Australia The Radiation Network is potentially global, and we now have some Monitoring Stations reporting intermittently from Australia, and an intermittent station from neighboring Bali, in Indonesia. = Nuclear Site Alert Level = 3 consecutive minutes of lesser of 100 CPM or 2.5 times a Station's baseline *Readings not Equalized means the Monitoring Stations are broadcasting the raw radiation count from their Geiger counters, without adjustment for different count rates existing between various Geiger counter designs. Note the multiple nuclear sites in Australia, including Lucas Heights Nuclear Power Plant just southwest of Sydney, and some thriving Uranium mining regions in South Australia and in the Darwin region of Northern Territory. Further west yet, among the vast stretches of barren plain, are two nuclear test sites, Emu Field and Buffalo Test Site, where above-ground atomic tests occurred in the 1950's. Back to the Radiation Network
Environmental Modification Convention Use of environmental modification techniques for hostile purposes does not play a major role in military planning at the present time. Such techniques might be developed in the future, however, and would pose a threat of serious damage unless action was taken to prohibit their use. In July 1972 the U.S. Government renounced the use of climate modification techniques for hostile purposes, even if their development were proved to be feasible in the future. Both the U.S. During the summit meeting in Moscow in July 1974, President Nixon and General Secretary Brezhnev formally agreed to hold bilateral discussions on how to bring about "the most effective measures possible to overcome the dangers of the use of environmental modification techniques for military purposes." Intensive negotiations held in the CCD during the spring and summer of 1976 resulted in a modified text and, in addition, to understandings regarding four of the Treaty articles. During the 1976 fall session, the U.N. 1. 2.
28 Signs That The West Coast Is Being Absolutely Fried With Nuclear Radiation From Fukushima Michael SnyderActivist Post Update: New article addressing some of the critics who say that this information is "alarmist."Something Is Killing Life All Over The Pacific Ocean – Could It Be Fukushima? The map below comes from the Nuclear Emergency Tracking Center. It shows that radiation levels at radiation monitoring stations all over the country are elevated. Ultimately, all of this nuclear radiation will outlive all of us by a very wide margin. 1. Wildlife experts are studying whether fur loss and open sores detected in nine polar bears in recent weeks is widespread and related to similar incidents among seals and walruses. The bears were among 33 spotted near Barrow, Alaska, during routine survey work along the Arctic coastline. 2. At island rookeries off the Southern California coast, 45 percent of the pups born in June have died, said Sharon Melin, a wildlife biologist for the National Marine Fisheries Service based in Seattle. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. • 73 percent of mackerel tested
New Analysis: Indian Point Nuclear Plant Can be Replaced with Cleaner, Safer Energy Human and Financial Cost of Nuclear Crisis in New York Could Exceed Japan’s Fukushima Disaster NEW YORK--(ENEWSPF)--October 17, 2011. A wide range of safer, cleaner energy options is available to replace Indian Point Energy Center if the nuclear plant is not relicensed in 2015, according to an independent analysis commissioned by the Natural Resources Defense Council and Riverkeeper. Thanks to an energy generation surplus it can be done at no impact to the reliability of the region’s electricity supply and at modest cost. A related new NRDC analysis of the costs and consequences of an accident at Indian Point also reveals it could cause a catastrophe far worse than the Fukushima disaster in Japan. “The world watched the nuclear crisis in Japan with fear and heavy hearts; no one wants to see a repeat here in one of the most densely populated regions of the country,” said NRDC President Frances Beinecke. Safer Energy Alternatives – Available and Ready to Go Source: nrdc.org
Europe Our network currently has a few Monitoring Stations in Europe. Keep your eye open for Yellow circles in Iceland, the Netherlands, Spain, Italy, and some intermittent stations reporting from Switzerland and Germany. = Nuclear Site Alert Level = 3 consecutive minutes of lesser of 100 CPM or 2.5 times a Station's baseline *Readings not Equalized means the Monitoring Stations are broadcasting the raw radiation count from their Geiger counters, without adjustment for different count rates existing between various Geiger counter designs. For instance, models built around a "Pancake" (see Map Legend) style of Geiger-Mueller tube typically have a 3 times count rate over Standard tubed models. Back to the Radiation Network
Geoengineering sparks international ban, first-ever congressional report A senior House Democrat from Tennessee issued the first congressional report on geoengineering Friday, just as delegates from 193 nations approved a ban on such research under a global biodiversity treaty. The debate over whether humans should explore ways to manipulate the climate has taken on increased urgency over the past year, as efforts to curb greenhouse gas emissions linked to global warming have encountered political roadblocks in the United States and elsewhere. While some scientists and environmentalists have called for geoengineering research as a precautionary measure against catastrophic global warming, activists hailed the moratorium as a way to keep individual actors from altering the climate. The prohibition does not apply to the United States, which has yet to ratify the convention. The National Science Foundation is best positioned to take the lead on the matter, according to the 56-page report, which also identifies several other agencies that can play a key role.
