As a first 'official' cancer case is admitted at Fukushima, a study of over 400,000 young people in the prefecture identifies a 30-fold excess of thyroid cancer, writes Oliver Tickell. With the high rate and early onset of the disease the scientists fear many more cases to come - and that WHO underestimated the scale of radiation release.
… | 20th October 2015 News Health Nuclear Radiation Japan Science … - and that WHO underestimated the scale of radiation release. The Japanese government … which he was exposed to 19.8 millisieverts of radiation, four times the Japanese exposure …
The stricken 4th reactor at Chernobyl presents a massive long term hazard, writes Kendra Ulrich. A planned €2.15 billion containment arch remains underfunded, and even if it's ever completed, it will only last 100 years. Meanwhile the intensely radioactive nuclear fuel will remain in place representing a long term risk of further huge radiation releases.
… Japan | 27th April 2015 News Nuclear Energy Radiation Ukraine Health … representing a long term risk of further huge radiation releases. Yesterday, 26th April … workers were exposed to significant levels of radiation - at least 300,000 of these workers …
A massive decontamination exercise is under way in Iitate Village near Fukushima, writes Kendra Ulrich: step one in a plan to force 6,000 residents back into the evacuated zone in 2017. But as radiation levels remain stubbornly high, it looks like the real plan is to 'normalize' nuclear catastrophe, while making Iitate residents nuclear victims twice over - and this time, it's deliberate.
… back into the evacuated zone in 2017. But as radiation levels remain stubbornly high, it … winds turned, carrying an enormous amount of radiation inland. Fukushima prefecture, … targets of the Abe Government's plan - radiation dose levels are comparable to those …
Dilapidated nuclear waste storage ponds abandoned 40 years ago containing hundreds of tonnes of fuel rods pose an immediate danger to public safety, photographs sent to The Ecologist reveal. The fuel and sludge in the ponds could spontaneously ignite if exposed to air, spreading intense radiation over a wide area.
… ignite if exposed to air, spreading intense radiation over a wide area. The Ecologist has … water contaminated with high levels of radiation, seagulls bathing on the water, … water disturbance - giving rise to high radiation levels above the water. This …
Unexplained plumes of radioactive steam have been rising from Fukushima's Reactor Building 3, Could a major meltdown be on the way?
… containment and emitting a huge plume of radiation. The reactor itself is in meltdown. … know the cause of the steam. Lethal levels of radiation and the physical damage to the … the steam is carrying considerable amounts of radiation into the atmosphere and represents …
Japanese prosecutors have dropped all charges against Tepco, the operator of the stricken nuclear power plant at Fukushima, along with senior Government officials.
… 15,000 people whose homes or land were hit by radiation filed a joint criminal complaint … and that they delayed in announcing the real radiation levels emerging from the plant. … to spill from the site, causing plumes of radiation that are spreading across the …
The discovery of over 16,000 cracks in two Belgian reactor vessels may have global implications for nuclear safety, says the country's nuclear safety chief. He and independent experts are calling for the immediate checks of nuclear reactor vessels worldwide.
… nuclear accidents with massive release of radiation. The pervasive - and entirely … the material were more strongly influenced by radiation than experts had expected. As a … shut down again." As nuclear reactors age, radiation causes pressure vessel damage, or …
Twin nuclear reactors at Taishan in China have been sealed into their concrete domes despite fears that the reactor vessels have serious metallurgical defects. No safety test data has been released by the two companies in charge, EDF and CGN, to show that the reactors will not crack in operation, releasing radioactivity.
… under pressure, and release large amounts of radiation into the environment. The … under pressure, and release large amounts of radiation into the environment. …
Uranium particles formed from exploding DU munitions are highly persistent in the environment, scientists have found. They are still hazardous after 30 years in soils or dumps and even their corrosion products are durable minerals.
… Tickell | 1st February 2014 News DU Uranium Radiation eskmeals-pillbox.png Uranium …
The Ecologist website's new Editor has been in place for about a month. Here he takes a break from his ever-burgeoning email inbox to share a few thoughts
… big", like Chris Busby's revelation that radiation from Fukushima has damaged the …
The rapid spread of solar power across China, India, Africa and Latin America is being driven not by subsidy but by the market
… the nuclear industry has produced one major radiation release for every 3,000 years of … inevitably discharges significant amounts of radiation into the environment. A further …
A new study in Pennsylvania, USA shows that fracking is strongly related to increased mortality in young babies. The effect is most pronounced in counties with many drinking water wells indicating that contamination by 'produced water' from fracking is a likely cause. Radioactive pollution with uranium, thorium and radium is a 'plausible explanation' for the excess deaths.
… Secretary of the European Committee on Radiation Risk www.ecrr.eu and is Scientific …
This week Finland cancelled its option for a second European Pressurised Reactor as the existing EPR project sinks into a abyss of cost over-runs, delays and litigation, writes Jim Green. It now looks like the EPR is a failed technology and its owner, French nuclear giant Areva, is fast running out of both money and orders as its 'hot prospects' evaporate.
… Japan Steel Works. Nevertheless, the Finnish Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority (STUK) …