DiaNuke.org https://www.dianuke.org/ DIALOGUES and RESOURCES on Nuclear, Nature, and Society Tue, 14 Apr 2026 20:17:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.dianuke.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/cropped-DiaNuke-favicon-transparent-1.png DiaNuke.org https://www.dianuke.org/ 32 32 22906063 Final disposal site for high-level radioactive waste on Japan’s Minamitorishima island, a fraught enterprise https://www.dianuke.org/final-disposal-site-for-high-level-radioactive-waste-on-japans-minamitorishima-island-a-fraught-enterprise/ https://www.dianuke.org/final-disposal-site-for-high-level-radioactive-waste-on-japans-minamitorishima-island-a-fraught-enterprise/#respond Tue, 14 Apr 2026 12:02:02 +0000 https://www.dianuke.org/?p=35258 Citizens’ Nuclear Information Center | 14 April 2026 CNIC Statement: The geological disposal of high-level radioactive waste on Minamitorishima-island is fraught with difficult issues On April 13, Shibuya Masaaki, Mayor of Ogasawara Village, Tokyo, stated at a public briefing regarding the government’s request to conduct a literature survey on MinamitorishimaRead More

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]]> https://www.dianuke.org/final-disposal-site-for-high-level-radioactive-waste-on-japans-minamitorishima-island-a-fraught-enterprise/feed/ 0 35258 Radioactive animals don’t glow — but they bear radiation’s imprints https://www.dianuke.org/radioactive-animals-dont-glow-but-they-bear-radiations-imprints/ https://www.dianuke.org/radioactive-animals-dont-glow-but-they-bear-radiations-imprints/#respond Wed, 08 Apr 2026 15:41:13 +0000 https://www.dianuke.org/?p=35250 Jennifer Weeks | Science News Explores From wolves to wasps, wild species at nuclear sites help reveal risks of radiation exposure   In comic books and movies, radiation can be a source of superpowers. The bite of a radioactive spider turned Peter Parker into Spider-Man, allowing him to spin webs and swing between buildings.Read More

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]]> https://www.dianuke.org/radioactive-animals-dont-glow-but-they-bear-radiations-imprints/feed/ 0 35250 Transgenerational mutational signature in offspring of former Chernobyl cleanup workers https://www.dianuke.org/transgenerational-mutational-signature-in-offspring-of-former-chernobyl-cleanup-workers/ https://www.dianuke.org/transgenerational-mutational-signature-in-offspring-of-former-chernobyl-cleanup-workers/#respond Wed, 08 Apr 2026 13:56:06 +0000 https://www.dianuke.org/?p=35243 Fabian Brand et.al. | Scientific Reports Journal   Researchers have found that DNA damage caused by ionizing radiation from the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster is appearing in the children of those who were exposed—marking the first clear evidence of such effects being passed down across generations. Full journal article availableRead More

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]]> https://www.dianuke.org/transgenerational-mutational-signature-in-offspring-of-former-chernobyl-cleanup-workers/feed/ 0 35243 Medicine and nuclear power: A fact-sheet https://www.dianuke.org/medicine-and-nuclear-power-a-fact-sheet/ https://www.dianuke.org/medicine-and-nuclear-power-a-fact-sheet/#respond Sun, 05 Apr 2026 19:27:09 +0000 https://www.dianuke.org/?p=35234 “Modern medicine does not depend on nuclear power. All electricity producing reactors could be shut down permanently with little or no impact on best medical practices.” – Dr. Gordon Edwards, President, Canadian Coalition for Nuclear Responsibility

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]]> https://www.dianuke.org/medicine-and-nuclear-power-a-fact-sheet/feed/ 0 35234 Is nuclear power needed to create medical isotopes? “No!,” says Dr. Gordon Edwards, President, Canadian Coalition for Nuclear Responsibility https://www.dianuke.org/is-nuclear-power-needed-to-create-medical-isotopes-no-says-dr-gordon-edwards-president-canadian-coalition-for-nuclear-responsibility/ https://www.dianuke.org/is-nuclear-power-needed-to-create-medical-isotopes-no-says-dr-gordon-edwards-president-canadian-coalition-for-nuclear-responsibility/#respond Sun, 05 Apr 2026 19:17:58 +0000 https://www.dianuke.org/?p=35221  Do we need nuclear power to create medical isotopes? Dr. Gordon Edwards, President, Canadian Coalition for Nuclear Responsibility addresses this and related questions in this webinar.

