Sentences with phrase «radioactivity levels in»

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Chemical toxicity and radioactivity levels should be kept as low as reasonably achievable in order to protect the biosphere.

Tests conducted on water being dumped into the Pacific Ocean near the Fukushima nuclear power plant have found levels of radioactivity millions of times more than is normal in water.

State health and environmental regulators have known for decades that at least 62 properties — most in Niagara County — contain varying degrees of radioactivity that tested at levels two to more than 10 times normal for the local environment.

Spills from oil and gas operations can contaminate local water and soil with high levels of toxic chemicals, salts and radioactivity, but in many cases there is insufficient information to determine how long ago the spill occurred and identify its source.

The half - lives (the period in which radioactivity halves) of these atoms range up to tens of thousands of years, a feature that led U.S. government regulators to require that the planned high - level nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain in Nevada isolate spent fuel for over 10,000 years.

While the results did not detect dark matter particles — known as «weakly interacting massive particles» or «WIMPs» — the combination of record low radioactivity levels with the size of the detector implies an excellent discovery potential in the years to come.

On 1 April, TEPCO admitted that levels of radioactivity in groundwater underneath the facility were 10,000 times the legal limit, mainly as a result of contamination with iodine - 131.

Seven years after the world's worst nuclear accident, vegetation in parts of Snowdonia and Cumbria still contains high levels of radioactivity.

Very high levels of radioactivity from radon gas have been found in abandoned mines used by prospectors in Southwest England.

The Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco), which owns the plant, recorded high levels of radioactivity in a drainage ditch that runs to the sea from the tank, but could not detect anything in the seawater itself.

Geologists say radioactivity levels can vary across the Marcellus, but the tests taken so far suggest the amount of radioactive material measured in New York is far higher than in many other places.

Some forest mushrooms, such as wild porcini, can accumulate dangerous levels of radioactivity from the soils they grow in.

But in December 2017 the company stated it could not reach the desired radioactivity level.

The natural radioactivity of the Marcellus Shale has caused concern since the mid-1980s, when high levels of radon gas were found in the basements of homes in Marcellus, a town in upstate New York, where the shale reaches the surface.

Treatment plants in Pennsylvania are accepting Fortuna wastewater with much lower levels of radioactivity from the company's wells there, Kessy said, but if plants can't take the higher concentrations, it could be crippling.

The Sellafield nuclear reprocessing plant in Cumbria is partially closed after unusual levels of radioactivity were detected.

In fact, Maine Coast, a seaweed purveyor that regularly tests their products for toxins, found that their products only have background levels of radioactivity even right after the Fukushima event in March 2011 (sourceIn fact, Maine Coast, a seaweed purveyor that regularly tests their products for toxins, found that their products only have background levels of radioactivity even right after the Fukushima event in March 2011 (sourcein March 2011 (source).

Hospitalization may be prolonged; depending on local or state ordinances, cats may need to be kept at the treatment facility for 10 to 14 days until the level of radioactivity in their urine and feces decreases to an acceptable level.

It is this relatively high level of radioactivity that requires limited interaction with the pet during their stay in the Thyro - Cat facility.

The pet therefore has to be kept in a specially constructed compound until the radioactivity is reduced to a safe level.

Store waste in a well - ventilated space away from your primary living areas, and hold for an additional 2 weeks so natural decay will reduce radioactivity to background levels.

It was at Russia's State Atomic Energy Corporation, where it will remain, encased in steel and concrete, until May 21, 3015, when its radioactivity diminishes to a safe level.

If there is a sensible increase in permitted radioactivity levels that will help.

The rest of the spent fuel * 96 # % volume is converted in low level waste (LLW) that can be handled without expensive precautions and stored safely with no fear of radioactivity pollution.

These are «fission products» and account for most of the heat and radioactivity in high - level waste.

The Council of the EU recently noted that «Radioactive caesium contamination of certain [agricultural] products originating in the third countries most affected by the Chernobyl accident still exceeds the maximum permitted levels of radioactivity laid down in Regulation (EC) No 733/2008.»

For the purpose of this Exclusion; i) Utilization of Nuclear weapons of mass destruction means the use of any explosive nuclear weapon or device or the emission, discharge, dispersal, release or escape of fissile material emitting a level of radioactivity capable of causing incapacitating disablement or death amongst people or animals (including in connection with Terrorist Activity).

For the purpose of this Exclusion; ii) Utilization of Nuclear weapons of mass destruction means the use of any explosive nuclear weapon or device or the emission, discharge, dispersal, release or escape of fissile material emitting a level of radioactivity capable of causing incapacitating disablement or death amongst people or animals (including in connection with Terrorist Activity).