• Glass is a perfect material for immobilizing the radioactive wastes with excellent chemical durability," said Goel, who works in the School of Engineering . (labmanager.com)
  • The aims and options for the management and disposal of highly radioactive wastes contained in spent fuel from the generation of nuclear power are outlined. (osti.gov)
  • Costello, J M. Disposal of high-level radioactive wastes. (osti.gov)
  • misc{etde_6612162, title = {Disposal of high-level radioactive wastes} author = {Costello, J M} abstractNote = {The aims and options for the management and disposal of highly radioactive wastes contained in spent fuel from the generation of nuclear power are outlined. (osti.gov)
  • The state has to obey environmental laws when authorizing demolition and disposal of structures impregnated with radioactive wastes. (prnewswire.com)
  • They tended to register for high levels of a certain radioactive isotope known as cesium-137 - an isotope associated with nuclear reactors, among other things. (discovermagazine.com)
  • The most likely candidate would be Xenon-133, a radioactive isotope created in nuclear explosions. (bioedonline.org)
  • Plutonium-238 is 280 times more radioactive than Plutonium-239, the plutonium isotope used in atomic bombs and as a "trigger" in hydrogen bombs . (nationofchange.org)
  • Not Ernö Rubik's latest toy, but the data from a four-year experiment to measure the half-life of the rare radioactive isotope silicon-32. (newscientist.com)
  • The leak occurred after a drain overflowed during a maintenance exercise while workers were transferring water, which has high levels of radioactive contamination, said Neil Sheehan, a spokesman for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. (emirates247.com)
  • Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO) said the sensors, which were rigged to a gutter that pours rain and ground water at the Fukushima Daiichi plant to a nearby bay, detected contamination levels up to 70 times greater than the already-high radioactive status seen at the plant campus. (uchicago.edu)
  • We are currently trying to analyze the degree of radioactive contamination in the area, " the OAP wrote in a statement. (strangesounds.org)
  • Standard beta or gamma measurements are highly sufficient if alpha contamination can be excluded. (europa.eu)
  • But even though wild boars like to root out those radioactive truffles, more than 30 years after the Chernobyl disaster, researchers still should have seen some declines in the wild pigs' contamination levels. (discovermagazine.com)
  • Singapore said it found radioactive contamination in four samples of vegetables imported from Japan and has extended the ban to food from two more Japanese prefectures. (rojakpot.com)
  • Singapore's Agri-Food & Veterinary Authority said radioactive contamination was found in Mitsuba (Japanese wild parsley), Nanohana (rapeseed plant), Mizuna (Japanese mustard) and perilla leaf samples. (rojakpot.com)
  • This forms a permanent source of radioactive contamination on the plant's territory, the city of Kamianske, and also to ground and open water sources. (opendemocracy.net)
  • The use of nuclear missiles and atomic bombs, a form of nuclear energy, in the Second World War explains not only the cause but also the damaging nature of radioactive pollution or contamination. (conserve-energy-future.com)
  • The hurthle cell cancer patient swallows a radioactive iodine form of iodine called iodine 131 (I-131) in a liquid or pill (capsule) form. (thyroidcancer.com)
  • Treatment of hyperthyroidism includes symptom relief, as well as antithyroid pharmacotherapy, radioactive iodine-131 ( 131 I) therapy (the preferred treatment of hyperthyroidism among US thyroid specialists), or thyroidectomy. (medscape.com)
  • The most adequate treatment istotal thyroidectomy followed by actinic ablation with radioactive iodine (iodine 131) and has a very good prognosis (in more than 80% of cases) with excellent long-term survival, similar to that of the population that never had cancer 1 . (bvsalud.org)
  • The beta radiation of iodine 131 exerts cytotoxic effects on the salivary glands because these organs are highly radiosensitive 5 . (bvsalud.org)
  • Nearly 50,000 tons of sludge at water treatment facilities has been found to contain radioactive cesium as the result of the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. (infiniteunknown.net)
  • It turns out that feral pigs go hog-wild for a certain type of truffle - they rely on it as a major food source at certain times of the year - and that truffle tends to absorb high levels of radioactive cesium. (discovermagazine.com)
  • Stable (not radioactive) cesium ( 133 Cs) has been identified in at least 8 of the 1,636 hazardous waste sites that have been proposed for inclusion on the EPA National Priorities List (NPL) (HazDat 2003). (cdc.gov)
  • Cesium is also used in highly accurate atomic clocks. (cdc.gov)
  • Radioactive forms of cesium are produced by the fission of uranium in fuel elements (fuel rods) during the normal operation of nuclear power plants, or when nuclear weapons are exploded. (cdc.gov)
