France seeks strategy as nuclear waste site risks saturation point
La Hague, France Reuters At a nuclear waste site in Normandy, robotic arms guided by technicians behind a protective shield manoeuvre a pipe that will turn radioactive chemicals into glass as France seeks to make safe the byproducts of its growing reliance on atomic power. The fuel-cooling pools in La Hague, on the country’s north-western […]
JAPAN: ANTI-NUKE BISHOPS, HIPSTERS GARNER SUPPORT FROM POPE FRANCIS
CLAIRE GIANGRAVÉ, of Religion News Service, reports from Japan in the wake of the recent papal visit…
Pope says no more nukes – even possessing nuclear weapons is “immoral”
Aboard the papal planeRNS Pope Francis’ view on nuclear weapons can be summed up in a few simple words. Just say no. The use and possession of weapons should be made “immoral” under official Catholic teaching, Francis told reporters aboard the papal plane Tuesday taking a new step in terms of the Vatican’s position on […]
Nuclear wasteland selfies draw ire as tourist flock to Chernobyl
Tbilisi, GeorgiaThomson Reuters Foundation A spate of selfie-taking tourists at Chernobyl – one wearing little more than her underwear – in the wake of a hit TV series on the world’s worst nuclear disaster has sparked anger, with the show’s author urging more respect for the dead. The nuclear plant and the abandoned town that neighbours it […]