http://www.no2nuclearpower.org.uk - 13. Online petition for a pan-European consistent insurance for nuclear reactors - Coordinated by the Austrian Atomstopp NGO this initiative is collecting signatures still until the end of July 2013 für a pan-European insurance for nuclear reactors. The signatures are addressing the responsible EU Committee for petitions. On the one hand the problem is, that the liability limits are differing a lot from country to country and on the other hand that the liability limits are totally insufficient, particularly with France as the most extreme example of significantly low limits. Sign the petition and find more information: https://www.openpetition.de/petition/online/fuer-eine-europaweit-einheitliche-haftpflichtversicherung-fuer-atomreaktoren - 14. No Société Générale funding of high risk reactors in Kaliningrad! - Starting on 26th April, the German urgewald NGO calls for protests against the french bank Société Générale, which contemplates funding turbines for the planned Baltic NPP in the Russian enclave Kaliningrad. The project of the Baltic NPP is attended with enormous risks, for example there was no evaluation of the seismic risks in that area, neither did Rosatom, the company which is to build the Baltic NPP, present a radioactive waste management plan. Furthermore Rosatom expects that even the effects of a serious accident would be limited on the area of the reactors – thus there are no evacuation plans for the people living there. By funding a big part of it through export credits, Société Générale supports this kind of corruption and basically provokes another big accident like Chernobyl. That’s why we ask Société Générale to back out of this dangerous deal, just like HypoVereinsbank, BNP Paribas and Credite Agricole already did. We expect Société Générale to decide on this matter in late June – until then, we hope for your support through phone calls and emails to Société Générale, informing them about all the risks connected with the Baltic NPP, and asking them to refuse funding of those. Learn more: http://urgewald.org/artikel/russischdeutscher-atomprotest-zum - 15. NPP near Kaliningrad - bad story that must be ended immediately - For the first time in Russian history, the national nuclear corporation "Rosatom" is attempting to build nuclear reactors not for domestic supply but for the export of electricity to foreign countries. This is the case with the Baltic nuclear power plant in Kaliningrad region, located close to the border of the EU member Lithuania, which opposes this project. The energy demand in Kaliningrad is covered presently (as of spring 2013) for 100%. This is due to new natural gas power plant build just two years ago. And it should not come as surprise that Kaliningrad residents opposed to this nuclear plant. If built, the nuclear plant near Kaliningrad will put people under the risk of a new Fukushima and, additionally, will produce nuclear waste, dangerous for the next million of years. And money will go into the pockets of nuclear industry. Since 1990, the nuclear industry attempted to lobby for the nuclear plant in Kaliningrad at least three times. But every time local authorities were opposed to the nuclear development. That position changed after the federal government in Moscow introduced a political reform. Moscow started to appoint new governors by the decision of president, instead of public elections. And the first governor which came from Moscow to manage Kaliningrad - Georgy Boos - quickly decided to build the nuclear power plant. Three years later he was dismissed as a result of largest political protests in the last 20 years in Kaliningrad. Read the full story: http://www.nuclear-heritage.net/index.php/Nuclear_plant_near_Kaliningrad_%E2%80%93_bad_story_that_must_be_ended_immediately - 16. Network office looking for volunteers - From September, we are looking for international volunteers with the Network Office located in Döbeln, Middle Saxony. People interested to help to connect activists with each other or with experts in certain fields, to support network gatherings to be organized, and to coordinate the translation of reach out materials, are welcome to spend a certain time at the project house. You can volunteer for a time of one months to half a year, simple accommodation and food will be provided. You would help to prepare information an nuclear issues and to keep interested people up to date. If you are interested, write until June 30, 2013 to office at nuclear-heritage.net! Learn more: http://office.Nuclear-Heritage.NET - 17. IRSN report founds Krško unsuitable for NPP due to earthquake risk - A report of the French Institute for Radiological Protection and Nuclear Safety (IRSN) notes that the Krško location in Slovenia is unsuitable for building a second reactor of the Krško nuclear power plant. Reason for this is, that the Libna fault could be still active and therefore there is a risk of potential earthquake. This could have effects on a working nuclear power plant. The Libna fault is located at only a few hundred meters from the potential Krško 2 site, which lies close to Krško 1. The conclusion from this could be that, if location is not suitable for a new, modern nuclear power plant because of the