Deep fear of nuclear radiation is widespread, yet research on radiation’s biological effects finds that the level of alarm far exceeds the actual danger. This “radiophobia” has roots in the fear of nuclear weapons, but has been significantly reinforced and inflamed by accidents at nuclear power plants. Radiophobia does far more harm to human health than the radiation released by nuclear acciden...

evaluation of gastric emptying rate using nuclear scintigraphy as the gold standard method has been studied in various animals, but there is no report in suckling lambs. the aim of this study was to develop a nuclear scintigraphic method to visualize and measure abomasal emptying rate by estimation of scintigraphic half emptying time (t1/2) in the live neonatal lamb. five healthy, female irania...

objective: reporting some biological side effects with special attention to reproductive points which were seen after different experiments in laboratories of the plasma physics & nuclear fusion in atomic energy organization of iran. materials and methods: dosimeter analysis and interpretation of biological side effects of research studies in nuclear fusion laboratories. results: in the last 3 ...