Nuclear spill worse than Three-Mile Island occurred in Church Rock NM in 1979
Church Rock Uranium Mill Spill The Church Rock Uranium Mill Spill occurred in New Mexico, USA, in 1979 when United Nuclear Corporation‘s Church Rock uranium mill tailings disposal pond breached its dam. Over 1,000 tons of radioactive […]
Meet the microbes which will be aboard the next Shuttle Endeavour LIFE
Oh, sure, human astronauts will be on board Space Shuttle Endeavour’s STS-134 mission set to launch Monday. But so will five microscopic life forms: Water Bears, also known as Tardigrades […]
Close-up underwater footage of Fukushima reactor spent fuel pool in debris
TEPCO released footage for the first time on Wednesday of the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant Unit 3 reactor’s spent fuel pool. The fuel rods, covered in debris from the […]
Fukushima is actually the FOURTH nuclear accident – there was one before 3-Mile Island…
In light of the 25th anniversary of Chernobyl, which has followed the news of the disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, I did a bit of poking around […]
