If you’re ever driving around after taking a nuclear stress test, like one man in Connecticut was, you better hope your doctor gave you a note, otherwise you’re gonna have a hard time explaining to cops why you set off their nuclear detectors. Oh, and did I mention cops have nuclear detectors???
For something that has been a massive source of concern for general public for decades, it doesn’t appear the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (ARPANSA), responsible for “protecting the health and safety of people … from the harmful effects of ionising and non-ionising radiation”, is in much of a hurry to allay anyone’s fears.
Cancer researchers have found that certain types of older dental X-rays may increase the incidence of the most common type of brain tumour in the United States: meningioma.
Late last year, the US government conducted a study to discern what happens if Washingington DC is hit with a 10-kiloton nuke. Would it be good, or would it be bad? The results are in and, surprise, it would be very, very bad.
Just when you thought it was over, the temperature at reactor number 2 at Fukushima’s nuclear plant has soared 26.7C in the last few hours. Worse: they don’t know why the temperature is increasing after being stabilised for so long.
Cleanup efforts around the tsunami-damaged Fukushima nuclear plant are expected to require decades — up to 50 years, in fact. However, if a new radiation decontamination technology from Toshiba and IHI pans out, that date will come much, much sooner.
