On this page you find a list of Laka publications in chronological order.
As you see part of the publications (ranging from scientific research to
newspaper articles) are written in English
All Laka publications are available on this site; some of them only in pdf-format,
but most of them also in html. As you may see, some of our older publications are
still in the lay-out of Laka's earlier website. But we are working on that, too.
A short introduction of each publication is given; on this English page only for
publications published in English. If you're looking for introductions on Dutch reports,
please visit the Dutch version of this page.
Besides publications written by Laka, a very small selection of publications,
Laka collaborated in and wrote a part for it, are listed.
First there is a list of articles,
then you will find an overview of books, research reports and brochures, but it is
also possile to go directly to the list of publications Laka collaborated in.
(selected) articles and press-release
'Medical Isotope Production. Conversion from HEU to LEU based production
and alternative methods' (February 2009) [English]
Since 1992 the US restricted its high-enriched uranium (HEU) exports to encourage other countries
to convert civilian facilities to low-enriched uranium (LEU), which can't be used directly to make
nuclear weapons. Instead in mid 2005 Congress passed the Energy Policy Act of 2005, which includes
provisions relaxing restrictions on HEU exports for medical isotope production. The primary
beneficiaries of the new law are producers of medical radioisotopes.
(pdf)
'Thorium nuclear fuel cycle: an alternative' (February 2008) [English]
For fifty years, the nuclear industry is looking for thorium as an alternative for
uranium-based nuclear power. The main reasons are aid to be the abundance of thorium and the
fact that the thorium-base cycle is less proliferation-sensitive than uranium. But is this
really the case: can thorium be an alternative for uranium?
(pdf)
'In time of hype, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act' (September 2007) [English]
The war of words over Iran's nuclear ambitions has escalated recently, with the French Foreign Minister
Bernard Kouchner warning the world to "prepare for the worst, and the worst is war" (although later withdrawn)
and especially a spate of articles in the US print media targeting ElBaradei and the IAEA after agreeing on
a time-schedule with Iran to answer outstanding questions about Iran's nuclear program.
This article examines the latest developments and analyses the role of the IAEA and ElBaradei
(pdf)
UF6-transporten in Nederland - export naar Rusland (mei 2007)
[pdf]
Monopolizing the fuel supply: The GNEP, GNPI and Fuel Bank initiatives (March 2007) [English]
One of the ways the nuclear society wants to 'solve' the problem of proliferation is to monopolize the nuclear
infrastructure and technology and restrict access to nuclear fuel. Internationally several initiatives
are currently being developed.
But all these initiatives are undermining Article IV of the Non proliferation Treaty-- and with
that the entire NPT, because Article IV is the 'carrot' in the NPT-'stick'.
Even if proposals to limit the accessibility of technology and nuclear fuel could somehow be
brought into force, it would still not result in eliminating the proliferation risks associated with
a (foreseen) large expansion of nuclear power.
[pdf]
UNEP: No uraniumweapons in Lebanon (January 2007) [English]
The long awaited report by the UNEP about
the environmental consequences of the Libanon-war is published. The investigation has
not found any evidence that (depleted, natural or enriched) uranium weaponry by the
Israeli Defense Forces have been used. The attention was especially focussed on
soil samples from a crater in the neighborhood of Khiam in southeast Lebanon.
Reports and rumours went the rounds in the international media during and after
the 2006 war regarding the use of depleted uranium and/or uranium weapons at this
specific site at Khiam.
[html]
Did Israel use experimental bombs with (enriched) uranium in Lebanon? (december 2006) [English]
At the end of October The Independent (UK) reported on the possible find of
enriched uranium in a bomb crater at Khiam (Lebanon). In the frontpage article Dr Chris Busby from the European Committee on Radiation Risks (ECRR) speculates
on the use of an experimental uranium bomb by the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF).
Is this the smoking gun of what the 'believers' in the anti-uranium weapons movement have always
believed, namely that uranium is used in large guided munitions; or do we have to deal here with
constructed proof caused by a state of mind, called tunnel vision?
[html]
[pdf]
UNEP: No evidence of uranium munitions used in Lebanon (November 2006) [English]
UNEP reports that there investigation teams have not measured radiation levels
higher than the background level in Lebanon. In addition, based on laboratory
analyses of samples, UNEP excludes the military use of DU or use of uranium with
another composition of isotopes in Lebanon.
[html]
Depleted Uranium (DU) munitions used in Lebanon? (October 2006) [English]
After a fact-finding mission to Lebanon late September, the Laka Foundation concludes:
there is no reason to believe that DU weaponry has been used in Lebanon by the
Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) during the July/August 2006 war.
