Posts Tagged ‘chernobyl’

Radiation Will Pollute the Area Around Chernobyl For 5 to 10 Times Longer Than Models Predicted – Between 180 and 320 Years

Washington’s Blog Aug 23, 2011 The radioactive half life of cesium 137 is usually 30 years. But scientists at the Savannah River National Laboratory say that the cesium at Chernobyl will persist in the environment between 5 and 10 times longer – between180 and 320 years. As Wired notes: Cesium 137’s half-life — the time it takes […]

Christopher Busby: Chernobyl-like radiation found in Tokyo

RT Aug 18, 2011 Workers at Japan’s Fukushima plant say the ground under the facility is cracking and radioactive steam is escaping through the fissures. They also say pipes and at least one reactor were seriously damaged before the tsunami hit the area in March. RT talks to Christopher Busby of the European Committee on […]

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