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Poland Begins Handing Out Iodine Pills On Fears Of Ukraine Nuclear Plant Meltdown
Poland Begins Handing Out Iodine Pills On Fears Of Ukraine Nuclear Plant Meltdown Poland has begun a program of distributing iodine tablets to emergency workers and first responders, starting with regional fire departments – who can in turn hand them out to the general population – in the event of a possible radioactive disaster at Europe’s […]
When climate breakdown goes nuclear
When climate breakdown goes nuclear Wikipedia Nuclear is on the front-line of climate change – and not in a good way. Climate models have run hot in the last year. As knowledge of climate sensitivity and polar ice melt-rate evolves, it’s become clear that sea-level rise is significantly faster than previously thought – which means more frequent and destructive storm, […]
Nuclear Reactions At Chernobyl “Cause for Concern”
Nuclear Reactions At Chernobyl “Cause for Concern” Sensors have detected increased levels of neutrons in an inaccessible chamber at the Chernobyl site, signaling that nuclear fission reactions are taking place in the entombed reactor hall, Science reports. The signs that fission reactions are occurring come 35 years nearly to the date when the Chernobyl nuclear power […]
Inviting Nuclear Disaster
Inviting Nuclear Disaster Photograph Source: Brad.K – CC BY 2.0 Nuclear power plants when they began being constructed were not seen as running for more than 40 years because of radioactivity embrittling metal parts and otherwise causing safety problems. But in recent decades, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has extended the operating licenses of nuclear power […]
Europe On Alert After Unknown Radioactivity Spike Detected Over Baltic Sea
Europe On Alert After Unknown Radioactivity Spike Detected Over Baltic Sea Almost a year ago Russia admitted to releasing significant amounts of radiation into the air that triggered warning alerts in the region of the far north Arctic Circle port cities of Arkhangelsk and Severodvinsk, after a failed weapons test involving a “small-scale nuclear reactor” that killed Russian […]
Nuclear reactor issues
Nuclear reactor issues Preface. There are half a dozen articles below. Although safety and disposal of nuclear waste ought to be the main reasons why no more plants should be built, what will really stop them isbecause it takes years to get permits and $8.5–$20 billion in capital must be raised for a new 3400 […]
Chernobyl Radiation Levels Suddenly Surge 17x
Chernobyl Radiation Levels Suddenly Surge 17x Radiation across the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone spiked 17x as firefighters over the weekend battled a 250-acre forest fire, reported NBC News. More than 100 firefighters, several Antonov AN-32P Firekiller air tankers, and a Mil Mi-8 helicopter were dispatched near the village of Vladimirovka to fight the fire. Ukrainian emergency services […]
Japan Set To Release 1.2 Million Tons Of Radioactive Fukushima Water Into Ocean, Causing “Immeasurable Damage”
Japan Set To Release 1.2 Million Tons Of Radioactive Fukushima Water Into Ocean, Causing “Immeasurable Damage” Just in case a global viral pandemic, whose sources are still unclear and apparently now include human feces, wasn’t enough, the global outrage meter is about to go “up to eleven” with Japan now set to flood the world’s oceans […]
Nuclear Power Offers an Abundant Supply of Low-Carbon Energy. But What to Do With the Deadly Radioactive Waste?
NUCLEAR POWER OFFERS AN ABUNDANT SUPPLY OF LOW-CARBON ENERGY. BUT WHAT TO DO WITH THE DEADLY RADIOACTIVE WASTE? The race is on to develop new strategies for permanently storing some of the most dangerous materials on the planet. Photo of Chernobyl confinement structure © iStockphoto.com/E_Kryzhanivskyi There’s a small red hammer and sickle flag of the […]
Growing nuclear waste legacy defies disposal
Growing nuclear waste legacy defies disposal Spent nuclear fuel stored under water. Image: By US Dept. of Energy, via Wikimedia Commons Supporters say more nuclear power will combat climate change, but the industry is still failing to tackle its nuclear waste legacy. LONDON, 7 February, 2019 − The nuclear industry, and governments across the world, have yet […]
The Tip of the Radiation Disaster Iceberg
The Tip of the Radiation Disaster Iceberg Photo Source Surian Soosay | CC BY 2.0 The World Nuclear Association says its goal is “to increase global support for nuclear energy” and it repeatedly claims on its website: “There have only been three major accidents across 16,000 cumulative reactor-years of operation in 32 countries.” The WNA […]
Contaminated Fukushima Water Storage Tanks “Close To Capacity”, TEPCO Admits
Contaminated Fukushima Water Storage Tanks “Close To Capacity”, TEPCO Admits The Tokyo Electric Power Company is running out of container space to store water contaminated by tritium outside the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, and it’s also running out of room for building more tanks, according to Yomiuri Shimbum, a Japanese newspaper, which is […]
Move Over Chernobyl, Fukushima is Now Officially the Worst Nuclear Power Disaster in History
Move Over Chernobyl, Fukushima is Now Officially the Worst Nuclear Power Disaster in History Photo by thierry ehrmann | CC BY 2.0 The radiation dispersed into the environment by the three reactor meltdowns at Fukushima-Daiichi in Japan has exceeded that of the April 26, 1986 Chernobyl catastrophe, so we may stop calling it the “second […]
Move Over Chernobyl, Fukushima is Now Officially the Worst Nuclear Power Disaster in History
Move Over Chernobyl, Fukushima is Now Officially the Worst Nuclear Power Disaster in History Photo by thierry ehrmann | CC BY 2.0 The radiation dispersed into the environment by the three reactor meltdowns at Fukushima-Daiichi in Japan has exceeded that of the April 26, 1986 Chernobyl catastrophe, so we may stop calling it the “second […]
Cancer, George Monbiot and Nuclear Weapons Test Fallout
Cancer, George Monbiot and Nuclear Weapons Test Fallout Photo by JK the Unwise | CC BY 2.0 George Monbiot, who has now been diagnosed with prostate cancer at the young age of 55, was therefore born in 1963, at the peak of the atmospheric test fallout. He is thus a peak exposed (at risk) member […]