[html]
Desinformatiecampagne dwarsboomt strijd tegen uraniumwapens (april 2006)
[html]
[pdf]
De omvang van de kernramp in Tsjernobyl volgens het IAEA (april 2006)
[html]
[pdf]
Review: PSR report on Depleted Uranium health issues (december 2005) [English]
A review of the new report on health effects of depleted uranium. The
report is written by the Physicians for Social Responsibility.
[html]
[pdf]
Kernenergie: problematiseren en politiseren (augustus 2005)
[html]
[pdf]
The Medical Investigation into the Bijlmermeer Aviation
Disaster and depleted uranium (october 2003) [English]
A total overview on DU and the aftermath of the 1992 plane
crash in Amsterdam Southeast with regards to the medical investigation.
[html]
[pdf]
Verarmd Uranium: Vragen en antwoorden (augustus 2003)
[html]
[pdf]
Ziek van de oorlog. Recensie: Met stille trom (november 2002)
[html]
[pdf]
Het sprookje van de veilige reactor: HFR-hoorzitting gemeente Zijpe (november 2002)
[html]
Een radioactief kraakpand in Wageningen? (maart 2002)
[html]
De radioactieve bron op het ITAL-terrein (oktober 2001)
[html]
UNEP rapport over verarmd uranium in Kosovo (maart 2001)
[html]
Dutch commission for disposal of radioactive waste publishes final report (februari
2001) [English]
The Dutch commission on the final storage of radioactive waste
proposes to store the high level waste in an underground repository. Laka responds
and critisises the decision.
[html]
Cora's keus voor ondergrondse opslag kernafval voorbarig (februari 2001)
[html]
Sluiting HFR Petten? Alternatieve productie-methoden Technetium-99m (juli 2000)
[html]
[pdf]
De link tussen kernenergie en kernwapens (voorjaar 2000)
[html]
Discussion storage nuclear waste requires new set up and phase-out of nuclear energy
(januari 2000) [English]
There is no solution for the storage of high-level and long-living
radioactive waste. The production of nuclear energy and the generation of new waste
has to be stopped. All the knowledge has to focussed on research and development
to diminish the threat.
[html]
Discussie opslag kernafval vergt nieuwe opzet en einde kernenergie (januari 2000)
[html]
Nuclear waste and ethics are inconsistent (januari 2000) [English]
Production and storage of nuclear waste is ethically unjustifiable and
not consistent with sustainable development. Press release
[html]
Kernafval en ethiek gaan niet samen (januari 2000)
[html]
ECN, NRG en nucleair onderzoek (october 1999)
[html]
[pdf]
Factsheet: levensduurverkorting een illusie? (november 1998)
[html]
[pdf]
Persbericht: Levensduurverkorting radioactief afval een illusie (november 1998)
[html]
[pdf]
Kernenergie heeft geboden kansen niet waargemaakt (juli 1997)
[html]
A future for the HTR? (januari 1997) [English]
Was it a good idea to work on a 30 year old concept without having new ideas?
[html]
Het einde van de HTR? (januari 1997)
[html]
De HTR. Een veilige kernreactor? (juli 1996)
[html]
De Russische erfenis van de Koude Oorlog (juni/juli 1996)
[html]
Stralingsexperimenten VS. Een halve eeuw atoombeschaving;
een halve eeuw barbarij (juni/juli 1995)
[html]
[pdf]
Country status reports (jan/oct 1995) [English]
An up-date overview of the regarding nuclear policy and facilities
in countries en route of the Walk for a Nuclear Free World.
[html]
Modificatie Borssele: tot elke prijs (december 1994)
[html]
Dodewaard 25 jaar: Neerlands oudste kerncentrale (mei 1994)
[html]
Dodewaard moet dicht! (nov/dec 1992)
[html]
Voedselbestraling heeft eigenlijk alleen maar nadelen (augustus 1992)
[html]
Een tweede aanval op Irak? Over des-informatie, resolutie 687,
kernwapens en kernenergie (september 1991)
[html]
[pdf]
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books and brochures
Medical Radioisotope Production Without A Nuclear Reactor (mei 2010) [English]
Currently more than 80% of the medical radioisotopes are produced by
research reactors. The remaining isotopes are made by particle accelerators, mostly with circular
accelerators (cyclotrons) and sometimes with linear accelerators (linacs), or by other
methods. Production of medical isotopes is used by the nuclear industry as public relation
for nuclear research reactors. This report is answering the key question: Is it possible
to ban the use of research reactors for the production of medical radioisotopes?
