Radionuclides

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Radionuclides - Nuclides that emit radioactivity (alpha, beta, or gamma particles) or fission into smaller nuclides.
[NABIR Bioremediation Glossary]

News archive for Radionuclides:

MIRD: Radionuclide Data and Decay Schemes  -  04 Aug 2008
SmartBrief,This essential update for your MIRD reference library includes 333 radionuclides (87 elements) relevant in diagnostic and therapeutic molecular medicine.

A wave of concern over Bordentown water  -  Jul 18, 2008
The Times of Trenton - NJ.com,There were radionuclides." According to the Environmental Protection Agency's website, radionuclides are mostly naturally oc curring contaminants that can

We need calls to DFG to help Los Banos Migrant Camp!  -  Jul 18, 2008
Bay Area Indymedia,...water bathe in and often to cook with or wash dishes or fruits and vegetables with water that is contaminate with Arsenic, Copper and Radionuclides.

Navy Outlines Next Move in Hunters Point Cleanup  -  Jul 8, 2008
KTVU.com,...wildlife and the shoreline, and to address the removal of so-called "radionuclides," which emit dangerous radiation and have many industrial uses.

5.4 Earthquake rattles nerves  -  Jul 29, 2008
MWC News,The waste will be stored at your children's expense -- both in their radiation burden from released radionuclides, and in more obvious ways, namely,

IsoRay Receives No List of Observations (Form FDA 483) in FDA ...  -  Jul 24, 2008
MarketWatchThe Determination of Radiobiologically Optimized Half-lives for Radionuclides Used in Permanent Brachytherapy Implants. Int. J. Radiation Oncology Biol.

ICx Technologies Adds Stride Radionuclide Identification Detection ...  -  Jul 23, 2008
FOXBusinessDepending on the amount of radioactive material present, radionuclides can be detected and properly identified in a few seconds while security personnel are

ICx Adds Stride Radionuclide Detection Units and Systems  -  Jul 28, 2008
TMCnetRadionuclides can be detected and properly identified in a few seconds depending on the amount of radioactive material present.

18-Month Extension of Reimbursement Rates for Radioimmunotherapies ...  -  Jul 15, 2008
MarketWatchZevalin should only be used by health care professionals qualified by training and experience in the safe use of radionuclides.

SNM presents 2008 Georg Charles de Hevesy Nuclear Pioneer Award to ...  -  Jul 28, 2008
HealthTech Wire (press release),...the world's first cyclotron for the production of radionuclides, and Glenn Seaborg, who discovered more than half a dozen new elements," said McEwan.

Germany’s concerns over nuclear energy  -  Jul 13, 2008
Hindu Business Line,...region of France is leaking radioactivity into the ground water, threatening contamination of tritium and at a later stage other radionuclides.

Los Alamos expansion plan worries neighbors Nearby agricultural ...  -  Jul 5, 2008
San Francisco Chronicle,A citizens' group, in conjunction with the state Environment Department, began monitoring air and sampling soil and produce for radionuclides,

Water Over the Dam  -  Jul 23, 2008
Right Side News,...water must be regularly tested for the presence of various contaminants, including microorganisms, organic and inorganic toxins and radionuclides.

CTI To Meet With The FDA To Discuss Filing Of A Supplemental ...  -  Jul 23, 2008
Medical News Today (press release),Zevalin should only be used by health care professionals qualified by training and experience in the safe use of radionuclides.

CTI to Meet With the FDA to Discuss Filing of a Supplemental ...  -  Jul 21, 2008
PR Newswire (press release),Zevalin should only be used by health care professionals qualified by training and experience in the safe use of radionuclides.

Wakefield students take top honors in “Tap vs. Bottledâ€? contest  -  Jul 16, 2008
Wakefield Observer,They check microbial, turbidity, corrosiveness, disinfectant, chemical, and radionuclides. There is no doubt that eastern Massachusetts' residents use

High Growth Reported for the US Market for Residential Water ...  -  Jul 16, 2008
Earthtimes (press release),Health Effects, and Treatment Methods - Waterborne Pathogens - Protozoan Parasites - Bacteria - Viruses - Radionuclides - Disinfectants - Disinfection

Nuclear fallout  -  Jul 15, 2008
San Francisco Bay Guardian,...that when the Navy first presented a cleanup plan for Parcel B in 1997, it had not surveyed for radionuclides, remnants of the shipyard's military past.

'Cook' cancer cells  -  Jul 14, 2008
Deccan Herald,Monoclonal antibodies can work alone or can be attached to anti-cancer drugs, radionuclides or toxins to deliver a deadly payload to cancer cells.

Radiation contamination monitors  -  Jul 8, 2008
Factory Maintenance,It monitors gamma emitting radionuclides and has new electronics which allow it to discriminate between natural and man-made radiation.

Drilling for Answers: The Potential Impact of Offshore Oil  -  Jul 8, 2008
Independent Florida Alligator,...petroleum hydrocarbons, vanadium, copper, aluminum, chromium, zinc, polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons, radionuclides, and other heavy metals.

