Sentences with phrase «a radiation leak»

The tunnel contained rail cars filled with radioactive waste, leading to concerns of a radiation leak.

Japan's Nikkei stock index nose - dived more than 12 percent Tuesday as the earthquake - shattered country faced an unfolding nuclear crisis after a radiation leak was detected at a crippled power plant.

«Financial markets have been rattled by the growing risk posed by potential radiation leaks at the stricken nuclear power plants in Japan,» said Lee Hardman, an analyst at The Bank of Tokyo - Mitsubishi UFJ.

Investors took fright on the news that a radiation leak was detected at a crippled power plant and residents were warned to stay indoors.

Japan's ministries have been saying there are radiation leaks, I haven't heard about any denials about that.

P.S. Can I just express my gratitude to the heroes who chose to stay behind and help try to contain the radiation leaks in Japan.

(Reuters)- Government scientists have not been able to replicate a chemical reaction suspected of causing a radiation leak at a U.S. nuclear waste dump in New Mexico, complicating efforts to understand what went wrong, a U.S. Energy Department official said Friday.

Despite its litany of degraded bolts, series of unplanned shutdowns and minor radiation leak, federal regulators consider Indian Point to be operating safely.

As worries grow over radiation leaks at Fukushima, is it possible to gauge the immediate and lasting health effects of radiation exposure?

Interestingly, at least once the censorship seemed to work for the social good: when a false rumour started that eating iodised salt, rather than potassium iodide pills, would protect people from radiation leaks from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station, the censors deleted the messages.

Typically, iodide treatment is recommended for residents within a 10 - mile radius of a radiation leak.

It turns out that the thousands of feet of solid salt deposits and clay designed to protect against radiation leaks also protect the caverns from the background radiation constantly hitting Earth's surface.

As terahertz waves travel down the waveguide, some of the radiation leaks out of the slit.

(Reuters)- Managers mishandled a radiation leak at a New Mexico nuclear waste dump in which 21 workers were exposed to airborne radioactive particles due in part to substandard equipment and safety systems, a U.S. investigator said on Wednesday.

Is it harmful if some of the microwave radiation leaks out and hits the skin?

You reported the World Health Organization's predictions of health impacts from radiation leaks at the Fukushima nuclear power plant in...

You reported the World Health Organization's predictions of health impacts from radiation leaks at the Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan (9 March, p 4).

European governments are devising a cut - price solution for monitoring radiation leaks from the ageing reactors of the former communist bloc.

The disaster triggered three reactor meltdowns, a series of explosions and a radiation leak that forced 150,000 people to flee nearby villages.

A giant arch will enclose the crumbling sarcophagus before radiation leaks get worse, even as plans advance to turn the area into a nature preserve

(«The Russians said absolutely nothing» about a radiation leak, Pallavicini says.)

One thing is certain about the human costs of the radiation leaking from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in Japan: they will pale in comparison to the catastrophic consequences of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami that triggered the crisis.

Thus, for a well - coupled convecting troposphere, one defines the climate sensitivity (in the absence of feedback) as 1 / [d (SB) / dT] = 1 / (4 * sigma * T ^ 3), where T in this case is actually the emission temperature of the planet where infrared radiation leaks out to space (analogous to the photosphere of the sun, where eventually the outer layers of the sun become optically thin to visible radiation, and allow that energy to escape to space), not the surface temperature.

a. it will mean radiation leaks are understood to be less dangerous than most non experts believe > less people will need to be evacuated from accident effected zones > the cost of accidents will decline > accident insurance cost will decline;

Once the radiation limits begin to be increased this should have a catalytic effect on reducing emissions: 1) it will mean radiation leaks are understood to be less dangerous that currently thought > less people evacuated from effected zones > reduced cost accident of accidents — reduced accident insurance cost; 2) population takes another look at the effects of radiation > gains an understanding it is much less harmful than they thought > fear subsides > less opposition > easier and less expensive to find sites supported by the people nearby > planning and sight approval costs come down over time

In 2011, the Fukushima nuclear plant was hit by an earthquake and then a tsunami, causing a meltdown and radiation leaks.

The Fukushima radiation leaks and degree of contamination are increasing relentlessly.

After a while, the IR radiation leaks back out into space.

The amount of radiation leaked was nil — that is in the range of millirems, way down the natural radiation background levels.

Southern California's San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, shown here in April 2012, was closed after small radiation leaks.

Nevertheless, the use of microwave radiation to cook food has raised some concerns about microwave ovens, generally because of possible radiation leaks, nutrient loss, and the possibility of cancer causing food byproducts.

Despite the hyperbolic nature of some of the media coverage, even substantial radiation leaks such as at Fukushima are likely to cause very little or no illness or death.

As Japan awoke on Saturday to the devastation left by the one - two punch of an 8.9 magnitude earthquake and a deadly tsunami, Japanese officials warned that damage to a coastal nuclear reactor may have resulted in a radiation leak after its cooling system was knocked offline on Friday.

Not exact matches

I had to undergo having my gallbladder removed around Christmas time and I had the dye and radiation ran through me so of course I wasn't able to continue breast feeding my son after and had to put him on formula but my question is... I eat healthy and I am still leaking from my breast but I do not have a manual or hand pump.

And there are scientists who believe the leaking radiation may have greatly altered the biology of life as we know it in irreparable ways that will not surface for years.

Officials at the FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant near Oswego are investigating why fuel rods in the reactor's core are leaking radiation and while not considered an emergency, it could potentially spread contaminated water to other parts of the plant.

In the 1970s, Hawking showed that black holes ultimately disappear due to energy leaking away in the form of Hawking radiation.

An unexpected chemical reaction caused a drum to rupture and leak radiation.

The ongoing leaks from Japan's crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant have raised concern that some workers and even the public could be exposed to dangerous levels of radiation.

Some astronomers promptly went ahead and searched for Dyson spheres, which would leak telltale infrared radiation.

The first, simply called Rosatom, reveals the location of each Russian nuclear facility as well as radiation monitors across the country that would pick up any potential leaks.

New Mexico Senator Peter Wirth said on Friday that a Los Alamos scientist who appeared on Wednesday before the state legislature's Radioactive and Hazardous Materials Committee revealed that the drum that leaked radiation was improperly packaged at Los Alamos with chemically reactive contents that included a lead - lined glove.

One possible solution to quickly measure a population's exposure to radiation in the event of a nuclear disaster or some other large - scale leak of radioactive material — such as a so - called «dirty bomb» attack — would be to scan the body in places where that material is most readily absorbed.

Marine scientists have calculated that, based on all the radioactive particles released (or leaking) from Fukushima, a dose due to this most recent nuclear accident would add up to a total of roughly one microsievert (a unit of radiation exposure) of extra radiation — roughly one tenth the average daily dose most Americans experience, one fortieth the amount from a cross — North America flight and one one - hundredth the exposure from a dental x-ray.

But black holes slowly evaporate as they leak Hawking radiation into space.

Such material could be hidden inside a lead container, making the radiation levels leaking out too low for the Geiger counter to detect, or the guard might be 100 meters away from the source, allowing the intensity of the radiation to dissipate before it reaches the detector.

Mitchell is puzzling over how particles leak through to create this weak but distinct inner radiation belt.

The good news is that iodine - 131 has a half - life of only 8 days, so any radiation from the Fukushima plant will be gone from the water within a couple of months once the leaks are stopped.

For example, I was talking with a friend and wondering if microwave ovens leak radiation.

To maintain its ionization it requires about 80 % of the ionizing radiation from all OB stars in the Galaxy; this is presumably supplied by UV photons leaking from HII regions.