Radiation News
The archive provides a quick reference for all topical issues and enforcement actions concerning ionising radiations and their associated hazards.
Expanding Access to Global Data on Marine Radioactivity
IAEA – 27 May 2020
Critics alarmed by US nuclear agency’s bid to relax rules on radioactive waste
The Guardian – 22 May 2020
Forest fires in Chernobyl exclusion zone bring hike in radiation
Euronews – 6 April 2020
Work to clean up radioactive beach to start next year
BBC News – 30 April 2019
Government launches new policy to deal with radioactive waste
GOV.UK – 19 December 2018
Japan admits that Fukushima worker died from radiation
The Guardian – 05 September 2018
Radioactive device goes missing in Malaysia
BBC News – 21 August 2018
NEW Ionising Radiations Regulations 2017
HSE – 07 December 2017
Nuclear ‘accident’ sends radioactive pollution over Europe
The Telegraph – 10 November 2017
Sellafield link to radiation found in marine mammals
The Times – 09 October 2017
Health and Safety Executive – – – – – – – – 01 January 2017
Sellafield accident ‘would not cause Irish evacuations’
BBC News – 08 December 2016
Radiation rise detected near Chapelcross nuclear site
BBC News – 28 October 2016
Radiation rise detected near Chapelcross nuclear site
BBC News – 28 October 2016
Cancer clusters at nuclear sites ‘not linked to radiation’
BBC News – 30 September 2016
Radioactive material flown from Scotland to USA
BBC News – 19 September 2016
Ukraine marks 30th anniversary of Chernobyl disaster
BBC News – 26 April 2016
Has Fukushima’s radiation threat been exaggerated?
BBC News – 10 March 2016
Radioactivity around Fukushima nuclear plant down 65 percent since 2011
PrepSure – 04 February 2016
Litvinenko killers left trail of radiation after visit to British embassy
The Telegraph – 23 January 2016
Borehole disposal for sealed sources
Nuclear Engineering Intnl – 18 January 2016
Japan to pay Fukushima worker cancer compensation
BBC News – 20 October 2015
UK radioactive waste disposal site search continues despite opposition
The Guardian – 17 August 2015
Radioactive city: how Johannesburg’s townships are paying for its mining past
The Guardian – 05 July 2015
New law means radioactive waste dumps can be built without planning permission.
The Independent – 07 April 2015
New law means radioactive waste dumps can be built without planning permission.
The Independent – 07 April 2015
Radioactive body of ex-Russian spy was ‘most dangerous’ autopsy ever.
New York Post – 28 January 2015
Radiation Danger? Kids May Get Unneeded X-Rays
NBC News – 03 December 2014
Shocking extent of radioactive waste dumped in Scottish seas
The Courier – 10 November 2014
Rolls Royce fined for loss of radioactive source
HSE – 29 September 2014
The Biggest Threat Dirty Bombs Pose is Panic
Forbes – 11 September 2014
Kazakhstan authorities on high alert after radioactive container goes missing
The Guardian – 02 September 2014
Isle of Man food radioactivity ‘barely detectable’
BBC News – 09 July 2014
Dalgety Bay radiation: Report criticises lack of records of contaminated land
BBC News – 19 May 2014
Everest cosmic radiation levels ‘significant’
BBC News – 30 April 2014
Sellafield sends ‘largest’ waste shipment to Japan
BBC News – 23 April 2014
UN reports on Fukushima radiation
World Nuclear News – 02 April 2014
Rolls-Royce company in court over ‘radioactive risk’
BBC News – 04 February 2014
Dockyard workers get accidental radiation dose
BBC News – 05 January 2014
Mexican authorities find stolen truck containing radioactive material
The Guardian – 05 December 2013
Swiss scientists confirm polonium in Yasser Arafat remains
BBC News – 07 November 2013
Japan launches anti-radiation underwear after Fukushima crisis
The Telegraph – 18 October 2013
Radiation makes Mars mission unlikely
USA Today – 22 September 2013
Radioactive waste site plan at King’s Cliffe backed
BBC News – 11 July 2013
Sellafield fined £700,000 for sending radioactive waste to landfill
The Guardian – 14 June 2013
Nuclear fears in Europe after unshielded radioactive material is found
The Express – 09 May 2013
Radioactive canister stolen in Bacup found in Rochdale
BBC News – 14 March 2013
Radioactive material stolen from van in Lancashire
The Guardian – 18 February 2013
Mail Online – 21 January 2013
Manchester University deaths ‘not linked to radiation’
BBC News – 10 January 2013
Warning over Sellafield waste plans
The Telegraph – 07 November 2012
Halliburton finds lost radioactive rod in Texas
The Guardian – 08 October 2012
Mars rover checks for radiation
BBC News – 09 August 2012
Radioactive particle found on beach at Dalgety Bay
Scottish Daily Record – 12 June 2012
Radioactive dump plans for west Cumbria rejected
BBC News – 09 May 2012
Fukushima reports high radiation levels
The Telegraph – 09 April 2012
‘Most radioactive’ particle found on beach near Dounreay
BBC Scotland – 20 February 2012
High radiation puts child X-ray patients at risk
The Independent – 03 January 2012
MoD reveals 15 radioactive UK sites
The Guardian – 20 December 2011
Radioactive beach faces closure
The Independent – 10 November 2011
‘Minor’ radioactive leak at Dounreay nuclear plant
BBC News – 08 October 2011
Radioactive cesium from Fukushima on tour of Pacific Ocean
The Telegraph – 15 September 2011
Japanese scientists attempt to breed radiation resistant rice
The Telegraph – 23 August 2011
Plans for UK’s ‘legacy’ of nuclear waste unveiled
The Guardian – 29 June 2011
Chernobyl 25 years on: learning the lessons of nuclear disaster
The Telegraph – 26 April 2011
Japan nuclear crisis ‘over in nine months’
BBC News – 17 April 2011
Managing water is Fukushima priority
BBC News – 04 April 2011
Japan reactor – fears of partial meltdown
City A.M. – 28 March 2011
Japan earthquake: desperate race to cool atomic reactor before radioactive leak or worse
The Telegraph – 14 March 2011
Killer gas puts 200,000 homes at risk of lung cancer, government warns.