Basin to Install Three Small-Scale Uranium Removal Systems in New ...  -  Jul 8, 2008
Business Wire (press release),The presence of radionuclides – which include uranium, radium-226 and radium-228 – in drinking water has been linked to a number of deleterious effects on

Contamination Monitoring System suits nuclear power industry.  -  Jul 8, 2008
ThomasNet Industrial News Room,The SAM12, building on the rugged capabilities of the SAM11 to monitor articles for gamma emitting radionuclides, readily measures down to clearance levels

IAEA: Seven French-speaking African Countries Receive Regulatory ...  -  Jul 6, 2008
ISRIA (subscription),With growing use of radionuclides for medicine and industry and lingering concern over safety and security of radioactive sources, the IAEA has been active

Beyond Primitivism: Toward a Twenty-First Century Anarchist Theory ...  -  Jul 28, 2008
Infoshop News...predict the complex interactions of their components with the subjectivity of human operators nor the behaviour of radionuclides in open environments.

VVD wil kernenergie weer  -  Jul 14, 2008
Streekgids,Radionuclides & Reactors and Director of the Reactor Institute Delft, een bezoek gebracht aan dit instituut op 17 juni jongstleden.

Immunomedics to Present At American Society of Hematology 49th ...  -  03 Dec 2007
CNNMoney.comHall B3 and B4) * "Improved Responses and Cures with Less Hematologic Toxicity Using Anti-CD20 Bispecific Antibody Pretargeted Radionuclides Compared to

Chelyabinsk customs officers seize smuggled radionuclides  -  Nov 27, 2007
ITAR-TASS,According to the export documents, the carriage contained iron and steel scrap, but officers found two dangerous radionuclides inside,� the press service

EPA toxic mine study remains incomplete  -  Nov 4, 2007
Charlotte Sun-Herald,In 2001, a consultant for the EPA found "elevated levels" of both radionuclides and heavy metals in a number of soil, clay and water samples from the site.

Makhijani to address concerns regarding nuclear plants  -  Nov 13, 2007
Morris Daily Herald,The goal is to prevent unnecessary ex-posure to toxins and radionuclides, and ensure industry and regulatory representatives share this objective.

Cell Therapeutics, Inc. (CTI) Plans to Submit Supplemental ...  -  Nov 26, 2007
CNNMoney.comZEVALIN should only be used by health care professionals qualified by training and experience in the safe use of radionuclides.

Old weather data released for Boeing's Field Lab  -  Nov 29, 2007
Ventura County Star,...health assessment that examined the potential that people were exposed to chemicals and radionuclides from the site, using what data was available.

Depleted uranium -- a way out?  -  Nov 19, 2007
Tehran Times,As with the radionuclides from Chernobyl, which affected Europe and the globe and still contaminate agricultural land, the potentially deadly wave of

The Nuclear Energy Corp is looking at expanding its commercial arm  -  Nov 23, 2007
Financial Mail (subscription),Nuclear medicine uses radionuclides to treat specific diseases such as cancers; they are also used in diagnosing diseases. Last year, says Adam,

UN Finds Health Impacts of Chornobyl Less Severe than Assumed  -  Nov 21, 2007
SolancoNews.com,Russian Federation and Ukraine were still classified as “contaminated� with radionuclides from the April 1986 accident, which caused a huge release of

SA federation to fight polluters  -  Nov 21, 2007
Mining MX,There’sa six-month sampling for the full suite of radionuclides in selected areas. “To date that ongoing monitoring and review haven’t highlighted concerns

Anti-industrialization reflex permeates uranium debate  -  Nov 21, 2007
Greeley Tribune,Hmm. Blubaugh pointed out in his column that the area where Powertech intends to mine is already contaminated with radionuclides. Again, this is correct.

Thomas Waldmann, Chief, NCI to give keynote talk at ...  -  Nov 20, 2007
PRLog.Org (press release),The effectiveness of monoclonal antibody therapy has been augmented by arming the antibody with radionuclides and by using them in concert with

Hunters hail Huckabee  -  Nov 19, 2007
Facing South,...attempts to clean it up only end up moving its inherent filth -- including heavy metals and radionuclides -- from one waste stream to another.

Firms monitor selves for NORM  -  Nov 13, 2007
Denton Record Chronicle,...produced in oil and gas mining, but decontamination of other radionuclides in Texas in the past two years has included lead, bismuth and polonium-210.

Reviving the Great Man Theory  -  Nov 12, 2007
New York Sun,...showcases the author's unusual agility in turning phrases on turbines and radionuclides, a gift for which he has already received one Pulitzer Prize.

Aquifer breaches threaten supply  -  Nov 10, 2007
commercialappeal.com (subscription),It employed exhaustive well-log data and the age-dating of water based on radionuclides and modern chemicals. While the age-dating showed that some water in

isoray, Inc. First Quarter Fiscal Year 2008 Results  -  Nov 8, 2007
Business Wire (press release),The Determination of Radiobiologically Optimized Half-lives for Radionuclides Used in Permanent Brachytherapy Implants. Int. J. Radiation Oncology Biol.

