Sentences with phrase «detect radioactivity»

«Depending on the equipment used, this method could scale to detect radioactivity at distances of at least tens of kilometers and possibly as far as 100 km,» says Professor Choi.

The New York Democrat, in a posting on Medium, wrote there are «serious weaknesses» in the first decade of the agreement, including the provisions laid down for weapons inspections as well as a 24 - hour delay for inspections when detecting radioactivity.

The chemical binds to the serotonin transporter and the PET scanner detects the radioactivity.

Not exact matches

From custom - made hand - held computers to instruments that can detect the faintest radioactivity from a piece of dust, the nuclear inspector's tool kit would make James Bond envious.

For instance, they can detect 1 milli Curie (mCi) of Cobalt - 60 (60Co) at a maximum distance of 3.5 metres, but are inefficient at measuring lower levels of radioactivity or at longer distances.

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.

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.

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

You may be charged over $ 1000 if radioactivity is detected in your cat's litter at the landfill.

But it's the nuclear stuff that would bring real panic, large - scale evacuation, and frantic cleanup efforts wherever the tiniest trace of radioactivity could be detected.