First off, what would possibly be the Russian rationale for using nuclear weapons? They’re winning in Ukraine, and the West is running out of ammo. Second, about those “experts.” To expand on their worries, the Times links to an October piece titled “Russia’s Small Nuclear Arms: A Risky Option for Putin and Ukraine Alike.”…
The Fukushima Nuclear Disaster and Its Tragic Aftermath…
The three meltdowns and at least four big core explosions at the Fukushima nuclear-power plant’s six American-designed Daiichi reactors in March 2011 still constitute the world’s worst nuclear nightmare so far, surpassing even the Chernobyl #4 reactor’s explosion and meltdown of April 1986. While Chernobyl’s disaster was very quickly contained albeit at the cost of […]
Russian Nuke Monitors Went Dark After Mysterious Missile Explosion…
Adding to the uneasy parallels with the infamous Chernobyl incident, doctors at a Russian hospital complained on Sunday they were not informed that casualties from the explosion had been exposed to radiation. CTBTO chief Lassina Zerbo told the Wall Street Journal on Sunday that two days after the missile explosion, nuclear monitoring stations in Kirov […]
Russian Nuclear Sub Wreck Leaking Radiation 100,000 Times Higher Than Normal…
Researchers in Norway have discovered radiation levels in excess of 100,000 times normal next to a Soviet-era nuclear submarine which sank in the Arctic 30 years ago – a reading which is higher than those taken 12 years ago, according to Norwegian news outlet TV2. Researchers in Norway have discovered radiation levels in excess of […]
Grand Canyon Tourists Exposed to Radiation for Nearly Two Decades…
Three paint buckets full of uranium were sitting in the Grand Canyon’s museum collection building, exposing tourists for nearly two decades to radiation, according to USA Today on Monday. Even though the five-gallon containers were removed from the site last June, this is the first time that park workers or the public have been warned of the […]
Radioactive Fukushima Debris Picked Up by Remote-Controlled Robot for First Time…
A remote-controlled robot sent into the bowels of a melted nuclear reactor at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant has made picked up pebble-sized chunks of radioactive debris for the first time. On Wednesday, operator Tokyo Electric Power (TEPCO) sent a remote-controlled probe to the bottom of the plant’s No. 2 reactor and lifted five small pieces of radioactive debris two […]
Fukushima Nuclear Reactor Room Dripping with Radiation Unsealed 7 Years After Tsunami…
The room in the Fukushima nuclear disaster zone controlled the power plant’s crippled third and fourth reactors. Shockingly, it has radiation levels more than 160 times higher than the Tokyo average. Stepping inside, the first journalists to enter since the 2011 meltdown found it frozen in time. It comes just months after shocking photos emerged […]
Fukushima Potentially Leaking Radioactive Water for 5 Months, Owners Admit…
The Fukushima nuclear power plant may have been leaking radioactive water since April, its owner has admitted. Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. said on Thursday that a problem with monitoring equipment means it can’t be sure if radiation-contaminated water leaked from the reactor buildings damaged in the 2011 nuclear disaster which was sparked by […]
Judge Orders California to Release Documents Detailing Risks of Radiation and Cell Phone Use…
California could have to hand over some documents on cellphone use it tried to keep under wraps. On Friday, a Superior Court judge ordered the state to release papers discussing the possible risks of long-term cellphone use. The documents were written by the state’s Environmental Health Investigations branch and are believed to contain cellphone radiation […]
U.S. Air Force Radiation ‘Sniffer’ Plane Heads to Norway…
A US Air Force ‘sniffer’ plane which took off from Sussex today was on a mission to find evidence of nuclear activity or explosion, according to strong rumours. The WC-135 Constant Phoenix, which is specially modified to collect atmospheric samples, flew out of RAF Mildenhall on operational sorties. The specialist equipment enables the crew to […]