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06/07/2018 / By Edsel Cook

Safer cladding for nuclear fuel rods being developed

Years after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, researchers from the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have finally come up with a better cladding for nuclear fuel rods. According to a Newswise report, the new material is safer because it avoids combustible zirconium. The new alloy is made from aluminum, chromium, and iron. It will […]

05/02/2018 / By Edsel Cook

Citizens protest against 5G technology installation and its health hazards

Concerned by the unknown side effects of 5G technology, people are demanding their local officials take a good, long, hard look at the health risks posed by the upcoming wireless communication network, according to a GreenMedInfo.com article. The term “5G” is short for “5th generation wireless systems.” Up to 100 times faster than their 4G […]

03/16/2018 / By Edsel Cook

The U.S. hasn’t learned its lessons from the toxic mining of uranium

As the U.S. moves closer towards increasing domestic mining operations of uranium, an EcoWatch article warned that bitter lessons about unreliable regulation and volatile economic patterns will be forgotten. Inevitably, the public will end up paying for the profits of the uranium industry. In the past, the U.S. mined and milled radioactive uranium within its borders. Those domestic […]

03/06/2018 / By Edsel Cook

Mysterious radioactive material enriched with uranium found over Alaska; scientists scramble to determine origin

Alaska’s famous Northern Lights have received a new and menacing visitor, reported The Daily Mail. Floating high above the Aleutian Islands are radioactive particles contaminated by two different forms of uranium isotopes. Their exact origins have yet to be determined by the U.S. study that accidentally discovered their presence. The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric […]

02/18/2018 / By Edsel Cook

What’s a little extra radiation gonna hurt — if your insurance pays for it? Study reveals dentists take many x-rays for financial incentives

You may want to pay closer attention when your dentist recommends you get an X-ray. ScienceDaily detailed the ghastly results of a major study that discovered dentists are willing to dose their patients with unnecessary X-rays if they get paid for it. Researchers from the Centre for Health Economics at the University of York investigated […]

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