Did Russians really get sick from radiation at the Chernobyl reactor site?
By Dr. Zoomie
Did Russians really get sick from radiation at the Chernobyl reactor site? Probably not – ...
Read moreWhat is a Nuclear Power Plant?
By jason
A nuclear power plant is a plant where nuclear fission is used to generate electricity. ...
Read moreLet’s Get Critical!
By Dr. Zoomie
In some of my other posts, I’ve explained what’s meant by “criticality” with regards to ...
Read moreRadiation: By The Numbers
By Dr. Zoomie
So there’s this rock that’s sitting about a meter from where I’m sitting right now. ...
Read moreRadioactive Gems and Jewelry
By Dr. Zoomie
Radiation and radioactivity were discovered more than a century ago and it didn’t take long ...
Read moreAre You Afraid of Your Phone?
By Dr. Zoomie
I got my first cell phone about 30 years ago – one generation ago in ...
Read moreNORM Who?
By Dr. Zoomie
My very first radiological consulting project was for a glass-making company; they were re-bricking one ...
Read moreCosmic Rays
By Dr. Zoomie
I’m a geek. I’ve gotten used to this fact, as have my children, my wife, ...
Read moreOklo’s Natural Nuclear Fission Reactors
By Dr. Zoomie
A bit over six billion years ago a star exploded somewhere in our galaxy – ...
Read moreChina’s Taishan Nuclear Power Plant
By Dr. Zoomie
Why we should care about noble gases So a friend sent me an email on ...
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