Drones Fly Low & Slow for Radiation Detection
PNNL researchers explore the feasibility of using drones to survey sites for low levels of radiation.
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US Startup Promises Radioactive Battery That Never Needs Charging
A US-based startup called Nano Diamond Batteries (NDB) is claiming that it has developed a new kind of battery that would turn radioactive waste materials into safe, usable batteries suitable for use in everything from smartphones to spaceships. What’s more, it claims its irradiated batteries won’t ever need charging. From … [continued]
Public Fear Of Nuclear Isn’t Why Nuclear Energy Is Fading
Fear of nuclear power is vastly overrated as an issue among pro-nuclear advocates. Like conservatives in the USA up to the Secretary of the Interior blaming non-existent eco-terrorists for west coast wildfires, it’s a strawman, a convenient fiction that the nuclear advocates share among themselves to avoid the harsh truth.
uRADMonitor — Global Pollution Tracking Network
“Unless we wake up and do things that really matter, we might run out of time.” Radu Motisan found that his idea “came from a personal need for uncensored, real environmental data. It was a perfect fit for Hackaday’s call to build something that matters and help the environment at global scale.” uRADMonitor … [continued]
Solar-Powered Robots Could Improve Work Safety
Researchers at Iowa State University are experimenting with the use of solar-powered robots in work situations that would be unsafe for humans.
Fukushima Fuel Transfer Reaches 10% Milestone
Fukushima nuclear power station as unit 4 operations commenced (screen shot from euronews broadcast, November 11, 2013.) TEPCO announced 10% completion of the spent fuel transfer this week. Tokyo Electric Power Company has reached a minor milestone in cleaning up the mess that started at its Fukushima nuclear power station … [continued]
Fukushima Radioactive Plume To Hit The US By Early 2014
The first radioactive ocean plume released by the Fukushima nuclear power plant disaster will finally be reaching the shores of the United States sometime in 2014, according to a new study from the University of New South Wales — a full three or so years after the date of the … [continued]
Google Earth: Glowing Green Sea.. Near Scottish Nuclear Power Plant
It is the sort of headline that grabs your attention and suggests doom in the same year that one (of the many) Mayan Calendars is “doomed” to end. Deadline reports that a local pursuing their countryside on “Google Earth” suddenly noticed that the sea near the Hunterston B nuclear power plant, Ayrshire, Scotland was luminous green on Google Earth. Concerned they alerted officials to the glowing problem.
Greenpeace Speaks – Radiation Fail, Fukushima Still Way Too Hot
Environmental organization Greenpeace went to Japan to measure the radiation levels outside the stricken Fukushima plant, and the report they published is rather disturbing. Nine months after the disaster […]
Yes, Cell Phones Are Bad for Your Child (Probably)
Studies, studies, and more studies have been done to research cell phone safety – do they cause brain tumors? The World Health Organization officially classified cell phones’ radiofrequency electromagnetic fields as cancer-causing (cue massive debate), not long after Dr. Devra Davis claimed that cell phones were especially dangerous to children. Dr. Davis may be right after all; new research published in the journal Electromagnetic Biology and Medicine indicates that kids absorb more radiation than adults. This is, in a nutshell, bad.
