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Radioactive strontium detected in seabed Radioactive strontium has been detected for the first time on the seabed near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Tokyo Electric Power Company says it found strontium-89 and -90 in the seabed soil. The company conducted a survey on June 2nd about 3 kilometers off the coast at 2 locations, some 20 kilometers north and south of the nuclear complex. The substances pose a serious health risk because they can accumulate in the bones if inhaled, which could cause cancer. Up to 44 becquerels per kilogram of strontium-90 were detected, which has a half-life...

Monday, June 13, 2011 High level of strontium found at Fukushima plant Kyodo Radioactive strontium up to 240 times the legal concentration limit has been detected in seawater samples collected near an intake at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Sunday. The utility said the substance was also found in groundwater near the plant's Nos. 1 and 2 reactors. The government's Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency said it is the first time that the substance has been found in groundwater. The agency said it is necessary to carefully monitor the possible effects of the strontium...

Radioactive strontium detected 62 km from Fukushima plant Thursday 09th June, 02:40 PM JST TOKYO — Minute amounts of radioactive strontium have been detected in soil at 11 locations in Fukushima Prefecture, including the city of Fukushima located 62 kilometers from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, according to the science ministry. The Nuclear Safety Commission said they are unlikely to pose an immediate threat to human health but warned people about the intake of radioactive strontium into their bodies. According to the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, 54 becquerels of strontium 89 per kilogram were...

Radioactive strontium detected more than 30 km from Fukushima plant TOKYO, April 12, Kyodo Minute amounts of radioactive strontium have been detected in soil and plants in Fukushima Prefecture beyond the 30-kilometer zone around the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, the science ministry said Tuesday. It is the first time that radioactive strontium has been detected since the Fukushima plant began leaking radioactive substances after it was severely damaged by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. There is no safety limit set by the government for exposure to strontium, but the amount found so far is extremely low and...

Authorities seized a small amount of radioactive material and nerve gas from a taxi in the Georgian capital and detained the driver, officials said Monday. Tedo Mokeliya was detained May 31 after police in this former Soviet republic discovered two containers with 3 curies of cesium-137 and 12 microcuries of strontium in his taxi, said Givi Mgebrishvili, chief of the Interior Ministry's main criminal investigation department. Cesium and strontium, which have medical and industrial applications, are considered likely ingredients for a so-called "dirty bomb," in which conventional explosives are combined with radioactive material. Mgebrishvili said at a news conference that...

<p>Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda network has become deeply involved in international drug trafficking, using the money to buy arms and, possibly, radioactive material for use in a so-called "dirty" nuclear bomb, senior U.S. officials say.</p> <p>The seizure earlier this month of boats carrying heroin and hashish, and operated by al Qaeda-linked persons, has brought to light an al Qaeda drug operation that has grown tremendously since the September 11 attacks, the sources say.</p>

Radioactive substances seized by Latvian security services last week have been identified as strontium, which can be used in making a so-called "dirty bomb", a spokesman for the Baltic country's security services said on Wednesday. "The radiation security center is investigating the quantity, content, activity time and place of producing this substance. Strontium could be used in making a so-called 'dirty bomb'," Dainis Mikelsons, a press officer at the Constitutional Protection Bureau told AFP. Latvia's secret service seized the substance last week, saying they had averted a possible threat to state security. The amount seized has not been revealed and...