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Radioactive Substances
Radioactive Substances: - Substances that emit ionizing radiation. [Environmental Protection Agency] News archive for Radioactive Substances:: |
Xinhua,On Saturday, the Japanese Foreign Ministry said in a press that the Japanese side was informed that Houston began leaking radioactive substances when it
�Murmansk� wreckage is radioactive - 04 Aug 2008
Barents Observer,Recent investigation has revealed that there is radioactive substances inside the ship. Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten printed the story about radioactive
Rice professor says countertops may be tainted with uranium - Jul 25, 2008
Houston Chronicle,Llope said the radioactive substances in granite, significantly uranium, pose a double threat to homeowners: radiation and radon gas.
Reader Commentaries: Dona Spring’s Bevatron Resolution - Jul 17, 2008
Berkeley Daily Planet,Sealing lead paint onto house walls, not dredging waterway channels, and whenever possible leaving radioactive substances to decay in place and hazardous
NIST: Scientists valued research results over safety - Jul 31, 2008
Colorado Daily,...the most experience with the material, said any scientist who works with radioactive substances should have an appreciation for the potential dangers.
Black Sea Coast Guard services hold meeting in Batumi - Jul 29, 2008
ITAR-TASS,The sides signed a memorandum on cooperation in the non-proliferation of radioactive substances and components of weapons of mass destruction.
Security of radioactive material still too lax, report says - Jul 17, 2008
Medill Reports,This is “particularly troubling,� the report said, not only because it violates official policy, but also because some radioactive substances could be used
Indian biotech firms aid global players in drug discovery - Jul 29, 2008
Business Standard,Companies are offering services in drug discovery and validation based on pathway analysis (that is, analysis of how toxic or radioactive substances reach
Eminent Bangladeshis Question Trustworthiness of US Congressional ... - Jul 26, 2008
istockAnalyst.com,Therefore, materials for manufacturing nuclear weapons, including radioactive substances, and biological and chemical ingredients can be easily transported
Environmental Watchdog Backs Plan for New Waste Store Near Dounreay - Jul 25, 2008
RedOrbit,Sepa has already received an application from DSRL under the Radioactive Substances Act (RSA 93) to dispose of radioactive waste in the facilities.
Children of Chernobyl visit Scarborough for a welcome break - Aug 1, 2008
Scarborough Today,Some of the children, aged eight to 12, suffer from cancer caused by the radioactive substances which still plague the area. Each year they visit England,
'Straddie' radiation fear sparks site tests - Jul 19, 2008
Brisbane Times,...and of companies licensed to transport radioactive substances, as part of a routine radiation safety monitoring program or in response to concerns
Nuclear Waste Processing Plant Environmental Threat? - Jul 12, 2008
KGMB9,The radioactive substances released from the chimney will be carried on the wind and spread out across the farmland that lies downwind.
9 Oddities in Discovery and Invention - Jul 22, 2008
ThomasNet Industrial News Room (press release),This tragic accident resulted in an overhaul of nuclear safety regulations, eliminating the practice of unprotected material handling of radioactive substances.
Security work for Beijing Olympics goes through details - Jul 8, 2008
Xinhua,Flights carrying high-risk chemicals, such as poisonous gas and radioactive substances, to other cities must be inspected and authorized by the
Moment of respite for Chernobyl's lucky 13 - Jul 29, 2008
Sunderland Echo,The failed reactor caused a huge explosion, which killed 30 people and masses of radioactive substances escaped into the atmosphere.
HHS Releases Project BioShield Annual Report to Congress on Public ... - Jul 11, 2008
Media Newswire (press release),...were for research on decorporation agents, which can reduce exposure to radioactive substances by aiding their elimination from the body.
Polonium-210 Hidden in Cigarettes, Says Study by the Mayo Clinic ... - Jul 17, 2008
PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung),...in the toxic gases (like cyanide), more than 40 other cancer-causing chemicals (like benzene), or radioactive substances (like plutonium or uranium).
Tractor Trailers Inspected On I-65 - Jul 15, 2008
NewsChannel5.com,The Tennessee Highway Patrol inspected the vehicles, checked for radioactive substances as well as the drivers' paperwork and licenses.
Traffic Study Set For Belmont County Thursday And Friday - Jul 9, 2008
WTRF,The possibilities include gasoline, explosives, poisons, even radioactive substances. For a 24-hour period, each truckload will be documented by volunteers
Iraq dismantles nuke testing lab - Jul 8, 2008
United Press International...pollution has many aspects that affect the public health and the national economy," he said, adding the site no longer contains radioactive substances.
