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Chernobyl 32 Year Anniversary – Dark/Light Reflections

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Inspector Geiger Counter Measuring Radioactivity on a Firefighters Discarded Clothing

Time flies by. It’s already been 32 years since the Spring day in April when things went terribly wrong in a place called Chernobyl.  I was a young man at the time.  My first company made radiation detectors and did some solar energy projects and research.  The winds shifted in Washington DC and solar had grown out of favor.  Today the winds have shifted in the Ukraine and the radioactive … Continue Reading →

Radiation Health Risks Revisited

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Health Effects of ionizing radiation remains a topic that needs serious attention.   Do health effects occur in a linear relationship to dose?  That is the position of the BEIR Committee of the National Academy of Sciences.  Some researchers argue that there could be a beneficial effect to low dose exposure, and others argue against it.  Whether the curve is linear or supralinear or superlinear has also been a matter of discussion for years.  Others argue that, as with sunlight exposure, … Continue Reading →

Ocean Radiation Health

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Dr.Ken Buessler, senior scientist at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and Director of the Center for Marine and Environmental Radioactivity, has launched a crowd funded project to assess ocean contamination from the Fukushima Daiichi event.  See information on this program here.

Safecast has compiled reports and assessments of impacts on the Pacific Ocean, and added some perspective here.

We are continuing to cover the Surferʻs Beach, Half Moon Bay analysis of radioactive sand.  We have determined it is not related to … Continue Reading →