nuclear waste

Scientists propose using yeast to clean up radioactive waste sites in a safe, cost-effective and eco-friendly manner

January 10, 2018 -

Posted by Earl Garcia

(Natural News) Yeast may hold potential as a safe and cost-effective material for cleaning up large volumes of acidic radioactive liquid wastes, experts reported in the journal Frontiers in Microbiology. The scientists explained that yeast contains strong properties that could withstand radiation emitted from radioactive sites, which continue to contaminate the environment following the end of the Cold War era. […]

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Experts accuse Russia of covering up a nuclear fuel plant leak, claiming it caused the mysterious radioactive cloud across Europe sighted in September

December 28, 2017 -

Posted by Rita Winters

(Natural News) In September this year, a radioactive cloud was spotted above Europe. Researchers who investigated the incident discovered that the cloud was swept westward towards Europe from the Ural mountains, which serves as a boundary between Russia, Europe, and the rest of Asia. Researchers who looked into the incident hypothesized that the radioactive cloud […]

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U.S. nuclear regulators caught VASTLY underestimating the risk of radioactive material storage fires that could devastate the U.S.A.

October 19, 2017 -

Posted by D. Samuelson

(Natural News) The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is responsible for all “policies and regulations governing nuclear reactor and materials safety,” reports NRC.gov. With a budget of $1 billion and 4000 employees, they are also in charge of licensing and litigation issues for the ninety-nine existing nuclear power plants in America. Within the confines of these aging nuclear facilities, reports the Orange County […]

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Plutonium processing tunnel collapses at Hanford nuclear facility in Washington

May 12, 2017 -

Posted by Isabelle Z.

(Natural News) Nuclear experts have called it “an underground Chernobyl waiting to happen,” and now the Hanford Nuclear Reservation 200 miles outside of Seattle has gone into lockdown after a tunnel filled with highly contaminated nuclear waste collapsed. Around 4,800 people working there were instructed to either evacuate or take cover. As the situation intensified, […]

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Japan to “drop tanks” full of Fukushima nuclear waste directly into the ocean

May 8, 2017 -

Posted by Amy Goodrich

(Natural News) Following a major earthquake in March 2011, a 15 meter-high tsunami ravaged the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. Though the reactors immediately shut down after the quake, the giant wave that hit Fukushima’s shores disabled the emergency generators that power and operate the pumps that cool the reactors. The insufficient cooling resulted in […]

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