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Chernobyl’s Blown Up Reactor 4 Just Woke Up via History of Yesterday

Scientists don’t understand why… Andrei Tapalaga […] “Chernobyl will never be a problem” Underneath reactor 4 there is still nuclear fuel that is active and which will take around 20,000 years for it to deplete. The uranium is too radioactive for … Continue reading

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Results of Radioactive Contamination Survey around Tokyo 2020 Olympics Torch-Relay Route via Chikurinsya

1 Results of radioactive contamination survey around Tokyo 2020 Olympics Torch-Relay route 3/3/2020 Nobuyoshi Ito: Iitate Village Resident Jun Nakamura: Co-Chairman, Fukuichi Area Environmental Radiation Monitoring Project Kazumasa Aoki: Vice President, NPO Radioactivity Monitoring Center for Citizen (Chikurin-sha) Purpose of … Continue reading

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Teaching about radiation after Fukushima via The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists

By Maxime Polleri, February 26, 2019 At the entrance to the Fukushima Prefectural Centre for Environmental Creation, a friendly hippopotamus-like mascot welcomes visitors while accepting hugs from children. Buzzing with young families, this government-sponsored scientific hub was created to explain the phenomenon … Continue reading

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The EPA Proposed New Emergency Limits for Radioactive Drinking Water, and They Don’t Look Good via ThinkProgress

By Alejandro Davila Fragoso New and higher radioactivity limits for drinking water tainted in the case of a nuclear emergency were put forward by the Environmental Protection Agency this week, a move that environmental organizations are calling “egregious.” “The upshot … Continue reading

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