IPPNW affiliates criticize UNSCEAR report on Fukushima
Physicians from 19 IPPNW affiliates have published a critical analysis of a major new UNSCEAR report to the UN General Assembly on the health effects of exposure to ionizing radiation from the nuclear...
View ArticleThe Fukushima nuclear disaster: 8 years on
Eight years after the world’s most complex nuclear disaster, the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plants and spent fuel ponds are still leaking and dangerous, vast amounts of contaminated water...
View ArticleDevastating effects of nuclear weapons are the highest form of violence
War is the most serious threat to public health, with catastrophic effects on infrastructure and environment, and accounts for more deaths and disability than many major diseases combined. It destroys...
View ArticleHow nuclear power powers the bomb
The military requires a robust backbone of civil nuclear infrastructure for their nuclear weapons programs. A new publication, "How Nuclear Power Powers the Bomb," explains the inherent...
View ArticleUranium is also a feminist issue
by Angelika Claussen Around the world, women are resisting the civil and military use of nuclear technology Women have always and everywhere been part of the history of uranium processing and nuclear...
View ArticleThyroid cancer increasing nine years after Fukushima
Fukushima Medical University has published new thyroid cancer data from its ongoing screening study of children exposed to radioactive contamination from the March 2011 reactor meltdowns at the...
View ArticleThe Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant is a ‘dirty bomb’ waiting to happen
After the explosion at the Kakhovka Dam in Ukraine last month, many Ukrainians feared the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant could be next. These concerns have been heightened in recent weeks as both...
View ArticleNuclear power plant safety must supersede political considerations
[The following presentation to the NPT Working Group was delivered by European regional Vice President Dr. Angelika Claussen on behalf of IPPNW on 25 July in Vienna.] Changes in structure and procedure...
View ArticleNo nukes, no war, no warming!
by Drs. Angelika Claussen, Harrison Kuria Karime, Bimal Khadka, and Knut Mork Skagen “What are you guys doing here?” As the first IPPNW delegation attending the UN climate summit (COP28), this was a...
View ArticleDisarmament for Climate Justice and Health: reflections and direction...
by Dr. Bimal Khadka, originally published to Medact’s blog on May 1, 2024. Back in December, the 28th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework on Climate Change (UNFCCC), better known...
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