Blogposts tagged 'Radiation'

From our radiation sampling team in Japan

Posted by jamie - 29 March 2011 at 9:15am - 4 Comments

Jacob Namminga checks a colleague's boots for traces of radioactivity

Jacob Namminga, one of our radiation safety advisors, spoke to Brian Fitzgerald at our international office, about the radiation monitoring that began on Saturday March 26, in a rural area of Japan to the north west of the Fukushima nuclear plant.

The trip's aim was to asses the true extent of radiation risks to the local population, which has reported radiation levels of up to ten micro sieverts per hour in Iitate village, 20km beyond the official evacuation zone - levels high enough to require evacuation. As told to Brian, here are Jacob's reflections on the trip.

Article tagged as: energy, fukushima, japan, nuclear accidents, nuclear power, nuclear safety, radiation

Kashiwazaki nuclear plant - report from the scene

Posted by bex - 24 July 2007 at 5:28pm - 0 Comments

After the conflicting reports about last week's earthquake in Japan, a Greenpeace team of nuclear and radiation experts headed over to Japan to check radiation levels on the ground.

Happily, most places the team checked around the plant didn't show signs of increased radioactivity, but they had a couple of bizarre moments along the way. Their diaries are on our international site.

Article tagged as: japan, nuclear accidents, nuclear power, radiation, radioactivity, reactor safety

Future radiation doses from waste dumping to exceed 2005 limits

Posted by bex - 4 November 2005 at 8:00am - 0 Comments

Estimates of radiation doses to the public in the future, from the release of radioactive materials from the Drigg nuclear dump site, could reach up to 30 times than the legal maximum permissible now! Moreover, Drigg, the UK's main low-level waste dump is likely to be destroyed by coastal erosion in 500 years.

Article tagged as: BNG, drigg, environment agency, government, hachette, nuclear waste, radiation, waste dump sites

Greenpeace supports radiation and health conference

Posted by bex - 5 May 2004 at 7:00am - 0 Comments

Three Mile Island nuclear plant

Article tagged as: health impacts, nuclear power, radiation, reactor safety

Health and radiation

Publication date: 21 March, 2007

Publication date: June 2003

Summary
A Greenpeace briefing on health and radiation in Tuwaitha

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Health and radiation

Article tagged as: environmental impacts, health impacts, nuclear power, radiation, stop the war

Radioactively contaminated seafood and MAFF data

Publication date: 2 June, 2000

There is no safe dose of radiation. Exposure to radiation at any level can increase the risk of developing radiation-linked diseases like cancer. The way to minimise the risk is to minimise exposure to radiation as far as possible.

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Radioactively contaminated seafood and MAFF data

Article tagged as: food, health impacts, nuclear accidents, radiation, reports

Nuclear contaminated seafood

Publication date: 22 March, 2007

Publication date: May 2000

Summary
Table showing the individual radiation exposures due to consumption of Irish Sea fish and shellfish, 1998.

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