Japan – It’s A Wonderful Rife: Fungi Can Solve Japan’s Radiation Woes
Haven’t blogged about anything for a while – burnout, I guess, getting bored with the subject. But today I read an article that woke me up: Fungi Can Solve Japan’s Radiation Woes | Japan – It’s a Wonderful Rife. Pop over to Andrew’s blog to read the whole thing. It brightened my day. I sincerely [...]
Fukushima media coverage ‘may be harmful’ – health – 30 August 2011 – New Scientist
One report, in UK newspaper The Independent, quoted a scientist who predicted more than a million would die, and that the prolonged release of radioactivity from Fukushima would make health effects worse than those from the sudden release experienced at the Chernobyl nuclear reactor in Ukraine. “We’ve got to stop these sorts of reports coming [...]
Costs of switching nuclear off | Lenz Blog
Prof. Lenz has some interesting things to say about the Fukushima nuclear crisis. As there is so much hyperventilating blogging going on (anxiety and unease sell, and they are also somewhat addictive), I like to read alternative views. Here’s a selection: New York Times has an excellent article about some of the damage to the [...]
How dangerous to human health is radioactive cesium?
On March 25th, 2011, Lewis Page wrote, nobody has ever been able to show that this isotope [caesium-137] has any health consequences at all: huge amounts were emitted from Chernobyl, but no discernible illnesses have resulted. However, Page is perhaps not a reliable source of information. A commenter on this blog wrote, It seems Mr. [...]
Sunflowers to clean up radioactive soil : National : DAILY YOMIURI ONLINE (The Daily Yomiuri)
After the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster, sunflowers and rape blossoms were used to decontaminate soil in Ukraine. Radioactive cesium is similar to kalium, a commonly used fertilizer. If kalium is not present, sunflowers will absorb cesium instead. If the harvested sunflowers are disposed of by burning them, radioactive cesium could be dispersed through smoke, which [...]
Fukushima rated at INES Level 7 – what does this mean? « BraveNewClimate
I saw this yesterday and promptly faxed it to my parents, before they call me up and ask if we are glowing in the dark yet or why we have not fled the country. I have not read any mainstream press articles on this subject, and won’t be any time soon. The BNC blog includes [...]
Japan orders immediate safety upgrade at nuclear plants
21:30 JST March 30: Japan ordered an immediate safety upgrade at its 55 nuclear power plants on Wednesday in its first acknowledgement that standards were inadequate when an earthquake and tsunami wrecked a facility nearly three weeks ago, sparking the worst nuclear crisis since Chernobyl in 1986. via Japan orders immediate safety upgrade at nuclear [...]
Why Fukushima Isn’t Like Chernobyl | The Diplomat
Despite media hype about the radiation dangers, the Fukushima nuclear crisis won’t end like Chernobyl, Alexander Sich tells The Diplomat… (Alexander Sich is an associate professor of physics at Franciscan University of Steubenville in Ohio. Sich was the first American researcher to investigate the Chernobyl reactor meltdown on site. The views expressed are his own.) [...]
asahi.com（朝日新聞社）：Radiation from Fukushima exceeds Three Mile Island – English
Mr. Kan, it is getting worse (my emphasis): Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant, crippled by the Great East Japan Earthquake of March 11, has discharged more radiation than the infamous Three Mile Island nuclear plant in the United States, according to calculations by the central government. It has already reached a level 6 serious accident [...]
Austrian authorities release detailed data on Japan radiation | Science & Technology | Deutsche Welle | 23.03.2011
From VoA reporter Steve Herman’s Twitter feed: Austrian scientists have released what appears to be the first clear, independent data concerning radiation levels in the immediate aftermath of the Fukushima radiation leak.By releasing data from two monitoring stations of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization CTBTO from Japan and California, researchers from the Central Institute [...]
