Radiation – The Watchers

Gamma radiation detected at Albany Bulb in Bay Area, California

Rishav Kothari — Tue, 03 Dec 2024 21:37:00 +0000

State-mandated tests at the Albany Bulb, a popular recreational area in the Bay Area, have uncovered elevated levels of gamma radiation, raising concerns about potential health risks from buried radioactive waste.

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Radiation levels at Fukushima plant found worse and more lethal than previously assumed

Julie Celestial — Tue, 05 Jan 2021 18:30:00 +0000

Radiation at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant is far worse than previously thought, with the levels estimated at 10 sieverts per hour-- a fatal dose for anyone who stays in the vicinity for an hour, according to experts. This means it will be extremely difficult...

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New radiation spike detected over northern Europe

Julie Celestial — Mon, 29 Jun 2020 23:23:00 +0000

A mysterious spike in radioactivity levels has been detected over northern Europe this month. The Dutch National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) said Friday, June 26, 2020, that it may be from a source in western Russia, indicating damage to a...

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Cosmic gamma-ray source map unveils origins of high-energy particles

Julie Celestial — Thu, 23 Jan 2020 17:52:00 +0000

The galactic sources of nine extremely high-energy gamma rays have been identified by scientists from Penn State and members of the High-Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) Gamma-Ray Observatory. All of the sources generate gamma rays with powers more than 56 trillion...

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Study traces location of major nuclear release in 2017 to southern Urals

Teo Blašković — Tue, 30 Jul 2019 06:44:00 +0000

A new study released in PNAS on July 26, 2019, confirmed that massive atmospheric release of radioactive Ruthenium 106 (106Ru) occurred in Eurasia in September 2017. "This must have been a sizeable, yet undeclared nuclear accident," study authors said....

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Atmospheric radiation increasing as we head into Solar Minimum

Teo Blašković — Thu, 07 Dec 2017 10:27:00 +0000

Cosmic rays from deep space are increasing almost unabated as the Sun's magnetic field weakens and we head into Solar Minimum. As reported by Spaceweather.com, the stratospheric balloons they've been flying together with the students of Earth to Sky...

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Extremely high concentrations of radioactive Ru-106 in Urals confirmed and denied

Teo Blašković — Tue, 21 Nov 2017 21:02:00 +0000

Russia’s meteorological service Roshydromet confirmed Monday, November 20, 2017 that 'extremely high' concentrations of the radioactive isotope Ruthenium 106 (Ru-106) were detected in the southern Urals in late September. Roshydromet reported Monday...

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Detection of Ruthenium 106 in Europe: IRSN investigation results

Teo Blašković — Fri, 10 Nov 2017 11:26:00 +0000

Several networks monitoring atmospheric radioactive contamination in Europe have detected Ruthenium 106, a radionuclide of artificial origin, at levels of a few milliBecquerels per cubic meter of air late September 2017. The news was widely reported by MSM across...

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Spike in radioactive particles detected in Europe

Teo Blašković — Wed, 11 Oct 2017 19:31:00 +0000

Yet another unexplained spike in airborne radioactivity has been detected in Europe. This is the second reported spike in radioactive particles in Europe this year. According to the Federal Office for Radiation Protection, elevated levels of the isotope...

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Plutonium and americium detected in air near Highway 240 at Hanford site

TW — Thu, 10 Aug 2017 00:13:00 +0000

Radioactive plutonium and americium were detected in air samples collected on Thursday, June 8, 2017 at the Hanford nuclear reservation in Washington, US, state officials said Tuesday, August 8. According to Hanford officials, State of Washington's Department of...

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