  • Radioactive forms of cesium are unstable and eventually change into other more stable elements through the process of radioactive decay. (cdc.gov)
  • For years, researchers didn't know why Bavarian feral pigs contained serious levels of radioactive isotopes. (discovermagazine.com)
  • Certain isotopes, such as uranium, possess high levels of radiation, while radioactive materials containing carbon can conveniently and inadvertently contaminate waterways through sewage lines . (conserve-energy-future.com)
  • Untreated sewage is often released into water sources, where radioactive isotopes combine with other compounds and elements. (conserve-energy-future.com)
  • a case of ostrich philosophy or a serious alternative for the disposal of highly radioactive waste? (diva-portal.org)
  • Two basically different concepts for disposal of highly radioactive waste are the often cited KBS-3 method implying isolation of such waste in copper canisters in short holes bored from tunnels at a depth of a few hundred meters, and disposal in the lower part of 4 km deep holes (VDH). (diva-portal.org)
  • liquid radioactive waste consists of waste water. (wikipedia.org)
  • The Hanford cleanup mission commenced in 1989, and construction of a waste treatment plant for the liquid radioactive waste in tanks was launched a decade later and is more than three-fifths finished. (labmanager.com)
  • Radioactive pollution occurs when radioactive materials are deposited in the atmosphere or environment, especially when their presence is accidental and presents an environmental threat due to radioactive decay. (conserve-energy-future.com)
  • The destruction caused by the radioactive materials is from the emission of hazardous ionizing radiation (radioactive decay) like beta or alpha particles, gamma rays, or neurons into the environment. (conserve-energy-future.com)
  • An Associated Press investigation in 2009 showed three-quarters of America's 65 nuclear plant sites have leaked tritium, a radioactive form of hydrogen that poses the greatest risk of causing cancer when it ends up in drinking water. (emirates247.com)
  • The Czech Republic currently has three radioactive waste repositories in operation: The Richard repository located in the former limestone mine of the same name near Litoměřice (60 km north west of Prague), the Bratrství repository located in a former uranium mine near Jáchymov (140 km north west of Prague) and the Dukovany repository located within the Dukovany nuclear power plant complex (200 km south east of Prague). (wikipedia.org)
  • The city of Kamianske, once the home of a Soviet-era uranium processing facility, must deal with the millions of tonnes of radioactive waste left behind. (opendemocracy.net)
  • The railway network stretching from the Zhovti Vody uranium mine to Kamianske's local system is also contaminated with radioactive elements: uranium ore was usually transported by rail in open carriages. (opendemocracy.net)
  • The ministry says 76 percent of the roughly 50,000 tons of radioactive sludge is being stored at water treatment plants and they have no ways to dispose of most of it. (infiniteunknown.net)
  • The ministry plans to study how to dispose of the radioactive sludge. (infiniteunknown.net)
  • The research may eventually help lead to ways to safely dispose of highly radioactive spent nuclear fuel that is stored now at commercial nuclear power plants . (labmanager.com)
  • Geologists have long known soil and rock contain naturally occurring radioactive materials that can become concentrated through activities like fracking, in which sand and chemicals are pumped thousands of feet underground to release oil and gas from tight rock. (publicintegrity.org)
  • Some radioactive waste, together with poisonous chemicals, was poured directly into these sites, former clay mines. (opendemocracy.net)
  • It says more than 54,000 tons of additional sludge has not been checked for radioactive materials. (infiniteunknown.net)
  • Health ministry officials say that final disposal sites have often been reluctant to accept sludge contaminated with radioactive materials, and many sewage facility operators have stored the sludge on their premises. (infiniteunknown.net)
  • Both industry and the extensive UK university network involved in nuclear research have stressed the importance of research using authentic, and thus by definition highly radioactive, materials. (ukri.org)
  • While a few UK universities routinely use small quantities of radioactive materials in their own laboratories, the only facility in the UK that could be accessed by university researchers for work on highly radioactive materials is the NNL's Central Laboratory.Due to the absence of suitable facilities and equipment, any nuclear research carried out by UK academia is restricted either to simulants or to limited programmes carried out overseas. (ukri.org)
