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New Rules for the Protection of Public Health with Regard to Radioactive Substances in Water
The Council adopted a directive laying down requirements for the protection of the health of the general public with regard to radioactive substances in water intended for human consumption. It sets out parametric values, frequencies and methods for monitoring radioactive substances (7445/3/13). Water is one of the most comprehensively regulated areas of EU environmental legislation. European ...
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Japan plant radioactive water into sea likely
A Japanese utility said Monday its crippled Fukushima nuclear plant is likely leaking contaminated water into sea, acknowledging for the first time a problem long suspected by experts. Tokyo Electric Power Co., which operates the Fukushima Dai-ichi plant, also came under fire Monday for not disclosing earlier that the number of plant workers with thyroid radiation exposures exceeding ...
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A detectable trail: Measuring radioactivity in environment
Radionuclides, or radioactive isotopes as they are often called, play an important part in the technologies that provide modern societies with food, water and medicine. But, if they are released into the environment through poor disposal, or by accident, they can be harmful to humans, animals and plants. One such example is the ingestion of radioactive contamination from tainted plants, animals ...
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Government proposes more steps to store Fukushima water
A government panel proposed additional measures to lessen the contaminated water crisis at Japan's crippled nuclear power plant, saying Tuesday that current plans are not enough to prevent the risk of a disaster. Officials on the Industry Ministry's contaminated water panel also said that the Fukushima Dai-ichi plant could run out of storage for contaminated water within two years if current ...
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Regulator: Fukushima operator gave misleading data
Japan's nuclear regulator harshly criticized the operator of the damaged Fukushima power plant, saying it released misleading data about recent leaks of radioactive water that fanned fears excessively. Nuclear Regulation Authority Chairman Shunichi Tanaka said Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s inadequate expertise caused it to misrepresent key radiation data about the leaks, and suggested it needed ...
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Japan nuke-plant water tanks flawed, workers say
When tons of radioactive water leaked from a storage tank at Fukushima's crippled nuclear power plant and other containers hurriedly put up by the operator encountered problems, Yoshitatsu Uechi was not surprised. He wonders if one of the tanks he built will be next. He's an auto mechanic. He was a tour-bus driver for a while. He had no experience building tanks or working at a nuclear plant, ...
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PERKINELMER ANNOUNCES GLOBAL LAUNCH OF ECOANALYTIXTM INITIATIVE
BEIJING – PerkinElmer, Inc. (NYSE: PKI) a global technology leader in Health Sciences, today unveiled EcoAnalytixTM, a revolutionary problem-solving initiative that addresses the global imperatives of food safety, water quality and biofuels development. “World-class analytical measurement systems are required to ensure that our food and water supplies are contaminant-free, and that the promise ...
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Seam possible cause of Japan nuke plant tank leak
The operator of Japan's crippled nuclear plant said Saturday that deteriorated seams and a possible contortion of a reassembled storage tank might have caused a massive contaminated water leak that has triggered fears over the plant's radioactive water management. Tokyo Electric Power Co. said that after the foundation of the tank, which was storing radioactive water, partially collapsed two ...
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San Diego Mayor Gets C+ on Water Quality Report Card
SAN DIEGO, California, October 18, 2007 (ENS) - San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders was graded a C+ for his actions to preserve water quality by an environmental group, which Thursday released its sixth annual San Diego Water Quality Report Card. Since 2001, San Diego Coastkeeper has commissioned Strategic Community Consulting to assess each San Diego City Council member in their actions on issues ...
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Water leaks may become new Japan nuclear disaster
Japan's nuclear watchdog said a leak of highly radioactive water at the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant could be the beginning of a new disaster - a series of leaks of contaminated water from storage tanks. The plant operator has built hundreds of steel tanks to store massive amounts of radioactive water coming from three melted reactors, as well as underground water running into ...
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Worry over radioactive water leak
An underground pipe has been discovered by workers in Georgia leaking radioactive water beneath a nuclear power plant. The workers are in the process of discovering if the pipe is the sole cause of the leak or if there is another source that the water is also coming from. Tritium is a radioactive form of hydrogen that is created inside nuclear reactors. There is worry of the water spreading past ...
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Why Are We Still Drinking That Radioactive Water?
US Nuclear Corp. (OTCBB: UCLE) is a leading manufacturer of automated, real-time water monitors for measuring all major types of radiation in water, including alpha, beta, and gamma emissions. Recently, a new study by the Environmental Working Group (EWG) found that a good portion of the drinking water in all 50 states contains radioactive elements that can increase the risk of cancer, and that ...
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Radioactive water leaks at Japanese nuclear plant
The Japanese nuclear watchdog on Wednesday said they are taking the leakage of highly radioactive water at the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant seriously, and proposed raising the rating to describe it from "an anomaly" to a "serious incident." The operator of the plant said about 300 tons (300,000 liters, 80,000 gallons) of contaminated water has leaked from one of hundreds of steel tanks ...
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Radioactive water may overflow at Japan plant
The operator of Japan's wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant said Tuesday it is struggling to stop contaminated underground water from leaking into the sea. Tokyo Electric Power Co. said some of the water is seeping over or around an underground barrier it created by injecting chemicals into the soil that solidified into a wall. The latest problem involves underground water which has built up ...
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ASTM D3454 - 11 standard test method for radium-226 in water
The most prevalent of the five radium isotopes in ground water, having a half life greater than one day, are 226Ra and 228Ra. These two isotopes also present the greatest health risk compared to the other naturally occurring nuclides of equal concentrations if ingested via the water pathway. Although primarily utilized on a water medium, ...
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ASTM D3454 - 11 standard test method for radium-226 in water
The most prevalent of the five radium isotopes in ground water, having a half life greater than one day, are 226Ra and 228Ra. These two isotopes also present the greatest health risk compared to the other naturally occurring nuclides of equal concentrations if ingested via the water pathway. Although primarily utilized on a water medium, this technique may be applicable for the ...
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300-ton water leak from tank at Japan nuke plant
The operator of Japan's tsunami-crippled nuclear power plant said Tuesday that about 300 tons of highly radioactive water have leaked from one of the hundreds of storage tanks there - its worst leak yet from one of the vessels. Tokyo Electric Power Co. said the contaminated water leaked from a steel storage tank at the wrecked Fukushima Dai-ichi plant. TEPCO hasn't figured out how or where the ...
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TEPCO, US to cooperate in Japan nuke plant cleanup
The utility operating Japan's crippled nuclear power plant said Friday that it will work with the U.S. Department of Energy in decommissioning the site and in dealing with radioactive water problems. Tokyo Electric Power Co. President Naomi Hirose said he agreed to accept U.S. help in discussions with U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz as they visited the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant on ...
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Japan`s radioactive water leaks: How dangerous?
New revelations of contaminated water leaking from storage tanks at the tsunami-ravaged Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant have raised alarm, coming just weeks after Japanese officials acknowledged that radioactive water has been seeping into the Pacific from the plant for more than two years, The government announced this week that it would contribute 47 billion yen ($470 million) to build ...
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Japanese agency labels radioactive leak `serious`
Japan's nuclear regulator on Wednesday upgraded the rating of a leak of radiation-contaminated water at its tsunami-wrecked nuclear plant to a "serious incident" on an international scale. The Nuclear Regulation Authority originally gave a Level 1 rating - an "anomaly," to the Aug. 19 leak of 300 tons (300,000 liters, 80,000 gallons) of water from a tank at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant. ...
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