Showing posts with label Nuclear Survival. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Nuclear Survival. Show all posts

Monday, October 19, 2009

Spiegel.de | Radioactive Waste - German Company Sent Nuclear Material for Open-Air Storage in Siberia

The suspected atomic storage site in Siberia: "Rusty containers"

The Western media reported last week on how the German company Urenco shipped nuclear material to Siberia, where the highly toxic waste was stored in containers in the open air. The company has stopped deliveries and will store the material with higher standards in Germany in the future.

The radiation warning sign was so small that few passers-by took note in the commuter rail station in Kapitolovo, Russia. Fifty-six steel canisters were sitting there on a summer day three years ago. Just a stone's throw away, people were waiting for trains to take them to downtown St. Petersburg.......

Monday, August 31, 2009

StanDeyo.com | Picture of the Day - August 31, 2009


ORIGINAL CAPTION: The "Baker" explosion, part of Operation Crossroads, a nuclear weapon test by the United States military at Bikini Atoll, Micronesia, on 25 July 1946(1946-07-25). The wider, exterior cloud is actually just a condensation cloud caused by the Wilson chamber effect, and was very brief. There was no classic mushroom cloud rising to the stratosphere, but inside the condensation cloud the top of the water geyser formed a mushroom-like head called the cauliflower, which fell back into the lagoon (compare with this image, a photo taken slightly later, after the condensation cloud had cleared). The water released by the explosion was highly radioactive and contaminated many of the ships that were set up near it. Some were otherwise undamaged and sent to Hunter's Point in San Francisco, California, United States, for decontamination. Those which could not be decontaminated were sunk a number of miles off the coast of San Francisco. (DOD, submitted by George Hiscox)

Monday, August 17, 2009

QUAKE-HIT JAPANESE NUCLEAR PLANT TO REMAIN IDLE UNTIL EARLY SEPT

Trading Markets (press release) - ‎16 minutes ago‎
4 reactor at its Hamaoka nuclear power plant for any damage caused by the earthquake that hit central Japan early Tuesday morning. The reactor in Omaezaki, ...

Saturday, August 15, 2009

TehranTimes.com | Arab League asks EU to support call on Israel to open up its nuclear sites

While Israel has never confirmed its status, it is commonly considered to have nuclear weapons, and Arab states regularly push at the annual IAEA conference for it to join the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty and open its facilities for IAEA perusal.

Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Kearny Fallout Radiation Meter (KFM) Kit & Free Plans

There are instructions available for a homemade fallout meter which is made using commonly available items. Although not as accurate as some of the newer digital meters, it is accurate enough that you would have a pretty good idea how much radiation you have been exposed to.

Directions: http://www.ki4u.com/free_book/s60p792.htm

Evaluation: http://74.125.95.132/search?q=cache:0RhPUA3lNlwJ:jtyson.bol.ucla.edu/documents/KFM.pdf+how+to+make+radiation+detector+ruler+aluminum+foil&cd=2&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us

Edit - directions also linked from this page: http://ballew.org/homeland/fallout.html

Middle East atomic conflict would kill tens of millions: report

A Mother Thinks about Nuclear Survival, an editorial written by Jenny Hatch which references Cresson Kearny's Book

Given latest Webbot report it's wise to start educating yourself! | Free PDF download of Nuclear War Survival Skills

Free PDF download of Nuclear War Survival Skills