  • The surface area contains the operations building, an information centre, a laboratory and a fully accredited facility for the testing of waste containers and so-called special form radioactive materials. (wikipedia.org)
  • Meanwhile, a video uploaded to Facebook by Weerachai Phutdhawong, a professor of Kasetsart University, explains how cutting the cards in two reveals a compressed white powder between plastic sheets - powder that just so happens to contain radioactive and heavy metal materials . (strangesounds.org)
  • The United States pointed at the possible use of radioactive materials from nuclear power plants as source material for radiological weapons, and proposed to prohibit the military use of such materials. (cambridge.org)
  • to ns of radioactive materials experts call an "orphan" waste stream. (publicintegrity.org)
  • House Bill 7 effectively bans highly radioactive materials from coming to Texas, targeting one company's plan to build such a facility near the New Mexico border in Andrews County. (capitolhillpulse.com)
  • Since the substances are characterized by radiation - because there is a lot of instability of the particles present in the radioactive materials - they can seriously affect, alter and even destroy plant, animal, and human life. (conserve-energy-future.com)
  • The extent of damage or danger posed to the environment depends on the radioactive material concentration, the energy emitted by the radiation, the proximity of the radioactive materials to those exposed, and the radiation type. (conserve-energy-future.com)
  • Goel, an assistant professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering , is the primary inventor of a new method to immobilize radioactive iodine in ceramics at room temperature. (labmanager.com)
  • Naturally occurring sources of radiation are cosmic radiation from space or radioactive materials in soil or building materials. (cdc.gov)
  • Man-made sources of radioactive materials are found in consumer products, industrial equipment, atom bomb fallout, and to a smaller extent from hospital waste, medical devices, and nuclear reactors. (cdc.gov)
  • First, scientists at R.I.T. used algae to synthesize biofuel, and recently scientists at Northwestern University and Argonne National have found that freshwater algae can remove Strontium 90 from radioactive wastewater. (inhabitat.com)
  • Since algae doesn't differentiate between radioactive and inactive strontium (they are chemically identical), it is not known how the algae would hold up in a highly radioactive environment. (inhabitat.com)
  • The United States already houses over 80 million gallons of untreated radioactive waste, in which strontium 90 is a large component. (inhabitat.com)
  • Scientists are confident that algae could be a key factor in radioactive strontium treatment, as it has proven in the past to function under harsh environments. (inhabitat.com)
  • As such, ATSDR (2001e) has focused primarily on radiation from 89Sr and 90Sr when discussing radioactive strontium. (cdc.gov)
  • The observation of fecal excretion of radioactive strontium weeks to decades after an oral exposure or over shorter time periods after an intravenous exposure suggests the existence of a mechanism for transfer of absorbed strontium into gastrointestinal tract, either from the bile or directly from the plasma (ATSDR 2001e). (cdc.gov)
  • Radioactive Strontium. (cdc.gov)
  • Following exposure to radioactive strontium compounds, the most severe non carcinogenic effects seen are the result of incorporation of radioactive strontium, an emitter of beta radiation, into the skeleton, with subsequent irradiation of surrounding tissues (ATSDR 2001e). (cdc.gov)
  • On 3 September 2023, the Singapore Food Agency (SFA) issued a public announcement ( PDF download ) to refute the Wall Street Journal podcast which claimed that it found new samples of radioactive vegetables fin Japan. (rojakpot.com)
  • On July 18, 2023, DOE issued the Final National Environmental Policy Act documents and technical documents that showed certain contaminated process equipment from the Savannah River Site (SRS) can be safely disposed at a low-level radioactive waste commercial facility outside the state of South Carolina. (energy.gov)
  • At the Hanford site, creating glass with radioactive waste is expected to start in around 2022 or 2023, Goel said, and "the implications of our research will be much more visible by that time. (labmanager.com)
  • In Chinese - 在中國 , In French - En Français , In Japanese - 日本語で , In Russian - На русском языке , Nuclear Waste Repositories , Plutonium Disposition , Radiation Protection and Health , Radioactive Waste , and Spent Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Waste . (ieer.org)
  • In addition, the treatment of radioactive waste is subject to international treaties and recommendations relating to the use of nuclear energy and ionising radiation which have been adopted by the Czech Republic. (wikipedia.org)
  • For radioactive waste, the Swedish Radiation Safety Authority´s (SSM) rules as well as Lund University´s local rules are to be followed. (lu.se)
