Category Archives: Environment

Non Profit Group Safecast Crowdsources Radiation Data in Japan

Posted ago by koholanui

Click here for video This PBS News Story covers Safecast, an organization mapping radiation data levels in Japan and Beyond, and explains what their mission is.  Click here for video  Safecast is deserving of support in their important work.  We …

Japan Nuclear Disaster Released Higher Radiation Levels Than Previously Reported

Posted ago by koholanui

The Fukushima nuclear disaster released twice as much of a radioactive substance into the atmosphere as Japanese authorities estimated, reaching 40 percent of the total from Chernobyl, a preliminary report says. The estimate of much higher levels of radioactive cesium-137 …

Fukushima Nuclear Radiation in California Dairy Products

Posted ago by koholanui

Fukushima is out of the news in the U.S., but the effects it has had on our food system are still evident… “Just wondering about the koji rice and radiation contamination from the Fukushima disaster. How can we be sure …

Japan Fallout?

Posted ago by koholanui

This blog is a work-in-progress to help address the situation in Japan and concerns about fallout. Here are some sources of radiation data: TARA Network – Terrestrial and Atmospheric Radiation Awareness Network These stations utilize probes incorporating “2 inch pancake …

Bill Nye discusses the danger of plutonium

Posted ago by koholanui

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Nuclear News Updates

Posted ago by koholanui

High level of iodine 131 in seawater near N-plant A high level of radioactive iodine has been detected in seawater near Japan’s troubled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. The facility was hit by the March 11th earthquake and tsunami. Link …