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UK Army Personnel Involved In Iraqi Invasion Not At Risk From Depleted Uranium, Study Finds
July 3, 2007 — Army personnel involved in the Iraqi invasion of 2003 have not absorbed dangerous levels of depleted uranium, finds research published ahead of print in Occupational and Environmental ... > full story -
Project Aims To Make Sodium-Cooled Nuclear Reactors Safe, Efficient
June 28, 2007 — Proposals to reduce America's heavy dependence on foreign oil are helping to renew interest in nuclear energy. At Kansas State University, the goal is to help make that energy source as safe as ... > full story -
Sandia Supports Development Of US Army's New Cannon System
June 21, 2007 — Researchers are designing a lightweight, high-caliber, self-propelled cannon system. The weapon system, known as the Non-Line-of-Sight Cannon is fully automated and can fire at a sustained rate of ... > full story -
Increase In Cancer In Sweden Can Be Traced To Chernobyl
May 30, 2007 — The incidence of cancer in northern Sweden increased following the accident at the nuclear power plant in Chernobyl in 1986. This was the finding of a much-debated study from Linköping ... > full story -
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Replacement Warhead Program Poses Challenges For Weapons Complex
April 24, 2007 — An independent study group, convened by AAAS's Center for Science, Technology and Security Policy, has issued a report on the proposed Reliable Replacement Warhead and its role in the future US ... > full story -
Carnegie Mellon Professors Question Advice For Nuclear Attacks
April 10, 2007 — In the current Fox television adventure series, "24," a terrorist explodes a small nuclear bomb in Los Angeles. In a May 2007 issue of the journal Health Physics, Carnegie Mellon researchers offer ... > full story -
Novel Multisensor Detection System Fights Terrorism
April 7, 2007 — The terrorist attacks, carried out on September 11th 2001 in the USA and later on the London Underground, in Moscow and Madrid, have made the whole world see the real threat of international ... > full story -
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Weighing The Financial Risks Of Nuclear Power Plants
April 3, 2007 — Power companies are rushing to invest in new nuclear reactors, largely because of promised government subsidies that make the investment seem as good as investments in other types of energy. A new ... > full story -
Heart Failure: Intervention Possibilities From Imaging Programmed Cell Loss
April 3, 2007 — Using a nuclear medicine technique and molecular imaging to "see" programmed cell loss -- the body's normal way of getting rid of unneeded or abnormal cells -- may help in early identification of ... > full story -
Genomic Test Could Help Detect Radioactivity Exposure From Terrorist Attacks
April 2, 2007 — In the event of a nuclear or radiological catastrophe -- such as a nuclear accident or a "dirty bomb" -- thousands of people would be exposed to radiation, with no way of quickly determining how much ... > full story
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