  • These so called " radioactive lenses " put off enough radiation that to this day they set off a geiger counter (but don't worry, the levels are so low as to be near harmless). (imaging-resource.com)
  • Bill Kennedy, a radiation expert at the consulting firm Dade Moeller, called radioactive drilling waste "virtually unregulated" and said consistent standards are needed to "protect workers, protect the general public, protect the environment. (publicintegrity.org)
  • There's small signs dotted about here, warning those who approach of radiation: the former chemical plant is home to nine tailings dumps that store radioactive waste. (opendemocracy.net)
  • At Chernobyl, the total activity of radionuclides, which produce ionising radiation, is less than two thirds of radioactive activity found at all the tailing sites at the Dnipro Chemical Plant combined. (opendemocracy.net)
  • These come from outer space to our planet with intense radiation as their nature, therefore, causing radioactive pollution . (conserve-energy-future.com)
  • Radiation Dispersal Device - A conventional explosion has scattered radioactive material ("dirty bomb"), saboteurs blew up a truck carrying radioactive material, or an aerosol containing radioactive material has been spread over a large area. (cdc.gov)
  • Once taken into the hurthle cell cancer cells, the radioactive iodine delivers a local radiation treatment in the area where the iodine is concentrated. (thyroidcancer.com)
  • If the substance is radioactive, you may also be exposed to radiation if you are near it. (cdc.gov)
  • Some 56 million gallons of radioactive waste-enough to fill more than 1 million bathtubs-went to 177 large underground tanks. (labmanager.com)
  • If there was any detection of radioactive food from Japan, it would have happened at least a day or two earlier, and would not have anything to do with the release of the treated wastewater from the Fukushima NPS. (rojakpot.com)
  • On August 10, 2020, DOE issued two National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) documents, the FONSI and the Final EA that showed Defense Waste Processing Facility (DWPF) recycle wastewater from the Savannah River Site (SRS) can be safely disposed of as low-level radioactive waste (LLW) at a commercial facility outside of the state of South Carolina. (energy.gov)
  • Over 1,500 metric tons of radioactive sludge requiring controlled handling has been found in five prefectures across Japan amid the ongoing Fukushima nuclear crisis, the government announced on July 28. (infiniteunknown.net)
  • mochizuki san, today I showed this video http://fukushima-diary.com/2012/03/intense-protest-against-sharing-radioactive-debris-policy-in-kyoto/ to my husband (japanese) and he said that there are no alternatives for the debris. (fukushima-diary.com)
  • Sensors at the Fukushima nuclear plant have detected a fresh leak of highly radioactive water into the sea. (uchicago.edu)
  • The most radioactive sludge was found in Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture, where a level of 89,697 becquerels was detected. (infiniteunknown.net)
  • Did Fukushima Just Release Black Radioactive Water? (rojakpot.com)
  • These developments can significantly aid the future effort to clean up radioactive waste at the Fukushima Daichi Plant. (inhabitat.com)
  • Mr. Oyama, city councilor of Minamisoma shi warns highly radioactive waste will contaminate river-head area of Minamisoma. (fukushima-diary.com)
  • The International Atomic Energy Agency recently said TEPCO has made "significant progress" in cleaning up the plant, but suggested that Japan should consider ways to discharge treated waste water into the sea as a relatively safer way to deal with the radioactive water crisis. (uchicago.edu)
  • In line with the IAEA's continuous efforts to accelerate and enlarge the contribution of atomic technology to peace health and prosperity, throughout the world and to foster the exchange of scientific and technical information, the IAEA is organising an International Conference on Radioactive Waste Management. (iaea.org)
  • SÚRAO's activities are directed principally by provisions set out in the Atomic Act and its various implementing regulations, the Concept of Radioactive Waste and Spent Nuclear Fuel Management in the Czech Republic and other relevant legislation. (wikipedia.org)
  • Specifically, it has made observers of the cold war's early nuclear arms race overlook the fact that the military use of radioactive reactor fission products in so-called radiological warfare weapons, was a very real possibility at the time, both for the US Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) and the military, as well as for relative outsiders and the general public. (cambridge.org)
  • As was announced in April 2022 , citizens can also give their input on the disposal of radioactive waste. (brusselstimes.com)
  • This could be highly beneficial in order to accelerate computational intensive simulations such as reactor core analyses with higher resolution multi-physics models. (psi.ch)
