• Cases of widespread radioactive contamination include the Bikini Atoll, the Rocky Flats Plant in Colorado, the area near the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, the area near the Chernobyl disaster, and the area near the Mayak disaster. (wikipedia.org)
  • In the wake of the Japanese tsunami of 2011, the damage to the Fukushima nuclear power plant also added radioactive contaminated water to the mix-a toxic residue that is now showing up in the tissue of ocean animals such as tuna. (oceanfdn.org)
  • Members of civic groups stage a rally to demand the stop of the Japan's release of treated radioactive water from the damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant into ocean, in front of a building which houses Japanese Embassy, in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Oct. 5, 2023. (fox2now.com)
  • TOKYO (AP) - Japan's wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant said it began releasing a second batch of treated radioactive wastewater into the sea on Thursday after the first round of discharges ended smoothly. (fox2now.com)
  • He did Chernobyl disaster follow-up work in Ukraine and Belarus, and was a member of a three-person emergency assistance team invited to Japan in 2011 in response to the earthquake-tsunami disaster and the crisis at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant. (harvard.edu)
  • They are visiting Fukushima for its first marine sampling mission since the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant started releasing the treated radioactive wastewater into the sea. (tristatehomepage.com)
  • IWAKI, Japan (AP) - A member of the International Atomic Energy Agency team visiting Fukushima for its first marine sampling since the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant started releasing treated radioactive wastewater into the sea said Thursday he does not expect any rise in radiation levels in the fish caught in the regional seas. (tristatehomepage.com)
  • Fishermen and residents of Fukushima and five other prefectures along Japan's northeastern coast filed a lawsuit Friday demanding a halt to the ongoing release of treated radioactive wastewater from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant into the sea. (ap.org)
  • TOKYO (AP) - The operator of the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant said Monday that it has safely completed the first release of treated radioactive water from the plant into the sea and will inspect and clean the facility before starting the second round in a few weeks. (ap.org)
  • Japan's crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant has run into multiple problems recently that highlight its precarious state more than two years after its reactors melted down in the wake of a devastating earthquake and tsunami. (apa.az)
  • Warnings by the Southern California power companies that the absence of cheap and clean nuclear energy might cause rolling blackouts and limited time for junior on the Xbox don't seem to carry the same fuzzy feelings as they did BF ~ Before Fukushima. (giantrobot.com)
  • Scientists keeping tabs on the eastward voyage of radioactive byproducts from the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear-power-station disaster in Japan suggest that radioactivity from the byproducts should peak off the US and Canadian coasts by the end of next year. (phantomsandmonsters.com)
  • At the same time, fuel stored in dry casks at Fukushima was apparently not adversely affected by either the earthquake or tsunami. (wiseinternational.org)
  • TOKYO (AP) - Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida visited the tsunami-wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant Sunday and said an impending release of treated radioactive wastewater into the Pacific Ocean cannot be postponed. (kxan.com)
  • Emergency diesel generators at Fukushima Dai-1 shut down, a result of the tsunami, forcing cooling pumps to start using battery backup. (ieee.org)
  • Milk, fruits and vegetables show trace amounts of radioactive isotopes from the Fukushima Daichi power plants, and the media appears to be paying scant attention, if any attention at all. (foxnews.com)
  • Northeast districts of Japan were attacked by intense earthquake and tsunami in 2011, polluting a wide area with radioactive substances emitted from the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant. (umass.edu)
  • 1) There are some 1,300 intensely radioactive fuel rods weighing some 400 tons stuck in a spent fuel pool 100 feet in the air at Fukushima 4. (progressive.org)
  • 12) Initial radioactive fallout from the first Fukushima explosions was detected in California in less than a week. (progressive.org)
