Sentences with phrase «radiation leaks»

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

That's talking about radiation leaking to and from other electronic devices.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

By Laura Zuckerman (Reuters)- A radiation leak that indefinitely shut down a nuclear waste dump in New Mexico was likely caused by a container of radioactive materials improperly packaged with a lead - lined glove at Los Alamos National Laboratory, a state lawmaker said on Friday.

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

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

«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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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).

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

After a delay in reporting a small radiation leak, Japan's J - PARC accelerator center has been shut down indefinitely; some are concerned about the impact on physics research.

(Reuters)- A radiation leak that indefinitely shut down a nuclear waste dump in New Mexico was likely caused by a container of radioactive materials improperly packaged with a lead - lined glove at Los Alamos National Laboratory, a state lawmaker said on Friday.

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.

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.

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

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.

Any radiation leaking from one wormhole mouth into the tunnel itself, says Li, will be reflected away harmlessly into the Universe at large.

The installation of a gamma curtain — a dense net of radiation monitors strategically placed to pick up radiation leaks from the ageing reactors — is a much cheaper option, which should cost no more than 26 million Ecu.

TOKYO — Idled after a radiation leak in May 2013, the Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex (J - PARC) in Tokaimura took a step toward resuming full operations yesterday when the governor of Ibaraki Prefecture accepted a set of countermeasures aimed at preventing another accident.

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

The hydrogen explosions, melting fuel rods and radiation leaks at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant are having an immediate impact on perceptions of nuclear power worldwide as many countries are earnestly searching for alternatives to fossil fuels.

(«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.

Due to a radiation leak, the ants there have mutated into voracious giants and are looking for food.

The film - about a Soviet nuclear submarine that has a radiation leak and slowly kills everyone on board - is, to put it shortly, bereft of action.

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

Besides nuclear meltdown and radiation leaks, a third major danger from nuclear power comes from radioactive waste.

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.