  • The fact that it is apparently a plutonium bomb makes it highly likely that it came from North Korea's long-standing, indigenous plutonium-based programme, rather than imports. (bioedonline.org)
  • With all the media hoopla last week about the Perseverance rover, frequently unreported was that its energy source is plutonium-considered the most lethal of all radioactive substances-and nowhere in media that NASA projected 1-in-960 odds of the plutonium being released in an accident on the mission. (nationofchange.org)
  • Sandia chemist Tina Nenoff heads a team of researchers focused on removal of radioactive iodine from spent nuclear fuel. (scitechdaily.com)
  • By using metal-organic frameworks ( MOFs ), they are able to capture and remove volatile radioactive gas from spent nuclear fuel. (scitechdaily.com)
  • The Sandia researchers have used metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) to capture and remove volatile radioactive gas from spent nuclear fuel. (scitechdaily.com)
  • Sandia chemists identified a MOF whose pore size and high surface area can separate and trap radioactive iodine molecules from a stream of spent nuclear fuel. (scitechdaily.com)
  • What about highly radioactive used nuclear fuel? (cbc.ca)
  • Spent nuclear fuel can remain radioactive for tens of thousands of years. (capitolhillpulse.com)
  • Currently, radioactive soil produced from decontamination in Iidate mura is deposited in a temporary disposal field in Minamisoma shi, where is in national forest. (fukushima-diary.com)
  • Recent research confirms that radionuclides have leaked into the soil and water, and that they are a source of radioactive dust. (opendemocracy.net)
  • In 2015, researchers at the Ukrainian Research Institute of Environmental Problems found that those tailings emit both dust and radon, a radioactive, odourless and tasteless gas. (opendemocracy.net)
  • This arrangement, combined with TIGRESS, enables in-beam γ-ray and internal conversion electron spectroscopy to be performed with stable and radioactive ion beams. (lu.se)
  • The reason authorities are so determined to find it is that it contains Caesium-137, a highly radioactive substance that's potentially lethal. (cnn.com)
  • How long will this radioactive material be stored in the bunker? (cbc.ca)
  • Although it was attributable to the natural disaster - the tsunami - Japan, as a member of the international community, apologizes for the large release of radioactive material into the air and sea that resulted from the nuclear power plant accident. (who.int)
  • A tiny radioactive capsule is missing in Australia. (cnn.com)
  • State authorities in Western Australia are searching for a tiny radioactive capsule believed to have fallen off a truck. (cnn.com)
  • Singapore just refuted a Wall Street Journal podcast that it found new radioactive food samples, and extended its ban on food imports from Japan! (rojakpot.com)
  • Singapore Found New Radioactive Food From Japan! (rojakpot.com)
  • The imported batch of African copper ore was intercepted at Yantai Port where 113 tons out of the total 282.6 tons were found to be highly radioactive. (minesandcommunities.org)
  • It found that Belgians do worry about the management of radioactive waste and ranked their concerns 7.2 on a scale of one to ten. (brusselstimes.com)
  • It was reported that 134 Cs (radioactive) has been found in at least 3 of the 1,636 current or former NPL sites and 137 Cs (radioactive) has been detected in at least 23 of the 1,636 current or former NPL sites. (cdc.gov)
  • Nevertheless, radioactive waste remains an important item on the agenda of many Member States particularly those that need to increase their capabilities and capacities to manage waste safely and securely. (iaea.org)
  • The radioactive copper ore has been safely sealed and will be returned to the vendor,' the official surnamed Sun said. (minesandcommunities.org)
  • In short, a significant portion of the German wild boar population - more than one in three , according to research going back nearly a decade - is radioactive. (discovermagazine.com)
  • The Czech Radioactive Waste Repository Authority (Czech: Správa úložišť radioaktivních odpadů, abbreviation SÚRAO) was established on 1 June 1997 as a state organisation established by the Ministry of Industry and Trade. (wikipedia.org)
  • The mission of the Radioactive Waste Repository Authority is to ensure the safe disposal of radioactive waste in the Czech Republic in accordance with requirements concerning the protection of the population and the environment from any harmful effects. (wikipedia.org)
  • TEPCO said its emergency inspections of tanks storing nuclear waste water did not find any additional abnormalities, but the firm said it shut the gutter to prevent radioactive water from going into the Pacific Ocean. (uchicago.edu)
  • Tanks with radioactive pulp were not disposed of. (opendemocracy.net)
  • An apparent overflow at a nuclear power plant north of New York City spilled highly radioactive water into an underground monitoring well, but nuclear regulators said the public isn't at risk. (emirates247.com)
