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Operations Office. Its mission is to identify, investigate, and clean up or control sites where residual radioactivity exceeding current guidelines remains from the early years of the nation's atomic energy program ...
www.downwinders.org
Frequently Asked Questions - Radiation Effects Research Foundation
The second way residual radioactivity is produced is by neutron irradiation of soil or buildings (neutron activation), ... to measure it using highly sensitive equipment. Despite such miniscule levels, measurements of residual radioactivity using recently developed ultra-sensitive techniques have been utilized to estimate neutron doses ...
www.rerf.or.jp
Nuclear Waste
The radioactivity can range from just above background levels found in nature to much higher levels ... half-lives. Tailings contain radium (which, through radioactive decay, becomes radon), thorium, and small residual amounts of uranium that were not extracted during the milling process. Part 40, ...
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Electrolytes and Mental Illness and Discussion of Dr.
Coppen's Paper
K, in the subject. All potassium contains 0.012 per cent of this isotope, and radioactivity due to 40K can be determined by means of a very sensitive body counter. By ... associated with recovery from depression. The changes in residual sodium reported by Dr. Coppen, though small numerically, represent a large fraction of the residual sodium, are statistically significant, and lead directly to ...
mgwater.com
Green Cross Schweiz | Suisse | Svizzera | Switzerland
Although an enormous amount of radiation was released during the disaster, most of the radioactivity has remained trapped within the plant itself. Some estimate that more than 100 tons of ... made at this site, Chernobyl is included in the Top Ten list due to its residual environmental impact as well as its potential to further affect an extensive region and population ...
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Transfer Station
Lancaster County. The Transfer Station is permitted ... the inbound hydraulic scales where they are weighed. All incoming waste is screened for radioactivity (from manmade or natural sources) by monitoring equipment. Entrance to scales and scale house. ...
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National Drinking Water Clearinghouse
Brief PDF - Radionuclide contamination of drinking water is a significant health issue. Until now, manmade radioactivity in drinking water has not been a major problem; natural sources have been the ... levels, pressures in storage tanks, and water quality characteristics, such as pH, turbidity, and chlorine residual. Learn more about SCADA systems in this Tech Brief. Tech Brief List Menu Taste ...
www.nesc.wvu.edu
Cleaning Up Radioactively Contaminated Sites | Radiation Protection Program | US EPA
Radiologically Contaminated Superfund Sites This site contains a list and the status of ... sites and associated "vicinity properties." These sites contain uranium mill tailings and other residual radioactive materials from processing. The goal of the program is to stabilize and ...
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Tech Brief Fact Sheets - Drinking Water
DWFSOM45) - Radionuclide contamination of drinking water is a significant health issue. Until now, manmade radioactivity in drinking water has not been a major problem; natural sources have been the ... pressures in storage tanks, and water quality characteristics, such as pH, turbidity, and chlorine residual. Taste and Odor Control (Order #DWFSOM88) - Complaints about the taste and smell of ...
www.ndwc.wvu.edu
Nuclear Energy Agency Press Kits - Radiation protection
X-rays for medical diagnosis, very soon after the discoveries of radiation and radioactivity. The rush to exploit the medical benefits led fairly soon to the recognition of the ... of benefits from nuclear and radiation practices against radiation risk, and efforts to reduce the residual risk, have become a major feature of radiation protection. More... NEA radiological protection programme ...
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