Nuclear Accidents from the 1940s to Fukushima

Today we mark the First Anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake and the loss, grief and suffering endured by the people of Japan.

The meltdowns at Fukushima have sharpened the debate over the future of nuclear energy in Australia and elsewhere.

If a disaster that has created 160,000 radiation refugees and made 3% of Japan uninhabitable was not enough to end the debate, what kind of disaster will it take?  That’s up to us.

Download the new edition of Let the Facts Speak and join the campaign to end the nuclear age.

• The Fourth edition of Let the Facts Speak is brought to you by Australian Greens Senator Scott Ludlam.  It is a chronology of nuclear accidents, incompetence and disaster spanning seven decades and is now available here:  http://www.LetTheFactsSpeak.org 
• A colour Executive Summary features the dirtiest dozen nuclear accidents, the key issues these accidents raised and sources on nuclear hazards:  http://scott-ludlam.greensmps.org.au/sites/default/files/let-the-facts-speak.pdf
• The full 170 page database of nuclear accidents from the 1940s to today is available at this link:  http://scott-ludlam.greensmps.org.au/sites/default/files/ltfs-full.pdf

“Everywhere this industry touches down it leaves an imprint of misery and injury, and everywhere it goes it is challenged and fought. If each of us is called on to choose a side in the contest over nuclear energy on a warming planet, then at the very least, let the facts speak.”

03/11/2012 – 13:00