  • And there are fears that it may have already been carried further from the search zone, creating a radioactive health risk for anyone who comes across it for potentially the next 300 years. (cnn.com)
  • In August, another 1,590 tons of highly radioactive copper ore, also from Africa, was intercepted at Yantai Port and was returned. (minesandcommunities.org)
  • In March, Kentucky's attorney general opened an investigation into two landfills he alleged illegally accepted radioactive drilling waste from West Virginia. (publicintegrity.org)
  • Even more problematic than being at best a placebo is the fact that these cards are highly radioactive - making them demonstrably harmful, Thai officials have warned. (strangesounds.org)
  • Fill in the form for removal of low-level radioactive waste . (lu.se)
  • For us at Gusto and on the design systems team, I would consider our form components to be radioactive. (css-tricks.com)
  • In other words, radioactive code - like our form components - makes it impossible for the codebase to be trusted. (css-tricks.com)
  • Cellulose acetate is a form of plastic that's commonly used for photo film and is highly flammable. (newstarget.com)
  • Borys Petelin, a former worker at the now-closed Dnipro Chemical Plant in Kamianske, believes that the roughly 40 million tonnes of radioactive waste stored here pose a significant danger not only for the city, but also for the Dnipro river that runs through it. (opendemocracy.net)
  • The result of removing this radioactive code means changing everything else that depends upon it. (css-tricks.com)
  • States have also been slow to assess and curb risks from exposure to the waste, which can remain radioactive for millennia. (publicintegrity.org)
  • The possibility of testing quantum electrodynamics (QED) in very strong fields by laser spectroscopy on heavy highly charged ions has been opened by the first observation of the hyperfine splitting in hydrogen-like bismuth in 1994 [Klaft et al. (fnal.gov)
  • Possible reasons will be discussed and ways to further investigate this puzzle by laser spectroscopy on radioactive species will be discussed. (fnal.gov)
  • The purpose of the event is to share experiences in the management of radioactive waste, with the aim of increasing the visibility of progress, good practice and effective solutions. (iaea.org)
  • Considerable progress continues to be made worldwide in the management of radioactive waste. (iaea.org)
  • Effective solutions are either available or are in an advanced stage of development for the full range of radioactive waste management activities. (iaea.org)
  • The main objective of the Conference is to foster information exchange on current progress and solutions in the area of radioactive waste management. (iaea.org)
  • It is only through the effective, safe and secure implementation of radioactive waste management solutions that Member States can continue to benefit from nuclear technologies and nuclear energy production and, therefore, progress towards achieving a sustainable future. (iaea.org)
  • provision of services in the field of radioactive waste management. (wikipedia.org)
  • This document provided the technical justification for an Exemption from the Waste Incidental to Reprocessing requirements contained in the Department of Energy's Manual 435.1-1, Radioactive Waste Management Manual, Chapter II, Section B. (energy.gov)
  • Researchers from LITE-ON Singapore and Nanyang Technological University , Singapore (NTU Singapore), are uniting to come up with advanced solutions for highly efficient energy management for homes and the power grid. (azocleantech.com)
  • The public debate , overseen by the national institute for radioactive waste management (ONDRAF/NIRAS), will put together representative panels to include ordinary citizens, as well as civil society, industry, academics, experts and nuclear waste producers. (brusselstimes.com)
  • Radioactive iodine treatment for hurthle cell cancer was, in fact, one of the first real targeted therapies ever to be developed for any cancer. (thyroidcancer.com)
  • Indications for treatment with radioactive iodine for hurthle cell cancers include whether the cancer has grown into blood vessels, spread outside of the thyroid gland itself or spread into the lymph nodes of the neck or distant sites in the body. (thyroidcancer.com)
  • Although radioactive iodine is used commonplace in the treatment of hurhtle cell cancer, its effectiveness is frequently questioned. (thyroidcancer.com)
  • Hurthle cell cancer cells can pick up the radioactive iodine (if they possess the symporter for iodine) wherever they are located in the body. (thyroidcancer.com)
  • Low-level radioactive waste includes such things as mops, rags, protective clothing and floor sweepings. (cbc.ca)
  • Energy Minister Tinne Van der Straeten last year cautioned that managing the waste will have consequences for hundreds of future generations, as it will remain radioactive for hundreds of thousands of years. (brusselstimes.com)