While Russia has reduced its gas deliveries by 40%, Berlin has triggered the second level of alert of the gas emergency plan and is wondering about the future of the last three nuclear reactors Is Germany on the eve of a new energy revolution? All certainties are in any case in the process of tipping…
5th International Conference on Radioecology and Environmental Radioactivity in 2022
The 5th International Conference on Radioecology and Environmental Radioactivity in 2022 will take place in Oslo, Norway, from 4 to 9 September Organiser: Norwegian Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority (DSA), Institute for Radioprotection and Nuclear Safety (IRSN) and International Union of Radioecologists (IUR) in cooperation with IAEA, FAO, UNSCEAR, OECD/NEA, EC-JRC, ICRP, AMAP, CERAD CoE,…
Japan approves plan to dump treated radioactive wastewater from Fukushima into the sea
The Japanese government has approved a plan to discharge the water used to cool the damaged nuclear reactors. They claim that the treated water is harmless to people and nature. Japan’s nuclear regulator has approved plans by the operator of the stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant to release treated radioactive wastewater into the sea in…
Unconventional methods of preserving food.
One of the many consequences of civilisation is the need to preserve food. The methods used up to now are unable to meet the expectations of modern consumers, moreover, many of them have a negative effect on the quality of the products. High temperature causes loss of components sensitive to its action, i.e. thiamine, folic…
A leak or the movement of the Russian military? Let’s find out why radiation levels in the Chernobyl zone rose sharply
On the first day of the war in Ukraine, the Russian military seized the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. Shortly afterwards, the radiation level at the site of the plant jumped up to 20 times. We examined the information of Ukrainian specialized structures and asked nuclear physicist Andrei Ozharovsky what could be the reason for such…