https://www.pistack.xyz/tags/radiation/ Recent content in Radiation on Pi Stack Hugo en-us Sat, 06 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.pistack.xyz/posts/2026-06-06-self-hosted-radiation-monitoring-diy-detector-safecast-openradiation-guide/ Sat, 06 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.pistack.xyz/posts/2026-06-06-self-hosted-radiation-monitoring-diy-detector-safecast-openradiation-guide/ <h2 id="why-monitor-radiation-yourself">Why Monitor Radiation Yourself?</h2> <p>Radiation monitoring sounds like something only nuclear power plant operators need — but citizen-led radiation sensing has proven its value repeatedly. After the Fukushima Daiichi disaster in 2011, Safecast volunteers deployed thousands of portable sensors across Japan, generating the most comprehensive open radiation dataset ever created. Today, affordable silicon photomultipliers and PIN diodes let anyone build a radiation spectrometer capable of distinguishing between different radioactive isotopes — technology that previously cost thousands of dollars in a handheld device.</p>