On a Wyoming Ranch, Feds Sacrifice Tomorrow’s Water to Mine Uranium Today
Modern mining for the radioactive ore inevitably pollutes water. To avoid digging big holes in the ground, operators inject a mixture of sodium bicarbonate, hydrogen peroxide and oxygen into the rock...
View ArticleMike Wireman – EPA hydrologist
“There is a view out there that says if it’s more than a few thousand feet deep we don’t really care … just go ahead and dump all that waste. There is an opposite view that says no, that is not...
View ArticleJapan Tsunami Debris: West Coast Braces For More Flotsam In Winter
Health experts have said debris arriving on the West Coast is unlikely to be radioactive after having crossed thousands of miles of ocean. Tsunami waves swamped a nuclear power plant and swept debris...
View ArticleBluefin tuna record Fukushima radioactivity
Pacific Bluefin tuna caught off the coast of California have been found to have radioactive contamination from last year’s Fukushima nuclear accident. The fish would have picked up the pollution while...
View ArticleFukushima nuclear plant: Toxic isotope found in groundwater
Strontium-90 is formed as a by-product of nuclear fission. Tests showed that levels of strontium in groundwater at the Fukushima plant had increased 100-fold since the end of last year, Toshihiko...
View ArticleFukushima radioactive water leak an ’emergency’
Japan’s nuclear watchdog has said the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant is facing a new “emergency” caused by a build-up of radioactive groundwater. Its operator, Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco),...
View ArticleFukushima leak is ‘much worse than we were led to believe’
“Our biggest concern right now is if some of the other isotopes such as strontium 90 which tend to be more mobile, get through these sediments in the ground water. They are entering the oceans at...
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