Were there radioactive materials in the Tianjin warehouse?

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As China races to clean up the still very dangerous Tianjin explosion site, and censors the Internet on news and images of this disaster – we are left with the question  – “What was stored in that warehouse?” The fact that military staff, and International Atomic Energy Agency staff rushed to the area – does make you think that Chinese authorities considered that there was radioactive material stored in that warehouse. If that were the case – the local area and even Beijing might be in danger from radioactive isotopes blown out by the massive explosion.… Continue reading Were there radioactive materials in the Tianjin warehouse?

Notes on the week’s nuclear and climate news

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Christina Macpherson’s websites & blogs WORLD. Ban nuclear weapons – call from Pope Francis on Nagasaki remembrance day. EUROPE. Transatlantic trade and investment partnership (TTIP) provisions undermine democracy. CHINA. Nuclear experts sent to test China’s Tianjin explosion site. Explosion in warehouse supplying nuclear fuel.This item has since disappeared from Internet news. Typhoon Soudelor hits Taiwan, then China’s coast – danger to nuclear stations.  Solar power races ahead as China builds huge station in Gobi desert UKRAINE. More Wildfires Near Chernobyl . JAPAN. Sendai nuclear station restarted because economics are ‘more important’ than human life. But a nuclear revival in Japan is by no… Continue reading Notes on the week’s nuclear and climate news