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Forest fires may resurrect radioactive soil near Chernobyl
2015-02-10 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
United Press International: When the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant exploded in 1986, some 85 petabecquerels of radioactive cesium was released into the atmosphere and surrounding environs. Researchers believe somewhere between 2 and 8 PBq is still lingering in the soil and forest debris that surrounds the disaster site. Scientists have long feared that forest fires could send leftover radiation back into the atmosphere as radioactive leaves and other dead and dry plant material burn up -- traces of cesium wafting skyward...
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North Dakota: oil producers aim to cut radioactive waste bills
2015-01-28 18:31:17| Waste Management - Topix.net
North Dakota's oil industry is pushing to change the state's radioactive waste disposal laws as part of a broad effort to conserve cash as oil prices tumble. The waste, which becomes slightly radioactive as part of the hydraulic fracturing process that churns up isotopes locked underground, must be trucked out of state.
North Dakota: oil producers aim to cut radioactive waste bills
2015-01-28 17:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: North Dakota's oil industry is pushing to change the state's radioactive waste disposal laws as part of a broad effort to conserve cash as oil prices tumble. The waste, which becomes slightly radioactive as part of the hydraulic fracturing process that churns up isotopes locked underground, must be trucked out of state. That's because rules prohibit North Dakota landfills from accepting anything but miniscule amounts of radiation. The most common form of radioactive waste is a filter sock,...
United Kingdom: Still No Solution to Storage of High-Level Radioactive Nuclear Waste
2015-01-25 15:47:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: A private consortium formed to deal with Europes most difficult nuclear waste at a site in Britains beautiful Lake District has been sacked by the British government because not sufficient progress has been made in making it safe. It is the latest setback for an industry that claims nuclear power is the low-carbon answer to climate change, but has not yet found a safe resting place for radioactive rubbish it creates when nuclear fuel and machinery reaches the end of its life. Dealing with the...
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Ultra-Realistic Radiation Detection Training Without Using Radioactive Materials
2015-01-20 03:32:17| rfglobalnet Home Page
Training of first responders on the hazards of actual radiological and nuclear threats has been challenged by the difficulties of adequately representing those threats.
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