Radiation News

New fronts in heart disease: Innovation in computed tomography Special

Innovations in computed tomography are driving forward progress in heart disease detection and treatment, and Murat Gungor, VP of computed tomography and radiation oncology at Siemens, shared his perspectives on these advances.

Digital Journal Report by Michael Krebs - 1 comment

Record levels of radiation in greenling fish found near Fukushima

Fukushima - Two years after the nuclear disaster, TEPCO has found a greenling fish in the waters near the crippled Fukushima plant, with a record quantity of radioactive cesium - 7,400 times the country's limit for safe human consumption.

In the Media by Anne Sewell - 13 comments

Mystery ring of radiation briefly encircled Earth

Last September most people did not know that a previously unseen ring of radiation encircled the planet for almost an entire month.

In the Media by Owen Weldon

Workers forced to fake radiation readings by Fukushima contractor

Fukushima - According to a leaked tape of an internal meeting, a company charged with decontaminating the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, forced workers to lower their radiation readings.

In the Media by Anne Sewell - 1 comment

Almost 36% of Fukushima children have abnormal thyroid growths

Fukushima - According to a new report, over one-third of the children in Japan's Fukushima region could be prone to cancer, due to unusually overgrown thyroid glands.

In the Media by Anne Sewell - 3 comments

Op-Ed: Japan/Missouri face clean-up of thousands of dead sardines & fish

Around the world, the number of dead zones, some of which are naturally occurring, increased from 149 in 2003 to more than 200 in 2006, according to a 2008 report by the United Nations Environmental Program.

In the Media by Mindy Allan - 2 comments

False alarm over high radiation readings in Indiana

The website for Radiation Network, the United States' radiation monitoring network, is blaming an equipment malfunction for the extremely high radiation levels that were detected last night by a monitoring station in South Bend, Indiana.

In the Media by Elliott Freeman - 1 comment

US Bluefin tuna record Fukushima radiation

Apparently Pacific Bluefin tuna in the U.S. is showing radioactive signals from Fukushima, but officials say it is "safe to eat."

In the Media by Anne Sewell - 11 comments

EPA audit exposes major problems in radiation monitoring system Special

A recently released report by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Inspector General's Office has revealed perilous failures in the operation of RadNet, the nationwide radiation monitoring network, in the midst of the Fukushima nuclear crisis.

Digital Journal Report by Elliott Freeman - 2 comments

Op-Ed: N. America's radiation threat: another mainstream news blackout

It is odd that neither the Canadian nor the American mainstream news, nor any government agencies are speaking about the radiation that continues to flow into North America by way of the jet stream.

In the Media by Mindy Allan - 6 comments