  • Since the March 10 earthquake and tsunami in Japan, workers have struggled to cool damaged reactors and contain radiation at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant. (illinois.edu)
  • In addition to the concern with the use of this type of agent in attacks, under other circumstances, there is also the possibility of natural disasters triggering events involving CBRN agents, such as the one that occurred at the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant in 2011, due to the tsunami generated after an earthquake(2). (bvsalud.org)
  • It has accumulated since the plant was crippled by a massive earthquake and tsunami in 2011. (fox2now.com)
  • Coming hard on the heels of a monster earthquake and devastating tsunami, the nuclear disaster unfolding in Japan is more than heart-breaking. (dissidentvoice.org)
  • In April 2021, 10 years after the earthquake and tsunami that wrecked the power plant, the Japanese government announced that it would release radioactive wastewater from the facility, treated using an advanced liquid processing system, into the Pacific Ocean. (taipeitimes.com)
  • The plant suffered a triple meltdown in the 2011 earthquake and tsunami. (or.jp)
  • During the Oct. 16-23 visit, the IAEA team also inspected the collection and processing of seawater and marine sediment near the plant, which suffered triple meltdowns following the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. (tristatehomepage.com)
  • The water has accumulated since the plant was damaged by a massive earthquake and tsunami in 2011, and the start of its release is a milestone in the plant's decommissioning. (ap.org)
  • The radioactive wastewater has accumulated since three of the plant's reactors were damaged by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami. (ap.org)
  • The nuclear power station lost emergency power when it was hit by a tsunami triggered by a magnitude 9 earthquake offshore on March 11, 2011. (phantomsandmonsters.com)
  • The tragedy set in motion by the earthquake and tsunami continues to be tangible, but it brought our nations together. (dragonflyeye.net)
  • Even without the leaks and the rats, just keeping the plant safe following the damage inflicted by the earthquake and tsunami two years ago is keeping 3,000 laborers busy. (climatecentral.org)
  • Another earthquake or tsunami could take the site beyond all conceivable salvation. (progressive.org)
  • To the extent that we know, the disaster in Japan resulted largely from the tsunami that followed the earthquake and not from the earthquake itself. (illinois.edu)
  • About 1.34 million tons of radioactive wastewater is stored in about 1,000 tanks at the plant. (fox2now.com)
  • The International Atomic Energy Agency has reviewed the safety of the wastewater release and concluded that if carried out as planned, it would have a negligible impact on the environment, marine life and human health. (fox5sandiego.com)
  • The AEC is to work with the Central Weather Bureau to establish a simulation model for the dispersion of radioactive substances in marine ecosystems, and provide a seven-day forecast of the dispersion and impact warning of tritium wastewater to the nearby sea area and fishing grounds after Tokyo Electric Power begins discharging the wastewater. (taipeitimes.com)
  • The banner reads 'Lawsuit to halt the release of ALPS treated radioactive wastewater. (ap.org)
  • TEPCO and the government say the wastewater is treated to reduce radioactive materials to safe levels, and then is diluted with seawater to make it much safer than international standards. (ap.org)
  • It's about this time three years ago, that I was receiving radioactive iodine treatment. (theannoyedthyroid.com)
  • North Korea claimed Friday to have tested a nuclear-capable underwater drone designed to generate a gigantic "radioactive tsunami" that would destroy naval strike groups and ports. (thejewishlink.com)
  • The North Korean drone is named "Haeil," a Korean word meaning tidal waves or tsunamis. (thejewishlink.com)
  • Other photos published with the same article showed sea-surface tracks supposedly caused by the drone's underwater trajectory and a pillar of water exploding up into the air, possibly caused by what state media described as an underwater detonation of a mock nuclear weapon carried by the drone. (thejewishlink.com)
  • Earlier, the Korean Central News Agency ( KCNA ) reported that the DPRK tested an underwater drone that can carry nuclear weapons and launched a test warhead without nuclear charge from it in the Sea of Japan. (almayadeen.net)
  • KCNA highlighted that the weapon can unleash a "radioactive tsunami", pointing out that "the drone is designed to attack enemy vessels and ports by setting off a super-scale radioactive wave. (almayadeen.net)
