The US specialists have not recorded any spikes in radiation readings at the Zaporozhskaya Nuclear Power Plant, the US Energy Secretary, Jennfier Granholm, confirmed on Friday. Kiev has accused Russian troops of “attacking” the facility after a fire broke out in a nearby building. “We have seen no elevated radiation …
Read More »Cancer patients sue company behind Fukushima radiation
Six people were children living near the Fukushima nuclear power plant at the time of the 2011 disaster, when the facility was heavily damaged in an earthquake and subsequent tsunami. The plaintiffs have since developed thyroid cancer, blaming radiation that seeped from the power plant for their condition. “Some plaintiffs …
Read More »Moscow ‘radiation fog’ is nothing to worry about, Russian scientist says, as poor visibility grounds flights from the city
On Tuesday, the scientific director of the Hydrometeorological Center, Roman Vilfand, cleared the air around concerns that Moscow’s thick fog could be harmful, in an interview with business daily RBK. According to him, despite its name, the phenomenon has nothing to do with radioactivity. “With a little cloudy sky at …
Read More »Mademoiselle Radiation
It was different than in the series. As a survivor of Chernobyl, well I can understand the emotions of people who find themselves the victims of the accident under the Severodvinsk. Remember how the misunderstanding gave way to disbelief, disbelief – helplessness. As the rumors multiplied, acquiring the fantastic details. …
Read More »Greenpeace appealed to the RPN to analyze the reasons for the jump of the radiation background under Arkhangelsk
Greenpeace appealed to the RPN to analyze the reasons for the jump of the radiation background at Archangel the Russian branch of Greenpeace has addressed in Rospotrebnadzor with the request to identify the reason for the increase in background radiation in the Arkhangelsk region, where in the White sea in …
Read More »In space recorded unusual burst of radiation
The discovery was made in the USA. Astronomers from the University of Arkansas detected a flare of x-ray radiation in the galaxy, which is located at a distance of 6.5 billion light years from Earth. The outbreak was the result of the merger of two neutron stars, which formed the …
Read More »Radiation threat caused the closure of the airport in Hungary
Due to the leakage of radioactive substances temporarily closed the terminal. At the airport of the capital of Budapest was fixed a leak of radioactive material iridium-192 from a container on Board of Turkish airlines on Wednesday. The incident occurred in the international terminal 2B, from the substance could come …
Read More »In Zaporozhye recorded elevated levels of radiation
Doctors claim that the level of radiation does not pose a threat to health. In the Zaporozhye region recorded the presence of ruthenium-106 in the air, while its concentration does not pose a threat to public health. According to the radiological laboratory, the presence of radioisotopes of Ruthenium-106 in October …
Read More »In the Kremlin commented on the information about the release of radiation near Chelyabinsk
While information on the release not confirmed any one Agency. The Kremlin asked for all agencies and do not know of any reasons or emergency situations, which could lead to the release of ruthenium-106, stated to journalists the press Secretary of the President Dmitry Peskov. “We do not have any …
Read More »“Radiation makes Russians stronger!”: the Russian media have fun network users
Radiation makes the Russians even stronger response to the accident in Russia On the Russian site “Vesti” on 21 November it was reported “safe ruthenium rain in Bashkiria”, which is pretty fun network users. According to the Russian media, which refers to the Ministry of nature management and ecology of …
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