seismic risk, it is certainly not suitable for a 30-year-old nuclear power plant either, which is located in Krško. Unfortunately, this report has been branded as less important, and leading personnel started to refer to reports of other organizations that have a different opinion about the Libna fault and its potential activity. The idea of building the second reactor is, despite many arguments against it, still alive. More information: http://www.ursjv.gov.si/si/info/novica/article/4597/5735/b59f6ae1b52b804f4376d3e3298a1bfe/ - 18. Czech Republic: ČEZ wants to rob the citizens - The Czech energy monopoly ČEZ wants state guaranteed feed-in tariffs in order to start the construction of two new reactors in Temelín NPP. Ecological NGOs have stated, that this would be a robbery committed on energy consumers, who would have to pay 34 billion Euro during the projected lifespan of the new reactors. This means, that the Czech economy would loose 680 million Euro every year due to new Temelín reactors. That such a plan would be an expensive failure is becoming so obvious, that it is critised even by ČEZ's own shareholders. The fact that even the Czech environment minister, Tomáš Chalupa, is supportive of this madness, is one of the reasons he has been recently rewarded by the "Ropák of the year", a tradtional anti-ecological award. Learn more: http://zpravy.e15.cz/byznys/prumysl-a-energetika/garantovane-ceny-pro-temelin-by-prisly-na-850-miliard-varuji-ekologove-973460 - 19. Atomic policies in selected European countries - Some introductive articles on the atomic policies in certain countries have been published recently on our network's website connected to the "Atomic Threats In The Baltic Sea Region" project and in result of the last year's anti-nuclear summer gathering in Germany. Those and some more are compiled within the new booklet "Atomic Policies in Selected European Countries". The booklet can be ordered for 5 EUR + shipment costs at "contact at nuclear-heritage.net". Finland: http://www.nuclear-heritage.net/index.php/Atomic_Policy_in_Finland Germany: http://www.nuclear-heritage.net/index.php/Atomic_Policy_in_Germany Latvia: http://www.nuclear-heritage.net/index.php/Atomic_Policy_in_Latvia Lithuania: http://www.nuclear-heritage.net/index.php/Atomic_Policy_in_Lithuania Poland: http://www.nuclear-heritage.net/index.php/Atomic_Policy_in_Poland Sweden: http://www.nuclear-heritage.net/index.php/Atomic_Policy_in_Sweden - 20. Sellafield Shut by Snow - A broken pipe at Sellafield caused disruption to water supply on 22nd March 2013. Sellafield quickly issued a statement to quash rumours that the incident was affecting the whole site with workers needing decontamination scrubs being held in decontamination units because there was no water for showers, washing, toilets etc. This was denied by Sellafield in a press statement. Learn more: http://mariannewildart.wordpress.com/2013/03/22/did-comic-art-save-cumbria-from-the-nuclear-dump/ Spike in Radiation - UK monitoring graphs show increases in radiation at time of Sellafield emergency... some monitoring graphs are switched off: http://mariannewildart.wordpress.com/2013/03/23/breaking-sellafield-the-bbc-and-eurdep-lie-to-cover-up-contamination-incident-irish-coast-hit/ - 21. Argumentation help: Why to Protest Nuclear Industry? - A webpage on the Nuclear Heritage Network is providing a collection of arguments against atomic power for anti-nuclear activists to be used in leaflets, for discussions in public, and for background information. A part of this was provided by Jim McCluskey, British author of "The Nuclear Threat". You are welcome to use this page, to add further arguments, to comment or to provide additional resources. Learn more: http://www.nuclear-heritage.net/index.php/Nuclear_Threats - 22. Czech Republic: State Office of Nuclear Safety critical to the nuclear waste storage program - The State Office for Nuclear Safety (SÚJB) expressed its high concern about the final nuclear waste storage program, maintained by the Radioactive Waste Storage Administration (SÚRAO). In its annual report for 2012, SÚJB states, that the current approach of SÚRAO in the process of finding a suitable location for the first Czech final storage is unsatisfactory. Shall it continue this way, SÚJB threatens not to permit final storage location in 2025. This only underlines the tension, which has been growing steadily in the recent months. Villages in the seven locations considered for the storage have been protesting the practice of SÚRAO, which has started preparing geological surveys at the sites, after promising repeatedly not to do anything, without a clear consent of the local population. Source: http://temelin.cz/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=300:bezpecnost-hledani-uloziste&catid=48:radioaktivni-odpady&Itemid=94 - 23. Did Comic Art Save Cumbria from the Nuclear Dump? - No of course not but it may have played a small part in waking Cumbria County Council up to the reality behind decades of pro nuke propaganda and nuke industry spin. Earlier this year, Cumbria county council woke up to the reality behind decades of government propaganda and nuclear industry spin and rejected a plan to bury radioactive waste in England’s Lake District. Learn