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Illinois nuclear reactor expels radioactive steam
World Socialist Web Site
By Marcus Day A nuclear reactor in Byron, Illinois, about 95 miles northwest of Chicago, released radioactive steam into the environment after an unexpected shutdown Monday morning. The steam was deliberately released by plant operators in an effort to ...

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Plan developed to clean up highly radioactive Hanford spill
TheNewsTribune.com
By Annette Cary, Tri-City Herald Hanford officials have settled on a plan to clean up what may be the most highly radioactive spill at the nuclear reservation. It depends on calling back into service the 47-year-old, oversized hot cell where the spill ...

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High radioactive cesium levels detected in worms 20 km from nuke plant
Mainichi Daily News
(AP Photo/David Guttenfelder, Pool) Radioactive cesium registering some 20000 becquerels per kilogram has been found in worms 20 kilometers from the damaged Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant. The cesium was detected by a team including Motohiro Hasegawa, ...

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Inspectors find 'unusual' wear on new tubes carrying radioactive water at ...
Washington Post
LOS ANGELES — Unusual wear has been found on hundreds of tubes that carry radioactive water at Southern California's San Onofre Unit 2 nuclear plant, raising questions about the integrity of equipment the company installed in a multimillion-dollar ...
Radioactive Leak Shuts San Onofre, Critics Had Voiced Safety ConcernsSan Diego Reader (blog)
Small radiation amount 'could have' escaped plantThe Associated Press

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'Unusual' wear on new tubes carrying radioactive water at Calif. nuclear plant ...
Washington Post (blog)
LOS ANGELES — The integrity of some equipment installed in 2009 at Southern California's San Onofre Unit 2 nuclear plant is drawing concern after unusual wear was found on hundreds of tubes that carry radioactive water. Thursday's disclosure came two ...
Nuke inspectors focus on `unusual' wear on tubesBoston.com

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More radioactive water leaks at Japanese reactor
CTV.ca
(AP / David Guttenfelder, Pool) The Associated Press TOKYO — The operator of Japan's crippled nuclear power plant says more radioactive water has leaked at the seaside complex. The problem underlines the challenges facing Tokyo Electric Power Co. as ...
Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant Weekly ReviewNuclear Street - Nuclear Power Portal (blog)
More leaks found at crippled Japan nuke plantSan Francisco Chronicle

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USA TODAY

Radioactive tissue holders pulled from stores
USA TODAY
NEW YORK – Metal tissue holders contaminated with low levels of radioactive material may have been distributed to Bed, Bath & Beyond stores in more than 20 states including New York, federal regulators said Thursday. Ben Margot, AP Metal tissue holders ...
Radioactive tissue holders pulled from stores in NY, elsewhereSTLtoday.com
Radioactive Boxes Shipped to Missouri and IllinoisCBS Local
Radioactive tissue holders found in storesUPI.com
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Radioactive decay - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Radioactive decay is the process by which an atomic nucleus of an unstable atom loses energy by emitting ionizing particles (ionizing radiation). The emission is ...

California radioactivity monitoring map - Greg's Lab: Home
Most recent data point: 2012-02-03 04:10:07 UTC The display above is generated using data from 10 air-sampling monitors in the US EPA's RadNet monitoring network.

radioactivity: Definition from Answers.com
Library > Literature & Language > Dictionary ( rā ' dē-ō-ăk-tĭv ' ĭ-tē ) n. Spontaneous emission of radiation, either directly from unstable atomic nuclei or ...

Small amounts of radiation headed for California, but no health ...
Since Japanese authorities have said little about the amount of the releases at Fukushima, nobody can say how much radioactivity will hit California.

Radioactivity - ThinkQuest
Radioactivity . Introduction: Radioactivity is the spontaneous disintegration of atomic nuclei. The nucleus emits particles, particles, or electromagnetic rays ...

California ‘closely monitoring’ Japan nuclear leak | The Raw Story
“California does have radioactivity monitoring systems in place for air, water and the food supply and can enhance that monitoring if a danger exists,” he added.

Radioactivity definition of Radioactivity in the Free Online ...
radioactivity, spontaneous disintegration or decay of the nucleus nucleus, in physics, the extremely dense central core of an atom. The Nature of the Nucleus

Radioactivity
Radioactivity refers to the particles which are emitted from nuclei as a result of nuclear instability. Because the nucleus experiences the intense conflict between ...

What is Radioactivity? - wiseGEEK: clear answers for common questions
Radioactivity occurs when unstable atomic nuclei release particles. Extremely dangerous in large amounts, radioactivity can cause...

radioactivity Facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com ...
radioactivity Spontaneous change of the atomic nuclei of atoms, accompanied by the emission of radiation. The process by which a radioactive...