Tag Archives: health effects

The long path of plutonium: A new map charts contamination at thousands of sites, miles from Los Alamos National Laboratory via Searchlight New Mexico

Posted on 2024/07/09 by nfield

For years, the public had no clear picture of Los Alamos National Laboratory’s plutonium footprint. Had the ubiquitous plutonium at LANL infiltrated the soil? The water? Had it migrated outside the boundary of the laboratory itself? A series of maps … Continue reading →

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LANL plans to release highly radioactive tritium to prevent explosions. Will it just release danger in the air? via Searchlight New Mexico

Posted on 2024/07/09 by nfield

Last fall, the international community rose up in defense of the Pacific Ocean. Seafood and salt purveyors, public policy professors, scientists and environmentalists, all lambasted Japan’s release of radioactive wastewater from the disastrously damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant into the … Continue reading →

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How America’s Push for the Atomic Bomb Spawned Enduring Radioactive Waste Problems in St. Louis via Associated Press

Posted on 2023/07/16 by nfield

Michael Phillis and Jim Salter/Associated Press The federal government and companies responsible for nuclear bomb production and atomic waste storage sites in the St. Louis area in the mid-20th century were aware of health risks, spills, improperly stored contaminants and … Continue reading →

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‘We deserve better’: Residents demand action to extend radiation exposure compensation via Las Vegas Review-Journal

Posted on 2023/07/10 by nfield

By David Wilson Las Vegas Review-Journal Sheron Carter’s brother and grandfather died from cancer after working at the Nevada Test Site. Three years ago, the 66-year-old Las Vegas native was diagnosed with breast cancer. Now, she’s demanding lawmakers take action to compensate … Continue reading →

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‘Exploring Tritium’s Danger’: a book review by Robert Alvarez via the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists

Posted on 2023/06/26 by nfield

Over the past 40 years, Arjun Makhijani has provided clear, concise, and important scientific insights that have enriched our understanding of the nuclear age. In doing so, Makhijani—now president of the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research—has built a solid … Continue reading →

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“Radioactive” is compelling viewing via Beyond Nuclear International

Posted on 2023/06/19 by nfield

New film spotlights women’s experiences with the Three Mile Island nuclear accident By Karl Grossman Radioactive: The Women of Three Mile Island is the title of a newly-released documentary feature film directed, written and produced by award-winning filmmaker Heidi Hutner, a … Continue reading →

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What is the uranium-based ammunition the UK is sending to Ukraine? via PBS News Hour

Posted on 2023/03/25 by nfield

By Tara Copp, Associated Press […] Depleted uranium is a byproduct of the uranium enrichment process needed to create nuclear weapons. The rounds retain some radioactive properties, but they can’t generate a nuclear reaction like a nuclear weapon would, RAND … Continue reading →

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My fish Is Your Fish via MISA

Posted on 2023/02/28 by nfield
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An unacceptable risk to children via Beyond Nuclear International

Posted on 2023/01/16 by nfield

By Linda Pentz Gunter In a peer reviewed article published in the British Medical Journal Pediatrics Open in October, my Beyond Nuclear colleague, Cindy Folkers and I, reviewed the studies currently available that look at the impact on children from radiation exposures … Continue reading →

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Radioactive material found at Missouri elementary school more than 22 times expected amount via CNN

Posted on 2022/10/17 by nfield

By Michelle Watson and Tina Burnside, CNN An elementary school outside St. Louis was found to have “unacceptable” levels of radioactive contamination stemming from waste dating back to the creation of the first atomic bomb in the 1940s, and residents fear it may … Continue reading →

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