Part 1 of the Safecast Report 2017 is now available for download as a print-quality PDF. The report has grown in size, and in contrast with previous years, we are making it available in sections for easier download and reading. A combined version will also be available. Section 2: Situation Report – Intro and 2.1- Issues…
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Above: National Route 114 runs through the current exclusion zone in Namie. The area remains evacuated but the road was recently reopened for public use. National Route 114 in Namie was reopened to public access on Sept 20th of this year. The route, also known as the Tomioka Highway, is a primary thoroughfare which runs…
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Earlier this year we announced Solarcast and talked about some of the challenges we faced while designing it. Thanks to the generous support of the Annenberg Foundation & Metabolic Studio (as well as the longterm support of the Shuttleworth Foundation) we were able to create the first batch of these devices and have been deploying…
Safecast’s director of global operations, Sean Bonner, is adding another entry to an already long CV: moved to Japan in August, 2017. Besides looking forward to exploring the country and sharing his passion for Japan his family, the move means that Sean will be closer to the centre of the action when it comes to…
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Data collector: Richard Unwin bGeigie Number: 2327 – User ID 605 Data locations: Across Australia, including around Perth, central Australia and Tasmania. Hot Spot / Interesting Readings: Vatican City – Rome – interesting readings near some of the granite statues of Rome. Missed Readings: Stelvio Pass, Italy – one of the more challenging roads in…
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TL;DR; The Safecast realtime seawater radiation sensor at Bodega Bay, CA, has been repaired. The realtime feed is here. For more details, read on! Though ocean scientists have been monitoring the levels of radionuclides in the ocean for decades, this took on a renewed urgency following the Fukushima accident. The radiation released into the Pacific…
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During emergency situations, online services (including maps) may not be reliable. In the worst case no connection to the internet is available or connection is too slow. Similar situations also occur during measuring events for mobile groups working with the Czech National Radiation Protection Institute (SÚRO) in areas with insufficient coverage, for example in mountainous…
Data Collector: Allan Lind Data locations: New Zealand, Japan You started collecting radiation data here in Japan long before Fukushima. What got you interested and when did you begin collecting data? My initial interest in radiation really got started when I was working at a steel plant in my native New Zealand in the mid…
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La version française de cet article est en deuxième partie de page Like nearly every summer, our family visits France in July, sometimes stopping along the way. This year, we were staying for about 10 days in the center of France, and took this opportunity to visit a site called “Les Bois Noirs Limouzat”, a…
Data collector: Savina Singla Data locations: Kolkata, New Delhi, North West India, area up towards McLeod Ganj, known as ‘Little Lhasa’ What’s the last data you recorded with a bGeigie? I went to Kolkata in West Bengal recently where I collected radiation data. It was very smooth. It was the first time I tried collecting…
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