Disaster

ISSUES

Technological disasters

Nuclear accidents and risk
For a long time, a nuclear disaster was deemed unlikely. Nuclear energy was presented as carefully monitored. But when half of the core of a reactor melted in the Three Miles Island (TMI) nuclear power station in the United States in 1979, concern grew. Even though there were no casualties and the radiation was confined by the security system, the accident led to the suspension of the United States' civil nuclear program. For those against nuclear power, this was proof that accidents could indeed happen.

NEWS

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - LONDRES - L'explosion de la plateforme Deepwater Horizon, à l'origine de la marée noire dans le golfe du Mexique, a été...

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - LONDRES -BP doit reconnaître des erreurs dans la gestion de la plateforme Deepwater Horizon, qui a explosé en avril...

NIGERIA - GENEVE - Les fuites de pétrole dans le delta du Niger ont des conséquences sur l'environnement bien "pires" que la...

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DEBATES

When factories explode

Le Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS)

The National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) is a French public research institution (publicly-owned establishment in...

The emerging disaster at Dounreay is a powerful argument for open government.

It is as far out of sight, and as far out of mind, as any...

INITIATIVE

Olga Speranskaya Her crusade against persistent pollutants

Olga Speranskaya believes that “There is strength in numbers”. This Russian scientist brought together NGOs from twelve countries in Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia (EECCA) to form an influential environmental defence movement. The aim: to create a force...

VIDEOS

16/06/2010	So many people across the U.S. want to help with the oil spill, especially...	02/06/2010	What are and will be the effects of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill on the...
11/05/2010	A Brown Pelican covered in oil was found on Storm Island. The bird is...	17/11/2009	Maladie neurologique détruiisant le système nerveux, la maladie de...

GREEN TIPS

Vegetalized barriers against the tsunami

From 2006 to 2007, the government of Tamil Nadu, a state at India’s land’s end (in the south-east) and the...

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