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Of or characterized by radioactivity.

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Handheld Radiation Detection with GPS

Published September 5, 2008, 6:02 am, ThomasNet

New Medium-Resolution RIID (Radioactive Isotope Identification Device) gives users greater confidence in Isotope Identification for Homeland Security Applications Berkeley Nucleonics (San Rafael, CA) demonstrated the SAM Revealer at the Health Physics Society Annual Conference in Pittsburg, PA on July 14-16, 2008. The SAM Revealer uses lanthanum bromide, a higher resolution scintillator ...

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Gauge Containing Radioactive Materials Returned

Published September 5, 2008, 4:14 am, Medical News Today

The Office of Radiation Control of the Alabama Department of Public Health has been notified that an industrial gauging device containing radioactive materials has been returned undamaged to its owner. The gauge was reported missing Thursday after it had fallen off of a pickup truck in Jefferson County. It was turned in to the Irondale Police Department Sunday.

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Court upholds Hanford pipefitter $4.8M jury award

Published September 5, 2008, 2:05 am, Tri-City Herald

RICHLAND -- The Washington State Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a 2005 jury award of $4.8 million plus $1.4 million in attorney fees for 11 laid-off Hanford pipefitters.

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Who's Not Greedy?

Published September 5, 2008, 1:40 am, Sin Chew Jit Poh

The 2007 Attorney-General's report with all the bad debts and bad accounts, has shocked the nation, and reminded me of a story that all government officials are greedy.

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New way to spot breast cancer shows promise

Published September 4, 2008, 5:46 pm, CTV.ca

A radioactive tracer that "lights up" cancer cells could prove better at detecting breast cancer in women with dense breast tissue.

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Household hazardous waste to be collected

Published September 4, 2008, 5:44 pm, Tooele Transcript-Bulletin

It is time to clean house and rid yourself of those wastes you just don’t know what to do with by taking them to the “Household Hazardous Waste Collection Day” being held on Saturday, Sept. 6.

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Police and local briefs

Published September 4, 2008, 5:20 pm, Fort Wayne News-Sentinel

room, are scheduled to stand trial Sept. 23. The Garcias pleaded not guilty Wednesday. Michael Garcia said he started a fight with a man he believed was William J. Shoemaker, according to Michael Garcia’s arrest affidavit.

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Experts Say Radiation Concerns Over Granite Countertops Overblown

Published September 4, 2008, 2:22 pm, WLBZ Bangor

FOR LYNN PETEROY AND HER KIDS, THIS IS THE HUB OF THEIR HOME: A SHINY SLAB OF GRANITE COUNTERTOP--WHERE THEY'VE GATHERED EVERY DAY FOR YEARS. Peteroy says, "My kids grew up at this countertop, it's where we have meals and afternoon snacks. It's the place we like to think of as our safe haven."

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Lu and UCA in three perspectives

Published September 4, 2008, 12:23 pm, Arkansas News Bureau

So Lu Hardin gets nigh unto a million dollars plus a few years of health benefits to go away as president of the University of Central Arkansas. People on the inside are saying, look, he had a contract with four years left.

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What Happens to Particle Accelerators After They Are Shut Down?

Published September 4, 2008, 11:52 am, Scientific American

When physicists petitioned the U.S. Department of Energy (DoE) in the early 1980s to build a particle accelerator that would recreate the fiery conditions of the big bang, they picked a name worthy of its magnitude. The Superconducting Super Collider (SSC) located south of Dallas, Tex., would have outshined even the Large Hadron Collider, which after 14 years and $8 billion is about to start ...

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  • Tobacco firms accused of hiding polonium danger: Cigarette firms suppressed research into the lethal radioactive substance polonium 210 in cigarettes and smoke owing to PR and litigation concerns, says a report.
  • Health Energy Drink: Radioactive Energy Drink was a glowing sponsor at the 18th Annual St. Jude Charity Golf Classic. This event was held on July 14th at the Ivanoe Country Club in Chicago, Illinois, with proceeds benefiting St. Jude Children?s Research Hospital. Participants included football Hall of Famer?s, Gale Sayers, Dan Hampton, and Otis Wilson. Samples of Radioactive Energy Drink were enjoyed by all! Catch the Glow!

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  • Obituary: Geoffrey Perkins | Media | The Guardian: If his achievements were only creating Mornington Crescent, it would still be a great loss - but he did so much more than that. RIP. (I guess this puts paid to another Radio Active reunion too...)

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  • Smoke Detectors and Americium: WNA: Reasoning behind why our smoke detectors have Americium, a radioactive element, inside of them. Ours I believe have 1 microcurie, but I'm not exactly positive.

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