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Hospital Scanner Could Curb Nuclear Waste ThreatManchester UK (SPX) Feb 03, 2010 Medical equipment used for diagnosis of patients with heart disease and cancer could be a key weapon in stopping nuclear waste seeping into the environment, according to new research. A team of scientists from the Universities of Manchester and Leeds have joined forces with experts in nuclear medicine at Manchester Royal Infirmary, using medical gamma-ray cameras to track radioactive isotopes in soil samples from a US civil nuclear site. This is the first time the technique, which is used in ... read more |
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Dublin, Ireland (SPX) Jan 27, 2010Covidien has reported a definitive agreement to sell its radiopharmacies in the United States to Triad Isotopes, Inc. of Orlando, Florida. Triad operates a network of 26 nuclear radiopharmacies and six cyclotron facilities in the southeast United States. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The decision to divest the network of 37 Mallinckrodt radiopharmacies was made fol ... more 
Sykesville, MD (SPX) Jan 27, 2010GSE Systems has announced that it recently delivered the Cook full scope Nuclear Power Plant simulator to American Electric Power. The Company announced this award in its August 15, 2008 Press Release. At a "ribbon cutting" ceremony on November 9, 2009, Joseph Jenson, American Electric Power's (AEP) Chief Nuclear Officer, declared the simulator "ready for training." The project was unique ... more 
Wilmington NC (SPX) Jan 27, 2010GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) and Detroit Edison, Michigan's largest electric utility, have announced an agreement advancing the potential deployment of a next-generation nuclear reactor design. The agreement on site preparation work planning is a step forward in the federal license application process as GEH brings to market the ESBWR nuclear reactor to help energy companies meet rising ... more |
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Activists block nuclear shipment in FranceCherbourg, France (AFP) Jan 25, 2010 Greenpeace activists said Monday they were blocking a train transporting nuclear waste to the French port of Cherbourg from where it was to be shipped to Russia. Four activists who had chained themselves to the railway line near the harbour were removed early Monday morning by police but more activists were blocking the line at a different location, they said. "We were dislodged in Cherbourg, but we are continuing our action some 20 kilometres (12 miles) from the city, where we are physically bl ... read more |
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