Radiation leaks news in the last one year
When news like Fukushima hits, people start thinking of nuclear radiation leaks. Then, mistakenly, they imagine that risk from radiation is a very rare thing. While accidents on such a …
Fukushima
Get out of the dark ages – Quit Nuclear Power – Part 1: The Cost
Is it time for India to Quit Nuclear Power? Once, US stunned the world with the power of nuclear bombs. Hiroshima and Nagasaki were destroyed, and a messy war abruptly …
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Do the Kudankulam protesters have it all wrong? – Media disinformation in action at FirstPost
Recently, FirstPost, which is a kind of news media thing published an article titled “Why the Kudankulam protesters have it all wrong” which ought to have been an informative thing …
Silence on Research
s I was going through the flood of news on Fukushima, there was a conspiracy theory that the mysterious and highly radioactive black substance being found in many places was …
Some disagreements with Sonali Ranade’s on Koodankulam
Sonali Ranade made several tweets supporting the go ahead for the Kodankulam plant. I see things differently. This is not to say either of us is right or wrong, but …
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Fukushima under Control?
After getting the nth explanation of how I was scaremongering and that Fukushima was well under control and there was no reason to worry and the people will soon be …
Clean, Safe, Cheap Nuclear Power – Part 2: The Safe
The last post ends with a table of nuclear incidents in India. The thing is that when it comes to radiation, there isn’t too much difference between clean and safe. …
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Clean, Safe, Cheap Nuclear Power – Part 1: The Clean
There are a lot of fantasies fed to us in the name of nuclear power. How we need it, how it is the only real option for the power we …
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What about Balochistan?
The Baloch are sitting ducks. With the sea on one side, and Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan, they literally have nowhere to go. The world watches in horror as a steady …