Workers at the Hanford Site have successfully removed radioactive waste from the 21st large underground storage tank, marking a significant milestone in the extensive cleanup project in southeast Washington. Tank AX-101, the last of four tanks emptied in the AX Farm group, contained approximately 350,000 gallons of waste, bringing the total amount of radioactive waste […]
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Scientists Implant Radioactive Material Into Horn of Living Rhinoceros to Poison Anyone Who Consumes It
Warning Horn In an effort to make them useless to poachers, researchers are implanting radioactive isotopes into the horns of rhinos in South Africa. The unusual material would “render the horn useless… essentially poisonous for human consumption,” James Larkin, professor and dean of science at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, told Agence France-Presse. […]
Technical troubles halt new tests at huge Eastern WA radioactive waste melter
The Department of Energy is unlikely to meet a deadline set by a federal court for the next step to prepare the Hanford site’s vitrification plant to treat radioactive waste for disposal. On Thursday DOE notified the Washington state Department of Ecology that it was at risk of not meeting the Aug. 1 deadline to […]
Secrets of radioactive ‘promethium’ — a rare earth element with mysterious applications — uncovered after 80-year search
For the first time, scientists have revealed crucial properties of the mysterious, radioactive substance promethium — nearly eight decades after the elusive rare earth element was discovered. Promethium is one of the 15 lanthanide elements at the bottom of the periodic table. Also known as the rare earths, these metals exhibit a number of useful […]
Radioactive camera lost near Eunice
NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – New Mexico State Police say a radioactive camera with a 35-foot cable and crank was lost near Eunice on a closed road on Thursday. The camera could be very dangerous if it is improperly used. New Mexico AG calls out controversial judge’s recent decision There is a $5,000 reward for its return, […]
Navajo teenagers fight to prevent radioactive waste in their community
Apr. 30—THOREAU — Sitting around a table in a library at Thoreau High School, 10 Navajo students all nodded when asked if they are scared for themselves. But it’s not only about them, they said. The 15- and 16-year-olds said they fear for their sacred land and their future generations. The Thoreau High School sophomores […]
IAEA inspects treated radioactive water release from Fukushima nuclear plant
A team of experts from the UN nuclear agency inspected the tsunami-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant on Wednesday, for a review of its discharge of treated radioactive wastewater into the Pacific. The International Atomic Energy Agency inspection was part of a four-day visit to Japan that started on Tuesday, its second since the water […]
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Japan confirms experts met in China to ease concerns over discharge of treated radioactive water
FILE – This aerial view shows the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, situated in coastal towns of both Okuma and Futaba, northeastern Japan, on Aug. 24, 2023, shortly after its operator Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings TEPCO began releasing its first batch of treated radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean. Japan said Sunday, March 31, […]
More than 56K barrels of radioactive waste dumped off U.S. coast, LAT reports
A new report in the Los Angeles Times indicates that pollution in the Pacific Ocean off the California coast could be even more dangerous than originally thought. What was once thought to be thousands of barrels of DDT may actually be low-level radioactive waste, and the DDT that was detected was not contained in barrels […]
Japan’s industry minister chides utility president over radioactive water leak at Fukushima plant
TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s industry minister summoned the president of the utility that runs the Fukushima nuclear power plant to his office Wednesday and chided him for a radioactive water leak at the plant earlier this month. Mishaps related to the massive amount of contaminated water at the tsunami-damaged Fukushima Daiichi plant are especially sensitive […]
China lashes out at ‘chaos and disorder’ behind Fukushima radioactive waste water leak
China’s embassy in Japan has lashed out over Wednesday’s leak of radioactive waste water from the tsunami-battered Fukushima nuclear power plant, rebuking its operator the Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) and the Japanese government. “Japan’s repeated accidents in the process of treating Fukushima nuclear-contaminated water have fully exposed the chaos and disorder of Tepco’s internal […]