Radiation

Minute Traces Of Radioactivity Found In Pacific Tuna

Tom Banse — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 23:48:17 +0000

Researchers with Oregon State University and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration say they’ve detected minute amounts of radioactivity from the Fukushima reactor meltdown in albacore tuna caught along the West Coast. It's not considered a health threat at all.

Radioactive Hanford Waste Tank Has A Confirmed Leak

Anna King — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 13:40:39 +0000

Managers at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation have confirmed that a radioactive waste tank has a slow leak. That waste isn’t getting into the environment. Richland Correspondent Anna King reports.

Hanford Machinery Gets Off Site With Radioactivity

Anna King — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 13:30:33 +0000

A federal contractor at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation mistakenly sent a contaminated excavator to a repair shop offsite several weeks ago. No one caught the mistake until the excavator was checked back in late Monday.

Tsunami Debris That Washes Ashore Tested For Radiation

Tom Banse — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 00:18:29 +0000

Oregon State Parks managers have two new Geiger counters to scan possible tsunami debris that floats in from Japan. On the Washington coast, state health department scientists are now regularly checking marine debris and fish for possible radiation from last year's Japanese nuclear meltdown. The testing is mostly just to reassure the public, not out of grave concern that radiation will get here.

Trading Places: Pendleton To Fukushima And Reverse

Tom Banse — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 13:51:35 +0000

You might find it unsettling to move to a place where some residents routinely scan their groceries with a Geiger counter. Also in this place, automated radiation monitors stand guard outside parks and schools. The place we're talking about is Minamisoma, Japan... just down the road from the nuclear reactors that melted down last year. But a 23-year-old art instructor from Pendleton says volunteering in this shaken city is like living a dream. She's helping out in her hometown's sister city. Correspondent Tom Banse visited Japan's Fukushima Prefecture and has this report.

Small Radiation Leak Contained At Hanford

Anna King — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 02:27:12 +0000

RICHLAND, Wash. – Hanford Nuclear Reservation managers say they have contained a few drips of radioactive condensation found near a waste container. Federal Department of Energy officials say the contamination did not get off site, and is not a danger to workers at the southeast Washington facility.