more: http://mariannewildart.wordpress.com/2013/03/22/did-comic-art-save-cumbria-from-the-nuclear-dump/ - 24. Still not loving nuclear waste! - Free Republic of Wendland as    stakeholder against final deposit law - What is the difference between a political almost-all-party-consensus and a social consensus? It's worlds between it! The German federal government started a legislative process to store high radioactive nuclear waste. This law won't solve any problem! What we need is a discussion through the whole country, a new start without determination (for example of Gorleben as site), independent science and a commission before legislation, not afterwards. Our role? As the very best specialists, telling the insights. Being the best critics. Showing no-gos. And of course, organizing publicity and collecting, connecting, raising resistance. Please sign the petition "Nuclear waste alert"! We are looking forward to three events: June 10th at Magdeburg: trial against 4 people who were part of the Berlin Treck in 2009. We are escorting our comrades – hopefully with a small & beautiful treck, starting June 8th. Mid of May: our colleague from Tanzania, Anthony Lyamunda is visiting our region. Anthony is active against uranium mining. Beginning of June: our colleagues from Japan are visiting us. Tigerman (Doro-chiba railway workers trade union) and Yosuke Oda (Nazen network against nuclear, 700 groups) will be here for networking towards a nuke free world, an evening event, visiting the Gorleben salt mine and meeting activists. For further information visit following websites: http://www.bi-luechow-dannenberg.de/petition http://www.contratom.de http://www.kerstinrudek.de - 25. "Sortir du nucléaire" launches new campaign on nuclear fuel chain - Just during the 27th Chernobyl anniversary, the French antinuclear network "Sortir du nucléaire" launched a new national campaign on the nuclear fuel chain. For most people, nuclear risk means an accident at a nuclear power plant. But very few people know about the many pollutions, risks, waste production and dangerous nuclear material transports that happen at each step of the nuclear chain, from uranium mining to reprocessing. A small video describes all these steps and proposes to act to break this nuclear chain: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwqSgjxeTFQ Three days of action are organized at the end of April to highlight the "uranium road", with actions near facilities in the Rhône Valley and on the regional railways often taken by nuclear transports around Paris. In July, an international walk against uranium and for peace will take place in the Rhône Valley with the participation of some Aborigines people from Australia. It will start in Narbonne, where the yellow cake arrives and stop near all the facilities where uranium is enriched, transformed into pellets and burned in reactors. More information: http://sdn49.hautetfort.com/media/01/00/120369027.pdf You can find all the information about the campaign on the website: http://groupes.sortirdunucleaire.org/Tous-concernes - 26. Indigenous protests against uranium mining, nuclear waste dumping and industrial abuse in Saskatchewan, Canada - The Jan 5th Idle No More rally in Buffalo Narrows was a powerful introduction of INM into northern Saskatchewan. It was attended by over 200 people of all ages, mostly Metis & First Nations. There were several speakers addressing, besides other topics, the uranium mining support contract between Cameco, Areva and the Community of Pinehouse, the plans to set up a nuclear waste dump in Saskatchewan, and other industrial abuse on First Nations' territory. The rights of our future generations to clean water was an overall theme repeatedly emphasized throughout this event. How can we as people develop our self esteem and contribute to shaping the wellbeing of our society when we're pushed back down to struggling for out basic human right to clean water? It was postulated that the reason government and industry are determined to keep Indigenous peoples down is because "they are afraid of us, afraid of our potential once we reach our self-actualization". The rights of the people to self-determination, and to stop industry and government's suppression of that right is what Idle No More is attempting to establish. The rally moved outdoors for a peaceful march through Buffalo Narrows, including many vehicles carrying Elders who wanted to participate but could not walk. A megaphone broadcast several voices throughout the walk, rallying the people with cries of, "We are proud to be United!", "We do this for our children!", and "We are Idle No More!", progressing through every community in northern Saskatchewan. The march concluded with a Round Dance on the highway in front of the Lakeview Complex, once again supported by the beautiful prayer songs of the Buffalo River Dene Drummers and Singers. Learn more: http://www.nuclear-heritage.net/index.php/Indigenous_protests_against_uranium_mining,_nuclear_waste_dumping_and_industrial_abuse_in_Saskatchewan,_Canada - 27. Environmental scandal at uranium exploration project in Bahi, Tanzania - For more than five years, a number of foreign companies has intensively explored potential uranium reservoirs in different parts