Beyond Nuclear International Weekly Digest, MONDAY, JUNE 5, 2023

Posted: 18th June 2023

Due to an earlier send failure to subscribers, we are this week re-promoting two articles published on May 8: Director, Oliver Stone, is fanning the flames of pro-nuclear propaganda with his new film, Nuclear Now. But the pervasive fission fantasies - and likely Stone’s film - are fated to fizzle, says Linda Pentz Gunter. Fukushima refugee, Mizue Kanno offers her testimonial in a new short film series—Voices of Nuclear Victims.

Pro-nukers find their Bacchus

The nuclear lobby is overjoyed to have Hollywood director, Oliver Stone, and his new film, Nuclear Now, on their team. But during an international junket for his film, some news outlets saw Stone’s fondness for Russian despot, Vladimir Putin, as the bigger story. Stone and the pro-nukers may be reveling in their propaganda tsunami now, but history will condemn them for sabotaging climate fixes. READ MORE

Fukushima testimonial of loss

Mizue Kanno was forced to evacuate during the still on-going Fukushima nuclear disaster. Now she listens to the accounts of others who fled. And she argues that those trapped by the tsunami or earthquake who could not be rescued due to high radiation levels in those areas, should also be considered victims of the nuclear accident. READ MORE

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