High Radiation Levels

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  Future Supercontinent Pangea Ultima Could Trigger Mass Extinction, Reveals New Study

  A University of Bristol study warns that Earth’s future supercontinent, Pangea Ultima, may make the planet uninhabitable for humans and mammals. Due to a combination of rising CO₂ levels, increased solar radiation, and vast land area far from oceanic cooling, the supercontinent could experience widespread extreme temperatures. Though millions o...

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  Fukushima Nuclear Plant Worker Detects High Radiation Levels In Nasal Passage

  This serves as a reminder of the risks associated with the ongoing cleanup efforts at the facility, which was severely damaged in 2011.

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  France Halts iPhone 12 Sales Over High Radiation Levels, Threatens Recall

  Apple must stop selling its iPhone 12 model in France due to above-threshold radiation levels, France's junior minister for the digital economy Jean-Noel Barrot told the newspaper Le Parisien in an interview published on Tuesday.

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  Mouse Sperm Stored On International Space Station Produces Healthy "Space Pups"

  Japanese researchers found mouse sperm exposed to high levels of cosmic radiation for nearly six years produced a large brood of healthy, unremarkable "space pups."

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  Juhi Chawla Files Plea Against 5G Rollout in India Over ‘Radiation Impact’ Concerns

  Juhi Chawla has filed a plea in the Delhi High Court to stop the implementation of 5G in India over concerns about its radiation impact. Chawla said if the telecommunications industry’s plans for 5G come to fruition, no person, no animal, no bird, no insect and no plant on Earth will be able to avoid exposure to levels of RF radiation that are 10...

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  OnePlus, Xiaomi Top List of Phones Emitting Highest Radiation Levels, Samsung Phones Emit Lowest: Report

  Xiaomi Mi A1 emits the most radiation with a specific absorption rate of 1.74 watts per kilogram, while the OnePlus 5T has an absorption rate of 1.68 watts per kilogram.

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  Study Links Cancer in Male Rats to High Levels of Cellphone Radiation but Experts Say You Needn't Worry

  The lead author of the research is not changing his cellphone use or advising his family to.

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  Tokyo Park Closed After Rocketing Radiation Levels Found

  Extremely high levels of radiation have been discovered in a playground in Tokyo, officials said today, fanning fears for the health of children in the area.

• Fukushima radiation readings hit new high near contaminated tanks

  Radiation readings around tanks holding contaminated water at the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant have spiked more than 20 percent to their highest level, Japan's nuclear regulator said, again raising questions about the clean-up of the worst atomic disaster in 27 years.

• Toxic puddles at Fukushima nuclear plant: report

  Puddles with extremely high radiation levels have been found near water storage tanks at the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, Japan's atomic regulator and operator said today, according to a report.

• High cesium level found in fish by Fukushima plant

  The Japanese utility that owns the tsunami-damaged nuclear power plant says it has detected a record 740,000 becquerels per kilogram of radioactive cesium in a fish caught close to the plant.

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  Japan's new nuclear-proof robot gets stage fright

  A Japanese robot designed to withstand high levels of radiation on its first public demonstration.

• Nuclear 'hot spots' detected at 20 schools in Fukushima

  More than 20 schools in Koriyama city in Fukushima Prefecture, home to the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, have 'hot spots' with high radiation levels on their premises, a civil group said. The finding was based on municipal education board documents it obtained through an information disclosure request, it said.

• Probe finds high radiation levels at Fukushima plant

  One of Japan's crippled nuclear reactors still has fatally high radiation levels and much less water to cool it than officials had estimated, according to an internal examination that renews doubts about the plant's stability. A tool equipped with a tiny video camera, a thermometer, a dosimeter and a water gauge was used to assess damage inside th...

• High levels of radiation found in water at n-plant

  Workers at Japan's damaged nuclear plant raced to pump out contaminated water suspected of sending radioactivity levels soaring as officials warned on Monday that radiation seeping from the complex was spreading to seawater and soil.Contaminated water inside Unit 2 has tested at radiation levels some 100-thousand times normal amounts, plant operato...