  • The accumulated water is being treated to remove most radioactive substances, but it still contains tritium. (or.jp)
  • Pyongyang's official Korean Central News Agency said the new weapon, which can be deployed from the coast or towed by surface ships, is built to "stealthily infiltrate into operational waters and make a super-scale radioactive tsunami through an underwater explosion" to destroy enemy naval strike groups and ports. (thejewishlink.com)
  • They claim the Poseidon torpedoes are capable of causing 1,000ft radioactive tsunamis - and while international military experts rebuff this, they admit that the terrifying nukes could destroy the UK's coastal cities, cause radioactive floods and kill millions of people in London. (speculum.club)
  • A makeshift system of pipes, tanks and power cables meant to carry cooling water into the melted reactors and spent fuel pools inside shattered buildings remains highly vulnerable, Nuclear Regulation Authority chairman Shunichi Tanaka acknowledged Wednesday. (apa.az)
  • Located between Los Angeles and San Diego, the two operational pressurized water reactors there ~ units #2 and #3 ~ have been shut down since January 2012, when an inspection found that new pipes that carry steam to and from the reactor's generators showed unexpected corrosion less than two years ago after they were retrofitted. (giantrobot.com)
  • Meanwhile, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission had re-issued its "waste confidence rule, which states that the NRC need not consider radioactive waste generation in licensing new reac-tors or extending licenses of existing reactors, because the NRC was confident that a permanent radioactive waste site would be licensed eventually and that, if not, existing onsite storage is good enough in any case. (wiseinternational.org)
  • Without the water the spent fuel inside the reactors could overheat, causing another potential radioactive release. (climatecentral.org)
  • On 11/25/2011, Asahi newspaper reported 50 billion Bq of cesium is carried to Pacific ocean by Abukuma river on daily basis, which is the same level of cesium contained in the total "low level of contaminated water" that Tepco discharged in April to cause international problem. (fukushima-diary.com)
  • 9) A natural aquifer flows through the site, now carrying untold quantities of contaminated water into the ocean. (progressive.org)
  • TEPCO says none of the about 120 tons of radioactive water that leaked was believed to have reached the nearby Pacific Ocean. (apa.az)
  • Russia is planning to launch a new Pacific fleet of submarines that will carry Vladimir Putin's lethal Poseidon nuclear missiles as early as next year. (speculum.club)
  • In late March, Russia said that the coastal infrastructure for the submarines that would carry the Poseidon torpedoes will be finished on the Kamchatka Peninsula, where Russia's Pacific Fleet's ballistic nuclear missile submarine base is located. (speculum.club)
  • Poseidon is made up of a 65ft tube that is almost 6ft in diameter which can be carried by specially adapted submarines and launched like a torpedo. (speculum.club)
  • If NATO] sends troops, it will end up with [us using] Poseidon, of course, and a tsunami. (speculum.club)
  • TASS has reported that the sub will carry the in-development Poseidon nuclear-capable torpedoes, which are being designed to be launched from hundreds of miles away and to sneak past coastal defenses by traveling along the sea floor. (cnn.com)
  • The Belgorod submarine can carry up to six Poseidon torpedoes, and will deploy to the Pacific Fleet area of responsibility as early as late 2024 or early 2025. (maritime-executive.com)
  • How do you stop a nuclear-powered torpedo designed to bury enemy cities under a tsunami? (nationalinterest.org)
  • [ix] The explosion by this torpedo will cause a giant radioactive tsunami, and after its passage, it will leave a radioactive desert. (capsindia.org)
  • The explosion of this thermonuclear torpedo by Britain's Coastline will cause a gigantic tsunami wave up to 500m high. (news247gh.com)
  • These nuclear torpedo drones are designed to trigger a radioactive tsunami-like ocean swell that destroys coastal cities and renders them uninhabitable, potentially resulting in large-scale displacement and millions of deaths. (maritime-executive.com)
  • Radioactive contamination, also called radiological pollution, is the deposition of, or presence of radioactive substances on surfaces or within solids, liquids, or gases (including the human body), where their presence is unintended or undesirable (from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) definition). (wikipedia.org)
