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It’s almost a year since the massive earthquake and tsunami off the east coast of Japan on March 11, 2011 which triggered the Fukushima nuclear disaster. This note briefly discusses why the nuclear disaster happened, why it is still occurring, … Continue reading →

In the accompanying post, I attempt to sum up the situation at Fukushima. This has not been an easy task.  Unlike the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in 1986 where too little information was disseminated, after the Fukushima disaster clearly too much … Continue reading →

I’ve been asked to comment on the recent Costes/Bissel paper (see http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2011/12/16/1117849108.full.pdf+html) which concluded that “extrapolating risk linearly from high dose as done with LNT could lead to overestimation of cancer risk at low doses.” The Study This in vitro … Continue reading →

Geocap study confirms findings in Germany, Great Britain, and Switzerland A new French study [1] (GEOCAP) of childhood leukaemia near nuclear power plants (NPPs) has found a statistically significant increase in leukaemia in children below age 15 in 2002-2007 within … Continue reading →

Spikes in Emissions from Nuclear Power Stations (NPPs) Up until very recently, it had proved impossible to obtain information on the time patterns of radioactive emissions from NPPs.  Despite requests, UK nuclear utilities and Government regulators repeatedly refuse to publish … Continue reading →