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*     NukeNews #21 - Anti-Nuclear Information Service      *
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0.  Preface
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Outline of the current NukeNews issue #21
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0.  Preface
1.  Finland: Traffic at and to the Fennovoima-Rosatom's nuke plant
    construction site blocked - again
2.  Uranium news from Western Australia
3.  FRANCKUSHIMA: A graphic essay about Fukushima & nuclear risk in
    France
4.  Australia: Karlamilyi Walk in June
5.  Australia: International Nuclear Waste & SA Royal Commission
6.  Reflections on the Indian Nuclear Project
7.  Irati Wanti ("The Poison - Leave It")
8.  Days of Action in Russia: "Chernobyl 30 years"
9.  Close the old and dangerous Pickering Nuclear Station (Canada)
10. UK: An Open Letter to the Mayor of Copeland in West Cumbria
11. UK: Disappearing Trick: Birds and Nuclear Waste
12. UK: Pro Nuclear Propaganda Ratcheted Up on the Fifth Year of the
    Ongoing Fukushima Disaster
13. Slovenia: Commemoration of the 30th Anniversary of the Chernobyl
    NPP Accident
XX. Upcoming events
YY. About NukeNews


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1.  Finland: Traffic at and to the Fennovoima-Rosatom's nuke plant
    construction site blocked - again
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January 22nd, 2016 anti-Fennovoima-Rosatom protester's blocked the
traffic after nine o'clock this morning by first standing in front of
the vehicles and after climbing on them.

The beauty of the current situation is the vulnerability of the
construction site itself. What's been done there now is a big-scale
landfill operation - and ther's only one road sturdy enough to carry
those big-ass vehicles in and out of the site. So imagine what happens
when someone by some mens brings that road to a halt? Well. The whole
shit stops from rolling. And that's what we did on 22th of January.
Some concerned citizens climbed on to trucks doing the deliveries,
putting it all to a total halt. And we think we’re gonna keep on doing
this for a bit longer.

Learn more:
https://fennovoima.no.com/en/2016/01/traffic-at-and-to-the-fennovoima-rosatoms-nuke-plant-construction-site-blocked-again/


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2.  Uranium news from Western Australia
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In February submissions to Wiluna uranium mine closed - there were
well over 2,400 submissions lodged with the EPA! Now we're turning our
attention to the Mulga Rock uranium mine proposal... this proposal is
for nine open pits, 15 million litres of water a day, clearing 3,709
ha and leaving behind 30 million tonnes of radioactive tailings. The
project is headed up by Vimy Resources - a company made up of former
FMG execs, execs from the Minderoo Group, former Liberal MPs and 27%
owned by Twiggy Forrest. This is the last of the applications for
uranium mine proposals in WA... for now - but hopefully forever! This
rush of uranium assessments is very much because of the state election
coming up in March 2017. Here in WA there is no bipartisan support for
uranium mining - under a new Government we could send the end to
uranium mining in WA - so these companies are trying to secure some
approval in the hope they will be allowed to mine under a different
Government - this is a good sign that they are worried and that we are
winning.

Learn more:
http://ccwa.org.au/mulgarock


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3.  FRANCKUSHIMA: A graphic essay about Fukushima & nuclear risk in
    France
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March 2016 marks the 5th anniversary of the Fukushima disaster, a
reminder that the nuclear risk is far from being resolved. Indeed,
despite the disaster’s deplorable social and environmental
consequences, it all seems settled, commonplace and already forgotten.
March 2016 also marks the release of the first edition of
Franckushima, a graphic essay of unique journalistic and visual
approach which sheds new light on the Fukushima disaster and nuclear
risk in France. To support the book (in French), preview the work or
find out more, please visit the website :
http://franckushima.com


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4.  Australia: Karlamilyi Walk in June
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Martu elders have opened an invitation for people to join them on an 8
day walk through the Karlamilyi National park in opposition to the
proposed Kintyre uranium mine. "Come with us (Martu) we’ll walk to
stop the uranium mining on our country. We’ll walk through Karlamilyi,
not far, across Karlamilyi river. Walk through Lullapakujarra up to
Punumullara then to Puljcatja - big water, up to Desert Queen Baths
and then Kintyre.”

