Nuclear Delusions Essays

Why nuclear power is not a solution to our energy challenge

http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/news/Blogs/makingwaves/nuclear-delusions/blog/35617/

We learn today via bloggers Ex-SKF and Alexander Higgins that a depleted uranium storage facility burned in Japan after the earthquake (exploded is a better word)
http://enenews.com/june-30-meeting-revealed-depleted-uranium-storage-facility-burned-after-quake-contained-765-kg-du

Meanwhile, nuclear weapons, in the form of depleted uranium, are being used against the people of Libya
http://www.thepeoplesvoice.org/TPV3/Voices.php/2011/07/07/nato-using-nuclear-weapons-in-libya

Depleted uranium is being used in Libya despite indisputable evidence that it has both radiological and chemical toxicity if inhaled or ingested

Cancer, Infant Mortality and Birth Sex-Ratio in Fallujah, Iraq 2005–2009. International Journal of Environmental Research and Health. (2010).Chris Busby 1,*, Malak Hamdan 2 and Entesar Ariabi http://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/7/7/2828/pdf

In vitro effects of Uranium on human fetal germ cells. Journal Reproductive Toxicology 2011 authors: Gaëlle Angenarda,b,c, Vincent Muczynskia,b,c, Hervé Coffignya,b,c, Clotilde Duquennea,b,c, René Frydmand, René Haberta,b,c, Gabriel Liveraa,b,c,1, Virginie Rouiller-Fabrea.
 
Depleted uranium contamination by inhalation exposure and its detection after 20 years: Implications for human health assessment Original Research Article Science of The Total Environment, Volume 390, Issue 1, 1 February 2008, Pages 58-68Randall R. Parrish, Matthew Horstwood, John G. Arnason, Simon Chenery, Tim Brewer, Nicholas S. Lloyd, David O. Carpenter


Majia here: The article immediately above demonstrates that Americans living near a depleted uranium processing facility in the state of NY were exposed to DU through the plant's emissions...