  • Dozens of giant underwater drones armed with nuclear warheads that have been parked just off our coastlines detonate simultaneously, sending massive "radioactive tsunamis" pouring over our most important coastal cities. (weaponstechnology.news)
  • In November 2020, Christopher A. Ford, then assistant secretary of state for international security and non-proliferation, said Poseidons are being designed to "inundate US coastal cities with radioactive tsunamis. (cnn.com)
  • Using our knowledge and experiences with charcoal and mycorrhizal fungi, our team joined the recovery efforts focusing on a reforestation project of the coastal forest lost by tsunami. (umass.edu)
  • Japan's tsunami is still making its presence felt long after it has gone away. (dragonflyeye.net)
  • And much of this radioactive material is the highly toxic and long-lived radionuclide, cesium-137. (dissidentvoice.org)
  • The chief concern: Radioactivity from cesium-137, the longest-lived of two forms of cesium released in the disaster, which ocean surface currents have carried east. (phantomsandmonsters.com)
  • Abukuma river carries more than 43.2 billion Bq of cesium per day. (fukushima-diary.com)
  • According to Greenpeace, the ocean around large areas of Japan has been contaminated by toxic radioactive agents including cesium, iodine, plutonium and strontium. (foxnews.com)
  • Radiation tests conducted since the nuclear disaster in Japan have detected radioactive iodine and cesium in milk and vegetables produced in California. (foxnews.com)
  • Such contamination presents a hazard because the radioactive decay of the contaminants produces ionizing radiation (namely alpha, beta, gamma rays and free neutrons). (wikipedia.org)
  • The event released significant amounts of radiation, including leaks of radioactive water to the ocean. (phantomsandmonsters.com)
  • Radiation experts say that there is no reason to avoid beaches, as debris is unlikely to be radioactive and in any event, will only wash ashore in small, unmassed quantities at any one time. (dragonflyeye.net)
  • He talks, when snow melts in the mountain, river will start carrying all the contaminated dead leaves and radiation contained in snow to the city and the sea. (fukushima-diary.com)
  • Hirose Takashi points out the same level of radiation is carried by Mogami river as well because it shares the same river-head area with Abukuma river. (fukushima-diary.com)
  • However, even higher level of radiation will be carried by melted snow water in Spring. (fukushima-diary.com)
  • Though the horrendous tsunami that hit Japan on March 12, 2011 seems like old news in the midst of today's headlines, the crippled nuclear power plants at Fukishima Daichi continue to spew radiation into water, air and soil, with no end in sight. (foxnews.com)
  • It is as if the problem only involves Japan, not the vast Pacific Ocean, into which highly radioactive water has poured by the dozens of tons, and not into air currents and rainwater that carry radiation to U.S. soil and to the rest of the world. (foxnews.com)
  • Fish, shellfish and sea vegetables are absorbing this radiation, while airborne radioactive particles have contaminated land-based crops in Japan, including spinach and tea grown 200 miles south of the damaged nuclear plants. (foxnews.com)
  • This has been complicated by the extensive damage caused by the tsunami as well as by fluctuating radiation levels. (illinois.edu)
  • Then Korean amphibious assault vehicles (KAAV), deployed from the Dokdo amphibious assault ship (14,300 tons), washed ashore in three waves, carrying dozens of marines. (efe.com)
  • After removal from the reactor, this fuel is massively contaminated with radioactive elements and must be stored in giant pools. (dissidentvoice.org)
  • That reactor exploded, spilling radioactive dust over a vast area of Europe. (climatecentral.org)
  • The initial cap or sarcophagus built to cover the reactor is in danger of crumbling and causing another radioactive release. (climatecentral.org)
  • Each of the major storm surge or tsunami events carries debris, toxic liquids, and other pollution back out to sea. (oceanfdn.org)
  • Plus, a radioactive plume heading out over the Pacific to deposit its toxic load in the ocean and its rich fisheries? (dissidentvoice.org)
  • Radioactive contamination can be due to a variety of causes. (wikipedia.org)
  • Radioactive contamination may also be an inevitable result of certain processes, such as the release of radioactive xenon in nuclear fuel reprocessing. (wikipedia.org)
  • Nuclear fallout is the distribution of radioactive contamination by the 520 atmospheric nuclear explosions that took place from the 1950s to the 1980s. (wikipedia.org)
