Radioactive Broccoli?
Western press outlets are reporting radioactive broccoli and raw milk from Japan, but they’re referencing a Kyodo News report...
Monthly Archives: March 2011
Spent Fuel Pool(s) Near Boiling Point (Again)
The good news is that lighting at Fukushima I has been restored, and all six reactors at Fukushima I...
Radiation and Misinformation
With the deputy head of Japan’s nuclear agency calling Fukushima a “very huge disaster,” it’s fairly obvious that the...
XKCD’s Helpful Radiation Chart
The webcomic XKCD has become one of those ubiquitous fixtures of geek life in the new century. In addition...
Paragraph Targeted for Assassination
Anyone who uses Facebook with any regularity has probably discovered that the premier social networking engine has launched an...
March 20, 1995: The Sarin Gas Attack
Today is the 16th anniversary of the Sarin Gas Attack on the Tokyo subway, in which either 13 or...
“Go ahead. Pusha da button!”
March 20 is the day in 1933 when Giuseppe Zangara met his death in Florida’s “Old Sparky,” the electric...
The Yahoo Iodine Scam: Take FDA-Zac Instead!
Yahoo News teases readers with a headline, “Beware of ‘Fake’ Potassium Iodide: FDA,” apparently because they need a trip...
IAEA: No Reports of Radiation Sickness, Despite News Reports
The International Atomic Energy Agency says on its front page that several news reports have claimed it as a...
How the Spent Fuel Pools Might Achieve, Or Have Achived, Re-Criticality
I saw an interesting possibility mentioned in a forum I won’t disclose because I don’t want to risk calling...