The Associated Press published a misleading article in newspapers across the country last week in which it largely calls into question som...
How to Stand Up to Helen Caldicott
Last week, I hinted that Dr. Helen Caldicott had gotten more than she had bargained for when she visited the University of South Carolina r...
Challenging Helen Caldicott
Yesterday, we made sure to note that Dr. Helen Caldicott was set to appear at the University of South Carolina to talk about the health eff...
A Reminder Ahead of Helen Caldicott's Apperance Tonight at the University of South Carolina
Over the weekend, I got a note from a friend that Dr. Helen Caldicott is scheduled to give a lecture tonight at the University of South Car...
Better Sources on Fukushima than Helen Caldicott
A couple of days ago, a friend of mine passed some news onto me that Dr. Helen Caldicott is hitting the lecture circuit again, this time to ...
SOARCA and the Decreasing Risk of Death
How likely is it that a major accident at a nuclear energy facility would kill you? Japan just had such a major accident and no one died due...
“Beliebing” in Japan
This happened earlier this month: Justin Bieber ’s stage crew is refusing to go to Japan for two concerts scheduled later this month o...
All Around Us, In Us, Emitted from Us
Last week, the House Committee on Science Space and Technology took a look at various issues related to nuclear risk management, obviously ...
NEI Top Industry Practice Awards for 2011
Every year, nuclear utilities and vendors submit to NEI new and innovative practices they’ve developed to achieve better operations. NEI and...
Video of Radiation Shield to go Over Chernobyl
In light of today’s quarter-century anniversary of the accident, below is a fascinating nine minute video by the French consortium Novarka ...
ANS Nuclear Cafe - “Why is there irrational fear of radiation?”
A number of folks at the Cafe have contributed thoughts on why the public fears radiation and nuclear energy. Much of the fear, they discus...
John Boice - Fukushima Radiation a Threat?
Epidemiologist John Boice did a superb job this morning on MSNBC tempering overreaction to radiation levels. Key takeaways: Dilution and dis...
Lively Debate Between George Monbiot and Helen Caldicott
Democracy Now hosted a debate between pro-nuclear convert, George Monbiot, and anti-nuclear activist, Helen Caldicott. Text can be found her...
Monday Afternoon Report
From NEI's Japan Earthquake launch page : UPDATE AS OF 1:30 P.M. EDT, MONDAY, MARCH 28 Tokyo Electric Power has detected isolated,...
Monday Morning Report
From NEI's Japan Earthquake launch page: UPDATE AS OF 11:30 A.M. EDT, MONDAY, MARCH 28: Radiation levels in the seawater near the ...
Oxford Physicist - “We should stop running away from radiation”
Over at the BBC , Wade Allison, nuclear and medical physicist at the University of Oxford, helps put radiation in perspective: More tha...
Sunday Morning Update
From NEI’s Japan earthquake launch page: UPDATE AS OF 9:30 A.M. EDT, MARCH 27: Tokyo Electric Power Co. workers on Sunday were u...
Radiation: Scams, Anxiety, Truth
Buyer Beware. From AARP : Japan's nuclear crisis has caused a different type of fallout on this side of the Pacific Ocean: Scammer...
Saturday Morning Update
From NEI’s Japan earthquake launch page: UPDATE AS OF 9:30 A.M., MARCH 26 Japanese scientists yesterday detected higher levels radioacti...
Radiation Dose Rates Around the Fukushima-Daiichi Nuclear Plant
OECD’s Nuclear Energy Agency has a useful overview of the events at the plant . Of particular interest are slides 16 and 17 pasted below whi...