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Limpopo: 0. Mpumalanga: 0. That’s how many radiation oncologists these provinces have
Meanwhile, a lone specialist in the North West caters for 3.7-million people as four provinces are forced to send patients to Gauteng.
Why decommissioning Koeberg nuclear plant won’t be easy
For South Africa decommissioning its nuclear plant Koeberg is a reality that cannot be ignored much longer
Fukushima reactor ‘ice wall’ nearly finished
Fukushima's operator on Tuesday started freezing the last section of a $320 million ice wall designed to combat widespread water contamination.
Wi-fi market penetration linked to pregnancy
Amidst accusations of scaremongering, a Chinese company made a router that they state is safer for pregnant women.
Battle over cellphone masts in Northcliff
Northcliff residents are going to war over the towers littering their view and - they say - their bodies. Is the radiation strong enough to hurt them?
Japanese flee Fukushima in fear of nuclear radiation
Okinawa is about as far away as one can get from Fukushima without leaving Japan, and that is why Minaho Kubota is here.
Fukushima’s radioactive water leaks into Pacific Ocean
Large quantities of radioactive water from Fukushima might have found its way into the Pacific Ocean and experts believe it could contain strontium.
Japan nuclear plant stabilising ‘step by step’
Japan said on Tuesday that the tsunami-hit Fukushima nuclear plant is gradually stabilising and the amount of radiation being released is falling.
Japan works to avoid explosion at nuclear plant
Workers at Japan's stricken nuclear plant on Thursday pumped nitrogen into a crippled reactor in a bid to prevent a possible explosion.
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