Radiation News

The archive provides a quick reference for all topical issues and enforcement actions concerning ionising radiations and their associated hazards.

Radioactive device goes missing in Malaysia

BBC News – 21 August 2018

NEW Ionising Radiations Regulations 2017

HSE – 07 December 2017

HSE Radiation Protection News

Health and Safety Executive – – – – – – – – 01 January 2017

Radioactive material flown from Scotland to USA

BBC News – 19 September 2016

Borehole disposal for sealed sources

Nuclear Engineering Intnl – 18 January 2016

Radiation Danger? Kids May Get Unneeded X-Rays

NBC News – 03 December 2014

The Biggest Threat Dirty Bombs Pose is Panic

Forbes – 11 September 2014

UN reports on Fukushima radiation

World Nuclear News – 02 April 2014

Dockyard workers get accidental radiation dose

BBC News – 05 January 2014

Radiation makes Mars mission unlikely

USA Today – 22 September 2013

Radioactive material stolen from van in Lancashire

The Guardian – 18 February 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

Fukushima reports high radiation levels

The Telegraph – 09 April 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

Managing water is Fukushima priority

BBC News – 04 April 2011

Japan reactor – fears of partial meltdown

City A.M. – 28 March 2011

X-ray rise hikes radiation exposure

The Press Association – 04 January 2011

Kings Cliffe radioactive waste enquiry closes

BBC News – 25 November 2010

Low Sellafield radiation levels in Manx seafood

BBC News Channel – 24 September 2010

New Radioactive Storage Facility Opens

Whitehaven News – 29 July 2010

Radioactive waste from Sellafield dumped in landfill

BBC News Channel – 27 April 2010

Environmental Permitting Regulations 2010

Effective from 6th April – 01 April 2010

Radioactivity scare closes school

The Scotsman – 10 March 2010

Gulls contaminated with radiation culled at Sellafield 

BBC News Channel – 25 February 2010

Landfill sites may be used to dump radioactive waste

The Guardian – 19 October 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

Nuclear power station had 14-year radioactive leak

Telegraph.co.uk – 17 February 2009

Who else was poisoned by Polonium?

Guardian.co.uk – 05 June 2007

120 Test Positive in Poison Probe

BBC News – 11 January 2007

What is polonium-210? 

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

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

Best practicable means applied to radioactive waste

Radman RPS Update – 10 September 2004

Low level radiation ‘no danger’

BBC News – 20 August 2004

Nuclear Jet Crash Could Kill Millions ..

New Scientist – 31 May 2004