Nuclear and radiation accidents and incidents: GK, General Studies and Current Affairs

US Nuclear waste dump plant marks 20 years

March 24, 2019

With tons of cold war era nuclear waste and decades of bomb making, US started this undergroung nuclear waste isolation program. The program has now successfully proved that radioactive waste could be safely disposed deep underground rendering less threat to the environment. However there had been minor accidents in the plant. A radiation leak in ..

The scientists at INMAS develops India’s first indigenous anti-nuclear medical kit

September 16, 2018

The scientist at INMAS claim to have developed India’s first indigenous medical kit that may ensure protection from serious injuries and faster healing of wounds resulting from nuclear warfare or radioactive leakage. The medical kit has been developed for the armed, paramilitary and police forces only as they are the first ones likely to get ..