Fukushima's Radioactive Water Leak: What You Should Know Patrick J. Kiger Tensions are rising in Japan over radioactive water leaking into the Pacific Ocean from Japan's crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, a breach that has defied the plant operator's effort to gain control. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Wednesday called the matter “an urgent issue” and ordered the government to step in and help in the clean-up, following an admission by Tokyo Electric Power Company that water is seeping past an underground barrier it attempted to create in the soil. It marked a significant escalation in pressure for TEPCO, which has come under severe criticism since what many view as its belated acknowledgement July 22 that contaminated water has been leaking for some time. Q: How long has contaminated water been leaking from the plant into the Pacific? Shunichi Tanaka, head of Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority, has told reporters that it’s probably been happening since an earthquake and tsunami touched off the disaster in March 2011.
Key European Nuclear Firms Attacked By Variation On Stuxnet Virus Several European firms that create software that controls industrial facilities, including nuclear reactors, have been hit by a virus that extracts information from their systems, The New York Times reports. The virus, known as Duqu, appears to have been made by the same people who made the Stuxnet virus, an infamous cyber weapon that attacked the Iran nuclear program last summer. Internet security organization Symantec describe Duqu on their website: Duqu is essentially the precursor to a future Stuxnet-like attack. One key point outlined by Systemac is that whoever created the file has access to the source code of Stuxnet, and is likely the creator of the previous virus. But who created Stuxnet? Vikram Thakur of Symantec told the Times, “This is extremely sophisticated, this is cutting edge.”
Detail Maps This page is devoted to detailed maps for regions of particular interest. Many have asked that overlapping stations be "spread apart", so this is how we are doing that. = Nuclear Site Alert Level = 3 consecutive minutes of lesser of 100 CPM or 2.5 times a Station's baseline *Readings not Equalized means the Monitoring Stations are broadcasting the raw radiation count from their Geiger counters, without adjustment for different count rates existing between various Geiger counter designs. For instance, models built around a "Pancake" (see Map Legend) style of Geiger-Mueller tube typically have a 3 times count rate over Standard tubed models. Southwest Back to the Radiation Network
Let's kill all the good guys - National Human Rights The Central Intelligence Agency's private security contractors, mercenaries such as Blackwater USA (Xe) for the U.S. “locate and assassinate” Americans program in existence according to government officials and reported by Stephen Crowley in The New York Times received a little more media coverage this week thanks to Chuck Norris and Paul Craig Roberts. Still hidden, however, is that the program has been operational on U.S. soil against innocent Americans and is intensifying. It is not a matter of "if" or "when" the program advances to include dissidents and other innocent Targeted Individuals. A Targeted Individual is a person targeted "by extreme forms of harassment such as ... Private Investigator Bill Taylor who has investigated 300 to 400 Targeted Individual cases stated last week that these targets are "the greatest" Americans. Cointelpro, that shocked the nation after the Church Committee investigation, never ended according to former FBI agent, M. Ms. Letter to President Obama
U.S. energy secretary visits Fukushima in person two-and-a-half years later, stunned and shocked, 'daunting' task ahead (NaturalNews) The majority of Americans already understand that the federal government is incapable of securing prosperity and protecting the health of the people. US leaders have been assaulting their country into debt for many years now, enslaving the country to its own world reserve currency and Federal Reserve Bank. The current administration can't even put together a working website to take over health care as was intended. Entrusted to bring "affordable health care to all," the federal government has done the opposite, as millions are now witnessing higher monthly insurance costs. So what makes one think that the US would be prompt, responsible and ready to respond to a nuclear disaster that's affecting its own shores? How efficient could the US really be in helping countries like Japan clean up nuclear radiation that has drifted across the Pacific Ocean? Maybe now the US administration is interested in protecting its own coast? Ernest Moniz, U.S. Sources for this article include: