Indonesia is at the center of a growing international health and safety scare, after radioactive contamination was discovered in exports ranging from shrimp and spices to sneakers.
Authorities have now opened a criminal investigation, and the substance involved is cesium-137. It is one of the most feared in the world of nuclear safety.


Indonesia Investigates Radiation in Exports, Focus on Chinese-Owned Facility

Plutonium-239 remains radioactive for 24,100 years. Uranium-238 persists for 4.5 billion years. Understanding half-life explains why nuclear waste needs deep storage for millennia. 

The science behind nuclear radiation that lasts for centuries

South African scientists on Tuesday injected radioactive material into live rhino horns to make them easier to detect at border posts in a pioneering project aimed at curbing poaching.

Scientists inject radioactive material into rhino horns to curb poaching in South Africa

Neglected oil and gas pipelines deteriorating in the North Sea pose a potential hazard, as they may discharge significant amounts of hazardous substances such as mercury, radioactive lead, and polonium-210, infamous for its role in the poisoning of Russian defector Alexander Litvinenko, caution scientists.

Abandoned pipelines pose threat of releasing toxins into North Sea, scientists issue warning

Thieves may have stolen radioactive metal from Japan's Tsunami-battered Fukushima nuclear power plant.

Japan says workers stole possibly radioactive metal from Fukushima

Wild boars in the forests of southern Germany are known to have high levels of radioactive caesium. The levels are high enough that they have been deemed unsafe to eat.

Wild pigs in Germany are radioactive. A new study explains why

The Japanese environment ministry said on Sunday (August 27) that tests of seawater near the Fukushima nuclear power plant did not detect any radioactivity. Japan had started releasing water from the plant into the Pacific Ocean on Thursday, sparking protests in the nation and neighbouring countries.

Japanese ministry says seawater radioactivity below limits near Fukushima plant

Ahead of the release of treated radioactive water from the Fukushima nuclear plant, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida paid a visit to the facility on Sunday (August 20), Japan's local media outlets reported.

Japanese PM Kishida visits Fukushima plant, to discuss timing for release of treated radioactive water

It seems the joint military drills between South Korea and the United States have greatly riled the North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un. North Korea is now flaunting its diverse range of nuclear weapons, including a newly launched underwater drone that can create super-scale radioactive waves in water.

Threat of radioactive tsunami: How is North Korea planning to use it to destroy enemies?

Humans have a huge footprint on this planet and this doesn't always mean a good thing. The footprint may be in form of carbon emissions or climate change. Human activities have often harmed nature.

American honey samples found to contain radioactive element: Study

Sri Lanka has asked a Chinese ship to leave the southern port of Hambantota after it was found to be carrying radioactive material, officials said on Wednesday. Anil Ranjith, the top official of the Sri Lanka Atomic Energy Authority (SLAEA), said that the ship was on its way to China from the port of Rotterdam when it developed technical difficulties and entered the Hambantota Port.

Sri Lanka asks Chinese ship to leave Hambantota port after finding radioactive material aboard

Japan will release treated radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean. Tokyo says the water will be filtered and diluted to safe levels first. But Japan's citizens and neighbours are opposing the plan. WION's Palki Sharma tells you why.

Gravitas: Japan to release treated radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean

Amid these tough times of coronavirus, the Trump administration has decided to end the two-year rent holiday for solar and wind projects that are operating on federal lands.

Trump administration ends two-year rent holiday for solar and wind projects

In the grounds of the ravaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant sits a million-tonne headache for the plant's operators and Japan's government: tank after tank of water contaminated with radioactive elements.

At Fukushima plant, a million-tonne headache: radioactive water

Pakistan on Wednesday conveyed to UN nuclear watchdog International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) its decision to subscribe to the guidance on the management of disused radioactive sources.

Pakistan subscribes to IAEA's guidance on the management of disused radioactive sources

Russia on Monday said radioactive isotopes were released in a recent accident at an Arctic missile test site that caused widespread alarm as authorities kept details under wraps.

Russia says radioactive isotopes released by missile test blast

Two people were killed in an explosion at a military base used for missile tests in the far north of Russia on Thursday, the defense ministry said in a statement to news agencies.

Two dead in explosion at Russian military base

With the arrest of 18 people from different parts of the country, Jaipur police on Saturday claimed to have busted an international gang involved in duping people of crores of rupees on the pretext of providing them rare and valuable radioactive articles that could be sold to NASA.

18 arrested in Jaipur for duping people for selling radioactive articles

The country's weather service reported radioactive pollution in the Chelyabinsk region that exceeded background levels by 986 times

Russia denies nuclear leak after reports of radioactive pollution

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