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Fukushima, Two Years LaterTwo years have passed since the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, which followed the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami on March 11, 2011. One of the world’s foremost experts on the consequences of Fukushima as well as 1986’s Chernobyl disaster is biologist Tim Mousseau of the University of South Carolina’s College of Arts and Sciences. |
Released: 3/11/2013 10:00 AM EDT
University of South Carolina |
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How the First Chain Reaction Changed Science
The Atomic Age began at 3:25 p.m. on Dec. 2, 1942—quietly, in secrecy, on a squash court under the west stands of old Stagg Field at the University of Chicago. |
Released: 12/10/2012 1:40 PM EST
University of Chicago |
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Even Low-Level Radioactivity Is DamagingEven the very lowest levels of radiation are harmful to life, scientists have concluded in the Cambridge Philosophical Society’s journal Biological Reviews. Reporting the results of a wide-ranging analysis of 46 peer-reviewed studies published over the past 40 years, researchers from the University of South Carolina and the University of Paris-Sud found that variation in low-level, natural background radiation had small, but highly statistically significant, negative effects on DNA as well as several measures of health. |
Released: 11/13/2012 12:55 PM EST
University of South Carolina |
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Self-Powered Sensors to Monitor Nuclear Fuel Rod Status
Japan’s Fukushima Dai’ichi nuclear disaster that occurred in 2011 -- a result of the strongest earthquake on record in the country and the powerful tsunami waves it triggered -- underscored the need for a method to monitor the status of nuclear fuel rods that doesn’t rely on electrical power. |
Embargo expired: 10/23/2012 11:30 AM EDT
Released: 10/18/2012 10:00 AM EDT
Acoustical Society of America (ASA) |
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Studies Examine Health Consequences of Meltdown, Damage to Fukushima Nuclear Power Plants in JapanThe results of two studies in the August 15 issue of JAMA report on the psychological status of workers at the Fukushima nuclear power plants in Japan several months after the earthquake and tsunami in March 2011, and the amount of internal radiation exposure among residents of a city north of the power plant that experienced a meltdown. |
Embargo expired: 8/14/2012 4:00 PM EDT
Released: 8/9/2012 7:45 PM EDT
American Medical Association (AMA) |
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Colorful Light at the End of the Tunnel for Radiation Detection
A team of nanomaterials researchers at Sandia National Laboratories has developed a new technique for radiation detection that could make radiation detection in cargo and baggage more effective and less costly for homeland security inspectors. |
Released: 6/29/2012 6:00 AM EDT
Sandia National Laboratories |
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Lessons Learned in the Aftermath of Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear AccidentAn ASME Task Force released recommendations for a new nuclear safety construct that will reach beyond the traditional regulatory framework of adequate protection of public health and safety to minimize socio-political and economic consequences caused by radioactive releases from accidents. |
Released: 6/18/2012 4:00 PM EDT
ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers) |
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Scientists Warn of Increased Nuclear Radiation RisksRecent news reports and scientific reviews warn that nuclear radiation exposure is more serious than we believed. Just recently, the UK Guardian published an article titled, “Fukushima reactor shows radiation levels much higher than thought.” Another recent story published in Scientific American, finds California kelp contaminated with elevated levels of radioactive iodine. A review from the Max-Planck Society estimates that the risks of another serious nuclear accident are significantly higher than previously thought. As reports continue to reveal elevated nuclear radiation levels in Japan and elsewhere, public concerns about the safety of Fukushima and other reactor sites are reignited. |
Released: 5/24/2012 5:00 AM EDT
Expert Available Better Health Publishing |
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Health Physics Presents Special Issue on U.S. Response to Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant AccidentThis special issue of Health Physics, official journal of the Health Physics Society (HPS) offers 16 articles on various response activities by a number of US Agencies and their personnel following the tsunami and the events at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. These articles began as presentations at a Special Session at the Health Physics Society’s 2011 Annual Meeting. The journal is published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, a part of Wolters Kluwer Health. |
Released: 5/11/2012 1:10 PM EDT
Wolters Kluwer Health: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins |
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Expert: Good/Bad News at Fukushima Just like ChernobylA Texas Tech University radiation expert who was the first American scientist allowed inside Chernobyl’s exclusion zone can discuss the differences in the two disasters, and the good news/bad news of both scenarios. |
Released: 5/8/2012 5:25 PM EDT
Expert Available Texas Tech University |