Uranium in-situ leach minning facts  -  Nov 8, 2007
Greeley Tribune,Charbeneau, scientist Fact: Radionuclides mobilized by the leach solutions may be absorbed by clays. These materials may release radioactive products until

Application of 188 Rhenium as an Alternative Radionuclide for ...  -  Nov 7, 2007
Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism,Conclusion: Although in smaller prostate cancer xenografts both radionuclides seemed to be equally effective after prostate-specific antigen

epa's phosphate list  -  Nov 4, 2007
Charlotte Sun-Herald,Radionuclides and heavy metals found at elevated levels, according to a 2001 EPA draft report that has yet to be accepted. 2. Agrico-Chemical's Saddle Creek

Nanotubes Enable New Approach to Cancer Radiotherapy  -  Aug 22, 2007
PhysOrg.com,Radioactive elements, or radionuclides, are well-established anticancer agents whose main limitation is that they kill healthy cells almost as easily as

A green alternative to landfill gas?  -  Aug 6, 2007
YourHub.com,Lavelle also said the EPA monitors radionuclides in ground water at the site. Radionuclides are man-made or naturally occurring chemicals that emit harmful

DEP to UD: Need water treatment  -  Aug 2, 2007
Bridgeton News,The treatment systems for the Love Lane and Seabrook water facilities would remove the radionuclides that were found recently in the township's water,

Report: Increase in Radiation Not Caused by Fire  -  Jul 29, 2007
KSL-TV,..."Initial screening by gamma spectroscopy did not indicate the presence of unusual levels of man-made radionuclides in these filters," the report said.

Report: Increase in radiation not caused by fire  -  Jul 29, 2007
KESQ,The UNLV report released seemed to rule out fallout because manmade radionuclides were not found. An official from the National Nuclear Security

SHARING THE TOXIC AIR UVic associate professor tracks the spill ...  -  Aug 24, 2007
Saanich News,Assessment Report, which outlined the POPs, heavy metals and radionuclides contaminating the air, water, land, people and wildlife in the Arctic.

Seattle-Based Isotron Featured on BBC Evening News and BBC World ...  -  Aug 16, 2007
PR-GB.com (press release),...exist -- according to some simulations -- across a several mile radius from the detonation site, due to the spread of radionuclides by contact and wind.

Cell Therapeutics, Inc. (CTI) Enters Agreement to Acquire Lymphoma ...  -  Aug 15, 2007
CNNMoney.comZEVALIN should only be used by health care professionals qualified by training and experience in the safe use of radionuclides.

Research Fellowships  -  Aug 15, 2007
Nature.com (subscription),...to an effective safety and safeguards system for the nuclear fuel cycle, and to study technological and medical applications of radionuclides/actinides.

World's Leading Meteorite Experts Convene in Tucson Aug. 13 - 17  -  Jul 27, 2007
University of Arizona News (press release),13 - A special session on advances in dating the exposure ages and irradiation history of meteorites by the 'cosmogenic radionuclides' they contain.

New laws, old systems tax water needs  -  Aug 18, 2007
Pueblo Chieftain,Challenges will be faced in meeting ammonia standards for wastewater plants, removal of radionuclides and replacing aging infrastructure, Gunderson said.

Radiation in heart-imaging test varies  -  Aug 3, 2007
Science Daily (press release)These substances consist of radionuclides, or pharmaceuticals that ... > full article Mammography -- Mammography is the process of using low-dose X-rays

Knowing about contaminants can be key  -  Aug 17, 2007
Fremont Tribune,Radionuclides - Uranium and radium are two of the main contaminants tested for. Most drinking water sources have very low levels of radioactive contaminants

From beginning to end, a look inside Fremont's water supply  -  Aug 17, 2007
Fremont Tribune,The state looks for bacteria, inorganic chemicals, synthetic organic chemicals, volatile organic chemicals and radionuclides in water samples.

PBMR power station construction scheduled for 2009  -  Aug 9, 2007
Engineering News (press release),This is because the radionuclides, which are potentially harmful products of the nuclear reaction, are contained by two layers of pyrocarbon and a layer of

Leading Medical Centers Join Growing Number of Locations Offering ...  -  Aug 9, 2007
Business Wire (press release),The Determination of Radiobiologically Optimized Half-lives for Radionuclides Used in Permanent Brachytherapy Implants. Int. J. Radiation Oncology Biol.

Nuke waste advisory board is recruiting  -  Jul 31, 2007
Santa Fe New Mexican.com,Also, the New Mexico Environment Department is working to enforce a legal agreement that governs cleanup at the lab, except for radionuclides like plutonium

Port of Wilmington to install radiation detectors  -  Jul 28, 2007
The News Journal,..."Commercial shipments of ceramic-glazed materials, abrasives, road salt, and even kitty litter, for example, contain naturally occurring radionuclides that




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