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Reading Marx’s Brumaire in Mamata’s Bengal

Arindam Sen Exactly as we had forewarned before the 2011 assembly elections, the new government in West Bengal has started baring its fangs. In sync with a series of backtrackings and betrayals on electoral promises and an utterly inhuman, irresponsible… Continue Reading →

Nuclear divestment: the medical case

 by Tim Wright This week the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons launched a major study on the global financing of nuclear weapons producers. The 180-page report argues that banks, pension funds, insurance companies and asset managers should divest from… Continue Reading →

French nuclear giant Areva reports $3.2-bn loss

PARIS — France‘s state-controlled nuclear giant Areva lost euro2.4 billion ($3.2 billion) in 2011, much of that on the back of a troubled uranium mining venture that has been the subject of investigation. Thursday’s dismal figures reflect a difficult year… Continue Reading →

Jaitapur- No Thank You!

Anny Poursinoff intervened today in the Assembly to oppose the agreement between France and India on civilian nuclear energy and show support to the people of Jaitapur who refuse implantation by two Areva EPR on a seismic zone to 400… Continue Reading →

‘Areva reactor meets advanced safety requirements’

NEW DELHI, February 9, 2012 R. Ramachandran There will be no additional cost to the EPR 1650 MWe Pressurised Water Reactor (PWR), a Generation III+ nuclear reactor developed by Areva of France, in complying with the additional safety requirements recommended… Continue Reading →

French Scientists: Childhood Leukemia Spikes Near Nuclear Reactors

  1 February 2012 by: John LaForge, Truthout | News Analysis French researchers have confirmed that childhood leukemia rates are shockingly elevated among children living near nuclear power reactors. The “International Journal of Cancer” has published in January a scientific… Continue Reading →

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