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UNSCEAR members protest against minimising health effects of Fukushima radiation
http://nuclear-news.net/2013/08/10/unscear-members-protest-against-minimising-health-effects-of-fukushima-radiation/
Shocked UNSCEAR members in Belgium protest “It even goes back behind the lessons of Chernobyl and other studies.”
Original post: Marc Molitor
Les délégués belges indignés: “On minimise les conséquences de Fukushima” by Marc Molitor
http://www.rtbf.be/info/societe/detail_les-delegues-belges-indignes-on-minimise-les-consequences-de-fukushima?id=8042566
English translation by Alex Rosen, M.D., Vice-chairman, German IPPNW
Shocked UNSCEAR members in Belgium protest
“It even goes back behind the lessons of Chernobyl and other studies.”
Discussions continue in UNSCEAR, the organization of the United Nations responsible for assessing the consequences of nuclear disasters and radiation. The committee prepared a report submitted for discussion amongst experts from different countries at a recent meeting in Vienna – a report that has aroused the indignation of the Belgian delegation: “Everything seems to be written, its members say, to minimize the consequences of the Fukushima disaster. It even goes back behind the lessons of Chernobyl and other studies.”
The Belgian delegation includes several experts in the study of nuclear energy. UNSCEAR must submit its report to the General Assembly of the United Nations next fall.
Back in Brussels, the head of delegation, Hans Van Marcke delivered his critical impressions on UNSCEAR’s conclusions in a presentation to the ABR, the Belgian Association for Radiation Protection. According to our information, the discussions were so tense and the Belgian were so shocked that they threaten not to sign the report and some thought even of leaving the conference. They were offered to include their objections and those of others, mainly English experts in a new, revised document. But the past has shown that it is the secretariat and the rapporteurs who lead the agenda and who give the text its final orientation, and that the greatest vigilance is needed to see to it that the final versions adequately reflects the discussions.
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Shocked UNSCEAR members in Belgium protest “It even goes back behind the lessons of Chernobyl and other studies.”
Original post: Marc Molitor
Les délégués belges indignés: “On minimise les conséquences de Fukushima” by Marc Molitor
http://www.rtbf.be/info/societe/detail_les-delegues-belges-indignes-on-minimise-les-consequences-de-fukushima?id=8042566
English translation by Alex Rosen, M.D., Vice-chairman, German IPPNW
Shocked UNSCEAR members in Belgium protest
“It even goes back behind the lessons of Chernobyl and other studies.”
Discussions continue in UNSCEAR, the organization of the United Nations responsible for assessing the consequences of nuclear disasters and radiation. The committee prepared a report submitted for discussion amongst experts from different countries at a recent meeting in Vienna – a report that has aroused the indignation of the Belgian delegation: “Everything seems to be written, its members say, to minimize the consequences of the Fukushima disaster. It even goes back behind the lessons of Chernobyl and other studies.”
The Belgian delegation includes several experts in the study of nuclear energy. UNSCEAR must submit its report to the General Assembly of the United Nations next fall.
Back in Brussels, the head of delegation, Hans Van Marcke delivered his critical impressions on UNSCEAR’s conclusions in a presentation to the ABR, the Belgian Association for Radiation Protection. According to our information, the discussions were so tense and the Belgian were so shocked that they threaten not to sign the report and some thought even of leaving the conference. They were offered to include their objections and those of others, mainly English experts in a new, revised document. But the past has shown that it is the secretariat and the rapporteurs who lead the agenda and who give the text its final orientation, and that the greatest vigilance is needed to see to it that the final versions adequately reflects the discussions.
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This photojournalist has an amazing collection, including a series of photos documenting systematic undercounting of radiation.
Koriyama: As with all official measuring posts checked by me (37 of 1,341) this one also shows a value almost 50% too low compared to my calibrated Geiger counter.
http://www.neureuters.de/umwelt/fukushima
