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Reactor Monitor It also sets a new agenda for the company and government—finding and stopping the radiation's source, keeping the pools that carry the contamination from spilling into the nearby ocean, and grappling with how to dispose of what is still an unclear quantity of radioactive water.
At Plant, Toxic Pools Threaten to Spill Andrew Morse 2011
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The International Atomic Energy Agency said Japan had distributed 230,000 units of iodine — which can counter radiation's effects on the thyroid — to evacuation centers as a precaution.
At Japanese nuclear plant, a battle to contain radiation 2011
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Vast studies of Japan's hibakusha , "the people exposed to bombs," provide a foundation of the scientific understanding of radiation's human effects.
Past Haunts Tally of Japan's Nuke Crisis Yuka Hayashi 2011
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Still, Chernobyl data covers only a quarter-century—not enough time to study radiation's full effects—and the information isn't extensive or consistent enough, Japanese and U.S. experts say.
Past Haunts Tally of Japan's Nuke Crisis Yuka Hayashi 2011
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The International Atomic Energy Agency said Japan had distributed 230,000 units of iodine — which can counter radiation's effects on the thyroid — to evacuation centers as a precaution.
At Japanese nuclear plant, a battle to contain radiation 2011
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The IARC working group had gathered in France for the past eight days, reviewing all previous studies done on electromagnetic radiation's effects on humans and animals over the past decade.
WHO Panel Cites 'Possible' Brain Cancer Risk from Cell Phone Use 2011
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During the radiation's 13-billion-year journey the Universe has expanded mightily and its wavelength has extended one thousandfold, at the same time the temperature has dropped from 3,000 to about three degrees above absolute zero.
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Sadly, their lives are typically cut short due to radiation's effects on their immune systems and the creation of diseases that destroy their vital organs.
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NASA has focused on radiation's cancer-causing properties and its ability to compromise the central nervous and immune systems.
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NASA has focused on radiation's cancer-causing properties and its ability to compromise the central nervous and immune systems.
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