Registrations are now open for the Karlamilyi Walk in the Pilbara June
2016 - stay posted and get in quick there will be limited spots
available.
https://walkingforcountry.com/karlamalyi-walk/


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5.  Australia: International Nuclear Waste & SA Royal Commission
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Federal Opposition Leader Bill Shorten has given qualified support for
the establishment of a multi-billion-dollar nuclear waste storage
repository in South Australia. The South Australian Government has not
formed a position, either for or against, a proposal for a nuclear
waste dump that would store more than 10 per cent of the world's
waste, Premier Jay Weatherill said. A nuclear dump in South Australia
could take 13 per cent of the world's waste, meeting a "global need",
and be operational by the end of next decade, an inquiry has found.
Unprecedented political support is being thrown behind South Australia
becoming the global storage facility for high-level nuclear waste in
return for a $445 billion bonanza.

The state’s peak environment body has welcomed the release of a new
report that questions grandiose claims of an economic bonanza arising
from the creation of a global nuclear industry in South Australia.
The report was prepared by leading economic think-tank The Australia
Institute. The Conservation Council of South Australia commissioned
The Australia Institute to analyse the submission of Senator Sean
Edwards to the SA Nuclear Royal Commission.


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6.  Reflections on the Indian Nuclear Project
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The village of Jaduguda is situated in the newly created state of
Jharkhand in north-east India. Low-grade uranium ore was discovered
there in the early 1950s and mining started in 1967. In the
intervening decades, approximately 1,000 tons of uranium ore has been
brought to the surface daily and processed at a mill situated adjacent
to the mine. Milled uranium concentrate is then transported some 1,400
kilometres to Hyderabad where it is further processed into uranium
oxide pellets that charge the fuel rods powering ten of India's
nuclear reactors. Approximately 25% of the uranium used by the nuclear
industry in India comes from the Jaduguda mines.

Read the complete article:
http://www.nuclear-heritage.net/index.php/Reflections_on_the_Indian_Nuclear_Project


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7.  Irati Wanti ("The Poison - Leave It")
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A group of politicians and business-people are developing a plan to
build an international high-level nuclear waste dump in South
Australia. The plan is strongly opposed by many South Australians and
by an overwhelming majority of Aboriginal people.

The Australian Nuclear Free Alliance, representing Aboriginal people
from across Australia, calls on nuclear nations NOT to dump nuclear
waste in Australia. The nuclear industry has a track record of
Aboriginal dispossession and environmental pollution − from the atomic
bomb tests to uranium mining to nuclear waste dump proposals.

We call on nuclear nations NOT to dump nuclear waste in Australia.
Endorsed by Australian Nuclear Free Alliance at its 2015 Annual
Gathering on Nukunu Country, South Australia. Add your group’s
endorsement to the international declaration:

http://www.anfa.org.au/sign-the-declaration/


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8.  Days of Action in Russia: "Chernobyl 30 years"
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Young Russian Socio-Ecological Union / Young Friends of the Earth
Russia, Youth Human Rights Movement and Ecodefense! are organizing
Days of Action "Chernobyl 30 years" in Russian-speaking space. On the
website you find positions of the organisers, list of supporters,
different anti-nuclear materials and a map of actions.

More information:
https://chernobyl30.wordpress.com/english/
https://www.facebook.com/chernobyl.30years/


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9.  Close the old and dangerous Pickering Nuclear Station (Canada)
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Closing the Pickering Nuclear Station when its license expires in 2018
and getting to work on dismantling the plant immediately will be
safer, create more jobs between now and 2030, and save hundreds of
millions of dollars. Please sign the petition to close Pickering when
its license expires in 2018 rather than extend its life until 2024
which is the government's plan.

