India sends anti-radiation drugs to Indonesia after Cesium-137 contamination scare - The Tribune
Jakarta [Indonesia], October 15 (ANI): India has rushed a consignment of Prussian Blue (Pru-Decorp) capsules to Indonesia to help mitigate the effects of Cesium-137 contamination after Jakarta detected traces of radioactivity in exported food products.
For this week's Colour Collective (a weekly art challenge based around a single, allocated colour) here's my offering for #PrussianBlue
Moon Over Pittville
40x30cm acrylic on paper
Velvet Easel Gallery Winter Exhibition
04 Oct - 01 Feb
🔗 link to gallery website in my bio
#Portobello #Edinburgh #Scotland
Optical Art with Prussian Blue for Colour Collective on Instagram
#Colour_Collective #PrussianBlue #CCPrussianBlue #DigitalArt #MastodonArtShow #SequinWorldDigitalArt #OpticalArt
#FukushimaNuclearPlant clean-up faces yet another delay
Story by Mari Yamaguchi, July 29, 2025
"The full-scale removal of melted nuclear fuel from the #tsunami-wrecked #FukushimaDaiichi power plant has been delayed by several years, with the operator now targeting 2037 or later for the crucial operation.
"Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings (#TEPCO) announced the setback on Tuesday, underscoring the immense challenges still facing the site.
"TEPCO stated that 12 to 15 years of preparation are required before commencing full-scale debris removal at the No. 3 reactor, involving radiation reduction and facility construction.
"An estimated 880 tons of melted nuclear fuel and structural debris remain within the three reactors that suffered meltdowns following the 2011 earthquake and tsunami.
"This latest delay further jeopardises the Japanese government and TEPCO's existing 2051 target for decommissioning the plant.
"A test retrieval of a small fuel sample in November was already three years behind schedule, with some experts suggesting the entire #decommissioning process could extend beyond a century.
"TEPCO said it plans to stick to the current completion target of 2051.
" 'Realistically, we are aware of the difficulty (to achieve the target) but we will not drop the goal just yet, as we still don't have a clear work schedule after the full-scale removal begins,' said Akira Ono, chief decommissioning officer at TEPCO.
"Ono said TEPCO plans to examine preparation work necessary at the two other reactors within the next couple of years ahead of full-scale melted fuel retrieval.
"After small missions by robots [that were fried by radiation] to gather samples, experts will determine a larger-scale method for removing melted fuel, first at the No. 3 reactor.
"In May, Japan announced plans to use slightly radioactive soil, stored near Fukushima nuclear plant, for flower beds outside Prime Minister #ShigeruIshiba’s office. [Maybe put more waste there as well! Useless politicians! Who have access to #PrussianBlue pills which remove #Cesium137 from one's body!]
"The move is intended to demonstrate the safety of reusing soil that was removed from Fukushima prefecture during decontamination efforts following the 2011 nuclear disaster. Officials say that some of the soil has now reached levels deemed safe for reuse." [Using faulty dosimeters, I'll wager!]
#NoNukes #NoNukesForAI #TEPCOLies #RethinkNotRestart #FukushimaIsntOver
#NuclearPowerPlants #NuclearWaste #NuclearPowerNoThanks #NuclearPowerCorruptionAndLies
Something about cyanotypes always pulls me out of depression
Idk if it's the slow pace, the endless possibilities, or just the god damn gorgeous blue
Linktr.ee/alisonreid to check out more
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#art #visualart #fineart #alternativeprocess #photogram #cyanotypes #prussianblue
Prussian Blue: Discovery and Betrayal
The discovery was the subject of many legends and stories. In the article, Klaus Roth will open the case one more time and solve it once and for all, thanks to new research into chemical history ...
https://doi.org/10.1002/chemv.202200038
#chemistry #chemistryviews #chemviews #prussianblue #historyofchemistry
Just released a new zine, called "The Future is Blue"!
It's a zine about the utopian resonance of the colour blue and cyanotyping as an aesthetic, epistemic, and temporal strategy for envisioning alternative futures.
This is a limited print run of 20ish zines, featuring individually-printed cyanotype covers.
Available for purchase through my zine shop, with worldwide shipping!
#utopia #futurity #FuturesStudies #zine #blue #PrussianBlue #cyanotype #AlternativePhotography #PrintMaking
Shades of Prussian blue
“The Great Wave off Kanagawa” by Hokusai,
the first of his thirty-six views of Mount Fuji,
uses three shades of Prussian blue to depict the waves.
“Fine Wind, Clear Morning,”
the second of his thirty-six views of Mount Fuji,
uses three shades of Prussian blue to depict the sky.
#Poetry #Science #History #Chemistry #Color #PrussianBlue https://sharpgiving.com/thebookofscience/items/p1706.html#prussianblue-shades
Safely removing nanoplastics from water using 'Prussian blue', a pigment used to dye jeans
Prussian blue, a metal-organic frameworks-based substance made by adding iron (III) chloride to a potassium ferrocyanide solution, is the first synthetic pigment used to dye jeans a deep blue color and has recently been used to adsorb cesium, a radioactive element, from Japanese nuclear plant wastewater.
https://phys.org/news/2023-10-safely-nanoplastics-prussian-blue-pigment.html #prussianblue #remove #plasic #nanoparticles #jeans #pigment ##hipster #Bioremediation
#PruittWrites #sketch #cow #study @ https://pruittwrites.com/2023/07/11/sketchcs-3/ #animaldrawing #fountainpen #fountainpenart #fountainpendrawing #diamine #diamineink #prussianblue #americanartist
My drypoint “Carrelet II” in the New English Art Club Annual Exhibition at The Mall Galleries #PrussianBlue #Printmaking #art #Drypoint
Used the bright sun for some #cyanotype experiments (aka #blueprint, aka #prussianblue ) with my son.
So much fun!
In 1706, Johann Jacob Diesbach accidentally discovered the formula for the synthetic pigment Prussian blue. #Poetry #Science #History #Chemistry #Pigments #PrussianBlue (https://sharpgiving.com/thebookofscience/items/p1706.html)
Prussian blue was discovered by accident by painter Heinrich Diesbach in Berlin in 1704-5 (which is why it is also known as Berlin blue) while attempting to create a paint with a red hue.
Thanks to @luxescipod for the tip!
#science #sciencefacts #blue #prussianblue #pigment
https://www.chemeurope.com/en/encyclopedia/Prussian_blue.html
"Prussian Blue" (1977), Kazuo Shiraga (Japanese, 1924–2008), ink and watercolor, 27 x 23.8 cm #PrussianBlue #KazuoShiraga
I should tag @fountainpens on this thread about #PrussianBlue ink. If you want to see the original thread on this topic on Fountain Pen Network, you can find it here:
https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/topic/241257-mrs-stewarts-concentrated-liquid-bluing
Also, although it contains a cyanide ion, the cyanide is so tightly bound to the iron that it is completely harmless and is actually used as internal medicine for chelation therapy, to remove harmful heavy metals from the human body.
Finally, #PrussianBlue may be the key to more sustainable future electrochemical rechargeable storage batteries, which although they do not provide quite as high energy density as Li-ion cells, withstand tens of thousands of recharge cycles, instead of hundreds.
An 8 oz bottle will cost you less than $5 and can be found in virtually any grocery store.
There is, however, one caveat. The Sheaffer pen company did some research back in the 1940s (IIRC) and discovered that there is a possibility that #PrussianBlue can corrode gold alloys, which are often used for nibs in expensive #FountainPens. Prussian Blue is ferric ferrocyanide, and presumably the corrosion would be due to ion replacement. Cyanidic compounds are used in gold refining because of this. …