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]]> https://www.dianuke.org/is-nuclear-power-needed-to-create-medical-isotopes-no-says-dr-gordon-edwards-president-canadian-coalition-for-nuclear-responsibility/feed/ 0 35221 15th Rio de Janeiro International Uranium Film Festival https://www.dianuke.org/15th-rio-de-janeiro-international-uranium-film-festival/ https://www.dianuke.org/15th-rio-de-janeiro-international-uranium-film-festival/#respond Sun, 05 Apr 2026 18:54:25 +0000 https://www.dianuke.org/?p=35222 https://uraniumfilmfestival.org/files/2026_uranium_film_festival_rio_de_janeiro_catalog_-_english.pdf

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]]> https://www.dianuke.org/15th-rio-de-janeiro-international-uranium-film-festival/feed/ 0 35222 Nuclear energy: Fusion power unlikely to become competitive https://www.dianuke.org/nuclear-energy-fusion-power-unlikely-to-become-competitive/ https://www.dianuke.org/nuclear-energy-fusion-power-unlikely-to-become-competitive/#respond Sat, 04 Apr 2026 20:55:17 +0000 https://www.dianuke.org/?p=35218 Lingxi Tang, Bessie Noll, Anurag Panda & Tobias S. Schmidt | Nature Energy Journal     While nuclear fusion power is often hailed as a future source of abundant, clean energy, current dominant fusion designs, magnetic and laser inertial, are unlikely to become competitive due to their expected low experience rates.Read More

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]]> https://www.dianuke.org/nuclear-energy-fusion-power-unlikely-to-become-competitive/feed/ 0 35218 Chernobyl’s Footprint in Bulgaria: Silence, Exposure, and the Collapse of Trust https://www.dianuke.org/chernobyls-footprint-in-bulgaria-silence-exposure-and-the-collapse-of-trust/ https://www.dianuke.org/chernobyls-footprint-in-bulgaria-silence-exposure-and-the-collapse-of-trust/#respond Fri, 03 Apr 2026 20:10:45 +0000 https://www.dianuke.org/?p=35211 Chernobyl’s Footprint in Bulgaria: Silence, Exposure, and the Collapse of Trust Hugo Dos Santos | Green European Journal Forty years after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, Bulgaria remains deeply marked by that experience. As the only country in the socialist bloc to take no protective measures, it paid a heavy price.Read More

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]]> https://www.dianuke.org/chernobyls-footprint-in-bulgaria-silence-exposure-and-the-collapse-of-trust/feed/ 0 35211 Four Decades since Chernobyl: The accident’s legacy and European environmental security https://www.dianuke.org/four-decades-since-chernobyl-the-accidents-legacy-and-european-environmental-security/ https://www.dianuke.org/four-decades-since-chernobyl-the-accidents-legacy-and-european-environmental-security/#respond Fri, 03 Apr 2026 15:40:39 +0000 https://www.dianuke.org/?p=35202  Panel discussion organised by the Ukrainian Institute London and the Royal Society of Arts (RSA)

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]]> https://www.dianuke.org/four-decades-since-chernobyl-the-accidents-legacy-and-european-environmental-security/feed/ 0 35202 If you love this planet: An unapologetic argument for nuclear disarmament https://www.dianuke.org/if-you-love-this-planet-an-unapologetic-argument-for-nuclear-disarmament/ https://www.dianuke.org/if-you-love-this-planet-an-unapologetic-argument-for-nuclear-disarmament/#respond Thu, 19 Feb 2026 14:38:31 +0000 https://www.dianuke.org/?p=35179 Original article: Aeon.co A peace activist’s harrowing account of nuclear war is a visceral case for disarmament In the wake of the Manhattan Project, humanity, for the first time in its existence, became eminently capable of its own destruction. And it’s a reality we’ve been living with ever since. InRead More

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