Greenpeace activists closed Hydro-Quebec’s head office on René-Lévesque Boulevard in Montreal to call on Hydro-Quebec to shut down its sole nuclear generating station, Gentilly-2, rather than rebuild it at a cost of $2 billion. The Greenpeace protest takes place as Hydro-Quebec is set to ask the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission to renew the Gentilly-2 nuclear … Read more
Greenpeace said the Japanese government’s decision to rate the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident INES level 7 – the same as the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster – is woefully late. Greenpeace called on the Japanese government to immediately step up protective measures for affected populations. The full releases is available online. Call 416-524-8496.
Greenpeace announced that 25 years after the Chernobyl disaster, radiation experts working in the Ukraine have found high levels of radioactive contamination in several types of foods. In one village in the Rivnenska region, Greenpeace said its experts found the isotope caesium in 93 per cent of collected milk samples. The full release is available … Read more
Greenpeace announced that its radiation experts in Japan have discovered high levels of contamination in crops grown on the outskirts of Minamisoma city, near the Fukushima nuclear plant. The group insisted that these findings raise further concern over health and environment risks to those who exist outside of the initial 20km evacuation zone. The full … Read more
Greenpeace announced that upon returning to Tokyo after an assessment of contamination from the troubled Fukushima nuclear plant, a group of its radiation experts will expand their plans to monitor the contamination in the region. Greenpeace's experts are expected to stay in the area until mid-April. The full release is available online. Call +31 (0) … Read more
Greenpeace said that radiation in food and water supplies surrounding the Fukushima/Daiichi nuclear plant calls for more effective protection of public health and an immediate availability of information. The full release is available online. Call 416-524-8496.
