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An Airborne Gamma Ray Survey of Parts of SW Scotland in February 1993. Final Report [PDF]
, 1993 An airborne gamma ray survey was conducted for the Scottish Office Environment Department of coastal and inland parts of SW Scotland to define existing background levels, to locate features worthy of further attention, and to demonstrate the emergency ...
Sanderson, D. +5 more
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An Aerial Gamma Ray Survey of the Surrounding Area of Sizewell Nuclear Power Station [PDF]
, 1997 <p>An airborne gamma ray survey of the surroundings of the Sizewell nuclear power station was conducted to define the present levels of radiation background for reference purposes. A twin engine helicopter fitted with a high volume NaI detector and
Sanderson, D.C.W. +3 more
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Radionuclides in Milk: A Global Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis and Probabilistic Human Risk Assessment. [PDF]
Food Sci NutrMeta‐analysis and human risk assessment of radionuclides in milk. ABSTRACT This study conducted a systematic review and meta‐analysis of radionuclide concentrations of Cesium‐137 (Cs‐137), Cesium‐134 (Cs‐134), Iodine‐131 (I‐131), Lead‐210 (Pb‐210), and Potassium‐40 (K‐40) in milk worldwide, along with an assessment of human health risks, in accordance ...
Fakhri Y +7 more
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Cryoconite: an efficient accumulator of radioactive fallout in glacial environments [PDF]
The Cryosphere, 2020 Cryoconite is rich in natural and artificial radioactivity, but a discussion about its ability to accumulate radionuclides is lacking. A characterization of cryoconite from two Alpine glaciers is presented here.
G. Baccolo +20 more
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The Elements of a Life: Lauren Redniss’s Graphic Biography of Marie Curie
The Comics Grid: Journal of Comics Scholarship, 2020 This article explores how Lauren Redniss’s Radioactive: Marie & Pierre Curie: A Tale of Love and Fallout (2010) uses expressive drawings, lettering, layouts, tableaus, colour, photographs and archival documents to challenge traditional biographical ...
Candida Rifkind
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Settlement process of radioactive dust to the ground inferred from the atmospheric electric field measurement [PDF]
Annales Geophysicae, 2012 Radioactive materials from the accident at Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant (FNPP) in March 2011 spread over a large area, increasing the atmospheric electric conductivity by their ionizing effect, and reducing the vertical (downward) component ...
M. Yamauchi +4 more
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Радиационная гигиена, 2020 The paper analyzes the consistency of the input data of the radioecological model: the results of measurements of 137Cs and 131I concentrations in the atmosphere after the Chernobyl accident in Warsaw, the meteo-data on precipitation during the main ...
O. K. Vlasov +5 more
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Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, 1955 Dr. Libby, prominent chemist and member of the Atomic Energy Commission, made a major contribution to the literature on atomic energy with the following speech, given before the Alumni Association of the University of Chicago on June 3. It is a careful and objective report on a very controversial subject which has occupied many Bulletin pages in the ...
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Scientific Reports, 2022 Decontamination of urban areas may be necessary in the case of extensive fallout of radioactive material after a nuclear accident, as removal of contaminated soil and vegetation will significantly reduce doses for the residents in an area affected by ...
Christopher L. Rääf +3 more
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Global risk of radioactive fallout after major nuclear reactor accidents [PDF]
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2012 Major reactor accidents of nuclear power plants are rare, yet the consequences are catastrophic. But what is meant by "rare"? And what can be learned from the Chernobyl and Fukushima incidents?
J. Lelieveld, D. Kunkel, M. G. Lawrence
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