Radioactive

• Russia’s retreat from Chornobyl leaves shock at disregard of danger

  Russia's invasion marks the first time that occupying a nuclear plant was part of a nation's war strategy, one expert said, calling it a ``nightmare'' scenario.

  World

  Apr 20, 2022
  
• The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 949: Imagine Dragons

  Few bands to emerge since the turn of the century have managed to get this big. How did Imagine Dragons do it?

  Environment

  Apr 8, 2022
  
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• USask researchers find some fungi thrive in radiation, can be trained to sense it

  University of Saskatchewan researchers found it's possible to train fungi to sense radiation -- results which could help with things like radiation clean-up in the future.

  Science

  Mar 13, 2020
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• Surge in iodide pill orders after false alarm at Pickering nuclear power plant

  Ontario Power Generation says there are normally between 100 and 200 orders per month.

  Health

  Jan 14, 2020
• Japan may dump radioactive water from Fukushima into Pacific Ocean

  More than eight years after an earthquake and tsunami ravaged a Fukushima power plant, Japan has not formally decided what to do with contaminated water from the incident.

  World

  Sep 10, 2019
• Manitoba homes rank 2nd highest in Canada for radon contamination

  Manitoba has the second highest rate of radon in homes across Canada. Officials are urging residents to test for the odourless and tasteless gas in your home.

  Health

  Nov 17, 2018
• Port Hope low-level radioactive waste remediation to begin next year

  Work to begin final remediation of historic low-level radioactive contamination sites in Port Hope

  Canada

  Dec 21, 2017
• Here’s why nearly half the boars in the Czech republic are too radioactive to eat

  The Czech Republic has an unusual problem this winter with its wild boar meat: the boars are radioactive.

  Science

  Feb 22, 2017
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• Radioactive cancer-killing ‘smart’ drugs being developed at University of Saskatchewan

  A team at the University of Saskatchewan is developing cancer-killing “smart” drugs and medical imaging technology.

  Health

  Jan 23, 2017
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• Moving planned nuclear-waste bunker on Lake Huron would cost $2.4B: OPG report

  Relocating a nuclear-waste bunker from its currently proposed site on Lake Huron would cost billions of dollars.

  Canada

  Jan 4, 2017