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Nuclear Waste
The splitting of relatively heavy uranium atoms during reactor operation creates radioactive isotopes of several lighter elements, such as cesium-137 and strontium-90, ... radioactive hazard remaining in high-level waste after a thousand years. Radioactive isotopes will eventually decay, or disintegrate, to harmless materials. However, while they are decaying, they emit radiation. Some isotopes ...
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Utah in 1988 to dispose of mildly radioactive dirt containing only three isotopes and with a limited capacity has rapidly become the primary national disposal site for low-level waste. In nine years of operation Envirocare has expanded both the number of radioactive isotopes ...
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Forgotten Fallout - Part 1
American along with the iodine 131 studied in the NCI report? Especially absent are such isotopes as Strontium 90 and Cesium ... 1978 the natives had to be removed once more because they were becoming contaminated from radioactive isotopes entering the food chain. Wachholz was involved in the follow up studies of those natives ...
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Commonly Encountered Radionuclides(Environmental Protection Agency) Consumer Products Containing Radioactive Materials(Health Physics Society) - Links to PDF Gamma Rays(Environmental ... available in Spanish Radioactive Isotopes(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) Radioactive Materials in Antiques(Environmental Protection Agency) Sealed Radioactive Sources(Environmental Protection Agency ...
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Nuclear Medicine
SARPS Mission Membership Office bearers SARS Nuclear Medicine In the specialist field of nuclear medicine, radioactive isotopes are used to diagnose various diseases. With the use of gamma cameras the anatomy and ...
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Uranium Mining on the Colorado Plateau
The radioactive isotopes that are released in the mining and milling process have very long half-lives and ... some of the other affected communities. These tailings piles threaten air quality in various ways. Radioactive dust from the piles, dispersed by the persistent regional winds, settles long distances from the ...
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ECNT » Media Releases » Marine & Coastal 2005
Finniss River ”, ECNT uranium campaigner Emma King said. “Uranium mining releases a number of radioactive isotopes into ... 0558 For more information on the no waste dump campaign and/or Darwin's 'No Radioactive Waste Dump Committee': Justin Tutty at No Waste Alliance: Email Justin Ph: 8945-6810 Nat ...
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Environment News Service News Index September 2004
Proposal Fuels Off-Road Vehicle Debate Ship Loaded With Toxic Ash Sinks off Turkish Coast Radioactive Isotopes Degrade to Uselessness as Hospitals Wait AmeriScan: September 3, 2004 Republicans Close Convention Without Environmental ...
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Why Green-e » Why Renewable Energy » Your Environment
Nuclear energy: Creates radioactive waste and can cause radiation poisoning. Nuclear reactors generate long-lasting, highly radioactive wastes that need to be isolated and ...
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