The Telegraph – 09 March 2011
X-ray rise hikes radiation exposure
The Press Association – 04 January 2011
Schlumberger fined £300,000 over North Sea radiation
BBC News – 06 December 2010
Kings Cliffe radioactive waste enquiry closes
BBC News – 25 November 2010
Radiation may be a greater cancer risk for adults..
Time.com – 25 October 2010
Low Sellafield radiation levels in Manx seafood
BBC News Channel – 24 September 2010
High radiation raises risk of second cancer: study
Reuters – 15 September 2010
New Radioactive Storage Facility Opens
Whitehaven News – 29 July 2010
Radiation death exposes India’s lax waste disposal
AFP News – 10 May 2010
Radioactive waste from Sellafield dumped in landfill
BBC News Channel – 27 April 2010
Assessment of comparative radiation doses from the use of Rapiscan X-ray body scanner
Dept for Transport – 15 March 2010
Radioactivity scare closes school
The Scotsman – 10 March 2010
Gulls contaminated with radiation culled at Sellafield
BBC News Channel – 25 February 2010
Britain waves farewell to radioactive waste from abroad
Times online – 21 January 2010
Radiation risk low with whole-body airport scanners
Reuters – 06 January 2010
Experts Say Radiation Fears From Full-Body Scans Unfounded
ABC News – 04 January 2010
Radiation fears for flight passengers passing through lightning storms
Daily Mail Online – 14 December 2009
Landfill sites may be used to dump radioactive waste
The Guardian – 19 October 2009
Manchester University deaths not linked to Rutherford radiation
Guardian.co.uk – 30 September 2009
Row over disposing of old nuclear subs
The Observer – 13 September 2009
Reducing nuclear waste – pernicious pellets
Economist.com – 27 May 2009
Nuclear bomb tests help to identify fake whisky
Telegraph.co.uk – 08 May 2009
Chinese ‘find’ radioactive ball
BBC News – 27 March 2009
Radiation Exposure during Scans, a Problem Nowadays?
eNews – 05 March 2009
Nuclear power station had 14-year radioactive leak
Telegraph.co.uk – 17 February 2009
Radiotherapy overexposures at French Hospital – Cancer patients’ battle for justice
BBC News – 18 October 2007
Who else was poisoned by Polonium?
Guardian.co.uk – 05 June 2007
Tobacco’s radiation dose far higher than leaves at Chernobyl
NewScientist.com – 02 June 2007
120 Test Positive in Poison Probe
BBC News – 11 January 2007
BBC News – 30 November 2006
Study finds UK radioactivity levels below EU limit
Food Production Daily – 24 October 2006
Could a body MOT save your life?
Telegraph.co.uk – 25 September 2006
Accidents And Incidents Involving The Transport Of Radioactive Materials In The UK
Medical News Today – 09 July 2006
Mobile radiation excites the brain
The Register – 26 June 2006
Radioactive lorry leak firm fined
BBC News – 20 February 2006
Radioactive Leak Shuts Down UK Nuclear Reprocessing Plant
Environment News Service – 14 May 2005
UK’s nuclear waste to be buried
New Scientist – 09 April 2005
Radioactive waste plans unveiled
New Scientist – 09 April 2005
Youth charged over iodine theft
BBC News – 12 March 2005
Privatising nuclear clean-up risks public safety
New Scientist – 19 February 2005
Nigeria Recovers Stolen Radioactive Materials
Free Internet Press – 05 December 2004
Risks from low-level radiation reassessed
New Scientist – 20 October 2004
New radioactivity limit could sink shellfish
New Scientist – 12 October 2004
Pilot study success in protecting against high-dose radiation exposure
Hollin-Eden Pharmaceuticals – 27 September 2004
The Justification of Practices Involving Ionising Radiations Regulations 2004 [SI No. 1769]
Radman RPS Update – 14 September 2004
Low level radiation ‘no danger’
BBC News – 20 August 2004
Nuclear Jet Crash Could Kill Millions ..
New Scientist – 31 May 2004