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NUKES … ACTIVIST PROFILE TOM KOCHERRY

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May 1, 2012, www.newint.org | “Redemptorist priest, union leader, anti-nuclear activist and people’s movement educator – Tom Kocherry is a senior sage of India’s environmental and social justice movements.”

 

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“today’s special – NUKES … ACTIVIST PROFILE
TOM KOCHERRY, opponent of Kudankulam nuclear plant in Tamil Nadu, India, and “a senior sage of India’s environmental and social justice movements.”
ARTICLE: http://www.newint.org/columns/makingwaves/2012/05/01/tom-kocherry-interview/“
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    • Marie Justmarie “May the truth about this energy source be brought to light world wide….they are unsafe for so many reasons”

     

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Jellyfish-Like Organisms Shut Down California Power Plant

Apr 26, 2012, news.yahoo.com | “The workers of the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant received a very slimy surprise this week when they discovered hoards of jellyfish-like creatures clinging to the structure, leading to the shutdown of the plant.  The organisms, called salp, are small sea creatures with a consistency  similar to jellyfish.”

 

“~ do they know something we don’t ; )
Jellyfish-Like Organisms Shut Down California Nuclear Power Plant
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The workers of the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant received a very slimy surprise this week when they discovered hoards of jellyfish-like creatures clinging to the structure, leading to the shutdown of the plant. The organisms, called salp, are small sea creatures with a consistency …”
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    • AmoMi Bici “that we need all the help we can get!”
    • Lindy Rose “What an odd story. I’m glad the salp are able to bypass all the legalities and lawsuits of our modern society and shut down a powerplant overnight. :)”
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Sampling the Pacific for Signs of Fukushima

April 2, 2012, www.whoi.edu | “An international research team is reporting the results of a research cruise they organized to study the amount, spread, and impacts of radiation released into the ocean from the tsunami-crippled reactors in Fukushima, Japan.”

 

“~ Fukushima Radiation Dispersal by Ocean Currents Lowers Concentrations to Below Danger Levels, may take a year or two to cross the Pacific. “Levels . . . ranged from below detection level to levels that, while elevated, remained within standards set for human consumption.”
Here’s the recently published research paper: http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2012/03/26/1120794109.full.pdf+html?sid=72f048d5-5cdd-44cf-8dc8-a76c005518ee
Sampling the Pacific for Signs of Fukushima : Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

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Women lead protests at Kudankulam nuclear power plant site

 

March 24, 2012, www.ndtv.com | Kudankulam:  The protests at the Kudankulam nuclear plant show no signs of subsiding. Thousands of villagers, mostly women, continue with their indefinite fast, which entered its sixth day today, at Idinthakarai demanding the scrapping of the nuclear plant project.

The agitation is being led by People’s Movement Against Nuclear Energy (PMANE) coordinator S P Udayakumar.

The protesting women say they fear for the lives of their children and will not allow any work at the nuclear plant. They say that the project poses a huge risk, especially in light of Japan’s Fukushima nuclear plant experience after the tsunami last year.

 

~ THOUSANDS OF WOMEN ARE FASTING TO PROTEST THE NUCLEAR POWER PLANT at Koodankulam, India: Here’s a current article, http://www.ndtv.com/article/tamil-nadu/women-lead-protests-at-kudankulam-nuclear-power-plant-site-189556, and here’s BACKGROUND:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koodankulam_Nuclear_Power_Plant
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Quija Mataji MoonWow. My support is floating across the ocean in spirit form to these courageous women.

Mireille BolayWhat a strong bunch of women ! I am joining in spirit from OZ and if we all reduce our power usage we can do a lot !!
Ashen VenemaMore than 1 million people live within the 30 km radius of the KKNPP … STOP this madness.

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Germany Embarks on Historic Alternative Energy Push

March 19, 2012, www.commondreams.org – Spurred by a public outcry following the Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan, Germany’s Prime Minister, Angela Merkel, announced last year that Germany would phase out all of its nuclear power plants. Now, with a looming 20% energy gap to fill, the European nation plans to follow on its early leadership in the green energy sector with an unprecedented investment in alternative and renewable sources, including wind and solar.
The program will cost 200 billion euros ($263 billion), about 8 percent of the country’s gross domestic product in 2011, according to the DIW economic institute in Berlin. And Bloomberg News reports that, “Not since the allies leveled Germany in World War II has Europe’s biggest economy undertaken a reconstruction of its energy market on this scale.”
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Thousands form anti-nuclear human chains in Germany, France

March 12, 2012, mdn.mainichi.jp | TOKYO (Kyodo) — Thousands of people formed human chains in Germany and France to protest against the use of nuclear power plants on Sunday, the first anniversary of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami disaster that crippled the Fukushima nuclear power plant, while protesters also gathered at antinuclear rallies in New York and California.

