Tag Archives: Radiation

Hot Water: Radioactive Contaminants are Seeping Into Drinking Water Around the US via CounterPunch

Posted on 2023/01/06 by yukimiyamotodepaul

January 4, 2023BY LYNNE PEEPLES When Jeni Knack moved to Simi Valley, California, in 2018, she had no idea that her family’s new home was within 5 miles of a former nuclear and rocket testing laboratory, perched atop a plateau and … Continue reading →

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Strange animal-nuclear tales via Bulletin of Atomic Scientists

Posted on 2022/01/03 by nfield

By Susan D’Agostino, Thomas Gaulkin, December 16, 2021 Have you ever wondered what nuclear technologies look like from the perspective of animals? In these short, strange-but-true stories and photographs, you’ll encounter animals whose paths intersected with nuclear infrastructure, including crocodiles drawn to … Continue reading →

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Radioactive Fallout (1964) via Department of Defense Office of Civil Defense (A/V Geeks)

Posted on 2022/01/02 by nfield
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Nuclear Reactor Radiation, Kids and Cancer: Joseph Mangano, NH #547 via Nuclear Hotseat

Posted on 2021/12/15 by nfield

Listen Here: Audio Player00:0000:00Use Up/Down Arrow keys to increase or decrease volume. Podcast: Download This Week’s Featured Interview: Nuclear reactor radiation and its impact on public health – especially that of children – is the focus of the work of Joseph Mangano.  He is … Continue reading →

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The abnormal operational occurrence at Olkiluoto nuclear power plant – the unit is stable via STUK.fi

Posted on 2020/12/11 by nfield

10 Dec 2020 17:48 Press release A severe abnormal disturbance occurred at the Olkiluoto nuclear power plant Unit 2 today at 12.22 that led to reactor shut down. The disturbance was possibly caused by a fault in the purification system for … Continue reading →

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Forests affected by Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident via NHK World Japan

Posted on 2020/11/22 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Idehara Seitaro Forestry was once a thriving industry in Fukushima – until the 2011 nuclear disaster struck. More than 70 percent of the prefecture is covered with trees, but large areas have been abandoned or neglected. “It’s regrettable. I didn’t even imagine … Continue reading →

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Scandinavian Radiation Spike Linked to Russian Nuclear Plant Malfunction via The Moscow Times

Posted on 2020/06/29 by yukimiyamotodepaul

A slight increase in radioactivity over Scandinavia this month may have spread from the direction of western Russia, Dutch authorities said, but later stressed that they have not identified a country of origin. The Associated Press cited the Netherlands National Institute for … Continue reading →

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Inside secret underground tunnels storing nuclear waste for 100,000 years via Express

Posted on 2019/11/01 by yukimiyamotodepaul

By SIMON OSBORNE THE WORLD’s first underground nuclear waste dump is being built deep in the bedrock beneath a remote Finnish island. The Onkalo tunnel will be the final resting place for spent nuclear fuel 450 beneath the surface of Olkiluoto … Continue reading →

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Antarctica Is Still Releasing Radiation from Cold War Nuclear Tests via Popular Mechanics

Posted on 2019/10/27 by yukimiyamotodepaul

There’s 10 times as much chlorine as normal in some regions. By David Grossman Scientists studying Antarctic ice have made a surprising discovery: manmade chlorine remains at unusually high levels within parts of the ice. The chlorine stems from nuclear testing in the 1950s … Continue reading →

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AMERICA’S DECADES-OLD OBSESSION WITH NUKING HURRICANES (AND MORE) via WIRED

Posted on 2019/08/27 by nfield

By Gerrett M. Graff SUNDAY NIGHT, AXIOS’S Jonathan Swan broke news that Donald Trump—among his many often random musings—appears to have considered one of the worst-but-most-persistent ideas in public policy: Nuking hurricanes. […] The truth, though, is that Donald Trump’s apparent brainstorm—as terrible an idea … Continue reading →

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