of Tanzania. Recently, a mining licence has been issued for the Mkuju River Project, partly owned by ARMZ, Russia. For this project the borders of the UNESCO protected world heritage Selous Park has been accepted by the WHC. Also concerned are the wetlands in a hollow without outlet in Bahi in Central Tanzania, some 50 km west of the capital Dodoma. For the inhabitants of this otherwise semiarid region it is of big important for growing rice, fishing, grazing, manual salt production in small amount, etc. From the very beginning, the exploration was forced by high governmental levels, particularly by the Ministry of Mining. The inhabitants or their rights were not respected. Even the simplest security measures as filling up the exploration dikes were not brought into action. As far as we know, there was also no monitoring of possible releases of radioactivity for instance by the TAEC Tanzania Atomic Energy Commission or of other dangerous materials like heavy metals. The residents of the village expressed their objection of the uranium mining plans in several gatherings and with the collection of signatures, because they fear the destruction of their natural resources. In the end of 2012, several companies - Mantra Resources, International Gold Mining, Tanzoz, and the specialized US drilling company Layne - against the citizens' volition executed an intensive drilling programme on the territory of the villages Bahi Makulu and Illindi. In Bahi Makulu, particularly an area called Mashamba Mapya ("new field") was concerned. It had been prepared for growing rice only five years before. Since the rains starting in December 2012, an accumulated number of health problems is appearing with people having contact with the water from the concerned area. Learn more: http://www.nuclear-heritage.net/index.php/Environmental_scandal_at_uranium_exploration_project_in_Bahi,_Tanzania - 28. Upcoming events - (just an extract, tell us your events for the next newsletter) more events: http://www.nuclear-heritage.net/index.php/Upcoming_events 04/05/13-28/05/13: Walkatjurra Walkabout 2013 against uranium mining from Yeelirree to Leonora (AUS) 29/05/13-04/06/13: 3rd International Uranium Film Festival for a                   Global Nuclear-Free Future in Rio de Janeiro (BR) 30/05/13-01/06/13: Together against Nuclear - International Conference 2013 in Vienna (A) 08/06/13-15/06/13: Emergency Management Action Days (D) from 18/06/13:    Uranium action camp in Finland near the Talvivaara disaster site (FIN) 12/06/13-15/06/13: Uranium Exposium in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan (CDN) summer 2013:      Walk For A Nuclear Free Future from Minnesota to                    Buffalo (USA) 28/06/13-30/06/13: Bike tour to Grohnde NPP (D) 03/07/13-09/07/13: "Atomic Threats In The Baltic Sea Region" project meeting in Döbeln (D) 19/07/13-27/07/13: Anti-nuclear camp in the Münsterland region (D) 21/07/13-23/08/13: "Reclaim Power Tour – Energiekämpfe in Bewegung                   bringen!" action bike tour starting in Leipzig (D) 06/08/13-09/08/13: Joint Anglo-French Fast Action Against Nuclear Weapons 2013 at the Burghfield nuclear base (UK) and at the Eiffel Tower in Paris (F) 31/08/13 at 11 AM: Nuclear waste conference in Kassel (D) 14/10/13-16/10/13: European Commission EURADWASTE '13 conference in                   Vilnius (LT) 11/11/13-13/11/13: InSOTEC second Stakeholder Seminar in Berlin (D) 12/12/2013:       Global Action Day Against Nuclear Power 2013 01/08/14-01/09/14: (estimated) main hearing on the Environmental Court on SKB's application to build KBS3 final nuclear waste repository at District Court in Nacka (S) 2014:             Probably Castor transport of high level radioactive waste from Sellafield (UK) and of intermediate level radioactive waste from La Hague (F) to                   Gorleben (D) and protests http://www.nuclear-heritage.net/index.php/Walkatjurra_Walkabout_2013 http://www.nonuclear.se/en/kalender/Intl_Uranium_Film_Festival_2013 http://www.nuclear-heritage.net/index.php/Together_against_Nuclear_-_International_Conference_2013_in_Vienna http://www.ausgestrahlt.de/mitmachen/katastrophenschutz http://www.nuclear-heritage.net/index.php/Uranium_action_camp_in_Finland_near_the_Talvivaara_disaster_site https://sites.google.com/site/cleangreensaskca/Home/huesss-campaign/Uranium%20Exposium.jpg?attredirects=0 http://www.nuclear-heritage.net/index.php/Walk_For_A_Nuclear_Free_Future_2011-2015/Minnesota-Buffalo http://www.grohnde-kampagne.de http://www.nuclear-heritage.net/index.php/Atomic_Threats_Around_the_Baltic_Sea_book_project http://antiatomcamp.nirgendwo.info http://castor.de/php/termine/termine.php http://www.nuclear-heritage.net/index.php/Joint_Anglo-French_Fast_Action_Against_Nuclear_Weapons_2013 http://www.atommuellkonferenz.de http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/euratom-fission/fisa-euradwaste-2013_en.html http://www.nonuclear.se/en/kalender/insotec_sem2_2013 http://www.nuclear-heritage.net/index.php/Global_Action_Day_Against_Nuclear_Power_2013 http://www.nonuclear.se/en/kalender/kbshuvudforhandling2012 http://www.greenkids.de/europas-atomerbe/index.php/Gorleben_Castor_Resistance_in_Germany_2014 - 29. 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