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Radioactive ghosts

, 2020
"Radioactive Ghosts hopefully conveys the need to see nuclearism as absolutely central to the debates about the anthropocene or capitalocene. Radioactive contamination is, after all, arguably the most destructive footprint humans have left on the planet.
Schwab, Gabriele 1946-
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Too much fear for radioactive contamination of seawater

, 2019
Radioactive contamination of seawater has often caused concern, for example about releases from Sellafield and Le Havre and later about the Fukushima disaster.
Goudriaan, J., J. Goudriaan
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Effectiveness of polymeric gloves in radioprotection against contamination in nuclear medicine

Brazilian Journal of Radiation Sciences, 2023
When handling unsealed radioactive sources, radiological protection attention must be taken to avoid unnecessary exposure and radioactive contaminations, and an important and necessary practice to prevent such contaminations is the use of gloves when ...
Leonardo Pessoa da Silva, Josiane Bueno Salazar, Andréia Caroline Fischer da Silveira Fischer, Fernanda Ramos de Oliveira, Fernanda Chiarello Stedile   +4 more
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Radioactive contamination in the environs of the Hanford Works for the period October, November, December 1949 [PDF]

, 1950
This report summarizes the measurements made for radioactive contamination in the environs of the Hanford Works. The principal sources of the radioactivity originating as a result of operations at Hanford which affect the environment in this area are the
Paas, H.J., Singlevich, W.
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Radiation situation on the territories of the Leningrad Region affected by the Chernobyl accident

Радиационная гигиена, 2017
The accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant was the largest nuclear accident in the world. It led to radioactive contamination of 14 regions of the Russian Federation.
G. Ya. Bruk, A. B. Bazyukin, A. A. Bratilova, O. A. Istorik, L. A. Eremina   +4 more
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Detection of Radioactive Gas with Scintillating MOFs

, 2023
International audienceHomogenous radioactive gas contamination constitutes the hardest challenge for radioprotection due to its elusive nature. Most common radioactive gas are $^{85}$Kr, $^{222}$Rn, and tritiated ($^3$H) vapors.
Benoit Sabot, Comotti, A., Belloni, Francesca, Silvia Bracco, Perego, J., Sharvanee Mauree, Bracco, S., Mauree, Sharvanee, Hamel, Matthieu, Matthieu Hamel, Pierre, Sylvie, Dujardin, Christophe, Bertrand, Guillaume H. V., Guillaume H. V. Bertrand, Sabot, Benoit, Francesca Belloni, Angiolina Comotti, Jacopo Perego, Christophe Dujardin, Villemot, Vincent, Vincent Villemot, Sylvie Pierre   +21 more
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Assessment of Radioactive Cesium Contamination in Concrete Structures near Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant

This study investigates the contamination of concrete by radioactive cesium released by the Tokyo Electric Power Company Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident using samples from various sites in the town of Okuma, Japan.
Hiroyuki, Arai, Ippei, Maruyama, Kazutoshi, Shibuya, Kazuo, yamada, Kazuto, Endo   +4 more
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Radioactive contamination of ZnWO4 crystal scintillators

, 2011
The radioactive contamination of ZnWO4 crystal scintillators has been measured deep underground at the Gran Sasso National Laboratory (LNGS) of the INFN in Italy with a total exposure 3197 kg h.
R. Bernabei, S. d’Angelo, A. Incicchitti, M. Laubenstein, V.V. Kobychev, Incicchitti, A, Danevich, FA, Tupitsyna, IA, Ya.V. Vasiliev, Galashov, EN, Tretyak, VI, Podviyanuk, RB, P. Belli, R. Cerulli, Laubenstein, M, Dubovik, AM, Polischuk, OG, Kobychev, VV, Prosperi, D, Yu.Ya. Vostretsov, R.B. Podviyanuk, D.V. Poda, Cappella, F, Bernabei, R, Vasiliev, YaV, D'Angelo, S, L.L. Nagornaya, Poda, DV, O.G. Polischuk, Belli, P, Nozzoli, F, Vostretsov, YuYa, BERNABEI, RITA, A.M. Dubovik, I.A. Tupitsyna, F.A. Danevich, V.N. Shlegel, E.N. Galashov, V.I. Tretyak, Nagornaya, LL, B.V. Grinyov, F. Nozzoli, Grinyov, BV, F. Cappella, Cerulli, R, Shlegel, VN, D. Prosperi   +46 more
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Review of Past Nuclear Accidents: Source Terms and Recorded Gamma-Ray Spectra [PDF]

, 1997
Airborne gamma ray spectrometry using high volume scintillation detectors, optionally in conjunction with Ge detectors, has potential for making rapid environmental measurements in response to nuclear accidents.
Sanderson, D.C.W., McConville, P., Department of the Environment: Radioactive Substances Division, Cresswell, A., Allyson, J.D.   +4 more
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Peculiarities of forming radioactive contamination of higher aquatic plants from Kyiv reservoir [PDF]

Ядерна фізика та енергетика, 2012
Peculiarities of forming radioactive contamination of higher aquatic plants from Kyiv reservoir in 2010 was studied. For the first time the levels of content 137Cs and 90Sr in plants from different parts of reservoir was ana-lyzed.
O. M. Volkova, V. V. Belyaev, S. P. Prishlyak, O. O. Parhomenko, V. A. Karapysh   +4 more
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