The answer is 'yes'.
[pdf]
Chernobyl Chronology 1986-2006 (april 2006) [English]
A very extensive historical overview about Chernobyl: safety doubts pre-1986,
the accident itself, the reasons for it, consequences en measurements. Worldwide.
Published on a beautiful website and updated regurlarly
[html]
Stralingsexperimenten Koninklijke Marine 1960-1966 (2003/Nov.2005)
[html]
[pdf]
Akties tegen kernenergie 1960 - 2004 (september 2005)
[html]
[pdf]
Bodemsanering IKO/NIKHEF terrein (juli 2002)
[html]
[pdf]
ITAL Wageningen: atoomenergie in de landbouw (februari 2002)
[html]
[pdf]
Gaskousjesfabriek Amsterdam Oost/Watergraafsmeer (mei 2001)
[html]
[pdf]
Kernenergie in Nederland?! (april 2001)
[html]
Where and How Much Depleted Uranium Has Been Fired? (maart 2001) [English]
An overview of all sites, including testfire ranges and war zone areas
where DU antitank shells have been used so far.
[html]
[pdf]
Ontmanteling deeltjesversneller NIKHEF (april 2000)
[html]
[pdf]
Discussion on nuclear waste:
A Survey on Public
Participation, Decision-making and Discussions in Eight Countries (januari 2000) [English]
An overview on how the public in eight countries was
involved in the decision-making process on the destination of nuclear waste: Belgium,
Canada, France, Germany, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom
[html]
[pdf]
Kernafval en kernethiek - hoofdrapport (januari 2000)
[html]
Nuclear Waste and Nuclear Ethics (januari 2000) [English]
A literature study on the ethics and justification principles
on the production and the storage of nuclear waste. Shortened version of the Dutch main report
[html]
[pdf]
Kernafval en kernethiek - rapport in hoofdlijnen (januari 2000)
[html]
[pdf]
Depleted Uranium. A post-war disaster for environment
and health (mei 1999) [English]
A brochure on the use of depleted uranium in the 1991 Gulf War and in the
wars in the Balkans and the impact on the local environment and the health
of local citizens and soldiers.
[html]
[pdf]
Bodem onderzoek voormalig NIKHEF-terrein (maart 1999)
[html]
[pdf]
Overview of nuclear power status (november 1998) [English]
This worldwide country by country overview focusses solely on nuclear reactors
[html]
[pdf]
Risico's van het militaire gebruik van verarmd uranium (juni 1998)
[html]
[pdf]
"....en als het toch verbrand is...?" (april 1998)
[html]
[pdf]
De nucleaire erfenis van 50 jaar onderzoek. De sloop van het NIKHEF-terrein
(maart 1997)
[html]
[pdf]
Kernenergie geen remedie tegen broeikaseffect (oktober 1996)
[html]
[pdf]
Steps to a nuclear-free world (januari 1995) [English]
From mid-January to mid-October 1995, hundreds of people
walk through a large part of Europe for a nuclear free world. The walk is
being organised by For Mother Earth and starts in Brussels and will end in
Moscow. Reasons for the walk: It is exactly 50 years ago that the dawn of the
nuclear age broke. 25 Years ago a treaty came into being, aimed at stopping
the spread of nuclear weapons: the Non-Proliferation Treaty. It is 40 years
after the first call for a Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) by president
Nehru of India. October 12, 1995 is the International Day for Solidarity
with Indigenous People. The report gives an up-to-date overview of all these issues.
And more...
[html]
[pdf]
Verarmd Uranium en de Bijlmerramp (december 1994)
[html]
[pdf]
Het dossier kernenergie kan gesloten worden (april 1993)
[html]
[pdf]
1977-1986 Tien jaar verzet tegen kernenergie (april 1987)
[html]
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(a small selection of) Laka collaborations
A.Q. Khan, Urenco and the proliferation of nuclear weapons technology (May 2004)
Greenpeace International published this report subtitled:
"The symbiotic relation between nuclear energy and nuclear weapons.
Hard evidience for the direct link between nuclear energy and nuclear weapons."
Among the autors Henk van der Keur (Laka Foundation) [English]
[summary in html]
[pdf]
Ban Uranium Weapons. Experts Panel (november 2004) [Engels]
On the precautionary principle; the DU Draft Convention; the burdon of proof and the ICRP. Organised by ICBUW Netherlands & Laka.
With presentations by: Dr. Keith Baverstock, Prof.Dr. Manfred Mohr, Mr. Wim van den Burg, Miss Krista van Velzen
[pdf]
