Philosophy
Reuters:
Sichuan province...
"China has found what it termed 50 "hazardous sources of radiation" due to last week's earthquake...." And "The disaster area is home to China's chief nuclear weapons research lab in Mianyang, as well as several secretive atomic sites, but no nuclear power stations."
Wu Xiaoqing [vice environment minister] said "Thirty-five of the radiation sources have been recovered, and the location of another 15 has been confirmed, but they have not yet been recovered".
I wonder how serious this is?
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Philosophy
China's Sichuan province--radiation issue?
Reuters:
Sichuan province...
"China has found what it termed 50 "hazardous sources of radiation" due to last week's earthquake...." And "The disaster area is home to China's chief nuclear weapons research lab in Mianyang, as well as several secretive atomic sites, but no nuclear power stations."
Wu Xiaoqing [vice environment minister] said "Thirty-five of the radiation sources have been recovered, and the location of another 15 has been confirmed, but they have not yet been recovered".
I wonder how serious this is?
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"Space-age food served up with seeds of success" by Xin Dingding and Jin Zhu September 4th, 2012 SPAVE TRAVEL An eggplant the size of a basketball, and a cucumber half a meter long seem, at first glance, out of this world. They are, literally....
- Oh No...mutant Fukushima Butterflies...what Next--mothra?
"Fukushima caused mutant butterflies: scientists" August 14th, 2012 Terradaily Genetic mutations have been found in three generations of butterflies from near Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, scientists said Tuesday, raising fears radiation...
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Here is a free online or downloadable text by Mohamed Salem on atomic and radiation physics. It's a decent primer.Read online. Modern Atomic and Radiation PhysicsOr, you can download the text.Modern Atomic and Radiation Physics...
- Should Have "out Sourced"
"AERB to probe presence of radioactive material on campus" by Urvashi Sarkar May 1st, 2010 The Hindu Two days after the source of radioactive material that killed one and left several others ill was traced to Delhi University's Chemistry Department,...
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Such are the hazards of modern warfare. "Iraq littered with high levels of nuclear and dioxin contamination, study finds" by Martin Chulov 22 January 22nd, 2010 guardian.co.uk More than 40 sites across Iraq are contaminated with high levels or radiation...