Radiation News | Radiation News – Radiation Information

News & Articles By Frances Bloomfield

06/16/2018 / By Frances Bloomfield

Biologist reveals surprising insights into the effects of nuclear accidents on wildlife

On April 26, 1986, the world was rocked by the Chernobyl disaster, one of the worst nuclear accidents in history. Massive amounts of radioactive materials were launched into the atmosphere from one of the graphite reactor cores, forcing people living nearby to evacuate their homes by the thousands. Now, almost four decades later, the effects […]

12/01/2017 / By Frances Bloomfield

Belarusian mushrooms found to be contaminated with radioactive cesium

A shipment of Belarus mushrooms has been seized by French officials due to low-level radiological contamination. As reported by Yahoo.com, customs officials discovered that the 3.5-ton shipment, coming through Frankfurt, Germany, contained traces of cesium-137 or radiocaesium. Though the shipment of mushrooms wasn’t stated to be a health threat, they will still be destroyed using […]

05/10/2017 / By Frances Bloomfield

Fukushima wildfire revives worries over airborne radiation from “difficult-to-return zone”

On the evening of April 29, a wildfire broke out in a mountain forest near the now-disabled Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant. In a report by the Mainichi.jp, the publication stated that the fire started on the 448-meter high Mount Juman in Namie, a town in the Fukushima Prefecture. In response to the prefecture […]

04/07/2017 / By Frances Bloomfield

Return of the Note 7: Samsung to resell model after disastrous recall

Before announcing the release of the Galaxy S8, Samsung has revealed that it will be reselling the Galaxy Note 7. After serious battery troubles forced the tech giant to issue a worldwide recall of the device in 2016, it appears that the Note 7 will be making a comeback. The Note 7 will be re-released […]

1 of 1