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The gas is linked to around 350 new cases of lung cancer in Ireland every year.
The most common error reported to Hiqa in 2020 involved exposure to the wrong person.
Women are advised against getting pregnant while receiving cancer treatment.
The highly dangerous radioactive material stolen by burglar in Swords in 2013.
The costs associated with such a disaster range from €4 billion to €161 billion,
The attacks began in Russia and Ukraine before spreading to western Europe and the US.
The 59-year-old duped teenagers and woman into believing he worked for the Ministry of Defence.
A recent BBC panorama investigation suggested there were serious safety concerns at the plant.
That’s the radiation equivalent of getting 17 chest X-rays every day.
Chernobyl was the scene of the world’s worst nuclear disaster .
The stolen machine emits radiation, gardaí say.
It’s only slightly more, thankfully.
“We are literally floating in a sea of radiation nowadays. It’s completely reckless.”
All non-essential staff at the site were asked not to report to work this morning because of the elevated radiation levels detected overnight.
While a Swiss lab report said that Arafat was probably poisoned by polonium, this is the second study to rule it out.
The stolen radioactive materials that were stolen at the end of September are highly dangerous.
The lightening preventers have a high dose of radiation and people are urged not to touch or approach the rods if found.
As news broke this week of toxic water leaking from the plant, surfers say they are worried – but not enough to stay out of the waves there.
The nuclear regulator in Japan had originally given it a rating of Level 1, an ‘anomaly’.
Beautiful, but you might think twice about sitting with your computer directly on your lap.
A report by the Radiological Protection Institute of Ireland looked at the impact day-to-day operations would have on Ireland and what would happen in the event of a severe nuclear accident.
(Well, it’s not on Earth, for one thing).
The centre in Brussels is part of wider system that tracks objects in space that threaten to collide with the Earth.
Space scientists have built on a study by an astrophysicist of the rings of ancient cedar trees – and concluded that two black holes collided.
Questions remain over the long-term effects of mobiles. What proactive precautions can you take, just in case?
Higher-than-normal radiation levels have been found in fish caught off Japan’s east coast, which could indicate the plant is still leaking.
A new study shows that the tail of the pancreas is exposed to radiation, patients are significantly more likely to be diagnosed with diabetes later in life.
Operators of the nuclear plant ruled out any possible radiation leak at the plant after the automatic shutdown.
Scientists say the bluefin tuna absorbed radioactive cesium from swimming in contaminated waters and feeding on contaminated prey such as krill and squid.
Officials insisted there had been no radiation leak during the blaze, which raged for hours as firefighters battled the flames.
Tokyo Electric Power says it is running out of room to store decontaminated water that was used to cool down the damaged reactors at Fukushima.
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Enson Inoue likes armbarring people into submission, kneeing large men in the face until they lose consciousness, and dogs. In fact he’s willing to brave life-threatening radiation to feed them.
Levels of radiation in some areas of the plant are so high they would be lethal within one hour.
Plant operators are still working to remove highly toxic contaminated water from the tsunami-stricken plant.
The natural disasters sparked the world’s worst nuclear disaster in over 25 years, renewing a national debate on the safety of nuclear power.
Early estimates of the amount of radiation released by the accident at the nuclear power plant have been more than doubled.