Contaminated radioactive water makes workers in nuclear plant sick

Kaiga, Nov29,2009-   Around 55 workers at a nuclear power plant located at Kaiga, Karnataka in southern India reportedly fell sick after they drank water from a drinking water cooler. Investigations have now revealed that the water (supposed to be drinking water) was contaminated with Tritium, a radioactive form of Hydrogen. Officials are now investigating if … Read more

Yet another fire at Japan’s Tokyo Electric Nuclear Power Plant!

These incidents really send a chill down my spine! Yet another fire has been reported at a Japanese nuclear power plant (TEPCO). This is reportedly the eighth such fire at the Kashiwazaki Kariwa nuclear station, since it was last shut by an earthquake sometime in the year 2007. Talk about consistency. Regarding the earlier 2007 … Read more