A research team from Saint Petersburg, Russia, have developed the world’s first radioprotective blancmange. Professor Tamara Arsenyeva and Olga Kukushkina of ITMO University (Saint Petersburg State University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics) explain their concept – a functional dairy product, contributing to a better elimination of radionuclides from the human body – in the […]
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Radiation Near Non-Nuclear Sausalito
A high school teacher wrote this treatise: “Obtaining and Investigating Unconventional Sources of Radioactivity,” David R. Lapp [Tamalpais High School, Mill Valley, CA], The Physics Teacher, vol. 48, February 2010, pp. 90-92. The author writes: “Sausalito, California, the city bordering the one I teach in, has a ‘Nuclear Free Zone’ sign (Fig. 1). I often […]
Towards a radioactive urine substitute
“14C is one of the radionuclides for which the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission has developed performance testing programmes (PTPs). During the PTP exercises, clients receive samples of natural urine containing spiked radionuclides, for testing. In these programmes, urine has disadvantages. These include (1) slow collection times from donors, (2) unpleasant smell and (3) potential to […]