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Contamination dropping in evacuation zone

Regulation and Safety

07 June 2013

Fukushima radiation survey map thumb 80x48Analysis from Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority has revealed the most contaminated areas in the Fukushima evacuation zone have reduced in size by three quarters over the last two years.

Fear and stress outweigh Fukushima radiation risk

Regulation and Safety

31 May 2013

The most extensive international report to date has concluded that the only observable health effects from the Fukushima accident stem from the stresses of evacuation and unwarranted fear of radiation.

Fukushima internal exposures low, study finds

Regulation and Safety

11 April 2013

Some 99% of residents of Fukushima prefecture and neighbouring Ibaraki have barely detectable levels of internal exposure to caesium-137, a group of Japanese researchers has found. Of the remaining 1%, all showed levels well below the government-set limit.

Nuclear rocket puts Mars within reach

Other News

31 May 2013

Man on Mars (NASA) 48Space travel to Mars and beyond may only be possible through the use of nuclear rocket technology, NASA suggests. Such spacecraft would be much faster than conventional craft, cutting the length of the mission and thereby reducing radiation exposure to astronauts.

Update to US emergency guidelines

Regulation and Safety

16 April 2013

The US Environmental Protection Agency has drafted new guidelines to protect workers and the public in a radiological emergency. Open for public comment, the latest draft is an update to EPA guidelines issued in 1992.

Life-saving case for nuclear

Energy and Environment

03 April 2013

North American pollution cloud (NASA) 72x48A landmark study has put the figure of 1.84 million on the number of lives saved by the worldwide use of nuclear power instead of fossil fuels. The report co-authored by former NASA scientist James Hansen presents a dramatic new case for nuclear energy.