News tagged with radioactive cesium

Radioactive bluefin tuna crossed the Pacific to US

Across the vast Pacific, the mighty bluefin tuna carried radioactive contamination that leaked from Japan's crippled nuclear plant to the shores of the United States 6,000 miles away - the first time a huge ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 28, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 15

Radiation detected 400 miles off Japanese coast

(AP) -- Radioactive contamination from the Fukushima power plant disaster has been detected as far as almost 400 miles off Japan in the Pacific Ocean, with water showing readings of up to 1,000 times more ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Feb 21, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Creation of database for promising adsorbents for decontamination of radioactive substances from nuclear power plants

(PhysOrg.com) -- NIMS is collecting basic data on natural minerals produced in various regions and inorganic materials with different chemical compositions as a tool for selecting suitable materials, and will make this information ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jan 13, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Mountains limited spread of fallout from Fukushima

A map of radioactive contamination across Japan from the Fukushima power plant disaster confirms high levels in eastern and northeastern areas but finds much lower levels in the western part of the country, thanks to mountain ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Nov 14, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 2

Technology makes storing radioactive waste safer

(PhysOrg.com) -- Queensland University of Technology (QUT) researchers have developed new technology capable of removing radioactive material from contaminated water and aiding clean-up efforts following nuclear ...

Chemistry / Other

created Oct 31, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Observations of fallout from the Fukushima reactor accident in San Francisco Bay area rainwater

After the magnitude 9.0 earthquake and resulting tsunami in Japan on March 11, 2011, the Fukushima Dai-ichi power plant was severely compromised and radioactive material was found in the water in many of the surrounding areas, ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Sep 21, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Japan disaster not similar to Chernobyl: officials

The potential health consequences of the nuclear crisis at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi plant are not equal to those caused by the disaster at Chernobyl, Japanese health officials said Tuesday

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 17, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 3

Experts: Ocean life can handle radioactive leaks

(AP) -- Releases of radioactive water into the ocean near Japan's stricken nuclear complex shouldn't pose a widespread danger to sea animals or people who might eat them, experts say.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Apr 04, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 4

No threat from Japanese radiation spread across US

(AP) -- Traces of radioactive material from the endangered Japanese nuclear plant are being detected from coast to coast in the United States and in Iceland, but amounts continue to be far below levels that would cause health ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 28, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Diplomat says minuscule fallout reaches Calif.

(AP) -- The first radioactive fallout from Japan's crippled nuclear plant reached Southern California early Friday, but the readings indicate levels far below a level that could endanger people, according ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 18, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

Experts: Radiation not a concern for West Coast

(AP) -- Government experts are keeping a close eye on any radioactive particles that could travel from Japan to the West Coast, but insist there's no threat to public health.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 18, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

The strange case of solar flares and radioactive elements

(PhysOrg.com) -- When researchers found an unusual linkage between solar flares and the inner life of radioactive elements on Earth, it touched off a scientific detective investigation that could end up protecting the lives ...

Physics / General Physics

created Aug 23, 2010 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (88) | comments 175 | with audio podcast

Chernobyl soil blamed for lung problems in children

(PhysOrg.com) -- Children living downwind of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in the Ukraine may have long-term problems affecting their lungs, according to a University of South Carolina study.

Medicine & Health / Health

created May 31, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

New material traps radioactive ions using 'Venus flytrap' method

(PhysOrg.com) -- Like a Venus flytrap, a newly discovered chemical material is a picky eater -- it won't snap its jaws shut for just anything. Instead of flies, however, its favorite food is radioactive nuclear ...

Chemistry / Other

created Feb 26, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Herbal tonic for radiotherapy

Antioxidant extracts of the leaves of the Gingko biloba tree may protect cells from radiation damage, according to a study published in the International Journal of Low Radiation. The discovery may one day be used to hel ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Oct 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0