At least 24,000 people, holding torches, formed an 80-kilometer long human chain in areas near Braunschweig in Germany, which has decided to abandon nuclear power plants by the end of 2022, according to an organizer. The chain encircled three nuclear facilities including a temporary storage site for nuclear waste in the vicinity of the city.

 

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Thousands form anti-nuclear human chains in Germany, France – The Mainichi Daily News
The Mainichi Daily News is the English-language news site of Japan’s Mainichi Newspapers. Top stories from around the world.
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Dramatic fall in new nuclear power stations after Fukushima

March 8, 2012, The Guardian | “From 2008 to 2010, construction work began on 38 reactors around the world, but in 2011-12, there were only two construction starts, according to Steve Thomas, professor of energy studies at the University of Greenwich.”

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“From 2008 to 2010, construction work began on 38 [nuclear] reactors around the world, but in 2011-12, there were only two construction starts, according to Steve Thomas, professor of energy studies at the University of Greenwich.” – Good news!!
The drop in construction work on new reactors may reflect waning interest in nuclear after the shutdown of the Japan reactor a year ago
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      •   Janice Swegan: “This is super encouraging news !”

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Progress Energy looking to cancel main construction contract for building Levy County nuclear plant

Thursday, January 26, 201, www.tampabay.com | “Progress Energy plans to cancel the main development and construction contract for its proposed nuclear plant in Levy County, but its customers will have to keep paying in advance anyway.”

 

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“~ CONTRACT FOR NUKE PLANT IN FLORIDA CANCELLED”
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Good Vibrations http://issuu.com/greenpeaceinternational/docs/lessons-from-fukushima?mode=window&backgroundColor#222222– Lessons from Fukushima…

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How Mushrooms Can Clean Up Radioactive Contamination – An 8 Step Plan

Saturday, 16th April 2011, www.permaculture.co.uk | “Many people have written me and asked more or less the same question: ‘What would you do to help heal the Japanese landscape around the failing nuclear reactors?’  Here are 8 steps to cleaning up radioactive materials”

“How Mushrooms Can Clean Up Radioactive Contamination – An 8 Step Plan | Permaculture Magazine
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*This article is crossposted from hopedance.org* Many people have written me and asked more or less the same question: “What would you do to help heal the Japanese landscape around the failing nuclear reactors?”
Comments:
Robert Brothers “ideas are good news, facts are better. The fact mentioned here is that “Gomphidius glutinosus has been reported to absorb – via the mycelium – and concentrate radioactive Cesium 137 more than 10,000-fold over ambient background levels. Many other mycorrhizal mushroom species also hyper-accumulate.” The best news would be results of the use of these species, in terms of how long it takes for how many of them to absorb how much radiaation. Would anyone like to research this, using the sources that Stamets gives?”
Pedro Di Girólamo “You should Post this very good comment as a comment to this article in the original site (Permaculture Magazine) where it was published ^_o”
Erika Leonor Huerta Fuentes “En la naturaleza podemos encontrar el remedio a todos los males…cuántas especies se han extinguido y ya no podemos contar con ellas?”
GoodNews FortheEarth “Pedro, perhaps you could post it for me : )”
GoodNews FortheEarth “Erika, i think i understand most of what you wrote, except for the last part, so perhaps you could translate ? gracias : )”
Pedro Di Girólamo “Well; I will do it naming of course the Group ‘GoodNews For TheEarth’ ;-)”
Jeavonna Chapman “In nature we find the cure for all ills … how many species are extinct and we can not count on them?
Love Google Translate”

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Germany to shut down pre-1980 nuclear plants

March 15, 2011, www.reuters.com | ” Germany will shut down all seven of its nuclear power plants that began operating before 1980 at least till June, the government said on Tuesday, leaving open whether they will ever start up again after Japan’s crisis.

Chancellor Angela Merkel announced the closures, which will leave only 10 nuclear stations still generating, under a nuclear policy moratorium imposed as Japan faced a potential catastrophe at its earthquake-crippled Fukushima complex.”

 

“~ 7 OLD NUKES SHUT DOWN IN RESPONSE TO CRISIS IN JAPAN
UPDATE 3-Germany to shut down pre-1980 nuclear plants
www.reuters.com
* Only 10 of Germany’s 17 nuclear plants to stay open * About a third of German nuclear capacity to be shut down * Merkel’s conservatives face defeat in…”
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