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Displaying 149 of about 149 resultsThis report aims to make a contribution to the discussion on how both the prevailing climate and potential nuclear threats may interact with each other. Despite an increased understanding of the climate and nuclear threat and a growing urgency for action on both fronts, little attention has been given to how they may interact with each other. This updat…
The U.S. nuclear industry is preparing to present regulators with a streamlined package of voluntary safety improvements that it says could be put into effect quickly, writes Matthew L. Wald on the Green blog of the New York Times. Adrian Heymer, the executive director of strategic programs at the Nuclear Energy Institute, said that a clear problem at F…
The EU has had legislation in place to prevent and control major accidents in the chemical industry since 1976, following an accident at a pesticides and herbicides plant in Seveso, Italy. Now, a year after the red sludge disaster at an alumina plant in Hungary, the Environment Committee is voting on revisions to the Seveso II rules. Hungarian Christian…
Amid the heightened attention given to the issue of nuclear safety and security in recent months, world leaders will convene at United Nations Headquarters this week to discuss how to advance this goal as well as to promote the entry into force of the treaty that bans all nuclear testing.
Tomorrow Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will convene the High-lev…
Trece Martires City, Cavite - The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Region IV-A hosted recently a two-day workshop on preparedness and response to oil spill held at Splash Mountain Resort in Los Banos, Laguna.
The workshop was attended by members of the Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council (DRRMC) from the eight coastal towns…
Fredrik Dahl reports for Reuters that the U.N. atomic agency would carry out international safety checks of ten percent of the world's reactor units over a three-year period, under a draft action plan to prevent any repeat of Japan's nuclear crisis.
A document from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), obtained by Reuters on Monday, outlined a…
Part 1: Chernobyl's legacy: health, environmental and socio-economic impacts
Nearly 20 years after the Chernobyl nuclear power plant (NPP) accident, many questions remained unanswered regarding the health, environmental, and socio-economic consequences of the disaster. The individuals and countries most affected had yet to obtain a clear sci…
Ladies and gentlemen, good afternoon. I am happy to see you again. Tomorrow, I will have a press conference where we can discuss a broad range of issues of our work.
Today, I would like to focus my press conference on this official launching of the Global Platform. I would like to focus on the 2011 Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction, a…
By Ana Mosneaga
Nuclear accidents and similar hazards were not among the leading topics during the UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (WCDRR) held in March 2015 in Sendai, Japan. Apart from one session dedicated to the issue of technological hazards, the nuclear accident in Fukushima that shocked Japan and the world four years ago did not re…
This report summarizes the outcomes of the assessment and desk-review analysis undertaken of achievements in disaster risk reduction (DRR) and the implementation of Hyogo Framework for Action in Kyrgyzstan, which aims to be included in the preparation of the second Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction for the period 2010-2011.
It first i…
New technologies have sometimes had very harmful effects, but in many cases the early warning signs have been suppressed or ignored. The second volume of Late Lessons from Early Warnings investigates specific cases where danger signals have gone unheeded, in some cases leading to deaths, illness and environmental destruction.
The first volume of Late…
Colourful murals have been used to deliver life-saving messages on COVID-19 in some of Fiji’s poorest communities. Young community members, along with local artists, used their painting skills to create vivid images that have delivered simple yet powerful messages on how to stay safe from the virus.
The initiative was developed by the Fijian G…
By Kieran Cooke
More than 30 years after it exploded, Chernobyl’s legacy still casts a baleful shadow over hundreds of thousands of lives.
The risk of an accident with civil nuclear power may be small, but when an accident does happen the impact may be immense, as a new book on Chernobyl’s legacy makes clear.
The nuclear industry promotes its technol…
The European Union (EU), together with its Mongolian partners, has successfully implemented a joint project aimed at enhancing and strengthening the nuclear safety and safeguards regulatory framework in Mongolia in accordance with the highest standards of safety and best international practice adopted in the EU.
This €1.1 million project was financed t…