The Boeing-Rocketdyne Nuclear Facility, also referred to as the Santa Susana Field Lab, is located about 30 miles northwest of downtown Los Angeles, near the Simi Valley area. And in 1959, a clogged coolant channel in a 20-megawatt nuclear reactor lead to the melting of 30 percent of the fuel elements in the reactor core ( Read more... )

"More than 3 millisieverts of radiation has been measured in the urine of 15 Fukushima residents of the village of Iitate and the town of Kawamata, confirming internal radiation exposure, it was learned Sunday ( Read more... )

The new data shows that some seaweed contamination levels are not only 50 times higher than safety limits - far higher than our initial measurements showed - but also that the contamination is spreading over a wide area, and accumulating in sea life, rather than simply dispersing like the Japanese authorities originally claimed would happen ( Read more... )

The operator of the troubled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant has detected high levels of radioactive materials in the spent fuel pool of the No.3 reactor at the plant ( Read more... )

78 pCi/l of Iodine-131 found in raw milk from San Francisco Bay Area:

http://enenews.com/highest-78-pcil-iodine-131-found-raw-milk-san-francisco-bay-area

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7nY6gYVm3c&feature=youtu.be

"The risks associated with iodine-131 contamination in Europe are no longer "negligible," according to CRIIRAD, a French research body on radioactivity. The NGO is advising pregnant women and infants against "risky behaviour," such as consuming fresh milk or vegetables with large leaves ( Read more... )

The EPA’s MCL for iodine-131 is 3 picoCuries per liter ( Read more... )

"Radiation from Japan has been detected in drinking water in 13 more American cities, and cesium-137 has been found in American milk-in Montpelier, Vermont-for the first time since the Japan nuclear disaster began, according to data released by the Environmental Protection Agency late Friday ( Read more... )

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