  • Contamination does not include residual radioactive material remaining at a site after the completion of decommissioning. (wikipedia.org)
  • Therefore, radioactive material in sealed and designated containers is not properly referred to as contamination, although the units of measurement might be the same. (wikipedia.org)
  • Being within the intended Containment differentiates radioactive material from radioactive contamination. (wikipedia.org)
  • Experts suspect the radioactive water has been leaking since early in the crisis, citing high contamination in fish caught in waters just off the plant. (apa.az)
  • Additionally, drinking water tested in some U.S. municipalities also shows radioactive contamination. (foxnews.com)
  • But it is the massive amount of radioactive water that is becoming part of the problem, because it cannot be discharged into the sea without breaching international law and risking contamination of fish stocks. (climatecentral.org)
  • It may occur due to the release of radioactive gases, liquids or particles. (wikipedia.org)
  • Instead it is pumped into reservoirs that have been inadequately lined, and it is from three of these that the radioactive leaks of thousands of gallons are continuing. (climatecentral.org)
  • But it would encourage the generation of more radioactive waste and set off the widespread transport of radioactive waste across the U.S. In the 1990s, this concept was dubbed Mobile Chernobyl, and was defeated by a veto from President Clinton, which was upheld by the U.S. Senate. (wiseinternational.org)
  • Detection of radioactive iodine 131, which degrades rapidly, in California milk samples shows that the fallout from Japan is reaching the U.S. quickly. (foxnews.com)
  • The United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission defines this as "Types and amounts of radioactive or hazardous material released to the environment following an accident. (wikipedia.org)
  • According to Japanese nuclear engineer Naoto Sekimura, nuclear fuel rod meltdown at the damaged plants began only hours after the tsunami, and the situation has not been contained. (foxnews.com)
  • This confluence of events began with President Obama's decision, early in his term to end the proposed Yucca Mountain, Nevada radioactive waste dump and, in tandem with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, to end Department of Energy funding to pursue this project. (wiseinternational.org)
  • In the meantime, pro-nuclear forces are marshaling to try to force Yucca Mountain on Nevada and the American people, and to try other mechanisms to speed nuclear power development, create new radioactive waste sites regardless of environmental impact, and to ignore the hard lessons learned from the past 25 years of failed radioactive waste policy. (wiseinternational.org)
  • According to Russia's TASS news agency, the division of submarines to carry these underwater doomsday torpedoes could be ready to form by the end of 2024 or in the first half of 2025. (speculum.club)
  • Both US and Russian officials have said the torpedoes could deliver warheads of multiple megatons, causing radioactive waves that would render swathes of the target coastline uninhabitable for decades. (cnn.com)
  • According to the CRS report, the Belgorod would be capable of carrying up to eight Poseidons, though some weapons experts say its payload is more likely to be six torpedoes. (cnn.com)
  • A tsunami with waves as high as 10 meters follows within the hour. (ieee.org)
  • Volatile radioactive material leaves the facility, becomes airborne and travels. (illinois.edu)
  • Now, the cooling system has to carry away the residual heat. (nextbigfuture.com)
  • So after the batteries ran out, the residual heat could not be carried away any more. (nextbigfuture.com)
  • These missiles can carry between one and three nuclear warheads, each with a maximum explosive yield of 475 kilotons, giving this weapon a maximum yield of 1.425 megatons. (19fortyfive.com)
  • America's dated Minuteman III missiles certainly pack a punch, but even when carrying three of its most potent warheads, these missiles are utterly dwarfed by Russia's most advanced (and powerful) ICBM coming into service this year: The RS-28 Sarmat. (19fortyfive.com)
  • [vi] It is also speculated that the thermonuclear warhead could be equipped with cobalt-59, which on detonation will transmute into radioactive cobalt-60. (capsindia.org)
  • And, the same debris issue confronted those affected communities as did Japan in the wake of the 2011 tsunami, the Philippine island of Leyte from Typhoon Haiyan in 2013, New York and New Jersey in the wake of Superstorm Sandy in 2012, and the Gulf Coast in the wake of Katrina, Ike, Gustav, and half a dozen other storms in the last decade or so. (oceanfdn.org)
