Safecast Visits Washington DC

Last month, thanks to coordination and support from the NRDC and N*Squared, several of us were lucky enough to visit Washington DC during the week of the Nuclear Security Summit for a series of presentations and meetings about what we’ve been up to, what we’ve produced that people might make use of, and who we…

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Chernobyl, 30 years ago

The Chernobyl Disaster happened April 26, 1986 – exactly 30 years ago today and until 2011 when disaster struck the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, it was the only level 7 nuclear event. Several Safecast volunteers have mapped out the Chernobyl site and surrounding cities which is still one of the most radioactive places on earth.…

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Safecast Report Vol. 2 now available

  Volume 2 of the Safecast Report is now available for download. Like Volume 1, issued last year, this report provides an update about developments related to the Safecast project as well as summaries of reports and research findings concerning the situation at the Fukushima Daiichi NPP site, in the environment, for evacuees, for food,…

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Safecast 5th Anniversary bGeigie Workshop – April 23-34 Tokyo

After a successful test drive around the Tokyo Bay area the day before, April 24th, 2011 was the first drive with the Safecast bGeigie to Fukushima. The bGeigie was the breakthrough that got us to collect over 43,000,000 radiation measurements in over 70 countries over the past 5 years. The bGeigie Nano Kit is the…

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THE SAFECAST CONFERENCE 2016 – #SCC2016 EVENT CALENDAR

March 2016 marks the 5th anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami, and also marks Safecast’s 5th Anniversary. To commemorate this special occasion, the Safecast Conference 2016 will be held on Sunday, March 20th at our offices in Tokyo. Join to hear what we learned along our journey over the past 5 years,…

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Quick Bits: Feb 20

A few exciting bits this week at Safecast. Over on National Geographic, Ari Beser published “How Citizen Science Changed the Way Fukushima Radiation is Reported” detailing Safecast’s efforts and impact. This is a fantastic endorsement of the efforts and commitment of Safecast volunteers worldwide. We’ve also gotten news that Congressman Jason Hsu showed off his…

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bGeigie Bluetooth

One of the most requested additions to the bGeigie Nano is the ability to automatically send data to the Safecast api via a paired mobile phone’s cellular connection rather than having to upload the data later  via a web browser. We’ve been beta testing an option for this for a while and are excited to announce…

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Hong Kong Workshop 20-22 December 2015

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bGeigie at the International Aero-Gammaspectrometry Campaign 2015

Above:  bGeigie Nano in front of the Czech team’s Mi-17 helicopter  Note: Safecast is fortunate to have a small group of very active volunteers in the Czech Republic. The Safecast radiation map has a lot of data from the Czech Republic, almost all of it logged by Jan Helebrant and Lubomír Gryc, radioprotection professionals who work…

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Drive of the Month: Semipalatinsk Test Site

Chagan was a Soviet underground nuclear test conducted at the Semipalatinsk Test Site on January 15, 1965. It left a huge lake-filled crater. Radiation levels surveyed at Lake Chagan are among the highest in the Safecast radiation database. A Safecast volunteer, who’d like to be identified simply as “Markus,” recently uploaded data from the Semipalatinsk…

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