饮用水与�康 - Jul 31, 2008
大纪元时报-澳洲版,...矿物质(Minerals)ã€?化å¦å“?(Chemicals)ã€?细è?Œã€?过滤性病毒(Virus)ã€?放射性物质(Radioactive substances
Suspect in Litvinenko murder wins parliamentary immunity - 03 Dec 2007
RIA Novosti,Lugovoi said previously that Litvinenko's murder, the first known case of radioactive substances being used in a murder, was part of a nefarious and
Malawi govt dismiss death threats on Uranium mining case settlement - 03 Dec 2007
Nyasa Times,...the Mines and Minerals Act. The group would also develop appropriate legislation with respect to the handling and transport of radioactive substances.
5-HTT Binding in Recovered Depressed Patients and Healthy ... - 03 Dec 2007
Am J Psychiatry (subscription)The study was approved by the research ethics committee at Hammersmith Hospital, London, and the Administration of Radioactive Substances Advisory Committee
The House on Green Hill - Nov 30, 2007
Russia Profile,The Radon report mentioned that in addition to being contaminated with radioactive substances, the territory around Green Hill also contains dangerous
Radioactive alarm bells increasingly ring at Canadian waste sites - Nov 4, 2007
The Canadian PressMore than 75 per cent of the alarms were triggered by small quantities of short-lived radioactive substances of medical origin "which pose little or no risk
Global body eyed to fight N-terrorism - Nov 5, 2007
The Daily Yomiuri,The organization would include a number of US-based research societies for the management of radioactive substances and experts from the US Energy
Iran rejects Czech daily claims - Nov 13, 2007
Islamic Republic News Agency,Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammad-Ali Hosseini here Tuesday rejected Prague-based daily Pravo's claim that there was radioactive substances aboard an
Radioactive tests positive: study - Nov 12, 2007
London Free Press,...lab in Germany were found to contain radioactive substances the government and the companies involved have "never admitted even exist in Port Hope.
Radioactive results positive, Port Hope group says - Nov 12, 2007
Toronto Star,...which will release its full findings tomorrow, urine samples collected from participants tested positive for a variety of radioactive substances.
Angry residents want federal contamination study - Nov 13, 2007
CTV.ca,Health Concerns Committee, urine samples collected from a small number of participants in the Ontario town were found to contain radioactive substances.
Food grown near nuclear sites is safe says EA - Nov 27, 2007
Environmental Data Interactive,...and non-nuclear sites in England and Wales through strict authorisations," said the agency's head of radioactive substances regulation Joe McHugh.
The Green Revolution: Why it can't wait - Nov 24, 2007
MWC News,Thus, all containers you try to put radioactive substances into are inevitably destroyed by the radiation. The ability of clean renewable energy to
Ontario urged to look into radioactivity alerts - Nov 5, 2007
Toronto Star,Although the report says more than 75 per cent of all the alarms were triggered by small quantities of short-lived radioactive substances of medical origin
More radioactive waste turning up in Ontario landfills - Nov 6, 2007
CBC Ottawa,The report says the bulk of the alerts are from small quantities of radioactive substances that have a medical origin "which pose little or no risk.
Atomenergoprom elected the deputy director. - Nov 30, 2007
Analytical Information Agency,Besides, it should provide the researches in the atomic power usage, prospecting and extraction of radioactive substances, enrichment of nuclear materials,
NISA to offer latest info on N-plants via cell phone - Nov 24, 2007
The Daily Yomiuri,The Niigata Prefecture Chuetsu Offshore Earthquake in July caused a transformer fire and tiny amounts of radioactive substances to leak at the Tokyo
Angola: Govt Approves Cooperation Accord Between Angolan, Russian ... - Nov 18, 2007
AllAfrica.com,They also agreed on combating terrorism, corruption, organised crime, trafficking of weapons, ammunitions, explosives, radioactive substances and material,
Fire Rescue workers get 'hazmat' refresher - Nov 15, 2007
Clarksville Leaf Chronicle,...radioactive substances, corrosives or flammables. "If we even think they're going to have to have it, this is going to be set up before they go in.
The Carolina Center to Discuss the Dangers of Mercury Toxicity on ... - Nov 26, 2007
dBusinessNews Seattle (press release),...“EDTA has been shown to remove radioactive substances in acute radiation poisoning, lower blood cholesterol levels, and has had beneficial effects in the
SMUGGLING FEARS OVER CUTBACKS - Nov 26, 2007
The Cornishman,All forms of traffic at UK points of entry are supposed to be regularly screened for radioactive substances - the key component for "dirty" bombs.
New info could strengthen compensation claims - Nov 12, 2007
Newsday,..."These highly radioactive substances are not found in natural uranium and present an additional danger to workers and the public health," said Walker,
Local doctor offers new prostate cancer treatment - Nov 20, 2007
Baxter Bulletin,The patient having cryotherapy as a primary treatment does not undergo radiation and has no radioactive substances left in the body, terkeurst said.
