On a quest to prove that security measures surrounding nuclear facilities are ill-considered, nine Greenpeace activists broke into a French nuclear power plant and hung a banner that said "HEY" and "EASY" on it. Even after Greenpeace told police about the stunt, it took them several hours to track them down. Read More >>
Featured comment by Theory:
"If causing a nuclear power plant to have some kind of catastrophe were as easy as hanging a banner on it, we would have cause for alarm. As it is, thi..." More »
Gordon Brown has got stuck into the debate over whether the radiation found on a beach in Scotland needs to be cleaned up, and if so, whose fault it is. The radioactive material found is radium, the original glow-in-the-dark element. Read More >>
The radioactive element Iodine-131 has been spreading around Europe in heightened concentrations and everyone is confused as to why it is happening or who is responsible. Hungary thinks they know who: the Budapest-based Institute of Isotopes. Read More >>
"Backscatter" X-ray machines, which bombard your body with radiation at the airport, are a subject of controversy in the US. Not in Europe, Mother Jones reports—the machines are now banned throughout the entire EU over cancer risks. Good. Read More >>
Iodine-131 is a dangerous radioactive isotope. It can clog up your thyroid gland and contaminate food. It's been a big problem in Japan (for obvious reasons), but now it's been scarily detected throughout Europe. And nobody knows the source. Read More >>
A small stretch of Scottish coast known as Dalgety Bay is in danger of being condemned as a no-go area, thanks to dangerous radiation levels. Read More >>
Featured comment by magicguppy:
"Me too. I'm a member of a dive club based in Dalgety Bay, we have some nautical charts of the area, there are some interesting "spoiled ground" and "u..." More »
In perhaps history's greatest "I'm not drinking this shit, you drink it" moment, a Japanese member of parliament tried to calm the anxious, angry public by drinking from a Fukushima reactor puddle. Too bad he himself says the stunt's worthless. Read More >>
After last spring's radiation crisis knocked out a heap of Japan's nuclear reactors—which provide 30 per cent of the country's power—it's been struggling to keep the lights on. Last summer, citizens were told to dress down. This winter? Bundle up. Read More >>
Featured comment by Darrell Jones:
"I'm sure that this power shortage will benefit Japan (and everyone else) in the long run as they are turning their considerable expertise to saving po..." More »
That's right, double what Japanese authorities originally estimated. That's a lot of cesium-137 to miss, so where did it all disappear to? Read More >>
Featured comment by Theory:
"Also I appreciate that this report does not in itself condemn nuclear power. It is only the manner in which the facts are presented (without explanati..." More »
No longer able to sell and ship many used cars to Russia, South America, Australia and the US due to their high levels of radiation from the Fukushima Daiichi meltdown, some dealers in Japan have instead resorted to registering them under new plates and illegally selling them domestically. Read More >>
Scosche's RDTX is a radiation detector for your iPhone. Seriously, it turns your iPhone into a Geiger counter — you just attach the wand to your iPhone and the RDTX will tell you the radiation levels around you. Read More >>
Featured comment by CDNSushi:
"Hmm. I actually have one of those... Well, not that EXACT one, but the version made by radiation-watch.org... It was a startup created shortly after ..." More »
Featured comment by Sam Gibbs:
"Indeed, if this had happened anywhere else it would have been a whole lot worse. Say what you like about the Japanese, they put the Boy Scouts to sham..." More »
Rat poison. Lighter fluid. Battery acid. Pesticides. And now...radiation. What do they all have in common? They're all rolled into one cancer causing cigarette. What's worse, tobacco companies have known that radiation was inside cigarettes but hid evidence of it for four decades. Read More >>
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