  • It is what happens when that water flows back out again, carrying with it the debris from its own destructive rush and a complex soup that draws ingredients from every building it passes, under every sink, in every custodian's closet, auto mechanic shop, and dry cleaner, as well as whatever detritus the water picked up from trash cans, garbage dumps, construction zones, and other built environments. (oceanfdn.org)
  • While on scene, the team carried out a rapid site assessment, exchanged information with Japanese disaster professionals, and provided training to more than 1,100 Japanese hospital and healthcare personnel and emergency responders. (harvard.edu)
  • Four more rounds of water discharge will be carried out by the end of next March. (or.jp)
  • He told reporters that he confirmed their commitment to safely carrying out the upcoming water discharge. (kxan.com)
  • The sampling work will be followed by a separate IAEA task force that will review the safety of the treated radioactive water. (wric.com)
  • Not to mention the threat of the wind shifting and carrying the radioactivity towards Tokyo? (dissidentvoice.org)
  • The nuclear weapons will generate tsunami, which will flatten every part of Great Britain. (news247gh.com)
  • A spilled vial of radioactive material like uranyl nitrate may contaminate the floor and any rags used to wipe up the spill. (wikipedia.org)
  • In cases that radioactive material cannot be contained, it may be diluted to safe concentrations. (wikipedia.org)
  • It is mostly volatile radioactive material, which gets dispersed, thus reducing the level. (illinois.edu)
  • If some fraction of the seawater that is being used to cool the facility is flowing back into the sea, it may be carrying some radioactive material with it. (illinois.edu)
  • What happens to the radioactive material? (illinois.edu)
  • The sources of radioactive pollution can be classified into two groups: natural and man-made. (wikipedia.org)
  • The sources of radioactive pollution can be natural or man-made. (wikipedia.org)
  • The signs read "Oppose to release the second radioactive water into ocean. (fox2now.com)
  • He pledged to safely carry out the second round of release while closely monitoring data from seawater samples taken from multiple locations off the plant. (fox2now.com)
  • Some scientists say, however, that the continuing release of low-level radioactive materials is unprecedented and needs to be monitored closely. (fox2now.com)
  • It concluded that the release, if carried out precisely as planned, would have a negligible impact on the environment, marine life and human health. (ap.org)
  • After the Kim Jong-un regime carried out a record number of missile launches in 2022 and the allies carried out large-scale war drills, South Korea and the US have chosen this year to further increase deployments within their large spring maneuvers. (efe.com)
  • In the first week of May 2022, a well-known Russian state television anchor stated that "Moscow could wipe Britain off the map with a nuclear tsunami in retaliation for supporting Ukraine. (capsindia.org)
  • They include establishment of a new, but largely undefined entity to handle radioactive waste policy -essentially removing the responsibility from the Department of Energy. (wiseinternational.org)
  • Radioactive cooling water is leaking into the ground from at least three vast storage tanks, and the vulnerability of the plant to further accidents was revealed when a rat chewed through an electric cable, cutting off vital cooling. (climatecentral.org)
  • An International Atomic Energy Agency task force last year carried out three comprehensive reviews on Tokyo Electric Power Co's discharge plan, and its preliminary findings, released on Wednesday, said that the company has the technical competence to complete the operation, and its measurements of the treated water were accurate and precise. (taipeitimes.com)
  • After waiting for several years, it was possible to enter the facility, and carry out cleaning work using robots. (illinois.edu)
  • The Kim regime carried out almost a dozen weapons tests (including underwater UAV capable of causing radioactive tsunamis) since the spring maneuver season began in the south of the peninsula on Mar.13. (efe.com)
  • Russia's MiG-31 supersonic interceptor jets carrying hypersonic Kinzhal (Dagger) missiles fly over Red Square during the Victory Day military parade in Moscow on May 9, 2018. (cnn.com)
  • Two weeks later, a new water processing machine designed to remove most radioactive elements temporarily stopped after a worker pushed a wrong button. (apa.az)