Paladin celebrates over Malawi civil society litigation withdraw - Nov 9, 2007
Nyasa Times,...the Mines and Minerals Act. The group would also develop appropriate legislation with respect to the handling and transport of radioactive substances;
Harborview residents broaden view of zoning - 26 Aug 2007
Stamford Advocate,A curie is the unit used to measure the activity of radioactive substances. A picocurie is one-trillionth of a curie. According to the state Department of
Georgia discovers radioactive substance at former Russian base - Aug 16, 2007
RIA Novosti,..."We will take there [to the bunker] all radioactive substances that we discover at sites vacated by the Russian Army," he said. Under an agreement between
Radiation Leak suspected in Nuclear Plant in Japan - Aug 1, 2007
Journal of Turkish Weekly,It also has been discovered that up to 2000 tons of water leaked from an area designed to handle radioactive substances on the fifth basement floor of the
No reactor damage found at Kashiwazaki - Aug 3, 2007
The Daily Yomiuri,6 reactor, water containing radioactive substances overflowed from a spent nuclear fuel pool and leaked into basement floors of the reactor building through
Michael Daly - Aug 12, 2007
New York Daily News,Unless Al Qaeda has finally gotten its murderous hands on some uranium, a dirty bomb would more likely contain any of several radioactive substances that
King-Harbor cited over radiation - Aug 2, 2007
Los Angeles Times,The inspection occurred after radioactive substances turned up on a diaper that was found in a garbage bin at a Downey waste facility last month.
N-plant inspection to offer lessons for world - Aug 6, 2007
The Daily Yomiuri,The leak of radioactive substances was miniscule--less than one-10 millionth of the dose of radiation that an ordinary person is naturally exposed to per
Lung cancer on rise in Guangdong - Aug 9, 2007
People's Daily Online,...said people should keep a balanced diet and those who live in newly decorated houses should also be on guard against radioactive substances.
Atomic Energy Law Enables Better Use of Radioactive Materials - Jul 28, 2007
AngolaPress,The law on atomic energy was approved by the National Assembly on 28 June 2007 with the aim of regulating the use of radioactive substances, with norms for
Not good for business - Aug 8, 2007
Northumberland Today,At the same time, we are aware of, and expect the industry to be cognizant of, the facts and fears surrounding radiation and radioactive substances.
Radiation in heart-imaging test varies - Aug 3, 2007
Science Daily (press release)...full story Nuclear medicine -- Nuclear medicine is a branch of medicine and medical imaging that uses unsealed radioactive substances in diagnosis and
TEPCO says state of nuclear fuel at stricken plant still not known - Aug 3, 2007
Asahi Shimbun,The flooding of water into some of the reactor buildings resulted in time-consuming measures to drain suspected radioactive substances.
City gets diagnostic powerhouse - Aug 9, 2007
Therapeutics Daily (subscription) (press release),...that can transform tiny molecules into radioactive substances to help doctors detect and treat everything from brain tumours to early onset dementia.
Lead-contaminated soil at Netzaberg off-post housing is covered ... - Aug 19, 2007
Stars and Stripes,The concerns about lead follow recent revelations that wells earmarked to provide water to Netzaberg are contaminated with radioactive substances.
IAEA starts checks of stricken nuclear plant - Aug 6, 2007
Asahi Shimbun,They will also focus on the way small amounts of radioactive substances leaked into the air and water around the plant after the quake.
EUROPOL WELCOMES BULGARIA AS FULL MEMBER - Aug 2, 2007
Sofia Echo,...and human trafficking, smuggling radioactive substances, money laundering, illegal migration, and other serious forms of international organised crime.
Books in brief - Jul 29, 2007
Edmonton Sun,But Bosch soon finds that the victim, a doctor working with radioactive substances used in cancer treatment, is possibly part of a terrorist plot to poison
Report: Increase in Radiation Not Caused by Fire - Jul 29, 2007
KSL-TV,However, several naturally occurring radioactive substances were identified in the samples: Beryllium-7, produced in the upper atmosphere; Lead-212 and
Bulldozers will end Z block flats misery - Aug 9, 2007
Southport Visiter,...be removed and then the boundary walls. Plans also include removing hazardous materials such as toxic wastes, asbestos, lead and radioactive substances.
INFORMATION ON THE ACCESSION OF THE REPUBLIC OF BULGARIA TO EUROPOL - Aug 1, 2007
Ministry of Interior,...crimes such as terrorism, drugs trafficking, illegal migration, trafficking in human beings, money laundering, trafficking in radioactive substances, etc.
‘Healthcare centres generate 15 lakh tonne waste’ - Jul 31, 2007
Delhi Newsline,Gastro enteric infections, respiratory infections, blood stream infections, skin infections, effects of radioactive substances and intoxication.
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