Nuclear and Food Archives

Radioactive shrimp: Caesium-137-contaminated shrimp in US stores

Nuclear Age, Nuclear and Animals, Nuclear and Food, Nuclear and non-humans, Nuclear Anthropocene December 1, 2025 at 2:29 am 0 comments

Ima Caldwell and agencies | The Guardian A large industrial zone on the outskirts of Jakarta, Indonesia, is grappling with radioactive contamination after a government taskforce found traces of the hazardous isotope Caesium-137 at 22 production facilities at the site, which includes businesses that export frozen seafood. The discovery, which has promptedRead More

Climate Change will Unearth Buried Nuclear Waste: US Federal Accountability Office

Anthropocene, Climate Change and Nuclear Power, Environmental Impacts of Nuclear Power, Nuclear Age, Nuclear America, Nuclear and Animals, Nuclear and Food, Nuclear and non-humans, Nuclear and Society, Nuclear and water, Nuclear Anthropocene, Nuclear Energy, Nuclear History, Nuclear Safety, Nuclear Technology, Nuclear Waste March 1, 2024 at 5:41 pm 0 comments

Climate change could unearth buried US nuclear waste Anita Hofschneider | Mother Jones This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Ariana Tibon was in college at the University of Hawaiʻi in 2017 when she saw the photo online: a black-and-white picture of a manRead More

When India let Chernobyl-contaminated butter enter its kitchen

Chernobyl, Europe, Featured, Nuclear Accidents, Nuclear and Food April 30, 2018 at 8:27 am 0 comments

Sonali Huria | CatchNews The nuclear accident at Chernobyl last week marked its 32nd anniversary as we continue to discuss if nuclear lobbies and governments have engendered further devastation by their stout refusal to learn from the accident. It remains an undeniable truth that the calamitous accident and its multi-facetedRead More

New Study Finds Fukushima’s Radiation Will Poison Food “for Decades,”

Fukushima, Nuclear and Food, Radiation and Health June 23, 2017 at 4:06 pm 0 comments

Now, researchers say, radioactive isotopes that were spread across Japan (and beyond) by the meltdowns will continue to contaminate the food supply for a very long time.