Small Traces of Radiation Found in Tuna
CORVALLIS, Ore. — Scientists from Oregon State University and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration have found minute traces of radiation in albacore tuna caught off the West Coast. The...
View ArticleNew Radiation Machine at Cancer Center
EUGENE, Ore. — Western Oregon cancer patients have a new tool to fight the disease: a $2.3 million radiation machine. With technology rapidly changing, the Willamette Valley Cancer Institute felt the...
View ArticleLocal Cancer Resource Center Celebrates
EUGENE, Ore. — Volunteers from the American Cancer Society celebrated the one-year anniversary of the Cancer Resource Center Friday. The center, located in the Willamette Cancer Institute, is open to...
View ArticleResearchers Not Worried about Radiation
CORVALLIS, Ore. – Researchers at Oregon State University say two and a half years after the Fukushima nuclear spill, they are not seeing any negative effects on the West Coast. Kathryn Higley, a...
View ArticleTesting the Waters
FLORENCE, Ore. — It’s been more than three years since a catastrophic earthquake and tsunami in Japan. After all that time, there are still concerns leaked radiation is washing up on Oregon’s beaches....
View ArticleOSU Develops Portable Radiation Detector
CORVALLIS, Ore. — Nuclear engineers at Oregon State University have developed a breakthrough radiation detector that is small, portable and inexpensive. Abi Farsoni, an associate professor of nuclear...
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