Sun Xiaodi has spent more than a decade petitioning the central Chinese authorities over
radioactive contamination
Radioactive contamination, also called radiological pollution, is the deposition of, or presence of radioactive substances on surfaces or within solids, liquids, or gases (including the human body), where their presence is unintended or undesirab ...
from the No. 792 Uranium Mine in the Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in
Gansu Province
Gansu (, ; alternately romanized as Kansu) is a province in Northwest China. Its capital and largest city is Lanzhou, in the southeast part of the province.
The seventh-largest administrative district by area at , Gansu lies between the Tibet ...
. In 2006, he received the prestigious
Nuclear-Free Future Award Since 1998 the Nuclear-Free Future Award (NFFA) is an award given to anti-nuclear activists, organizations and communities. The award is intended to promote opposition to uranium mining, nuclear weapons and nuclear power.
The NFFA is a project o ...
.
Environmental activist who exposed radiation pollution in Gansu denied medical treatment
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See also
*List of Nuclear-Free Future Award recipients Since 1998 the Nuclear-Free Future Award (NFFA) is an award given to anti-nuclear activists, organizations and communities. The award is intended to promote opposition to uranium mining, nuclear weapons and nuclear power.
The NFFA is a project of t ...
*Uranium in the environment
Uranium in the environment refers to the science of the sources, environmental behaviour, and effects of uranium on humans and other animals. Uranium is weakly radioactive and remains so because of its long physical half-life (4.468 billion years ...
*Uranium mining debate
The uranium mining debate covers the political and environmental controversies of uranium mining for use in either nuclear power or nuclear weapons.
Background and public debate
As of 2009, in terms of uranium production, Kazakhstan was the lar ...
References
External links
Chinese anti-nuclear activist sent to labour camp - acfonline.org.au
Chinese environmentalists
Anti-uranium activists
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
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