Eight years after the start of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster and two years after the Japanese government lifted evacuation orders in areas of Namie and Iitate, radiation levels remain too high
S. RAGHOTHAM In 2006, former KGB officer Alexander Litvinenko was killed in London by unknown assailants who gave him a tiny dose, less than a microgram, of Polonium-210
A radiation leak at Three Mile Island, the site of the worst nuclear accident in US history, has sent home about 150 workers, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission reported. "They had an airborne radiological contamination alarm," NRC spokeswoman Diane Screnci said.
Thiruvananthapuram: The People
Leaders of Balochistan National Party (Awami) Kharan unit demanded of the government to ensure provision of compensation and other relief measures for farmers affected by Chaghi atomic blast.
The European Union plans to extend strict radioactivity checks by 10 years on food imports from areas affected by the 1986 Chernobyl disaster due to continuing nuclear contamination, a document showed on Monday.
Hypothyroidism is the most common thyroid abnormality in patients treated with high doses of iodine-131 (131I) . Data on risk of hypothyroidism from low to moderate 131I thyroid doses are limited and inconsistent. This study was conducted to quantify the risk of hypothyroidism prevalence in relation to 131I doses received because of the Chornobyl accident.
In the nuclear industry, memories can be distressingly short. In 1976, the UK Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution declared that it would be "morally wrong" to make a major commitment to nuclear power without demonstrating a way of safely isolating radioactive waste. Yet the UK is about to embark on a programme to build at least 10 reactors while still lacking a disposal site for the waste that has accumulated over the past 50 years. What's more, spent fuel from these reactors will be far more radioactive than existing waste and may even require a second repository. (Editorial)
An earthquake measuring 6.8 on the richter scale hit Japan on July 16, causing widespread damage and a radioactive leak in one of the world's biggest nuclear plans. The first quake had its
