The source was found near ... around the radioactive source before containment and disposal. The radiation peak was localized ...

The gauge was found broken, with a mounting bolt missing ... the truck caused the screws and bolt to loosen, with the radioactive capsule then falling out of the gauge and off of the vehicle.

New specialist equipment has been brought in to the search for a radioactive capsule missing in Western Australia. The tiny capsule, the size of a pea, fell off a truck during a 1,400km journey in ...

A sealed radioactive source is radioactive material that is permanently sealed in a capsule or bonded and in a solid form ... injuries and even deaths in incidents where people have found sources ...

The radioactive capsule, believed to have fallen from a ... When it was unpacked for inspection on Jan. 25, the gauge was found broken apart, with one of four mounting bolts missing and screws ...

Tests have found traces of radioactive waste in Scottish farmed salmon sold in supermarkets, it emerged today. Environmental campaign group Greenpeace, which commissioned the study, says the ...

The mining corporation handling the transportation of a highly radioactive capsule that went missing over a 1,400 km-long stretch of road in Western Australia has issued an apology for “causing ...

If the source capsule is damaged, the radioactive material can be released and dispersed ... as well as recovery and safe management of found sources; Recovering, characterizing and conditioning of ...

With the same procedure, but without removing any glass, the Geiger counter found gamma radiation being ... The Radium is one of the most radioactive chemical elements (symbol Ra and atomic ...

A study published in Environmental Science & Technology Letters has shed light on the long-range transboundary transport of radioactive ... from the STP. They found that 129 I in the STP was ...

The "get rocks, make stuff" beginning turns into an adventure through a lush green world that's very different from the dead ...