Beyond Nuclear International Weekly Digest, 6.9.23

Posted: 6th September 2023

A number of nuclear executives and their political allies have gone to prison or are facing sentencing for racketeering, bribery and corruption. But where actually is the line between the big money bags of official lobbying and criminal activity? Linda Pentz Gunter looks at some of the recent scandals. All of us, as well as flora and fauna everywhere, have been exposed to radioactive fallout, making us global Hibakusha, writes M.V. Ramana.

Is it lobbying or bribery?

Politicians and nuclear company executives are being charged, tried and sentenced for bribery and corruption in connection with their activities supporting the continued use of nuclear power in their states. Meanwhile, vast sums of money are spent by nuclear companies on Capitol Hill persuading politicians to pass legislation that will deliver huge handouts to the nuclear industry. One is legal and the other isn’t, but is there really that big of a difference? READ MORE

We have all been dosed

Nuclear testing deposited radioactive fallout around the world, exposing humans and every living animal and plant and making all of us Hibakusha, the Japanese term for those exposed by the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings. Even underground tests vented radiation into the air. And these radioactive releases continue, including from nuclear accidents and reprocessing plants. READ MORE

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