Nuclear power plant disasters threaten the entire planet. From so-called ‘developed’ Russia to Japan, USA to France; in the aftermath of an accident, thousands of people are deprived of their basic human right to health and subjected to lies and suppression of information. Workers of the nuclear power plant, people who live in that region as well as in other parts of that country, residents of close countries and even consumers from distant places who have to buy the contaminated products; every single one of them is affected. Nuclear Disasters: Chernobyl and Fukushima covers the impacts of accidents in these two nuclear power plants with more clarity since a reasonable amount of time has passed for data accuracy. Even a country as developed as Japan failed to take the first measure after a nuclear power plant accident, iodine tablet distribution, and it has already led to great consequences. A significant lesson learned from all these accidents is that, just like the global climate change, nuclear power plants concern an area larger than the jurisdiction of the state that they are built in, namely they concern every living organism on this planet. Therefore, all the people who will suffer from the negative effects have the right to resist nuclear energy regardless of whichever country a reactor is built in. AUTHORS: Dr. Angelika Claussen is the Head of the European IPPNW (International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War). Within the framework of her anti-nuclear studies, she visited Chernobyl and Fukushima. She also visited Turkey and Iran several times within the scope of her peace studies.
Dr. Alex Rosen is the Vice-President of the German affiliate of IPPNW (International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War). He has initiated public awareness campaigns against all aspects of the nuclear chain, organising conferences in uranium mining sites and anti-nuclear bike tours in Europe and Japan
