Tag: radioactivity
Floods in Russia are washing toxic substances out of disused uranium mines
As of: April 23, 2024 8:30 p.m A new catastrophe is looming in the Russian flood-prone Kurgan region: the floods have inundated disused uranium mines and are flushing radioactive substances…
The forests around Fukushima are still contaminated – despite the soil being removed – knowledge
More than twelve years have passed since the Fukushima reactor accident, and since then intensive efforts have been made to rid the country of the radiation leaks. And yet two-thirds…
Collecting mushrooms: What beginners should know – on the go with an expert – Bavaria
The sun is already peaking over the treetops and the air is slowly heating up on this Saturday morning at the end of August. It poured during the night, the…
Wild boars in Bavaria still exposed to radiation – not only from Chernobyl – knowledge
Bavaria’s wild boars don’t have it easy. 37 years have passed since the Chernobyl reactor disaster. After the accident, the wind blew large amounts of radioactivity to the west, and…
Bavaria’s wild boar are irradiated because of nuclear tests – knowledge
Bavaria’s wild boars don’t have it easy. 37 years have passed since the Chernobyl reactor disaster. After the accident, the wind blew large amounts of radioactivity to the west, and…
The first reassuring water radioactivity analyzes near Fukushima
It’s good news. After carrying out radioactivity analyzes of the water from the damaged Fukushima power plant, the day after the start of its discharge into the sea, the Japanese…
Radioactivity: Japan begins dumping Fukushima cooling water
radioactivity Japan begins dumping Fukushima coolant water Tepco dilutes the cooling water with seawater to such an extent that the tritium concentration drops to 1500 becquerels per liter. It will…
Radioactivity: Fukushima: China calls for ban on discharge of cooling water
radioactivity Fukushima: China calls for ban on discharge of cooling water The damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. photo © -/kyodo/dpa The dumping of radioactive cooling water into the sea…
Mushrooms still radioactive – Bavaria
37 years after the Chernobyl reactor catastrophe, some forest mushrooms in Bavaria are still radioactive. The concentration differs depending on the variety and location, said the Munich Environmental Institute on…
Fukushima: Nuclear authority approves plan to dump cooling water – Politics
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has given Japan the green light to dispose of radioactive cooling water in the ocean. The disposal plan meets international standards, said IAEA boss…