{"id":287,"date":"2016-01-02T05:19:58","date_gmt":"2016-01-02T05:19:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nuclearnews.com\/?p=287"},"modified":"2016-01-04T20:35:09","modified_gmt":"2016-01-04T20:35:09","slug":"notable-nuclear-events-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nuclearnews.com\/?p=287","title":{"rendered":"Notable Nuclear &#8220;Events&#8221; 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fortunately 2015 was a year with no <em><strong>major<\/strong><\/em> nuclear events. Let&#8217;s hope the same for 2016 and continue to watch these stories:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Use of radiation in medical diagnosis and therapies continues to rise and some experts believe <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/health\/article-3377866\/American-patients-exposed-excessive-radiation-heart-tests-raising-risk-cancer.html\">US Doctors are not following guidelines.<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Cold War rad workers still <a href=\"http:\/\/media.mcclatchydc.com\/static\/features\/irradiated\/\">struggle for compensation.<\/a><\/li>\n<li>South African Bishops are calling for a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.catholicherald.co.uk\/news\/2015\/12\/31\/south-african-bishops-call-for-referendum-on-nuclear-power-plants\/\">referendum on new nuclear power plants.<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Bangladesh has signed a deal with Russia for <a href=\"http:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/business\/international-business\/Bangladesh-signs-12-65-billion-deal-with-Russia-for-nuclear-power-plants\/articleshow\/50327473.cms\">new nuclear power plants.<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Despite claims and efforts\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/amarillo.com\/news\/local-news\/2015-12-30\/despite-feds-claims-safety-workers-still-exposed-radiation\">unnecessary radiation exposures persist.<\/a><\/li>\n<li>A new cold war seems to be developing <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35208636\">between nuclear armed states.<\/a><\/li>\n<li>The discovery of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/news\/science\/630790\/Element-MORE-radioactive-than-deadly-plutonium-made-by-Japanese-has-no-known-use\">Ununtrium has some scientists worried.<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Japan and India are<a href=\"http:\/\/oceansidepost.com\/2016\/01\/01\/japan-india-ink-civil-nuclear-energy-cooperation-deal.html\"> cooperating on nuclear projects.<\/a><\/li>\n<li>North Korea seems to be preparing for a new nuclear weapons test, and it <a href=\"http:\/\/world.kbs.co.kr\/english\/news\/news_Po_detail.htm?No=115707\">may be a boosted device.<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Problems at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/seven-more-nuclear-waste-hot-spots-found-in-north-st-louis-county-missouri-suburb\/\">this nuclear waste site<\/a> in Missouri shows we need to develop better ways to store waste.<\/li>\n<li>Problems at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2015\/oct\/25\/radioactive-waste-dump-fire-reveals-nevada-troubled-past\">this nuclear waste site in Nevada<\/a> shows we need to be more careful about what we mix with nuclear waste.<\/li>\n<li>Problems continue to plague the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/radiation-sensors-in-major-u-s-cities-turned-off-because-they-dont-work-1445276241\">EPA Radnet radiation monitoring system.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.safecast.org\">Safecast&#8217;s open citizen science radiation detection project<\/a> is approaching 40 million data points. \u00a0The Safecast Radiation Detector Kit is <a href=\"https:\/\/kithub.cc\/safecast\/\">available from Kithub.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Here&#8217;s to a safe, healthy and happy new year!!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fortunately 2015 was a year with no major nuclear events. Let&#8217;s hope the same for 2016 and continue to watch these stories: Use of radiation in medical diagnosis and therapies continues to rise and some experts believe US Doctors are not following guidelines. Cold War rad workers still struggle for compensation. South African Bishops are calling for a referendum on new nuclear power plants. Bangladesh has signed a deal with Russia for new nuclear power plants. Despite claims and efforts\u00a0unnecessary radiation exposures persist. A new cold war seems to be developing between nuclear armed states. The discovery of Ununtrium has <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/nuclearnews.com\/?p=287\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Notable Nuclear &#8220;Events&#8221; 2015<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-287","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-safety"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nuclearnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nuclearnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nuclearnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nuclearnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nuclearnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=287"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/nuclearnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":296,"href":"https:\/\/nuclearnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287\/revisions\/296"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nuclearnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nuclearnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nuclearnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}