Petition:
http://www.cleanairalliance.org/close-pickering/

Read our new report:
http://www.cleanairalliance.org/decommissioning-pickering/


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10. UK: An Open Letter to the Mayor of Copeland in West Cumbria
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People are understandably upset about the possible compulsory purchase
of their homes in order to clear a space for the building of temporary
accommodation for thousands of nuclear workers. "Population Mixing"
has been used as an excuse for Radiation Linked Disease such as
Childhood Leukaemia.

https://mariannewildart.wordpress.com/2016/04/09/nugen-and-population-mixing/


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11. UK: Disappearing Trick: Birds and Nuclear Waste
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Cumbria County Council will decide On 11th May 2016 whether to allow a
further tsunami of nuclear waste to be dumped in shipping containers
at Drigg on land that is a short distance from the shifting sands.

https://mariannewildart.wordpress.com/2016/03/26/disappearing-trick-birds-and-nuclear-waste-2/


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12. UK: Pro Nuclear Propaganda Ratcheted Up on the Fifth Year of the
    Ongoing Fukushima Disaster
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While ordinary people around the world were holding demonstrations in
March to mark the fifth year of the ongoing Fukushima disaster, the
pro nuke propaganda is being ratcheted up.

https://mariannewildart.wordpress.com/2016/03/14/fukushima-and-the-ratcheting-up-of-propaganda/


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13. Slovenia: Commemoration of the 30th Anniversary of the Chernobyl
    NPP Accident
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As part of the commemoration of the 30th anniversary of the Chernobyl
NPP accident, several events were organized in Slovenia, an online
exhibition about Chernobyl was published, and the film Ukranian Zombie
Reactors, which was created as part of the project Catching the train
of development, was presented.

More info about actions, campaigns ans nuclear issues in Slovenia:
http://focus.si/tag/jedrska-energija/

More info about Nuclear power plant safety upgrades in Ukraine:
http://bankwatch.org/our-work/projects/nuclear-power-plant-safety-upgrades-ukraine


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XX. Upcoming events
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Feel free to send us your local and international events for the large
upcoming events collection on Nuclear Heritage Network website, and
for this extract in the NukeNews!
http://upcoming.nuclear-heritage.net


March & April 2016:5 years Fukushima disaster & 30 years Chernobyl
                   disaster remembrance 2016
27/02/16 12 PM:    "Stop Trident" national demonstration at Hyde Park
                   Corner, in London (UK)
19/03/16:          Conference on health effects of nuclear disasters -
                   and the way to renewables with speakers from
                   various countries at Mechanics Institute in
                   Manchester (UK)
30/03/16:          Conference on the (non)-nuclearisation of the
                   Middle-East in Clermont-Ferrand (F)
15/04/16-16/04/16: international scientific conference "Chernobyl
                   accident and society: 30 years after catastrophe"
                   in Minsk (BY)
05/04/16:          international anti-nuclear conference in Prague
                   (CZ)
22/04/16-01/05/16: Reclaim The Cape action week in Pyhäjoki (FIN)
10/05/16-12/05/16: annual meeting of the German nuclear lobby:
                   "Jahrestagung Kerntechnik 2016" at CCH - Congress
                   Center Hamburg in Hamburg (D)
17/05/16-19/05/16: Health Effects of Chernobyl: Prediction and Actual
                   Data 30 Years after the Accident in Obninsk (RUS)
August 2016:       Walkatjurra Walkabout (AUS)


http://www.nuclear-heritage.net/index.php/5_years_Fukushima_disaster_%26_30_years_Chernobyl_disaster_remembrance_2016
https://www.facebook.com/events/160801110932716/
http://www.nuclear-heritage.net/index.php/Finland:_Reclaim_The_Cape_action_week
http://radiation-and-risk.com/index.php/en/info-letter


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YY. About NukeNews
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NukeNews is a multilingual newsletter system of the Nuclear Heritage
Network. It reflects the activities, topics and struggles of
anti-nuclear activists connected through this international community.
The messages are written and translated by activists, additionally to
their usual anti-nuclear activities. The newsletter aims to inform and
update as well activists as the interested audience.

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